

Possible Future Participants - territories of the Commonwealth that may one day send athletes to compete at the Commonwealth Games.Past Participating Countries and Territories - a list of regions that have once been part of the Commonwealth and/or Commonwealth Games.Countries List (by region) - a list of all participating countries sorted by the region of the world.Countries List (alphabetical) - a list of all participating countries and the abbreviation used.Only six of these teams have attended every Commonwealth Games - Australia,Ĭanada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. The higher number of competing nations is because the four UK Home Nations send separate teams to the Commonwealth Games, as do individual British Crown Dependencies, several British overseas territories, the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island, and two non-sovereign states in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Niue. There are 72 member countries in the Commonwealth Games Federation, despite the commonwealth of Nations having only 54 members. Participating Countries at the Commonwealth Games
