History of Europe

What countries belong to the British Empire?

The British Empire was a collection of territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. At its peak in the late 19th century, the British Empire covered a quarter of the Earth's surface and had a population of around 458 million people.

The following countries were once part of the British Empire:

Africa:

-Botswana

-Cameroon

-Gambia

-Ghana

-Kenya

-Lesotho

-Malawi

-Mauritius

-Namibia

-Nigeria

-Sierra Leone

-Somalia

-South Africa

-Sudan

-Tanzania

-Uganda

-Zambia

-Zimbabwe

Asia:

-Bahrain

-Bangladesh

-Brunei

-Burma (now Myanmar)

-Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

-Cyprus

-Hong Kong

-India

-Iraq

-Jordan

-Kuwait

-Malaysia

-Maldives

-Oman

-Pakistan

-Qatar

-Singapore

-United Arab Emirates

-Yemen

Australia and the Pacific:

-Australia

-Fiji

-Kiribati

-Nauru

-New Zealand

-Papua New Guinea

-Solomon Islands

-Tonga

-Tuvalu

-Vanuatu

Americas:

-Anguilla

-Bahamas

-Barbados

-Belize

-Bermuda

-British Guiana (now Guyana)

-British Honduras (now Belize)

-British Virgin Islands

-Canada

-Cayman Islands

-Dominica

-Falkland Islands

-Grenada

-Jamaica

-Montserrat

-Saint Kitts and Nevis

-Saint Lucia

-Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-Trinidad and Tobago

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