New Commonwealth

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The term New Commonwealth was commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s to refer to members of the Commonwealth of Nations that had joined in recent years as a result of decolonization. These countries were mostly, poor developing countries in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean with predominantly non-white populations. They were in contrast with the so-called Old Commonwealth (or "White Commonwealth") countries that were located in the developed world and were predominantly white and wealthy.