How many countries will participate in the Commonwealth Games?

Answer 1

Although there are 53 Commonwealth countries, there are 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) registered that can enter a team in the Commonwealth Games. This is because some Commonwealth countries have more than one CGA, in many cases due to their past histories as separate nations in their own rights. An example of this is the United Kingdom, which is now a single Commonwealth country, but which has seven CGAs, as Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey, all compete in the Games as separate nations.

The original Commonwealth Games in 1930 had 11 countries competing. The number of countries entering has steadily grown, with a few blips due to boycotts as a result of political pressure. Nigeria boycotted the 1978 Games in protest of New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa, and 32 of 59 nations from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean boycotted the 1986 Commonwealth Games due to the Thatcher government's attitude towards South African sporting contacts. Boycotts were also threatened in 1974, 1982, and 1990 because of South Africa.

The 71 competing nations in the 2006 Commonwealth Games were:

• Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bermuda
• Botswana
• British Virgin Islands
• Brunei Darussalam
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• Cook Islands
• Cyprus
• Dominica
• England
• Falkland Islands
• Fiji
• The Gambia
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Grenada
• Guernsey
• Guyana
• India
• Isle of Man
• Jamaica
• Jersey
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Malta
• Mauritius
• Montserrat
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nauru
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Ireland
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• Saint Helena
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• Scotland
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Vanuatu
• Wales
• Zambia

71 (according to the BBC!)
71

Answer 2

Nine countries that have hosted the Commonwealth Games:

• Canada (Ontario 1930, Vancouver 1954, Edmonton 1978 and Victoria 1994)
• England (London 1934 and Manchester 2002)
• Australia (Sydney 1938, Perth 1962, Brisbane 1982 and Melbourne 2006)
• New Zealand (Auckland 1950, 1990 and Christchurch 1974)
• Wales (Cardiff 1958)
• Jamaica (Kingston 1966)
• Scotland (Edinburgh 1970 and 1986, Glasgow 2014)
• Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur 1998)
• India (New Delhi 2010)

Answer 3

its sheduled that 71 countries are going to participate.

Answer 4

72 nations make up the Commonwealth Games.

Answer 5

71 commonwealth teams are participating in 2010 commonwealth games

Answer 6

71 nations participate at the Commonwealth Games.

Answer 7

71 countries are competing