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{{Legend|#FF8040|Applied or interested non-member states, some of them without historic constitutional association}}
{{Legend|#008000|Non-member states that were [[British protectorate]]s, [[Crown colony|colonies]], [[League of Nations mandate|mandates]] or under some other type of [[British Empire|British administration]]}}]]
The 2007 [[Commonwealth of Nations membership criteria#Kampala review|Kampala review]] of the [[Edinburgh Declaration]] delimits the nations eligible for admission to the Commonwealth to those with "a historic constitutional association with an existing Commonwealth member, save in exceptional circumstances". Various republics have a historic association with the United Kingdom as being former British-administrated territories. The 2009 admission of Rwanda, which has no such association, was made under the "exceptional circumstances" proviso.<ref name="New Times">{{cite news |title=Rwanda: Joining the Commonwealth |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200911270058.html |url-status=live |work=[[The New Times (Rwanda)|The New Times]] |publisher=AllAfrica |date=27 November 2009 |access-date=29 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201045103/http://allafrica.com/stories/200911270058.html |archive-date=1 December 2009}}</ref> However, in 2022, Gabon and Togo, which were former French colonies, became new members of the Commonwealth.
The republics of [[South Sudan]],<ref>{{cite web |title=South Sudan Launches Bid to Join Commonwealth |url=http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/5418/South-Sudan-Launches-Bid-to-Join-Commonwealth.aspx |url-status=live |work=gurtong.net |access-date=15 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406141603/http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/5418/South-Sudan-Launches-Bid-to-Join-Commonwealth.aspx |archive-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> [[Sudan]],<ref name="Membership">{{cite news |last=Howden |first=Daniel |title=The Big Question: What is the Commonwealth's role, and is it relevant to global politics? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-big-question-what-is-the-commonwealths-role-and-is-it-relevant-to-global-politics-1827478.html |url-status=live |work=The Independent |location=London |date=26 November 2009 |access-date=21 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119004751/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-big-question-what-is-the-commonwealths-role-and-is-it-relevant-to-global-politics-1827478.html |archive-date=19 January 2012}}</ref> and [[Suriname]]<ref name="Suriname plans to join the Commonwealth">{{cite web|url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12377129-suriname-plans-to-join-the-commonwealth |title=Welcome to Allvoices |work=allvoices.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625094503/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12377129-suriname-plans-to-join-the-commonwealth |archive-date=2013-06-25}}</ref> have formally made applications, while other republics have expressed interest.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-big-question-what-is-the-commonwealths-role-and-is-it-relevant-to-global-politics-1827478.html|location=London|work=The Independent|first=Daniel|last=Howden|title=The Big Question: What is the Commonwealth's role, and is it relevant to global politics?|date=26 November 2009|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-date=19 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119004751/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-big-question-what-is-the-commonwealths-role-and-is-it-relevant-to-global-politics-1827478.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Osike | first = Felix | title = Rwanda membership delayed | url = http://www.sundayvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=7&newsCategoryId=123&newsId=598876 | work = [[New Vision]] | date = 24 November 2007 | access-date =29 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123172352/http://www.sundayvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=7&newsCategoryId=123&newsId=598876|archive-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> Also, the application was submitted by the unrecognized state of Somaliland, whose territory is now officially considered part of Somalia. The United States ([[Thirteen Colonies]]), Israel ([[Mandate for Palestine]]), [[Republic of Ireland]] ([[Irish Free State]]), and the [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf|Persian Gulf states]], as former possessions of the British empire, are eligible for membership but have shown no interest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/why-the-commonwealth-endures-despite-being-written-off-by-the-left-and-the-right-47142|title=Why the Commonwealth endures despite being written off by the left and the right|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709204828/https://theconversation.com/why-the-commonwealth-endures-despite-being-written-off-by-the-left-and-the-right-47142|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also==
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