World flags AFRICA EUROPE ASIA

Every country has a national flag with a

unique design that identifies it to other
countries. There are no international rules for ALGERIA EGYPT LIBYA MOROCCO TUNISIA DENMARK FINLAND ICELAND NORWAY ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN GEORGIA TURKEY
flag design—each country can choose any
pattern, though they are usually based on the
country’s history or culture. Most flags are
SWEDEN IRELAND UNITED KINGDOM BELGIUM IRAQ ISRAEL JORDAN LEBANON
rectangular in shape, but the proportions of BENIN BURKINA FASO CAPE VERDE GAMBIA GHANA

the rectangle are not always the same. This is

not always the case, however—Nepal, for
example, has a distinctive, nonrectangular flag, LUXEMBOURG NETHERLANDS GERMANY FRANCE SYRIA BAHRAIN KUWAIT OMAN
GUINEA GUINEA–BISSAU IVORY COAST LIBERIA MALI
which looks like two triangles on top of each
other. National flags first became widespread in
QATAR
the 19th century, but Denmark has the MONACO ANDORRA PORTUGAL SPAIN SAUDI ARABIA UNITED ARAB YEMEN
EMIRATES
oldest national flag still in use, dating MAURITANIA NIGER NIGERIA SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE

back as far as the 13th century.

ITALY SAN MARINO VATICAN CITY AUSTRIA IRAN KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN

NORTH AMERICA TOGO CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN CHAD CONGO

REPUBLIC

LIECHTENSTEIN SLOVENIA SWITZERLAND CZECH TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN

REPUBLIC

CANADA UNITED STATES MEXICO BELIZE DEM. REP. EQUATORIAL GABON SAO TOME & BURUNDI
OF AMERICA CONGO GUINEA PRINCIPE

HUNGARY POLAND SLOVAKIA ALBANIA BANGLADESH BHUTAN INDIA NEPAL

COSTA RICA EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA HONDURAS DJIBOUTI ERITREA ETHIOPIA KENYA RWANDA

BOSNIA & CROATIA KOSOVO MACEDONIA SRI LANKA CHINA MONGOLIA NORTH KOREA
HERZEGOVINA (DISPUTED)

NICARAGUA PANAMA ANTIGUA & BAHAMAS SOMALIA SUDAN SOUTH SUDAN TANZANIA UGANDA
BARBUDA
MONTENEGRO SERBIA BULGARIA GREECE SOUTH KOREA JAPAN BURMA CAMBODIA

BARBADOS CUBA DOMINICA DOMINICAN ANGOLA BOTSWANA LESOTHO MALAWI MOZAMBIQUE

REPUBLIC MOLDOVA ROMANIA UKRAINE BELARUS LAOS PHILIPPINES THAILAND VIETNAM

GRENADA ST. VINCENT & TRINIDAD & ST. KITTS & NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE
THE GRENADINES TOBAGO NEVIS ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA CYPRUS BRUNEI INDONESIA EAST TIMOR MALAYSIA

ST. LUCIA HAITI JAMAICA COMOROS MADAGASCAR MAURITIUS SEYCHELLES MALTA RUSSIAN FEDERATION SINGAPORE MALDIVES

SOUTH AMERICA AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA

COLOMBIA GUYANA SURINAM VENEZUELA BOLIVIA ECUADOR PERU BRAZIL ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND PAPUA NEW FIJI SOLOMON VANUATU MARSHALL MICRONESIA NAURU
GUINEA ISLANDS ISLANDS

URUGUAY CHILE PARAGUAY PALAU KIRIBATI TUVALU TONGA SAMOA

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