Fast facts: What you need to know about the Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth is made up by 53 member countries with thirty one of them having a population size of 1.5million people or less.
Sixteen of the 53 Commonwealth member countries have HM Queen Elizabeth as their queen.
Before this year’s event in Glasgow, Scotland has hosted the “friendly games” twice before: in 1970 and 1986.
The Commonwealth has helped about three fourths of its members strengthen their legal system.
Alister Allan is Scotland’s most successful Commonwealth athlete with 3 Gold, 3 Silver, and 4 Bronze medals.
The Commonwealth Marathon will cover the route through the Merchant City, George Square, and Buchanan Street.
In November 09, 2007, Glasgow won the right to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Athletes participating in the games are expected to eat 60 tonnes of potatoes and 500,000 pieces of fruit during the games.
The Queen’s Baton Relay will cover 190,000km.
The youngest Official Ambassador for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games is Tom Daley.
An official Glasgow 2014 50p coin was released by Royal Mint as a lasting reminder of the Commonwealth Games.
Australia has won the most number of medals with 803 Golds as of pre-games 2014. It’s also the only country with over 2,000 medals.
Glasgow 2014’s Official Mascot, Clyde, visited over 600,000 people in Scotland.
31 members are considered small states.
The Youth Commonwealth Games will be held in Samoa in 2015.
Commonwealth Games are made up of 10 core sports.
Official education programme of the Commonwealth Games will benefit over 250,000 pupils from the “Game On Scotland.”
The 2014 Games will highlight the importance of teamwork and collaboration within and between Commonwealth countries.
During the opening ceremony, the largest ever LED screen in Europe will be used.
370 young entrepreneurs benefited from £780,000 worth of loans through the work of the Commonwealth.
E-health helps Commonwealth citizens maintain healthy lives.