The Commonwealth Union edit

Core membership based around the six majority English-speaking "Anglosphere" countries: Australia, Canada, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States, along with their dependencies, external territories and associated states, and the 12 other Commonwealth Realms, which are in personal union with the UK Monarchy.

Flag State Abbr. Capital Largest city[A] Population Pop. Year Total area in mi2 (km2) House seats Rationale for Commonwealth membership[B]
 
Alabama AL Montgomery Birmingham 4,779,736 2010 52,420 (135,767) 7 U.S. state
 
Alaska AK Juneau Anchorage 710,231 2010 665,384 (1,723,337) 1 U.S. state
 
Alberta AB Edmonton Calgary 3,645,257 2011 255,541 (661,848.2) 5 Canadian province
 
Alderney AY Saint Anne 2,059 2011 3.0 (7.76996) 1 Part of Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown Dependency)
 
American Samoa AS Pago Pago Tafuna 55,519 2010 77 (199.429) 1 U.S. Territory
 
American Virgin Islands[C] VI Charlotte Amalie 106,405 2010 134 (347.058) 1 U.S. Territory
 
Anguilla AI The Valley 13,452 2011 35 (90.6496) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
Antigua and Barbuda AG Saint John's 86,295 2011 170 (440.298) 1 Commonwealth Realm
 
Arizona AZ Phoenix 6,392,017 2010 113,990 (295,233) 9 U.S. state
 
Arkansas AR Little Rock 2,915,918 2010 53,179 (137,733) 4 U.S. state
 
Ascension Island AC Georgetown 806 2016 34 (88.0596) 1 Part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (British Overseas Territory)
 
Australian Capital Territory[D] ACT Canberra 357,599 2011 938 (2,429.41) 1 Australian territory
 
Bahamas[E] BS Nassau 351,461 2010 5,358 (13,877) 1 Commonwealth Realm
 
Barbados BB Bridgetown 277,821 2010 166 (429.938) 1 Commonwealth Realm
 
Belize BZ Belmopan Belize City 324,528 2010 8,867 (22,965.4) 1 Commonwealth Realm
 
Bermuda BM Hamilton Saint George's 64,237 2010 21 (54.3898) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
Bonaire BO Kralendijk 17,408 2012 114 (295.259) 1 Special municipality of the Netherlands
 
Bougainville NSB Buka 249,358 2011 3,623 (9,383.53) 1 Autonomous region of Papua New Guinea (Commonwealth Realm)
 
British Columbia BC Victoria Vancouver 4,400,057 2011 364,764 (944,734) 6 Canadian province
 
British Indian Ocean Territory IO Diego Garcia 2,500 2012 23 (59.5697) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
British Virgin Islands VG Road Town 28,054 2010 59 (152.809) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
California CA Sacramento Los Angeles 37,253,956 2010 163,695 (423,968) 53 U.S. state
 
Cayman Islands CAY George Town 54,878 2010 102 (264.179) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
Christmas Island CX Flying Fish Cove 2,072 2011 52 (134.679) 1 Australian territory
 
Chuuk TRK Weno 48,654 2010 47 (121.729) 1 State of Federated States of Micronesia (U.S. Associated State)
 
Cocos-Keeling Islands CC West Island Bantam 550 2011 5.3 (13.7269) 1 Australian territory
 
Colorado CO Denver 5,029,196 2010 104,094 (269,602) 7 U.S. state
 
Connecticut CT Hartford Bridgeport 3,574,097 2010 5,543 (14,356) 5 U.S. state
 
Cook Islands CK Avarua 14,974 2011 91 (235.689) 1 New Zealand Associated State
 
Corsica COR Ajaccio 320,208 2013 3,350 (8,676.46) 1 Region of France
 
Curaçao CW Willemstad 145,406 2012 171 (442.888) 1 Constituent country of the Netherlands
 
Cyprus[F] CY Nicosia 1,141,166 2013 3,572 (9,251.44) 2 European Union member state, plus UK sovereign bases.
 
Delaware DE Dover Wilmington 897,934 2010 2,489 (6,446) 1 U.S. state
 
District of Columbia DC Washington, D.C. 601,723 2010 68 (176.1192) 1 U.S. territory
 
England ENG London 53,012,456 2011 50,346 (130,395.5) 75 Constituent country of the United Kingdom
 
Falkland Islands FK Stanley 2,932 2012 4,700 (12,172.9) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
Faroe Islands FO Torshavn 48,346 2011 540 (1,398.59) 1 Constituent country of Denmark
 
Florida FL Tallahassee Jacksonville 18,801,310 2010 65,758 (170,312) 27 U.S. state
 
French Guiana GF Cayenne 250,109 2013 32,253 (83,534.9) 1 Overseas region of France
 
Georgia GA Atlanta 9,687,653 2010 59,425 (153,910) 14 U.S. state
 
Gibraltar GI Gibraltar 29,752 2011 2.6 (6.73397) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
Greenland GL Nuuk 55,984 2015 836,109 (2,165,510) 1 Constituent country of Denmark
 
Grenada GD Saint George's 106,667 2011 133 (344.468) 1 Commonwealth Realm
 
Guadeloupe GP Basse-Terre Point-à-Pitre 405,739 2013 629 (1,629.10) 1 Overseas region of France
 
Guam GU Hagatna Dededo 159,358 2010 210 (543.898) 1 U.S. territory
 
Guernsey GG Saint Peter Port 62,878 2011 25 (64.7497) 1 Part of Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown Dependency)
 
Hamburg HH Hamburg 1,787,408 2016 292 (756.277) 3 State of Germany
 
Hauts-de-France HDF Lille 5,987,883 2013 12,283 (31,812.8) 8 Region of France
 
Hawaii[G] HI Honolulu 1,360,301 2010 10,934 (28,319) 2 U.S. state
 
Hesse HE Wiesbaden Frankfurt 6,176,172 2016 8,100 (20,978.9) 9 State of Germany
 
Holy Cross Province HCP Kielce 1,257,179 2016 4,507 (11,673.1) 2 Region of Poland
 
Hungary HU Budapest 9,855,571 2015 35,919 (93,029.8) 14 European Union member state
 
Idaho ID Boise 1,567,582 2010 83,569 (216,443) 2 U.S. state
 
Ile-de-France IDF Paris 11,959,807 2013 4,638 (12,012.4) 17 Region of France
 
Illinois IL Springfield Chicago 12,830,632 2010 57,914 (149,997) 18 U.S. state
 
Indiana IN Indianapolis 6,483,802 2010 36,420 (94,327) 9 U.S. state
 
Iowa IA Des Moines 3,046,355 2010 56,273 (145,746) 4 U.S. state
 
Ireland IE Dublin 4,588,252 2011 27,133 (70,274) 6 Majority English-speaking, also European Union member state
 
Isle of Man IM Douglas 84,497 2011 221 (572.387) 1 British Crown Dependency
 
Jamaica[H] JM Kingston 2,704,133 2011 4,246 (10,997.09) 4 Commonwealth Realm
 
Jersey[I] JE Saint Helier 97,857 2011 46 (119.139) 1 British Crown Dependency
 
Kansas KS Topeka Wichita 2,853,118 2010 82,278 (213,099) 4 U.S. state
 
Kentucky[J] KY Frankfort Louisville 4,339,367 2010 40,408 (104,656) 6 U.S. state
 
Kerguelen Islands[K] TF Port-aux-Francais 92[L] 2,945 (7,627.51) 1 Overseas Territory of France
 
Kiribati[M] KI Tarawa 103,500 2010 319 (826.206) 1 Australian/New Zealand de facto protectorate
 
Kosrae KSA Tofol Tafunsak 6,616 2010 43 (111.369) 1 State of Federated States of Micronesia (U.S. Associated State)
 
Kuyavia-Pomerania KUP Bydgoszcz and Torun 2,086,210 2016 6,938 (17,969.3) 3 Region of Poland
 
La Rioja LO Logrono 321,171 2011 1,948 (5,045.30) 1 Autonomous Community of Spain
 
Latvia LV Riga 2,070,371 2011 24,938 (64,589.1) 3 European Union member state
 
Lazio LAZ Rome 5,892,425 2015 6,655 (17,236.4) 8 Italian region
 
Lesser Poland LEP Krakow 3,372,618 2016 5,833 (15,107.4) 5 Region of Poland
 
Liguria LIG Genoa 1,583,263 2015 2,093 (5,420.85) 2 Italian region
 
Lithuania LT Vilnius 2,856,350 2016 25,212 (65,298.8) 4 European Union member state
 
Lodz Region LOZ Lodz 2,493,603 2016 7,034 (18,218.0) 4 Region of Poland
 
Lombardy LOM Milan 10,008,349 2015 9,206 (23,843.4) 14 Italian region
 
Louisiana LA Baton Rouge New Orleans 4,533,372 2010 52,378 (135,658) 6 U.S. state
 
Lower Austria LAU Sankt Polten 1,636,287 2015 7,408 (19,186.6) 2 State of Austria
 
Lower Saxony LS Hanover 7,926,599 2016 18,384 (47,614.3) 11 State of Germany
 
Lower Silesia LSI Wroclaw 2,904,198 2016 7,701 (19,945.5) 4 Region of Poland
 
Lublin Region LUB Lublin 2,139,726 2016 9,712 (25,154.0) 3 Region of Poland
 
Lubusz LUZ Gorzow Wielkopolski and Zielona Gora 1,018,084 2016 5,401 (13,988.5) 1 Region of Poland
 
Luxembourg LU Luxembourg City 576,249 2015 998 (2,584.81) 1 European Union member state
 
Madeira MDA Funchal 267,785 2011 309 (800.306) 1 Autonomous region of Portugal
 
Madrid Community MAD Madrid 6,421,878 2011 3,100 (8,028.96) 9 Autonomous Community of Spain
 
Maine ME Augusta Portland 1,328,361 2010 35,380 (91,634) 2 U.S. state
 
Malta MAL Valletta Birkirkara 416,055 2011 122 (315.979) 1 European Union member state
 
Manitoba MB Winnipeg 1,208,268 2011 250,950 (649,957.5) 2 Canadian province
 
Marche MAR Ancona 1,550,796 2015 3,616 (9,365.40) 2 Italian region
 
Marshall Islands MH Majuro 53,158 2011 70 (181.2992) 1 U.S. Associated State
 
Martinique MQ Fort-de-France 386,486 2013 436 (1,129.23) 1 Overseas region of France
 
Maryland MD Annapolis Baltimore 5,773,552 2010 12,406 (32,131) 8 U.S. state
 
Masovia MAS Warsaw 5,349,114 2016 13,737 (35,579) 8 Region of Poland
 
Massachusetts[N] MA Boston 6,547,629 2010 10,554 (27,335) 9 U.S. state
 
Mayotte MY Mamoudzou 226,915 2015 144 (372.958) 1 Overseas region of France
 
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania MV Schwerin Rostock 1,612,362 2016 8,948 (23,175.2) 2 State of Germany
 
Melilla ML Melilla 81,323 2011 4.7 (12.1729) 1 Autonomous city of Spain
 
Michigan MI Lansing Detroit 9,883,640 2010 96,714 (250,488) 14 U.S. state
 
Minnesota MN Saint Paul Minneapolis 5,303,925 2010 86,936 (225,163) 8 U.S. state
 
Mississippi MS Jackson 2,967,297 2010 48,432 (125,438) 4 U.S. state
 
Missouri MO Jefferson City Kansas City 5,988,927 2010 69,707 (180,540) 8 U.S. state
 
Molise MOL Campobasso 313,348 2015 1,714 (4,439.24) 1 Italian region
 
Monaco MC Monaco 37,800 2014 0.8 (2.07199) 1 De facto protectorate of France
 
Montana MT Helena Billings 989,415 2010 147,040 (380,832) 1 U.S. state
 
Montserrat MST Brades 4,922 2011 39 (101.010) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
Murcia MU Murcia, and Cartagena 1,462,125 2011 4,368 (11,313.1) 2 Autonomous Community of Spain
 
Nauru NR Yaren[O] Denigomodu 10,084 2011 8.1 (20.9789) 1 Australian de facto protectorate
 
Navarre NA Pamplona 640,125 2011 4,012 (10,391.0) 1 Autonomous Community of Spain
 
Nebraska NE Lincoln Omaha 1,826,341 2010 77,348 (200,330) 3 U.S. state
 
Netherlands NL Amsterdam and
The Hague
16,725,902 2012 16,033 (41,525.3) 24 European Union member state (European part)
 
Nevada NV Carson City Las Vegas 2,700,551 2010 110,572 (286,380) 4 U.S. state
 
Nevis NEV Charlestown 11,415 2011 36 (93.2396) 1 State of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Commonwealth Realm)
 
New Aquitaine NAQ Bordeaux 5,844,177 2013 32,456 (84,060.7) 8 Region of France
 
New Brunswick NB Fredericton Saint John 751,171 2011 28,150 (72,908.17) 1 Canadian province
 
New Caledonia NCA Noumea 268,767 2014 7,172 (18,575.4) 1 Special Collectivity of France
 
New Hampshire NH Concord Manchester 1,316,470 2010 9,349 (24,214) 2 U.S. state
 
New Jersey NJ Trenton Newark 8,791,894 2010 8,723 (22,592) 12 U.S. state
 
New Mexico NM Santa Fe Albuquerque 2,059,179 2010 121,590 (314,917) 3 U.S. state
 
New South Wales NSW Sydney 6,917,658 2011 312,528 (809,444) 10 Australian state
 
New York NY Albany New York 19,378,102 2010 54,555 (141,297) 27 U.S. state
 
New Zealand NZ Wellington Auckland 4,242,048 2013 103,483 (268,020) 6 Majority English-speaking, also Commonwealth Realm
 
Newfoundland and Labrador NAL Saint John's 514,536 2011 156,453 (405,211.4) 1 Canadian province
 
Niue NIU Alofi 1,611 2011 100 (258.999) 1 New Zealand Associated State
 
Norfolk Island NF Kingston Burnt Pine 2,302 2011 13 (33.6698) 1 Australian territory
 
Normandy NOR Rouen 3,328,364 2013 11,547 (29,906.6) 5 Region of France
 
North Carolina NC Raleigh Charlotte 9,535,483 2010 53,819 (139,391) 13 U.S. state
 
North Dakota ND Bismarck Fargo 672,591 2010 70,698 (183,107) 1 U.S. state
 
North Rhine-Westphalia NW Dusseldorf Cologne 17,865,516 2016 13,160 (34,084.2) 25 State of Germany
 
Northern Ireland NIR Belfast 1,810,863 2011 5,456 (14,131.0) 3 Constituent country of the UK
 
Northern Mariana Islands[P] MP Saipan 53,883 2010 179 (463.608) 1 U.S. territory
 
Northern Territory NT Darwin 211,945 2011 548,640 (1,420,970) 1 Australian territory
 
Northwest Territories NWT Yellowknife 41,462 2011 519,734 (1,346,105) 1 Canadian territory
 
Nova Scotia NS Halifax 921,727 2011 21,345 (55,283.30) 1 Canadian province
 
Nunavut NU Iqaluit 31,906 2011 787,155 (2,038,722) 1 Canadian territory
 
Occitania OCC Toulouse 5,683,878 2013 28,079 (72,724.3) 8 Region of France
 
Ohio OH Columbus 11,536,504 2010 44,826 (116,099) 16 U.S. state
 
Oklahoma OK Oklahoma City 3,751,351 2010 69,899 (181,038) 5 U.S. state
 
Ontario ON Toronto 12,851,821 2011 415,598 (1,076,390) 18 Canadian province
 
Opole Region OPO Opole 996,011 2016 3,634 (9,412.02) 1 Region of Poland
 
Oregon OR Salem Portland 3,831,074 2010 98,379 (254,800) 5 U.S. state
 
Palau PW Ngerulmud Koror 17,501 2012 180 (466.198) 1 U.S. Associated State
 
Papua New Guinea[Q] PG Port Moresby 6,810,295 2011 175,080 (453,455.1) 10 Commonwealth Realm
 
Pays de la Loire PDL Nantes 3,660,852 2013 12,387 (32,082.2) 5 Region of France
 
Pennsylvania[R] PA Harrisburg Philadelphia 12,702,379 2010 46,054 (119,279) 18 U.S. state
 
Piedmont PIM Turin 4,424,467 2015 9,808 (25,402.6) 6 Italian region
 
Pitcairn Islands[S] PN Adamstown 67 2011 18 (46.6198) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
Podlasie POD Bialystok 1,188,800 2016 7,790 (20,176.0) 2 Region of Poland
 
Pohnpei PNI Kolonia 36,196 2010 133 (344.468) 1 State of Federated States of Micronesia (U.S. Associated State)
 
Pomerania POM Gdansk 2,307,710 2016 7,063 (18,293.1) 3 Region of Poland
 
Portugal[T] PT Lisbon 10,057,546 2011 34,342 (88,945.4) 14 European Union member state
 
Prince Edward Island PE Charlottetown 140,204 2011 2,190 (5,672.074) 1 Canadian province
 
Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur PAC Marseille 4,953,675 2013 12,100 (31,338.9) 7 Region of France
 
Puerto Rico[U] PR San Juan 3,725,789 2010 3,515 (9,103.81) 5 U.S. territory
 
Quebec QC Quebec City Montreal 7,903,001 2011 595,391 (1,542,060) 11 Canadian province
 
Queensland[V] QLD Brisbane 4,332,739 2011 715,311 (1,852,650) 6 Australian state
 
Reunion[W] RE Saint-Denis 840,974 2013 982 (2,543.37) 1 Overseas Region of France
 
Rhineland-Palatinate RP Mainz 4,052,803 2016 7,666 (19,854.8) 6 State of Germany
 
Rhode Island[X] RI Providence 1,052,567 2010 1,545 (4,002) 1 U.S. state
 
Romania RO Bucharest 20,121,641 2011 92,043 (238,390) 28 European Union member state
 
Saarland SL Saarbrucken 995,597 2016 990 (2,564.09) 1 State of Germany
 
Saba SAB The Bottom 1,991 2012 5.0 (12.9499) 1 Special municipality of the Netherlands
 
Saint Barts BL Gustavia 9,035 2011 9.5 (24.6049) 1 Overseas collectivity of France
 
Saint Eustatius SEU Oranjestad 3,897 2012 12 (31.0799) 1 Special municipality of the Netherlands
 
Saint Helena STH Jamestown Half Tree Hollow 4,534 2016 47 (121.729) 1 Part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (British Overseas Territory)
 
Saint Kitts KIT Basseterre 34,983 2011 67 (173.529) 1 State of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Commonwealth Realm)
 
Saint Lucia LC Castries 165,595 2010 238 (616.417) 1 Commonwealth Realm
 
Saint Martin[Y] SX Philipsburg Marigot 69,895 2011 34 (88.0596) 1 Overseas collectivity of France, and Constituent Country of the Netherlands
 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM Saint Pierre 6,080 2011 93 (240.869) 1 Overseas collectivity of France
 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC Kingstown 109,991 2011 133 (344.468) 1 Commonwealth Realm
 
Salzburg SAZ Salzburg 538,258 2015 2,763 (7,156.14) 1 State of Austria
 
Samoa WS Apia 187,820 2011 1,097 (2,841.217) 1 New Zealand de facto protectorate
 
San Marino SM San Marino City Dogana 33,020 2015 24 (62.1597) 1 De facto protectorate of Italy
 
Sardinia SAR Cagliari 1,663,286 2015 9,300 (24,086.9) 2 Italian region
 
Sark SAK Sark 600 2012 2.1 (5.43898) 1 Part of Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown Dependency)
 
Saskatchewan SW Regina Saskatoon 1,033,381 2011 251,700 (651,900.0) 1 Canadian province
 
Saxony SN Dresden Leipzig 4,084,851 2016 7,110 (18,414.8) 6 State of Germany
 
Saxony-Anhalt ST Magdeburg Halle 2,245,470 2016 7,896 (20,450.5) 3 State of Germany
 
Schleswig-Holstein SH Kiel 2,858,714 2016 6,086 (15,762.7) 4 State of Germany
 
Scotland SCT Edinburgh Glasgow 5,313,600 2011 30,414 (78,772) 8 Constituent country of the UK
 
Sicily SIC Palermo 5,092,080 2015 9,927 (25,710.8) 7 Italian region
 
Silesia SIL Katowice 4,570,849 2016 4,762 (12,333.5) 6 Region of Poland
 
Slovakia SK Bratislava 5,397,036 2011 18,932 (49,033.7) 8 European Union member state
 
Slovenia SI Ljubljana 2,063,077 2015 7,827 (20,271.8) 3 European Union member state
 
Solomon Islands SB Honiara 515,870 2009 10,965 (28,399) 1 Commonwealth Realm
 
South Australia SA Adelaide 1,596,572 2011 402,903 (1,043,510) 2 Australian state
 
South Carolina SC Columbia 4,625,364 2010 32,020 (82,931) 7 U.S. state
 
South Dakota SD Pierre Sioux Falls 814,180 2010 77,116 (199,730) 1 U.S. state
 
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GS King Edward Point Grytviken 30 2009 1,507 (3,903.11) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
South Tyrol STL Bolzano 511,570 2011 2,857 (7,399.60) 1 Italian region (part)
 
Styria STY Graz 1,221,014 2015 6,332 (16,399.8) 2 State of Austria
 
Subcarpathia SUB Rzeszow 2,127,657 2016 6,890 (17,845.0) 3 Region of Poland
 
Sweden SE Stockholm 9,954,420 2016 175,896 (455,569) 14 European Union member state
 
Tasmania TAS Hobart 495,354 2011 26,410 (68,401.6) 1 Australian state
 
Tennessee TN Nashville Memphis 6,346,105 2010 42,144 (109,152) 9 U.S. state
 
Texas TX Austin Houston 25,145,561 2010 268,596 (695,660) 35 U.S. state
 
Thuringia TH Erfurt 2,170,714 2016 6,244 (16,171.9) 3 State of Germany
 
Tokelau TK Atafu, Fakaofo, and Nukunonu[Z] Fakaofo 1,411 2011 3.9 (10.1010) 1 New Zealand territory
 
Trentino TRE Trento 534,405 2012 2,398 (6,210.79) 1 Italian region (part)
 
Tristan da Cunha TA Edinburgh of the Seven Seas 293 2016 3.3 (8.54696) 1 Part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (British Overseas Territory)
 
Turks and Caicos Islands TC Cockburn Town Providenciales 31,458 2012 238 (616.417) 1 British Overseas Territory
 
Tuscany TUS Florence 3,752,654 2015 8,877 (22,991.3) 5 Italian region
 
Tuvalu TV Funafuti 11,206 2011 10 (25.8999) 1 Commonwealth Realm
 
Tyrol TYR Innsbruck 728,537 2015 4,880 (12,639.1) 1 State of Austria
 
Umbria UMB Perugia 894,762 2015 3,265 (8,456.31) 1 Italian region
 
Upper Austria UAU Linz 1,436,791 2015 4,626 (11,981.3) 2 State of Austria
 
Utah UT Salt Lake City 2,763,885 2010 84,897 (219,882) 4 U.S. state
 
Valencia VL Valencia 5,009,930 2011 8,979 (23,255.5) 7 Autonomous community of Spain
 
Vatican City VAC Vatican 1,000 2015 0.17 (0.440298) 1 De facto protectorate of Italy
 
Veneto VEN Venice 4,927,596 2015 7,104 (18,399.3) 7 Italian region
 
Vermont VT Montpelier Burlington 625,741 2010 9,616 (24,905) 1 U.S. state
 
Victoria VIC Melbourne 5,354,042 2011 91,753 (237,639) 8 Australian state
 
Vienna VIA Vienna 1,794,770 2015 160 (414.398) 3 State of Austria
 
Virginia[AA] VA Richmond Virginia Beach 8,001,024 2010 42,775 (110,787) 11 U.S. state
 
Vorarlberg VOR Bregenz Dornbirn 378,490 2015 1,004 (2,600.35) 1 State of Austria
 
Wake Island AWK Wake Island 94 2015 2.7 (6.99297) 1 U.S. territory
 
Wales WLS Cardiff 3,063,456 2011 8,022 (20,776.9) 4 Constituent country of the UK
 
Wallis and Futuna WF Mata-Utu 12,197 2013 55 (142.449) 1 Overseas collectivity of France
 
Wallonia WAL Namur Charleroi 3,589,744 2015 6,504 (16,845.3) 5 Region of Belgium
 
Warmia-Masuria WAM Olsztyn 1,439,675 2016 9,341 (24,193.1) 2 Region of Poland
 
Washington WA Olympia Seattle 6,724,540 2010 71,298 (184,661) 10 U.S. state
 
West Pomerania WEP Szczecin 1,710,482 2016 8,840 (22,895) 2 Region of Poland
 
West Virginia WV Charleston 1,852,994 2010 24,230 (62,755) 3 U.S. state
 
Western Australia[AB] WAU Perth 2,239,170 2011 1,021,621 (2,645,990) 3 Australian state
 
Wisconsin WI Madison Milwaukee 5,686,986 2010 65,496 (169,634) 8 U.S. state
 
Wyoming WY Cheyenne 563,626 2010 97,813 (253,335) 1 U.S. state
 
Yap YAP Colonia 11,377 2010 46 (119.139) 1 State of Federated States of Micronesia (U.S. Associated State)
 
Yukon YT Whitehorse 33,897 2011 186,272 (482,442.3) 1 Canadian territory
 
The Commonwealth Union Washington, London and Canberra (rotating) London 894,614,005 13,671,002 (35,407,730) 1,338 [B]

Notes edit

Notes

  1. ^ The largest city is the city in a state with the largest population in the city proper; metropolitan areas are not considered in this number.
  2. ^ a b Core membership based around the six majority English-speaking "Anglosphere" countries: Australia, Canada, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States, along with their dependencies, external territories and associated states, and the 12 other Commonwealth Realms, which share the UK Monarchy, as well as the 26 other European Union member states, which are in political union with the UK and Ireland, along with their dependencies and external territories.
  3. ^ The American (or U.S.) Virgin Islands are known officially as the Virgin Islands of the United States.
  4. ^ includes Jervis Bay Territory.
  5. ^ The Bahamas is known officially as the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
  6. ^ Including Northern Cyprus, UN buffer zone, and UK sovereign bases (Akrotiri and Dhekelia).
  7. ^ Including Midway Atoll, and Johnston Atoll.
  8. ^ Including Navassa Island.
  9. ^ Jersey is known officially as the Bailiwick of Jersey.
  10. ^ The state of Kentucky is known officially as the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  11. ^ Includes Crozet Islands, Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul.
  12. ^ Winter population.
  13. ^ Including Palmyra Atoll, Kingman Reef, Jarvis Island, Howland Island, and Baker Island.
  14. ^ The state of Massachusetts is known officially as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  15. ^ de facto administrative centre.
  16. ^ The Northern Marianas are known officially as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
  17. ^ Excluding Bougainville, listed separately.
  18. ^ The state of Pennsylvania is known officially as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  19. ^ The Pitcairn Islands are officially known as the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands.
  20. ^ Excluding the Azores and Madeira, listed separately.
  21. ^ Puerto Rico is known officially as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
  22. ^ Including Coral Sea Islands.
  23. ^ Including Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova, Bassas da India, Europa Island and Tromelin.
  24. ^ The state of Rhode Island is known officially as the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
  25. ^ Comprises both French and Dutch halves of the island.
  26. ^ Tokelau has no formal capital - each atoll has its own administrative center, rotating on a yearly basis.
  27. ^ The state of Virginia is known officially as the Commonwealth of Virginia.
  28. ^ Including Ashmore and Cartier Islands, and Heard Island and McDonald Islands.