appendix ii. THE COMMONWEALTH IN NUMBERS Region
Africa
Asia
Caribbean and Americas
Europe
Pacific
172
Country
SIDS
Botswana
-
Cameroon Eswatini
Small states
ODA status
Land area (sqkm)
Population
Population growth (annual %)
Population density (Sqkm)
Y
UMIC
556,730
2,254,130
2.2%
4
-
-
LMIC
472,710
25,216,240
2.6%
53
-
Y
LMIC
17,200
1,136,190
1.0%
66
Gambia, The
-
Y
LDC
10,120
2,280,100
2.9%
225
Ghana
-
-
LMIC
227,540
29,767,110
2.2%
131
Kenya
-
-
LMIC
596,140
51,393,010
2.3%
90
Lesotho
-
Y
LDC
30,360
2,108,130
0.8%
69
Malawi
-
-
LDC
94,280
18,143,310
2.6%
192
Mauritius
Y
Y
UMIC
2,030
1,256,300
0.1%
623
Mozambique
-
-
LDC
786,380
29,496,960
2.9%
38
Namibia
-
Y
UMIC
823,290
2,448,260
1.9%
3
Nigeria
-
-
LMIC
910,770
195,874,740
2.6%
215
LDC
24,670
12,301,940
2.6%
499
460
96,760
1.0%
210
Rwanda
-
-
Seychelles
Y
Y
Sierra Leone
-
-
LDC
72,180
7,650,150
2.1%
106
South Africa
-
-
UMIC
1,213,090
57,779,620
1.4%
48
Tanzania
-
-
LDC
885,800
56,318,350
3.0%
64
Uganda
-
-
LDC
200,520
42,723,140
3.7%
213
Zambia
-
-
LDC
743,390
17,351,820
2.9%
23
Bangladesh
-
-
LDC
130,170
161,356,040
1.1%
1,240
Brunei Darussalam
-
Y
5,270
428,960
1.1%
81
India
-
-
LMIC
2,973,190
1,352,617,330
1.0%
455
Malaysia
-
-
UMIC
328,550
31,528,580
1.4%
96
Pakistan
-
-
LMIC
770,880
212,215,030
2.1%
275
Singapore
Y
-
709
5,638,680
0.5%
7,953
Sri Lanka
-
-
LMIC
62,710
21,670,000
1.0%
346
Antigua and Barbuda
Y
Y
UMIC
440
96,290
0.9%
219
Bahamas
Y
Y
10,010
385,640
1.0%
39
Barbados
Y
Y
430
286,640
0.1%
667
Belize
Y
Y
102
Canada
-
-
Dominica
Y
Y
UMIC
Grenada
Y
Y
Guyana
Y
Y
Jamaica
Y
Y
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Y
Y
Saint Lucia
Y
Y
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Y
Y
Trinidad and Tobago
Y
Cyprus
UMIC
22,810
383,070
1.9%
9,093,510
37,058,860
1.4%
4
750
71,630
0.2%
96
IUMIC
340
111,450
0.5%
328
UMIC
196,850
779,000
0.5%
4
UMIC
10,830
2,934,860
0.5%
271
260
52,440
0.8%
202
UMIC
610
181,890
0.5%
298
UMIC
390
110,210
0.3%
283
Y
5,130
1,389,860
0.4%
271
-
Y
9,240
1,189,270
0.8%
129
Malta
-
Y
320
483,530
3.3%
1,511
United Kingdom
-
-
241,930
66,488,990
0.6%
36
Australia
-
-
7,692,020
24,992,370
1.6%
3
Fiji
Y
Y
IMIC
18,270
883,480
0.7%
48
Kiribati
Y
Y
LDC
810
115,850
1.5%
143
Nauru
Y
Y
UMIC
635
New Zealand
-
-
Papua New Guinea
Y
-
LMIC
Samoa
Y
Y
Solomon Islands
Y
Y
Tonga
Y
Tuvalu Vanuatu
20
12,700
-1.3%
263,310
4,885,500
1.9%
19
452,860
8,606,320
2.0%
19
UMIC
2,830
196,130
0.4%
69
LDC
27,990
652,860
2.6%
23
Y
UMIC
720
103,200
1.2%
143
Y
Y
LDC
30
11,510
1.2%
384
Y
Y
LDC
12,190
292,680
2.5%
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