List of national flags by design

Flags of member nation-states flying outside the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York (2007)

Parts of a flag

A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a country or nation-state. Flags come in many shapes and designs, which often represent something about the country or people that the flag represents. Common design elements of flags include shapes — such as crescent moons, crosses, stars, stripes, and suns — layout elements such as including a canton (a rectangle with a distinct design, such as another national flag), and the overall shape of a flag, such as the aspect ratio of a rectangular flag — whether the flag is square or rectangle, and how wide it is — or the choice of a non-rectangular flag. Sometimes these flags are used as a short-hand guide to represent languages on say, tourist information or versions of websites on internet.

Many countries with shared history, culture, ethnicity, or religion have similarities in their flags that represent this connection. Sets of flags in this list within the same category may represent countries' shared connections — as with the Scandinavian countries exhibiting the Nordic cross on their flags — or the design similarity may be a coincidence — as with the red and white flags of Indonesia and Monaco.

For clarity, unless stated, all flags shown are the civil flag of the nation state / country recognised as such by the United Nations — the state flags, (usually of the government), along with the flags of autonomous countries, regions, and territories of a UN nation state will be annotated in italics as such.

Mobile charge — Circle

Further information: Charge (heraldry) and roundel

One circle in center

•  Belize
•  Brazil
•  Burundi
•  Christmas Island
  (external territory of Australia)
•  the Commonwealth of Nations
  (supra-national political inter-governmental organization)
•  the Commonwealth of Nations
  (1976→2013)
•  Dominica
•  Ethiopia
•  Grenada
•  India
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  South Korea
•  Laos
•  Niger
•  North Macedonia
•  Paraguay
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda
•  The United Nations
  (supra-national political inter-governmental organization)
•  Zaire
  (1971→1997)

One circle off-centre

•  Bangladesh
•  Bonaire
  (Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territory of the Dutch Crown)
•  The Cocos Islands
  (external territory of Australia)
•  Greenland
  (overseas autonomous territory of Denmark)
•  North Korea
•  Namibia
•  New Caledonia
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  Palau
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with the US)
•  Portugal
  — an armillary sphere plus 25 white "plate" roundel discs in quincunces on five escutcheoned shields
•  Rwanda
•  Tasmania
  (island state of Australia)

One broken or implied circle

•  Afghanistan
  (2013–2021)
•  Cape Verde
  — ten stars in a circle
•  The Cook Islands
  — 15 stars in a circle
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with New Zealand)
•  Eritrea
  — a wreath emblem
•  The Council of Europe
  (1955→ — international organisation to uphold human rights, democracy, and the rule of law via the European Court of Human Rights)
  — twelve stars in a circle
•  The European Union
  (1985→ — supra-national inter-governmental, political, and economic union)
  — twelve stars in a circle
•  French Polynesia
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  The German Democratic Republic
  (East Germany, 1959→1990)
  — wreath of wheat emblem
•  The Northern Mariana Islands
  — a garland of flowers emblem
  (unincorporated organized US territory)

Mobile charge — National coat of arms / badge

Further information: Coat of arms and Heraldic badge

Civil flags

•  Alderney
  (Crown dependency of the UK under the self-governing Bailiwick of Guernsey)
•  Andorra
•  Anguilla
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Ascension Island
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  The Azores
  (Autonomous Region of Portugal)
•  Belize
•  Bermuda
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  The British Antarctic Territory
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  The British Virgin Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  The Cayman Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Croatia
•  Ecuador
•  Egypt
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  The Falkland Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Fiji
•  Haiti
•  Herm
  (Crown dependency of the UK under the self-governing Bailiwick of Guernsey)
•  Jersey
  (self-governing Crown dependency of the UK)
•  The Isle of Man
  (self-governing Crown dependency of the UK)
•  Mayotte
  (unofficial flag of the overseas department of France)
•  Moldova
•  Montenegro
•  Montserrat
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Nicaragua
•  Paraguay
•  The Pitcairn Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Portugal
•  Saint Barthélemy
  (unofficial flag of the overseas self-governing collectivity of France)
•  Saint Helena
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Saint-Martin
  (unofficial flag of the overseas self-governing collectivity of France)
•  Sint Maarten
  (constituent island nation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
•  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  Slovakia
•  Slovenia
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Spain
•  Tristan da Cunha
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  The Turks and Caicos Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  The US Virgin Islands
  (unincorporated organized US territory)

State flags only

Further information: state flag

The following are the government / state flag only — the national civil flag is without the arms.

•  Austria
•  Bolivia
•  The Canary Islands
  (Autonomous community of Spain)
•  Costa Rica
•  The Dominican Republic
•  El Salvador
•  Finland
•  Germany
•  Guatemala
•  Hungary
  (1920→1946 and 1995→ — unofficial flag)
•  Liechtenstein
•  Nigeria
•  Palestine
•  Peru
•  Poland
•  San Marino
•  Serbia
•  Venezuela

Mobile charge — National emblem / seal

Further information: National emblem

•  Afghanistan
  (2013→2021)
•  The British Indian Ocean Territory
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  Brunei
•  Canada
•  Christmas Island
  (external territory of Australia)
•  the Commonwealth of Nations
  (from 2013 — supra-national political inter-governmental organization)
•  the Commonwealth of Nations
  (1976→2013)
•  Dominica
•  East Germany
  (1959→1990)
•  Eritrea
•  Ethiopia
•  French Polynesia
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  Gibraltar
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  Guam
•  India
•  Lesotho — a mokorotlo
•  The Northern Mariana Islands
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
•  Mexico
•  Mongolia
  — Soyombo symbol
•  New Caledonia
  — a flèche faîtière / carved rooftop finial
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  New Caledonia
  — Tricoleur français defaced with the emblem of New Caledonia
  (unofficial flag of the overseas self-governing collectivity of France)
•  Uganda
•  The United Nations
  (supra-national political inter-governmental organization)
•  The Vatican City
•  Wallis and Futuna
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France)
•  Zimbabwe
  — the Zimbabwe Bird emblem

Ordinary / mobile charge — Cross

Further information: Ordinary (heraldry)

Quadrilateral division — four rectangles meeting at center

•  Panama

Upright centred cross

Further information: Christian cross variants

•  Cornwall
  (county of the UK) — the Cross of St Pyran / St Perran
•  Dominica
  — a gamma cross
•  The Dominican Republic
  — a cross
•  Georgia
  — a Cross of Jerusalem
•  Madeira
  (Autonomous Region of Portugal)
  — the Cross of the Order of Christ
•  Switzerland
  — a Greek cross

Saint George's Cross

Further information: St George's Cross

•  Alderney
  (Crown dependency of the UK under the self-governing Bailiwick of Guernsey)
•  England
  (constituent country of the UK)
•  Guernsey
  (self-governing Crown dependency of the UK)
•  Herm
  (Crown dependency of the UK under the self-governing Bailiwick of Guernsey)
•  Northern Ireland
  (unofficial flag of Northern Ireland based on the Ulster flag — former flag of UK constituent province — not in current use)
•  Sark
  (Crown dependency of the UK under the self-governing Bailiwick of Guernsey)
•  Ulster
  (historical flag from 1264 of the Province of Ulster — former flag of UK constituent province — not in current use)
•  The United Kingdom
•  The United Kingdom of Great Britain
  (1707→1801)

Nordic Cross

Further information: Nordic Cross

Nordic Cross in two colors

•  Denmark
•  Denmark
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is oblong)
•  Finland
•  Finland
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  The Kalmar Union
  (1397→1523 — The United Kingdom of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden)
•  Sweden

Nordic Cross fimbriated in three colors

•  Åland
  (autonomous region of Finland)
•  The Faroe Islands
  (overseas autonomous territory of Denmark)
•  Iceland
•  Iceland
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is oblong)
•  Norway
•  Norway
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is oblong)

Quadrilateral division — four triangles meeting at center

•  Grenada

Diagonal cross / Saltire cross of SS. Andrew and Patrick

Further information: Saltire

•  The Kingdom of Burgundy
  (from the 15th century) — the raguly Cross of Burgundy
•  Burundi
•  Ireland
  (1783→1922 — Saint Patrick's Saltire flag of Ireland — former flag of constituent country of the UK, not in current use)
•  Jamaica
•  Jersey
  (self-governing Crown dependency of the UK)
•  Scotland
  (Saint Andrew's Saltire flag of constituent country of the UK)
•  Seychelles
  (1976–1977)
•  The United Kingdom
•  The United Kingdom of Great Britain
  (1707→1801)

Upright and diagonal centred crosses

•  Basque Country
  (autonomous community of Spain) — the ikurrina of superimposed crosses of Guernica and God
•  North Macedonia
  — the rays of a Vergina Sun variant
•  Spain
  — golden chains cross-linked in an orle border of the Kingdom of Navarre
•  The United Kingdom
  — the Union Jack of superimposed crosses of SS. Andrew, George, and Patrick
•  The United Kingdoms of Great Britain
  (1606→1801 — unofficial "King's Colour" of the "Banner of the Union of the two Crosses of England and Scotland", with the name "Union Jack" coined in the mid-17th century, until officially adopted with the Act of Union 1707)
  — superimposed crosses of SS. Andrew and George

The Union Jack in the canton

See also: British ensign and Flags of the British Empire

•  Australia
•  Anguilla
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Ascension Island
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Bermuda
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  The British Antarctic Territory
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  The British Indian Ocean Territory
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  The British Virgin Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  The Cayman Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  The Cook Islands
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with New Zealand)
•  The Falkland Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Fiji
•  Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  (Australian external territory)
•  Montserrat
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  New Zealand
•  Niue
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with New Zealand)
•  Pitcairn Islands
  (with Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands — overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  the Ross Dependency of Antarctica
  (unofficial flag of the overseas territory of New Zealand)
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  Saint Helena
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Tristan da Cunha
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
•  Tuvalu

Historically

•  Canada
  (1868→1921)
•  Canada
  (1921→1957)
•  Canada
  (1957→1965)
•  The Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
  (1795→1893 — The Sandwich Islands)
•  The Republic of Hawaiʻi
  (1893→1959 — unincorporated unorganized territory of the US)
•  South Africa
  (1928→1994)
•  The United States
  (1776→1777)

Notably, the Union Jack features in many territorial and sub-national flags usually based on the Red Ensign, (e.g.  Bermuda), or Blue Ensign, (e.g.  New South Wales). The British Ensign is used in a few cases with backgrounds of other colours, (e.g.  The British Antarctic Territory and  Niue), or a unique pattern in the field, (e.g.  The British Indian Ocean Territory and  Hawaii). Some flags use the Union Jack other than at the canton, (e.g.  British Columbia). Unofficial flags also use it, (e.g.  The Ross Dependency of Antarctica).

Other crosses in the canton or on the charged coat of arms / emblem

•  Greece
  — a Greek cross in the canton
•  Malta
  — a George Cross, the highest medal for gallantry and valour awarded in 1942 by the British Crown to the nation's people in its defence and repulsion of the Axis Powers during the Siege of Malta (World War II), replacing the Cross of Malta emblem.
•  Moldova
•  Montenegro
•  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  San Marino
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Serbia
  — a Serbian cross with four Cyrillic letters 'S' on the charged coat of arms
•  Slovakia
  — a patriarchal cross on the charged coat of arms
•  Spain
•  Tonga
  — a Greek cross in the canton
•  The Vatican City
•  Wallis and Futuna
  (unofficial flag of the overseas self-governing collectivity of France) — a saltire based on a cross patée

Mobile charge — Living organisms

Human and body parts

•  Abkhazia
  (unrecognized breakaway state from Georgia under military occupation by Russia) — a hand
•  Argentina
  — a heraldic Sun of May in splendour
•  Belize
  — two agricultural workers
•  The British Virgin Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK) — Vestal Virgin
•  Brunei
  — two hands
•  Ecuador
  — a heraldic Sun of May
•  Herm
  (Crown dependency of the UK under the self-governing Bailiwick of Guernsey)
  — three Benedictine monks
•  Malta
  — St George fighting a dragon
•  The Isle of Man
  (self-governing Crown dependency of the UK)
  — three conjoined legs as a triskelion
•  Montserrat
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — a woman
•  Uruguay
  — heraldic Sun of May in splendour
•  Zaire
  (1971–1997) — a hand holding a flaming torch

Animals

Birds

•  Ascension Island
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — three sea gulls on the coat of arms
•  Bolivia
  — an Andean condor
•  British Antarctic Territory
  (overseas territory of the UK)
  — an emperor penguin
•  Christmas Island
  (external territory of Australia)
  — a flying golden bosun
•  Dominica
  — a perching sisserou parrot
•  Ecuador
  — an Andean condor
•  Fiji
  — a flying white dove of peace
•  Guatemala
  — a quetzal
•  Kiribati
  — a flying yellow frigatebird
•  Papua New Guinea
  — a displaying yellow Raggiana bird-of-paradise
•  Saint Barthélemy
  (unofficial flag of the overseas department of France) — two pelicans
•  Saint Helena
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — Saint Helena plover
•  Saint-Martin
  (unofficial flag of the overseas self-governing collectivity of France)
  — a flying pelican
•  Sint Maarten
  (constituent island nation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  — a flying pelican
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  (overseas territory of the UK)
  — a macaroni penguin as a supporter of the coat of arms
•  Tristan da Cunha
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — four albatrosses on the coat of arms
•  Uganda
  — a grey crowned crane
•  Zimbabwe
  — a Zimbabwe Bird

Eagles

•  Albania
  — double-headed eagle
•  American Samoa
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
  — a bald eagle
•  Austria
  (government/state flag only
  — national civil flag is without the arms)
  — an eagle
•  Egypt
  — an Eagle of Saladin
•  Germany
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
  — an eagle
•  Kazakhstan
  — a steppe eagle
•  Mexico
  — an eagle eating a snake
•  Moldova
  — an eagle
•  Montenegro
  — double-headed eagle
•  Poland
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
  — an eagle
•  Serbia — a double-headed eagle
•  United States Virgin Islands
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
  — an eagle
•  Zambia
  — an African fish eagle

Lions

•  Alderney
  (UK Crown dependency under the Bailiwick of Guernsey)
  — a yellow rampant lion
•  Bermuda
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — a lion
•  Croatia
  — three crowned lion heads
•  Fiji
  — a yellow passant guardant lion
•  Jersey
  (self-governing crown dependency of the UK)
  — three passant guardant lions
•  Montenegro
  — a passant lion
•  Paraguay
  — a lion
•  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
  — two yellow passant guardant lions
•  Sark
  (UK Crown dependency under the Bailiwick of Guernsey)
  — two yellow passant guardant lions
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  (UK overseas territory)
  — a rampant lion
•  Spain
  — the pale red rampant lion of the Kingdom of León
•  Sri Lanka
  — a golden lion
•  Tasmania
  (island state of Australia)
  — a red passant lion

Livestock

•  Andorra
  — two cattle
•  Bolivia
  — a llama
•  Croatia — a goat
•  Falkland Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — a sheep
•  Malta
  — St George on a horse, fighting a dragon on the George Cross
•  Moldova — an aurochs head
•  Venezuela
  (government/state flag only
  — national civil flag is without the arms)
  — a horse

Others

•  Anguilla
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — three leaping dolphins
•  Ascension Island
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — two turtles as supporters
•  Bhutan
  — an Oriental dragon
•  Croatia
  — a marten
•  Herm
  (UK Crown dependency under the Bailiwick of Guernsey)
  - two dolphins
•  Malta
  — St George fighting a dragon on the George Cross
•  Mayotte
  (unofficial flag of the overseas department of France)
  — two seahorses
•  Mexico
  — a snake being eaten by an eagle
•  Peru
  (government/state flag only
  — national civil flag is without the arms)
  — a vicuna
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  (overseas territory of the UK)
  — a reindeer and a fur seal as the crest and a supporter of the coat of arms
•  Tristan da Cunha
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — two Tristan / St Paul rock lobster supporters
•  Turks and Caicos Islands
  (overseas self-governing territory of the UK)
  — a Caribbean spiny lobster and a queen conch sea mollusc
•  Wales
  (a constituent country of the UK)
  — a Welsh Dragon

Historically

•  Canada
  (1868→1921) — lion, fish
•  Canada
  (1921→1957) — lion
•  Canada
  (1957→1965) — lion
•  China
  (1862→1889) — Qing Dynasty dragon
•  China
  (1889→1912) — Qing Dynasty dragon
•  Iran
  (1848→1979) — lion and sun in various styles

Plants

•  Bolivia
  (government/state flag only
  — national civil flag is without the arms)
  — palm, laurel and olive branches
•  British Indian Ocean Territory
  (overseas territory of the UK)
  — palm tree
•  Canada
  — maple leaf
•  Cocos Islands
  (external territory of Australia)
  - palm tree
•  Cyprus
  — olive branches
•  Grenada
  — clove of nutmeg
•  Eritrea
  — olive branch
•  Equatorial Guinea
  — silk-cotton tree
•  Fiji
  — sugarcane, coconut palm, and banana
•  Guatemala
  — a laurel wreath
•  Haiti
  — royal palm tree
•  Hong Kong
  (special administrative region in China)
  — Hong Kong orchid
•  Lebanon
  — a Cedar of Lebanon tree
•  Macao
  (special administrative region in China)
  — lotus flower
•  Mayotte
  (unofficial flag of the overseas department of France)
  — two ylang-ylang flowers
•  Mexico
  — cactus
•  Norfolk Island
  (Australian external territory)
  - a Norfolk Island pine
•  Northern Mariana Islands
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
  — a garland of flowers
•  Peru
  (government/state flag only
  — national civil flag is without the arms)
  — Holm oak, palm branch, laurel, Cinchona officinalis
•  Saint-Martin
  (unofficial flag of the overseas self-governing collectivity of France)
  — flamboyant and coralita flowers
•  San Marino
  (government/state flag only
  — national civil flag is without the arms)
  — a wreath of laurel and oak
•  Spain
  — pomegranate fruit
•  Sri Lanka
  — leaves of bodhi tree
•  The United Nations
  (supra-national political inter-governmental organization)
  — a wreath of olive branches
•  Vanuatu
  — leaves of namele tree
•  Venezuela
  (government/state flag only
  — national civil flag is without the arms)
  — wheat, laurel, olive branch, palm

Historically

•  Canada
  (1868→1921) — maple leaf, thistle, and fleur-de-lis
•  Canada
  (1921→1957) — maple leaf and fleur-de-lis
•  Canada
  (1957→1965) — maple leaf and fleur-de-lis
•  The German Democratic Republic
  (East Germany, 1959–1990)
  - wreath of wheat
•  Republic of the Congo (1970→1991)
  — palm leaf wreath
•  Myanmar
  (1974–2010) — rice plant

Fleurs-de-lis

•  —  Guadeloupe
  (unofficial flag of the overseas department of France)
•  Quebec
  (province of Canada)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  (1992–1998)
•  Saint-Barthélemy
  (unofficial flag of the overseas self-governing collectivity of France)
•  Serbia
•  Spain

Mobile charge — Astronomical

Sun

Further information: Sun (heraldry)

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Argentina
•  Bangladesh
•  Bolivia
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Costa Rica
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Ecuador
•  El Salvador
•  Greenland
  (autonomous territory of Denmark)
•  —  Guadeloupe
  (unofficial flag of the overseas department of France)
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  Kiribati
•  Kurdistan
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state not recognized by the UN)
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Macedonia
  — a Vergina Sun
  (three administrative regions of Greece)
•  North Macedonia
  — a Vergina Sun variant
• The Republic of Macedonia
  (1992→1995) — a Vergina Sun
•  Malawi
•  The Marshall Islands
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with the US)
•  Mongolia
•  Namibia
•  Nauru
•  Nepal
•  New Caledonia
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  Niger
•  The Philippines
•  Réunion
  — the Sun's rays radiating from the tip of a red volcano
  (unofficial flag, "Lö Mahavéli", of the overseas department of France)
•  Rwanda
•  Saint-Martin
  (unofficial flag of the overseas self-governing collectivity of France)
•  Sint Maarten
  (constituent island nation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) — a sun rising behind a flying pelican above the coat of arms
•  Taiwan
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state not recognized by the UN)
•  Uruguay

Moon

Full Moon

•  Laos
•  Palau
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with the US)
•  Zaire (1971→1997)

Crescent Moon

•  Brunei — facing up
•  Maldives — facing the fly
•  Mayotte — facing up
  (unofficial flag of the overseas department of France)
•  Mongolia — facing up

Crescent Moon and Star

Further information: crescent and star

•  Algeria — facing the fly
•  Azerbaijan — facing the fly
•  Bangsamoro
  — facing diagonally
  (autonomous region in the Philippines)
•  Libya — facing the fly
•  Malaysia — facing the fly
•  Mauritania — facing up
•  Moldova — facing diagonally
•  Nepal — facing up
•  Northern Cyprus
  — facing the fly
  (autonomous self-governing nation state recognized only by Turkey, not recognized by the UN)
•  Pakistan — facing diagonally
•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  — facing the fly
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state of the Western Sahara not recognized by the UN)
•  Tunisia — facing the fly
•  Turkey — facing the fly
•  Uzbekistan — facing the fly

Crescent Moon and Stars

•  The Cocos Islands
  — facing the fly
  (external territory of Australia)
•  The Comoros — facing the fly
•  Croatia — facing diagonally
•  Karakalpakstan
  — facing the fly
  (autonomous republic of Uzbekistan)
•  Singapore — facing the fly
•  Turkmenistan
  — facing diagonally

Star

Further information: star (heraldry)

Five-pointed star

See also: Five-pointed star

One five-pointed star in center

•  Algeria
•  Angola
•  Burkina Faso
•  Cameroon
•  Ethiopia
•  French Guiana
  (overseas department of France)
•  Ghana
•  Libya
•  Mauritania
•  Morocco
•  Myanmar
•  Northern Cyprus
  (autonomous self-governing nation state recognized only by Turkey, not recognized by the UN)
•  The Northern Mariana Islands
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
•  Pakistan
•  Paraguay
•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state not recognized by the UN)
•  Senegal
•  Somalia
•  Somaliland
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state not recognized by the UN)
•  Suriname
•  Tigray
  (national regional state of Ethiopia)
•  Tunisia
•  Turkey
•  Vietnam
•  Yugoslavia (1946–1992)

One five-pointed star on hoist

•  The Central African Republic
•  Cuba
•  The Democratic Republic of the Congo
•  Djibouti
•  East Timor
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Mozambique
•  North Korea
•  Puerto Rico
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
•  South Sudan
• Transnistria
  (unrecognized breakaway state from Moldova under military occupation by Russia)
•  West Papua
  (proposed nation state and member of UNPO)
•  Zimbabwe

One five-pointed star on canton

See also: Canton (flag)

•  Chile
•  Liberia
•  Togo

Many equal five-pointed stars

•  Abkhazia
  — an arc of seven stars
  (unrecognized breakaway state from Georgia under military occupation by Russia)
•  The Azores
  — an arc of nine stars
  (Autonomous Region of Portugal)
•  Bolivia — ten stars
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  — a diagonal of seven full stars and two half-stars
•  The Comoros
  — a vertical line of four stars with a crescent moon
•  Costa Rica — seven stars
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  The French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  — a chevron of five stars around the TAAF monogram
  (overseas territory of France)
•  Gagauzia — three stars
•  Honduras
  — a quincunx of five stars
•  Hong Kong
  — five stars, one on each petal of the orchid tree flower
  (special administrative region of China)
•  Karakalpakstan
  - five stars with a crescent moon
  (autonomous republic of Uzbekistan)
•  Kosovo
  — an arc of six stars
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state inc. all G7 nations and administered by the UN)
•  The Federated States of Micronesia
  — a lozenge of four stars
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with the US)
•  Panama — two stars
•  The Philippines — three stars around a sun
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  — two stars
•  São Tomé and Príncipe
  — two stars
•  The Solomon Islands
  — a quincunx of five stars
•  Syria
  — a horizontal line of three stars
•  Tajikistan
  — an arc of seven stars
•  Turkmenistan
  — a quincunx of five stars with a crescent moon
•  Tuvalu — a constellation of nine stars
•  The United States
  — a quadrilateral of 50 stars
•  Uzbekistan
  — a quadrilateral of twelve stars with a crescent moon
•  Venezuela — an arc of eight stars

Many equal five-pointed stars in circle pattern

•  Cape Verde — ten stars
•  Cook Islands — 15 stars
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with New Zealand)
•  Dominica — ten stars
•  The European Union — twelve stars
  (supra-national political and economic union) and
  The Council of Europe
  (from 1955 — inter-governmental organisation)
•  Singapore
  — five stars with a crescent moon

Many unequal five-pointed stars

•  Brazil — 27 stars
•  Curacao — two stars
  (constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
•  Grenada — seven stars
•  Macau — five stars
  (special administrative region of China)
•  New Zealand — four stars
•  Niue — five stars
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with New Zealand)
•  Papua New Guinea — five stars
•  The People's Republic of China
  — five stars
•  Samoa — five stars
•  Tokelau — four stars
  (overseas dependent territory of New Zealand)

Six-pointed star

One six-pointed star

•  Bonaire
  (Netherlands Caribbean)
•  Israel
•  Northern Ireland
  (unofficial flag of Northern Ireland based on the Ulster flag — former flag of UK constituent province — not in current use)

Many equal six-pointed stars

•  Burundi — three stars
•  Equatorial Guinea — six stars
•  The Falkland Islands — five stars
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  Slovenia — three stars

Many-pointed star

One many-pointed star

•  Bangsamoro
  (autonomous region of the Philippines)
  — seven-pointed star
•  Jordan — seven-pointed star
•  Malaysia — 14-pointed star
•  The Marshall Islands
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with the US)
  — 24-pointed star
•  Namibia — twelve-pointed star
•  Nauru — twelve-pointed star
•  Azerbaijan — eight-pointed star

Many many-pointed stars

•  Australia — one 5-pointed star and five 7-pointed stars

Stars and stripes

Stars and alternating stripes

•  Cuba
•  Liberia
•  Malaysia
•  Puerto Rico
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
•  Togo
•  The United States
•  West Papua
  (proposed nation state and member of UNPO)

Stars and varying stripes

•  Aruba
  (constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
•  Azerbaijan
•  Cape Verde
•  Chile
•  The Comoros
•  Croatia
•  Djibouti
•  Gagauzia / Gagauz-Yeri
  (an Autonomous Territorial Unit of Moldova)
•  Ghana
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Honduras
•  Jordan
•  North Korea
•  Libya
•  Myanmar
•  Nauru
•  The Philippines
•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state not recognized by the UN)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe
•  Singapore
•  Slovenia
•  Somaliland
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state not recognized by the UN)
•  South Sudan
•  Suriname
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan
•  Uzbekistan
•  Venezuela

Stars in southern cross pattern

•  Australia
•  Brazil
•  The Cocos Islands
  (external territory of Australia)
•  Christmas Island
  (external territory of Australia)
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Tokelau
  (overseas dependent territory of New Zealand)

Mobile charge — Other objects

Building

•  Afghanistan (2013–2021) — mosque
•  Bolivia
  — church (Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Cambodia — the Temple of Angkor Wat
•  Gibraltar (UK overseas territory) — castle
•  Kyrgyzstan — the roof of the traditional Kyrgyz yurt styled as a sun
•  Portugal — seven castles
•  San Marino — three castles
•  Sint Maarten — a courthouse
  (constituent island nation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
•  Spain — castle

Headgear

Cap / hat

•  Bolivia — a Phrygian cap
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  El Salvador — a Phrygian cap
•  Haiti — a Phrygian cap
•  Lesotho — a mokorotlo
•  Nicaragua — a Phrygian cap
•  Paraguay — a Phrygian cap
  (reverse side)

Crown / tiara

•  Alderney — a crowned lion
  (UK Crown dependency under the Bailiwick of Guernsey)
•  Austria — a crown
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Free City of Danzig — a crown
  (1920–1939)
•  British Indian Ocean Territory
  — the St Edward's Crown
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  Liechtenstein — a crown
•  Montenegro — a crown
•  San Marino — a crown
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Seborga — a crown
  (unrecognized micronation)
•  Serbia — a crown
•  Spain — a crown
•  Vatican City — the Papal tiara

Map

•  Bangladesh
  (1971 — flag of the war of independence)
•  Antarctica
•  Christmas Island
  (external territory of Australia)
•  Cyprus
•  Kosovo
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state inc. all G7 nations and administered by the UN)
•  The United Nations
  — a map of the world
  (supra-national political inter-governmental organization)

Ships

•  Ascension Island
  — a ship as the crest on the coat of arms
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  Belize — on the coat of arms
•  Bermuda
  — foundering on rocks on the coat of arms
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  The British Antarctic Territory
  — RRS Discovery as the crest on the coat of arms
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  Costa Rica
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Ecuador
•  The Falkland Islands
  — on the coat of arms
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  French Polynesia
  — a twin-hulled Polynesian canoe / catamaran
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  Saint Helena (UK overseas territory) — on the coat of arms
•  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  Tokelau
  — a Tokelauan oceanic canoe
  (dependent territory of New Zealand)
•  Tristan da Cunha
  — ship as the crest and naval crown on the coat of arms
  (overseas territory of the UK)

Tool, instrument, device, or book

•  American Samoa — a fly-whisk
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
•  Angola — half-gear and a machete
•  Austria (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms) — broken chain, hammer and sickle (non-communist)
•  Belize — axes and a saw
•  The British Antarctic Territory
  — a flaming torch
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  Dominican Republic — a Bible
•  Ecuador
  — a fasces (a bound bundle of wooden sticks around an axe), the ancient symbol representative of a state bound to its leader
•  Gibraltar — a key
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  India
  — Ashoka Chakra or a wheel of Dharma
•  Montserrat — a harp
•  Mozambique
  — a book and a hoe
•  New Caledonia
  — a flèche faîtière / carved rooftop spire or finial
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  Portugal — an armillary sphere
•  Sikkim
  — a wheel of Dharma
  (royal state flag from 1877→1975)
•  Sikkim
  (1967→1975) — a wheel of Dharma
•  Spain
  — golden chains cross-linked in an orle border
•  Transnistria
  — a crossed hammer and sickle emblem
  (unrecognized breakaway state from Moldova under military occupation by Russia)
•  The Vatican City
  — the two crossed Papal keys of St Peter / Heaven

Historically

•  Burma
  (1974–2010) — gear wheel
•  The Republic of the Congo
  (1970→1991) — a hammer and a hoe
•  East Germany
  (1959–1990) – a hammer and a compass
•  Soviet Union
  (1917–1991) — a crossed hammer and sickle emblem
  •  Armenian SSR
  •  Azerbaijan SSR
  •  Byelorussian SSR
  •  Estonian SSR
  •  Georgian SSR
  •  Kazakh SSR
  •  Kirghiz SSR
  •  Latvian SSR
  •  Lithuanian SSR
  •  Moldavian SSR
  •  Russian SFSR
  •  Tajik SSR
  •  Turkmen SSR
  •  Ukrainian SSR
  •  Uzbek SSR

Weaponry

•  American Samoa
  — mace / war club
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
•  Bangsamoro — a kris sword
  (autonomous region of the Philippines)
•  Barbados — trident-head
•  Bolivia
  — cannon, rifles with bayonets and an axe
•  Eswatini
  — two assegai spears and a Nguni shield
•  Guatemala
  — two crossed sabres and two crossed Remington rifles
•  Haiti — cannon
•  Kenya
  — Maasai spears and shield
•  Mozambique
  — Avtomat Kalashnikova AK-47 assault rifle with a bayonet
•  Oman
  — two crossed sheathed swords and Khanjar dagger on a belt
•  Saudi Arabia — a sword
•  Sri Lanka — a sword
•  Venezuela
  — a sword, a sabre, and three lances
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)

Other symbols

•  Peru — two cornucopia
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Réunion
  — a red volcano with the Sun's rays radiating from the apex
  (unofficial flag, "Lö Mahavéli", of the overseas department of France)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  — three lozenges in a close V-formation
•  South Korea
  — a Taegeuk and four black trigrams
•  Venezuela — a cornucopia
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Zaire
  (1971–1997) — a hand holding a flaming torch

Mobile charge — Text

Main article: List of inscribed flags

Country name

•  Bolivia
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Costa Rica
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)
•  Egypt
  — the text reads: Jumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah in Arabic meaning "Arab Republic of Egypt".
•  The French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  (overseas territory of France)
  — a monogram of the initial letters, 'TAAF', for Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises
•  Guam
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
•  Mayotte
  (unofficial flag of the overseas department of France)
•  Nicaragua
•  Paraguay
•  Rwanda
  (1962–2001) — the initial letter 'R' for Rwanda
•  Venezuela
  (government/state flag only — national civil flag is without the arms)

Motto

•  Afghanistan
  (under an unrecognized government) — the Shahada (an Islamic creed meaning "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet") written in the Thuluth script
•  Andorra
  — Virtus unita fortior, Latin for "United virtue is stronger"
•  Belize
  — Sub Umbra Floreo, Latin for "Under the shade I flourish"
•  The British Antarctic Territory
  (overseas territory of the UK)
  — "Research and Discovery"
•  Brazil
  – Ordem e Progresso, Portuguese for "Order and Progress".
•  Equatorial Guinea
  — Unidad, Paz, Justicia, Spanish for "Unity, Peace, Justice"
•  Iran
  — the Takbir (Allahu akbar, meaning "God is great") in the Kufic script 11 times in each fimbriated strip.
•  Iraq
  — the Takbir written in the Kufic script.
•  South Korea
  — a Taegeuk and four black trigrams representing four-fold fundamental principles of universal harmony
•  San Marino
  — Libertas, Latin for "Freedom".
•  Saudi Arabia
  — the Shahada, the Islamic creed meaning "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet", written in the Thuluth script.
•  Somaliland
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state not recognized by the UN)
  — the Shahada
•  Spain
  — Plus ultra, Latin for "Further beyond"

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Country name and motto

•  Afghanistan
  (2013–2021) — the lowest line of text reads Afghanistan in the Pashto alphabet, and the calligraphic text at the top is the Shahada with the Takbir written beneath it.
•  Brunei
  — the line of text on the crescent reads: Sentiasa Membuat Kebajikan Dengan Petunjuk Allah, meaning "Always render service with God's guidance", while the lower line reads Brunei Darussalam, both in the Jawi script.
•  The Dominican Republic
  — the motto Dios, Patria, Libertad, Spanish for "God, Homeland, Freedom", can be read above the coat of arms at the center, below is the name of the country.
•  El Salvador
  — the name of the country encircles the coat of arms, which features inside the motto Dios, Unión, Libertad, Spanish for "God, Unity, Freedom"

Other texts

•  California
  — the name of the short lived and unrecognized state of the "California Republic", which preceded California's admission into the US
•  The Dominican Republic
  — the Bible is opened to the Gospel of John, chapter 8, verse 32, which reads Y la verdad los hará libres, which translates to "And the truth shall set you free" from Spanish.
•  Guatemala
  — Libertad 15 de septiembre de 1821, a combination of the Spanish word for "Freedom" and the date of independence of the former Federal Republic of Central America from Spain.
•  Haiti
  — L'union fait la force, French for "Union makes strength", which differs from the country's official motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité
•  Malta
  — in the canton, "For Gallantry" inscribed on the George Cross, the highest medal for gallantry and valour awarded in 1942 by the British Crown to the nation's people in its defence and repulsion of the Axis Powers during the Siege of Malta (World War II), replacing the Cross of Malta emblem.

Bordering stripe

See also: Bordure

•  Grenada
•  Guam
•  Maldives
•  Montenegro
•  Nepal
•  Sri Lanka

Ordinary charge — Hoist variants

Vertical band on hoist

See also: Side (heraldry)

•  Belarus
•  Benin
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Kazakhstan
•  Madagascar
•  Oman
•  Pakistan
•  The Russian SFSR
  (1917→1991 — constituent federal republic of the Soviet Union)
•  Saudi Arabia
  (1744→1818 and 1822→1913)
•  Seborga
  (unrecognized micronation)
•  South African Republic (1852→1902)
•  Republic of Texas
  (1839→1845)
•  Turkmenistan
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Valencia
  (autonomous community of Spain)
•  West Papua
  (proposed nation state and member of UNPO)

Canton — upper left quarter

See also: Canton (flag)

•  Chile
•  Greece
•  Liberia
•  Malaysia
•  Republic of China (Taiwan)
•  Samoa
•  Togo
•  Tonga
•  United States
•  Uruguay

Historically

•  Georgia
  (1918–1921)
•  Georgian SSR
  (1951→1990 — constituent federal republic of the Soviet Union)
•  Georgia
  (1990–2004)
•  Burma
  (1974–2010)

Triangle(s) on hoist — pile

See also: Pile (heraldry)

•  The Bahamas
•  The Comoros
•  Cuba
•  The Czech Republic / Czechia
•  Djibouti

• 

  Al-Muwaḥḥidūn / Druze people of the Levant
  (a major Levantine religious and cultural group, resident across many nations without their own nation state)
•  East Timor
•  Eritrea
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Guyana
•  Jamaica
•  Jordan
•  Mozambique
•  Martinique
  (overseas department of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  Palestine
•  The Philippines
•  Puerto Rico (unincorporated organized US territory)
•  The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state of the Western Sahara not recognized by the UN)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe
•  Sint Maarten
  (constituent island nation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
•  South Africa
•  South Sudan
•  Sudan
•  Tigray
  (national regional state of Ethiopia)
•  Vanuatu
•  Zimbabwe

Triangle(s) on hoist — pall

See also: Pall (heraldry)

•  South Africa
•  Tuva
  (a federal republic of the Russian Federation)
•  Vanuatu

Triangle(s) pointing towards hoist

•  American Samoa
  (unincorporated organized US territory)

Diagonal divisions and stripes

Diagonally divided field

See also: Division of the field § Common divisions of the field

•  Bhutan
•  China
  (1862→1889)
•  Christmas Island
  (external territory of Australia)
•  French Guiana
  (overseas department of France)
•  Papua New Guinea

Diagonal stripes

•  Bonaire
  — single broad off-center diagonal stripe
  (The Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territory of the Dutch Crown)
•  Brunei
  — two diagonal stripes
•  The Solomon Islands
  — single thin diagonal stripe

• 

  Wiphala
  — implied 13 diagonals of squares in a rainbow pattern of seven colours in a seven-by-seven square
  (alternative recognised flag of Bolivia used since 2009 for the native Incan peoples of South America in Bolivia and surrounding nations)

Fimbriated diagonal stripes

See also: Bend (heraldry)

•  The Democratic Republic of the Congo
•  Namibia
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis
•  Tanzania
•  Trinidad and Tobago

Many radiating diagonal stripes

•  The Marshall Islands
  — two radiating stripes on a navy field
  (self-governing island nation-state in free association with the US)
•  The Seychelles
  — five radiating stripes

Horizontal divisions and stripes

Horizontal bi-color divisions and stripes

One horizontal bi-color division — equal

•  Angola
•  Burkina Faso
•  Greenland
  (overseas autonomous territory of Denmark)
•  Haiti
•  Indonesia
•  Liechtenstein
•  Monaco
•  Poland
•  Singapore
•  San Marino
•  Ukraine
•  Wales
  (constituent country of the UK)

One horizontal bi-color division — unequal

•  The Azerbaijan SSR
  (1951→1991 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
•  Gibraltar
  (overseas territory of the UK)
•  The Ukrainian SSR
  (1950→1992 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)

One horizontal bi-color division with a band or a triangle at the hoist

•  Belarus
•  The Byelorussian SSR
  (1951→1991 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
•  Benin
•  The Czech Republic
•  Djibouti
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Madagascar
•  Martinique
  (overseas department of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  The Philippines
•  Sint Maarten
  (constituent island nation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Three horizontal bi-color stripes — equal

See also: triband (flag) and fess

•  Argentina
•  Austria
•  Belarus
  (1918→1919 and 1991→1995)
•  El Salvador
•  Honduras
•  Nicaragua

Three horizontal bi-color stripes — thin-and-thick

•  The Armenian SSR
  (1952→1992 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
•  Belize
•  Cambodia
•  Curacao
  (constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
•  Northern Cyprus
  (autonomous self-governing nation state recognized only by Turkey, not recognized by the UN)
•  French Polynesia
  (overseas collectivity of France)
•  The Georgian SSR
  (1951→1991 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
•  Guam
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
•  Israel
•  The Kazakh SSR
  (1953→1992 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
•  Laos
•  Latvia
•  Lebanon
•  Mauritania
•  The Moldavian SSR
  (1952→1992 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
•  Nauru
•  Spain
•  Transnistria
  (unrecognized breakaway state from Moldova under military occupation by Russia)

Three horizontal bi-color stripes with a band or a triangle at the hoist

•  The Bahamas
•  São Tomé and Príncipe

Three horizontal bi-color stripes — fimbriated thin-and-thick

See also: Fimbriation

•  Botswana
•  The Estonian SSR
  (1940→1990 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union) — wavy
•  Eswatini
•  The Kirghiz SSR
  (1952→1992 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
•  North Korea
•  The Latvian SSR
  (1953→1990 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union) — wavy
•  The Lithuanian SSR
  (1940→1990 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
•  Suriname
•  The Uzbek SSR
  (1952→1992 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union)

Many horizontal bi-color stripes — equal

•  Catalonia
  (autonomous community of Spain) — nine stripes

Many horizontal bi-color stripes with a band, a canton, or a triangle at the hoist

•  Abkhazia
  (unrecognized breakaway state from Georgia under military occupation by Russia)
  — seven stripes
•  Cuba — five stripes
•  Greece — nine stripes
•  Liberia — eleven stripes
•  Malaysia — fourteen stripes
•  Puerto Rico
  (unincorporated organized US territory)
  — five stripes
•  Seborga
  (unrecognized micronation)
  — eighteen stripes
•  Togo — five stripes
•  The United States
  — thirteen stripes
•  Uruguay — nine stripes
•  Valencia
  (autonomous community of Spain)
  — nine stripes
•  West Papua
  (proposed nation state and member of UNPO)
  — thirteen stripes

Many horizontal bi-color stripes — unequal

•  Aruba
  (constituent country of the Netherlands) — five stripes
•  The Turkmen SSR
  (1953→1992 — constituent republic of the Soviet Union) — five stripes
•  South Vietnam
  (1949–1975) — seven stripes

Horizontal tri-color stripes

Three horizontal tri-color stripes — equal

See also: tricolor

•  Armenia
•  The Republic of Artsakh
  (1992→2023 — partially recognized autonomous self-governing Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan, not recognized by the UN)
•  Azerbaijan
•  Bangsamoro
  (autonomous region in the Philippines)
•  Bolivia
•  Bulgaria
•  Croatia
•  Egypt
•  Estonia
•  Ethiopia
•  Gabon
•  Germany
•  Ghana
•  Hungary
•  India
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Kurdistan
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state of Iraq not recognized by the UN)
•  Lithuania
•  Luxembourg
•  Malawi
•  Myanmar
•  The Netherlands
•  New Caledonia
  (overseas self-governing collectivity of France to be concurrently displayed with the Tricoleur français)
•  Niger
•  Paraguay
•  Russia
•  Sierra Leone
•  Serbia
•  Slovakia
•  Slovenia
•  Somaliland
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state not recognized by the UN)
•  South Ossetia
  (unrecognized breakaway state from Georgia under military occupation by Russia)
•  Syria
•  Venezuela
•  Yemen
•  Yugoslavia
  (1946→1992)
•  Zanzibar
  (semi-autonomous region in Tanzania)

Three horizontal tri-color stripes — unequal

•  Afghanistan
  (1974→1978)

• 

  Chagos Islands
  (territory in negotiated transfer process from the UK to Mauritius)
•  Colombia
•  Crimea
  (unrecognized breakaway state from Ukraine under military occupation by Russia)
•  Ecuador
•  Gagauzia / Gagauz-Yeri
  (an Autonomous Territorial Unit of Moldova)
•  Lesotho
•  Libya
•  Rwanda
•  Tajikistan

Three horizontal tri-color stripes with a band or a triangle at the hoist

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Jordan
•  Kuwait
•  Mozambique
•  Oman
•  Palestine
•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  (partially recognized autonomous self-governing nation state not recognized by the UN)
•  The South African Republic
  (1852→1902)
•  South Sudan
•  Sudan
•  The United Arab Emirates

Three horizontal tri-color stripes — fimbriated

See also: Fimbriation

•  Eswatini
•  Gambia
•  Kenya
•  Uzbekistan

Five horizontal tri-color stripes — unequal

•  Cape Verde
•  Costa Rica
•  Suriname
•  Thailand

Many horizontal tri-color stripes — equal

•  Uganda — 6 stripes

Horizontal stripes in many colors

Four horizontal stripes in four colors — equal

•  The Central African Republic
•  The Comoros
•  Mauritius

• 

  Al-Muwaḥḥidūn / Druze people of the Levant
  (a major Levantine religious and cultural group, resident across many nations without their own nation state)

Five horizontal stripes in five colors — equal

•  Republic of China
  (1912→1928 — Taiwan)
•  Manchukuo
  (1932→1945 — Manchurian puppet state controlled by Japan)

Vertical divisions and stripes

Vertical bi-color divisions and stripes

One vertical bi-color division — equal

•  Algeria
•  Malta
•  The Vatican City

One vertical bi-color division — unequal

•  Pakistan
•  Portugal
•  The Russian SFSR
  (1954→1991 — constituent federal republic of the Soviet Union)

One vertical bi-color division — unequal serrated

•  Bahrain
•  Qatar

Three vertical bi-color stripes — equal

See also: triband (flag) and pale (heraldry)

•  Barbados
•  Guatemala
•  Mongolia
•  Nigeria
•  Peru

Three vertical bi-color stripes — unequal

Further information: Canadian pale

•  Canada
•  Norfolk Island (Australian external territory)

Vertical tri-color stripes

Three vertical tri-color stripes — equal

See also: tricolor

•  Belgium
•  Cameroon
•  Chad
•  France
•  Guinea
•  Ireland
•  Italy
•  Ivory Coast
•  Mali
•  Mexico
•  Moldova
•  Romania
•  Senegal

Historical

•  Afghanistan
  (2013–2021)
•  Rwanda
  (1962–2001)

Triangle

Triangle(s) in center — chevron

See also: chevron (insignia)

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Saint Lucia

Aspect ratio

The most common aspect ratio is 2:3, followed by 1:2. Some flags have multiple acceptable ratios, such as the Union Jack of the UK having ratios of both 2:3 and 1:2

The following flags have a distinctive aspect ratio:

•  Belgium:
  The aspect ratio is 13:15
•  Monaco:
  The aspect ratio is 4:5
•  Nepal:
  The only national flag that is not rectangular, being made with 5 sides, and the only one that is higher than wide, with the bordering aspect ratio of ≈ 6:5
•  Niger:
  The aspect ratio is 6:7
•  Qatar:
  The largest aspect ratio of any national flag — being over 2½ times as long as the height — of 11:28.
•  El Salvador:
  The aspect ratio is 189:335
•  Switzerland:
  The aspect ratio is 1:1 — square-shaped
•  Togo:
  The aspect ratio is of Fibonacci's golden ratio that is approximately 1:1.618 ≈ 13:21
•  The Vatican City:
  The aspect ratio is undefined, but is usually given 1:1 — however, it is not exactly square-shaped.^[1]

See also

• Heraldry and Vexillology portal

• Vexillology
• Vexillological symbol
• Flag families
• Gallery of sovereign state flags
• Gallery of flags of dependent territories
• List of flags by design
• List of flags by color combination

References

1. "letter to the German nunciature (2010-05-27)" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-26.

External links

• Extensive list of similar flags from around the world