{"id":4209,"date":"2018-07-15T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=4209"},"modified":"2022-03-13T19:56:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T19:56:25","slug":"what-countries-were-in-the-british-empire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/questions-about-the-british-empire\/what-countries-were-in-the-british-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"What countries were in the British Empire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What countries were in the British Empire? The British Empire stretched into each part of the world. Territories were held across the continents. There remain 14 British Territories Overseas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dmKQYY2GRvY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Former colonies of the British Empire. The year of Independence is shown.<\/p>\n<p>Currently the union consists of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are devolved Parliaments for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales that have powers relating to only those parts of the union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Afghanistan -1919<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Australia-1901 -1986<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">The Bahamas-1973<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Bahrain-1971<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Barbados-1966<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Belize-1981<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Botswana-1966<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Brunei-1984<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Canada-1867\u20131982-(From 1949 this included Newfoundland and Labrador).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Cyprus-1960<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Dominica-1978<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Egypt-1922<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Fiji-1970<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">The Gambia-1965<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Ghana-1957<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Grenada-1974<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">India-1947<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Iraq-1932 (British Mandate)<\/p>\n<p>Ireland &#8211; 1948<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Jamaica-1962<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Jordan-1946<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Kenya-1963<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Kiribati-1979<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Kuwait-1961<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Lesotho-1964<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Malawi-1964<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Malaysia-1957<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Maldives-1965<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Malta-1964<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Mauritius-1968<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Myanmar-(Burma)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Nauru-1968<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">New Zealand-1907\u20131986<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Nigeria-1960<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Pakistan-1947<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Qatar-1971<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">St lucia-1971<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Saint Kitts and nevis-1983<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">St Vincent and the Grenadina lines-1979<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Seychelles-1976<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Sierra lione-1961<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Soliman islands-1978<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">South Africa-1910\u20131961<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Sri Lanka-1948<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Sudan -1956<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Swaziland-1968<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Tanzania-1961<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Tonga-1970<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Trinidad and Tobago-1962<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Tuvalu-1978<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">Uganda-1962<\/p>\n<p class=\"ui_qtext_para\">United Arab Emirates-1971<\/p>\n<p>United States-1776. 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