Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and previously as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states, all but two of which were formerly part of the British Empire.

The Commonwealth (blue = present members, orange = former members, green = suspended members)
Headquarters		Marlborough House, London, United Kingdom
Official language		English
Membership		54 sovereign states (list)
Leaders
-	Head of the Commonwealth	Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 Feb. 1952)
-	Secretary-General	Kamalesh Sharma (since 1 Apr. 2008)
-	Chairperson-in-Office	Patrick Manning (since 27 Nov. 2009)
Establishment
-	Balfour Declaration	18 November 1926
-	Statute of Westminster	11 December 1931
-	London Declaration	28 April 1949
Area
-	Total	31,462,574 km2 12,147,768 sq mi
Population
-	2005 estimate	1,921,974,000
-	Density	61.09/km2 158.2/sq m