Participating Countries
General information about countries competing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
| Country |
Flag |
Capital |
Area |
Population |
Language |
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| Anguilla |
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Gabarone |
581,730 sq km |
1,479,039 |
English, Setswana |
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Antigua &
Barbuda |
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St Johns |
442 sq km |
703,399 |
English,
Local dialects |
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| Australia |
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Canberra |
7,682,300 sq km |
20,320,000 |
English |
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| Bahamas |
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Nassau |
13,939 sq km |
301,000 |
English,
Creole |
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| Bangladesh |
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Dhaka |
147,570 sq km |
129,146,695 |
Bangla, Urdu, English |
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| Barbados |
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Bridgetown |
430 sq km |
269,000 |
English |
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| Belize |
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Belmopan |
22.965 sq km |
241,546 |
English, Spanish, Maya, Garifuna |
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| Bermuda |
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Hamilton |
53 sq km |
62,912 |
English,
Portugese |
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| Botswana |
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Babarone |
581,730 sq km |
1,479,039 |
English, Setswana |
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British Virgin
Islands |
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Road Town |
153 sq km |
19,610 |
English |
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| Brunei |
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Bandar Seri Begawan |
5765 sq km |
335,000 |
Malay,
English, Chinese |
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| Cameroon |
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Yaounde |
5442 sq km |
15,891,531 |
English, French, 24 other African languages |
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| Canada |
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Ottowa |
9,970,610 sq km |
31,330,255 |
English, French |
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| Caymen
Islands |
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George Town |
259 sq km |
41,011 |
English |
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| Cook
Islands |
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Avarua |
237 sq km |
20,407 |
English,
Maori |
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| Cyprus |
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Nicosia |
9251 sq km |
759,048 |
Greek,
Turkish, English |
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| Dominica |
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Roseau |
750 sq km |
63,944 |
English,
French patois |
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| England |
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London |
130,410 sq km |
49,495,000 |
English |
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| Falkland Islands |
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Stanley |
12,173 sq km |
2826 |
English |
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| Fiji |
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Suva |
18,376 sq km |
823,376 |
English, Fijiam, Hindustani |
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| Gambia |
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Banjul |
11,295 sq km |
1,381,496 |
English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula |
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| Gibraltar |
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Gibraltar |
6.5 sq Km |
29,272 |
English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian |
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| Ghana |
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Accra |
238,500 sq km |
19,271,744 |
English, Akan, Mole-Dagbani, Ewe, Ga-Adangbe |
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| Grenada |
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St George's |
344 sq km |
97,913 |
English, French patios |
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| Guernsey |
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Saint Peter Port |
194 sq km |
64,080 |
English |
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| Guyana |
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Georgetown |
214,969 sq km |
703,399 |
English, Amerindian dialects |
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| India |
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New Delhi |
3,287,591 sq km |
986,611,000 |
Hindi, 14 official languages, English |
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| Isle of Man |
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Douglas |
572 sq km |
73,117 |
English, Manx, Gaelic |
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| Jamaica |
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Kingston |
10,991 sq km |
2,621,000 |
English, Creole |
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| Jersey |
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Saint Helier |
116 sq km |
87,186 |
English, French, Norman-French Dialect |
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| Kenya |
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Nairobi |
582,650 sq km |
33,829,590 |
English, Swahili |
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| Kiribati |
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Tarawa |
811 sq km |
87,025 |
English, Gibertese |
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| Lesotho |
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Maseru |
30,355 sq km |
2,129,000 |
English, Sessotho, Zulu, Xhosa |
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| Malawi |
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Lilongwe |
118,484 sq km |
10,154,299 |
English, Chichewa, Bantu languages |
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| Malaysia |
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Kuala
Lumpur |
328,758 sq km |
21,820,143 |
Malay, English, Chinese |
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| Maldives |
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Male |
298 sq km |
278,000 |
Maldivian
Divehi, English |
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| Malta |
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Valletta |
316 sq km |
380,000 |
Maltese,
English |
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| Mauritius |
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Port Louis |
2040 sq km |
1,172,000 |
English, Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori |
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| Montserrat |
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Plymouth |
102 sq km |
12,875 |
English |
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| Mozambique |
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Maputo |
799,380 sq km |
19,614,345 |
Portuguese, Indigenous dialects |
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| Namibia |
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Windhoek |
824,292 sq km |
1,648,000 |
English, Afrikaans, Greman, Indigenous languages |
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| Nigeria |
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Abuja |
923,768 sq km |
113,823,000 |
English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo |
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| Norfolk Islands |
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Kingston |
35 sq km |
1880 |
English, Ancient Tahitian |
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| Northern Ireland |
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Belfast |
244,110 sq km |
1,663,000 |
English,
Irish Gaelic |
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| Nuie |
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Alofi |
258 sq km |
2000 |
Niuean,
English |
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| Pakistan |
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Islamabad |
796,095 sq km |
146,488,000 |
Urudu, English, Punjabi, Sindhi |
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Papua New
Guinea |
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Port Moresby |
462,840 sq km |
4,811,939 |
715 Indigenous Languages |
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| Samoa |
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Apia |
2831 sq km |
235,302 |
Samoan, English |
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| Scotland |
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Edinburgh |
244,110 sq km |
5,120,000 |
English, Gaelic |
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| Seychelles |
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Victoria |
454 sq km |
79,672 |
English, French, Creole |
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| Singapore |
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Singapore |
648 sq km |
399,000 |
Chinese,
Malay, Tamil, English |
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| Sierra Leone |
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Freetown |
71,740 sq km |
5,509,263 |
English, Mende, Temne, Krio |
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| Solomon Islands |
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Honiara |
27,556 sq km |
470,000 |
Melanesian pidgin, 120 Indigenous languages, English |
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| South Africa |
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Pretoria |
1,221,037 sq km |
42,579,000 |
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu |
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| Sri Lanka |
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Colombo |
65,610 sq km |
19,003,000 |
Sinhalese, Tamil, English |
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| St Helena |
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Jamestown |
308 sq km |
7000 |
English |
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| St Kitts & Nevis |
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Basseterre |
261 sq km |
39,000 |
English |
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| St Lucia |
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Castries |
617 sq km |
l154,000 |
English, French patois |
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St Vincent &
the Grenadines |
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Kingstown |
389 sq km |
121,188 |
English, French patois |
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| Swaziland |
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Mbabane |
17,364 sq km |
985,000 |
English, Swazi |
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| Tonga |
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Nuku'alofa |
750 sq km |
109,959 |
Tongan, English |
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Trinidad &
Tobago |
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Port of Spain |
5128 sq km |
1,086,908 |
English, Hindi, French, Spanish |
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| Turks & Caicos |
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Grand Turk |
430 sq km |
17,502 |
English |
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| Tuvalu |
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Funafuti |
26 sq km |
12,000 |
Tuvalu, English |
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| Uganda |
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Kampala |
241,038 sq km |
23,451,687 |
English, Luganda |
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United Republic
of Tanzania |
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Dar es Salaam |
945,087 sq km |
31,271,000 |
Swahili, English |
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| Vanuatu |
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Port-Vila |
12,190 sq km |
192,848 |
English, French, Bislama |
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| Wales |
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Cardiff |
20,760 sq km |
2,921,000 |
English, Welsh |
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| Zambia |
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Lusaka |
752,614 sq km |
9,872,007 |
English, Indigenous Languages |
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