World Cup participants

1975 World Cup / Prudential Cup, 1975

England, New Zealand, India, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), West Indies, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan

1979 World Cup / Prudential Cup, 1979

England, Australia, Pakistan, Canada, West Indies, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka

1983 World Cup / Prudential Cup, 1983

England, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, India, Zimbabwe

1987 World Cup / Reliance World Cup

Australia, India, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies

1992 Cricket World Cup / Benson & Hedges World Cup

Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe

1996 Cricket World Cup / Wills World Cup

Sri Lanka, Australia, India, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, England, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands

1999 Cricket World Cup

Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Kenya, Scotland

2003 Cricket World Cup / ICC Cricket World Cup 2003

Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Canada, Namibia, Netherlands

2007 ICC Cricket World Cup

Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bermuda, Canada, Kenya, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland

When nations got test status

Australia: March 15, 1877
England: March 15, 1877
South Africa: March 12, 1889
West Indies: June 23, 1928
New Zealand: January 10, 1930
India: June 25, 1932
Pakistan: October 16, 1952
Sri Lanka: February 17, 1982
Zimbabwe: October 18, 1992
Bangladesh: November 10, 2000