List of countries by style of national flags
Uncommon shapes
Stars
Four-pointed
- Aruba (a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Five-pointed
One pentagram in center
One five-pointed star in center
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Cameroon
- Ghana
- Paraguay
- Senegal
- Somalia
- Somaliland Unrecognized
- Suriname
- Vietnam
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943–1992)
See also the list of flags featuring crescents, below, many of which include a five-pointed star in the crescent.
One five-pointed star on left side
- Chile
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Puerto Rico (US overseas commonwealth)
- North Korea
- South Sudan
- Republic of West Papua (Morning Star Flag)
- Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- Togo
Multiple five-pointed stars of equal size
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Comoros
- Honduras
- Kosovo
- Vojvodina
- Panama
- Philippines
- Federated States of Micronesia
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Singapore
- United States
- Venezuela
Circle of five-pointed stars
- Cook Islands (Associated state of New Zealand)
- Cook Islands (1973–1979)
- European Union
- Tajikistan
Multiple five-pointed stars in different sizes
- Brazil
- New Zealand
- Niue (Overseas territory of New Zealand)
- Papua New Guinea
- People's Republic of China
- Samoa
- Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand)
Six-pointed
Hexagram
Many-pointed
One many-pointed star
Multiple many-pointed stars
Southern Cross
Crescent
Facing up
Facing right
- Algeria
- Azerbaijan
- Comoros
- Libya
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Northern Cyprus
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Singapore
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uzbekistan
- Colorado
Facing diagonally
Circle
One circle in center
One circle on left side
Triangle
Triangle(s) in centre
Triangle(s) on left side
See also: Chevron (flag)
- Bahamas
- Comoros
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guyana
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Mozambique
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico (US overseas commonwealth)
- Palestine
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicUnregonized
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Timor-Leste
- Tuvalu (1995–1997)
- Vanuatu
- Zimbabwe
Triangle(s) on right side
- American Samoa (US territory)
Stripes
Horizontal
Two colors
Two unequal horizontal stripes
Two equal horizontal stripes
- Angola
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Czech Republic
- Djibouti
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Indonesia
- Madagascar
- Monaco
- Philippines
- Poland
- Singapore
- San Marino
- Ukraine
Three equal horizontal stripes in two colors
Three thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in two colors
- Armenia (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Moldavia (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
- French Polynesia
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Spain
- Transnistria
Three fimbriated thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in two colors
See also: Fimbriation
- Kirghizia (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
- Kyrgyzstan (1991-1992)
- North Korea
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Turkmenistan (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
- Turkmenistan (1991-1992)
Three thick-and-thin horizontal stripes in two colors
Three fimbriated thick-and-thin horizontal stripes in two colors
- Botswana
- Uzbekistan (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
Many thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in two colors
Many equal horizontal stripes in two colors
- Abkhazia
- Cuba
- Greece
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Liberia
- Malaysia
- Puerto Rico (US overseas commonwealth)
- Togo
- Uruguay
- United States
- Republic of West Papua (Morning Star Flag)
Three colors
Three equal horizontal stripes in three colors
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bulgaria
- Biafra
- Bolivia
- Croatia
- Germany
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Ghana (1962–1966)
- Equatorial Guinea
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Iraqi Kurdistan
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Lebanon
- Malawi
- Burma
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- New Caledonia
- Niger
- Netherlands
- Oman
- Paraguay
- Palestine
- Russian Federation
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Sudan
- Sudan (1956–1971)
- Sierra Leone
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somaliland
- South Ossetia
- Syria
- United Arab Emirates
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zanzibar
Three fimbriated equal horizontal stripes in three colors
Three unequal horizontal stripes in three colors
Three fimbriated unequal horizontal stripes in three colors
Five thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in three colors
Many equal horizontal stripes in three colors
Four colors
Four equal horizontal stripes in four colors
Seven equal horizontal stripes in four colors
Vertical
Two equal vertical stripes in two colors
- Algeria
- Malta
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
- Vatican City
Three equal vertical stripes in two colors
Three equal vertical stripes in three colors
Further information: Tricolour (flag)
- Afghanistan
- Belgium
- Canary Islands
- Ivory Coast
- Cameroon
- France
- Guinea
- Italy
- Ireland
- Mexico
- Mali
- Moldova
- Romania
- Rwanda (1962–2001)
- Senegal
- Chad
Flags based on french tricolor
Three unequal vertical stripes
Further information: Canadian pale
Diagonal
Two diagonal stripes
- Bhutan
- French Guiana (France)
- Honduras
Three diagonal stripes
- Bonaire (Netherlands)
- Republic of the Congo
- Solomon Islands
Three fimbriated diagonal stripes
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Namibia
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Tanzania
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Many diagonal stripes
Many radiating diagonal stripes
Two crossing diagonal stripes
See #Diagonal cross
Cross
Upright centred cross
- Switzerland
- England (UK constituent country)
- Dominican Republic
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Quebec (Canadian province)
- United Kingdom
Diagonal cross
- Scotland (UK constituent country)
- Burundi
- Jamaica
- Seychelles (1976–1977)
- United Kingdom
Nordic Cross
Further information: Nordic Cross
Nordic Cross in two colours
Nordic Cross in three colours
- Åland Islands (Autonomous region of Finland)
- Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
- Iceland
- Norway
One cross in upper left corner
Upright and diagonal centred crosses
- Basque Country (Autonomous Community of Spain and France)
- United Kingdom
- Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)
Union Jack
See also: British ensign and Flags of the British Empire
- Australia
- Australia (1901–1903)
- Australia (1903–1909)
- Bermuda (1910–1999)
- Canada (1868–1921)
- Canada (1921–1957)
- Canada (1957–1965)
- Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)
- Fiji
- New Zealand
- Newfoundland (1907–1949)
- South Africa (1928–1994)
- South Africa (1910–1928)
- Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (1976-1978)
- Tuvalu (1978-1996)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United States (1775-1777)
Additionally, the Union Jack features in many territorial and sub-national flags. These are often Red Ensigns (e.g., Bermuda) or Blue Ensigns (e.g., New South Wales). A small number have backgrounds of other colours (e.g. British Antarctic Territory and Niue) or a unique pattern in the field (e.g. British Indian Ocean Territory and Hawaii). A small number put the Union Jack somewhere other than the canton (e.g. British Columbia). Unofficial flags, such as Ross Dependency also use it.
Crosses of different sizes
Divide
Divide horizontally and divide top space vertically
Divide upper left square and other space
- Liberia
- Malaysia
- Myanmar (1974–2010)
- Republic of China
- Samoa
- United States
Divide four equal squares from center
Other symbols and pictures
Sun
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bangladesh
- Greenland
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Malawi
- Macedonia
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Niger
- Rwanda
- Philippines
- Republic of China
- Uruguay
Animal
- Albania — double-headed eagle
- Bhutan — Druk the thunder dragon
- Dominica — sisserou parrot
- Egypt — Eagle of Saladin
- Kazakhstan — steppe eagle
- Kiribati — frigatebird
- Papua New Guinea — raggiana bird-of-paradise
- Sri Lanka — yellow lion
- Uganda — grey crowned crane
- Wales (UK constituent country) — Welsh Dragon
- Zambia — African fish eagle
- Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe Bird
Coat of arms
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- Canada (1868–1928)
- Canada (1921–1957)
- Canada (1957–1965)
- Cayman Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- El Salvador
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Nicaragua
- Paraguay
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
Weaponry
- Angola — machete
- Barbados (trident-head)
- Kenya — spears and Maasai shield
- Mozambique — AK-47 with a bayonet
- Oman — swords and Khanjar
- Saudi Arabia — sword
- Swaziland — spears and shield
Agricultural and industrial tools/things
- Angola — half-gear and machete
- Mozambique — hoe
- Myanmar (1974–2010) — gear
- Soviet Union (1917–1991) — hammer and sickle
- Transnistria — hammer and sickle (non-communist)
Plants
- Canada — maple leaf
- Cyprus — olive branches
- Grenada — clove of nutmeg
- Eritrea — olive branch
- Lebanon — Lebanon cedar
- Myanmar (1974–2010) — rice plant
Map
Other Central Emblems
- Abkhazia - Hand with stars
- Cambodia — Angkor Wat
- Danzig (1920-1939) (King's Crown)
- India (Ashoka Chakra)
- Iran (Emblem of Iran)
- South Korea (Taegeuk and four black trigrams)
- Kyrgyzstan (sun with a crown of the traditional Kyrgyz yurt)
- Lesotho (mokorotlo)
- Mozambique — book
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (diamonds in a V pattern)
Text
Country name
- Afghanistan – the lowest line of text reads Afghanistan in the Pashto alphabet, and the calligraphic text at the top is the Shahada with Allah Akbar written beneath it
- Brunei – the lower line of text reads Brunei Darussalam in the Jawi script
- Egypt – the text reads Jumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah in Arabic meaning Arab Republic of Egypt
- Nicaragua
- Paraguay
- El Salvador
- Guam
Mottos
- Brazil – Their text reads Order and Progress in Portuguese.
- Iran
- Iraq
- Malta
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia – Their flag reads 'There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet' in Arabic.
- Spain
Flags of another country
- Australia
- Canada (1868–1921)
- Canada (1921–1957)
- Canada (1957–1965)
- British West Indies
- Fiji
- Falkland Islands
- New Zealand
- North Borneo Former Colony of the British Empire
- British Raj Former Colony of the British Empire
- Cook Islands
- Tuvalu
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