Editing Commonwealth Games (section)

=== Commonwealth nations yet to send teams ===
Very few Commonwealth nations and dependencies have yet to take part:<ref name="Commonwealth of Nations 2014">{{cite web|title=Associated & Overseas Territories|website=Commonwealth of Nations|date=14 April 2014|url=https://www.commonwealthofnations.org/commonwealth/commonwealth-membership/associated-and-overseas-territories/|access-date=20 January 2024|archive-date=21 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921075014/https://www.commonwealthofnations.org/commonwealth/commonwealth-membership/associated-and-overseas-territories/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topendsports.com/events/commonwealth-games/countries/future.htm|title=Commonwealth Games Non-Participating Countries|website=topendsports.com|language=en|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420203014/https://www.topendsports.com/events/commonwealth-games/countries/future.htm|archive-date=20 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="McConnachie 2014">{{cite web|last=McConnachie|first=Alistair|title=Looking Towards the British Wealth in Common Games|website=A Force For Good|date=21 June 2014|url=https://www.aforceforgood.org.uk/games/bcw1#linkfour|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Gabon]] and [[Togo]], the most recent members to join the Commonwealth in 2022, became part of the [[Commonwealth Games Federation]] in 2023 and are expected to make their debut in the 2026 edition.<ref name="Commonwealth Sport 2023">{{cite web|title=Gabon Togo and macau join the Commonwealth Family|website=Commonwealth Sport|date=15 November 2023|url=https://www.commonwealthsport.com/news/3786116/gabon-and-togo-join-the-commonwealth-family|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Tokelau]], a dependency of [[New Zealand]], was expected to take part for the first time at the 2010 Games in Delhi but did not do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commonwealthgame2010.com/delhi/participating-countries.html|title=Commonwealth Games 2010|accessdate=17 November 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020092950/http://commonwealthgame2010.com/delhi/participating-countries.html|archivedate=20 October 2010}}</ref> In 2018, Tokelau was noted to be ineligible for the Commonwealth Games until it became affiliated to at least five [[international sport federations]].<ref name="RNZ 2018">{{cite web|title=Sport: Tokelau wrestling earns Commonwealth nod|website=[[RNZ]] |date=11 May 2018|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/357136/sport-tokelau-wrestling-earns-commonwealth-nod|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Christmas Island]] and the [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]], both [[States and territories of Australia|external territories]] of Australia like [[Norfolk Island]], have not yet sent teams of their own.
* The [[Pitcairn Islands]], a [[British Overseas Territory]], does not compete due to its small population (around 50 people).<ref name="Pitcairn">{{cite web|title=Pitcairn's Population|website=LibGuides at Pacific Union College|date=3 May 2021|url=https://puc.libguides.com/PISC-pitcairnpopulation|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>

Other inhabited territories and [[autonomous administrative division|autonomous regions]] within the Commonwealth, such as [[Ascension Island]] and [[Tristan da Cunha]] (parts of the British Overseas Territory of [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]), [[Nevis]] (a federal entity of the [[Saint Kitts and Nevis|Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis]]), [[Rodrigues]] (an [[Outer Islands of Mauritius|outer island]] of [[Mauritius]]), and [[Zanzibar]] (a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania), are not considered to be separate associated or overseas territories by the Commonwealth<ref name="Commonwealth of Nations 2014"/> and so are unlikely to be eligible.