Demographics
• Combined population 2.5 billion
• More than 60 per cent of population aged 29 or under
• 1 in 3 young people aged between 15 and 29 live in Commonwealth countries (about 640 million out of 1.8 billion).
Countries
• 56 independent countries, both advanced economies and developing countries
• Africa (21 countries)
• Asia (8)
• Caribbean and Americas (13)
• Europe (3)
• Pacific (11)
• 33 small states, usually with a population under 1.5 million
• 25 small island developing states
• The Pacific nation of Nauru is the smallest Commonwealth member country with a population of about 10,000
• India is the most populous member country, with over 1.4 billion people.