

Now, Charles is King and he’s not just the King of the UK…

The Queen was the Head of the Commonwealth until her death in 2022. The Monarch is the Head of the Commonwealth. There are 54 countries in the Commonwealth.ĭid you know that 54 countries are in the Commonwealth?īotswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Kingdom of Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles,Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Cyprus, Malta, United Kingdom, Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.įind out more about countries all over the world here! 5. There are around 2.5 billion people in Commonwealth countries. Around one third of the world is in the Commonwealth.Īround one third of the world is a part of it! This was when they changed the British Empire to the ‘British Commonwealth of Nations’. It was at a conference where it was agreed that certain countries would still have the Queen as their Head of State, however the United Kingdom did not rule over them. This is when it changed from the British Empire to the Commonwealth. Below you can see the British Empire in 1883.
