Flags of the world

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The Dominican Republic

"Dios, Patria, Libertad" - 'God, Country, Freedom' Emblem of Bible opened to John 8:32 "Y la verdad nos hará libre" - 'And the truth shall set you free' On white cross, top right and bottom left segments red, top left and bottom right blue.

El Salvador

"Dios, Union, Libertad" - 'God, Union, Liberty' Emblem on blue, white, and blue horizontal tricolour.

Haiti

"L'Union Fait La Force" - 'Union makes strength' Emblem on blue and red horizontal bicolour.

Guatemala

"Libertad 15 de Septiembre de 1821" - 'Liberated 15th September 1821' Emblem on blue, white, and blue vertical tricolour.

Brazil

"Ordem e Progresso" - 'Order and Progress' White band with text on blue disc, inside yellow rhombus, on green background.

Belize

"Sub Umbra Floreo" - 'I flourish in the shade' One black, one white man in white circle, standing over coat of arms. Blue background with red trim.

Equatorial Guinea

"Unided, Paz, Justicia" - 'Unity, Peace, Justice' Green, white, and red horizontal tricolour. Small blue triangle coming in from left.

Andorra

"Virtus Unita Fortior" - 'Strength united is stronger' Coat of arms on blue, yellow, and red vertical tricolour.

Iraq

'Allahu Akbar' on red, white, and black horizontal tricolour.

Japan

'Rising sun' red disc on white background.

Lebanon

Cedar in middle of central white horizontal stripe. Two red stripes at top and bottom.

Suriname

Central red horizontal stripe bearing gold-five pointed star bordered by white stripes and green stripes at top and bottom.

Angola

Cog, machete, and star on red and blue horizontal bicolour.

Pakistan

Crescent moon and star on green background, with white vertical stripe on left.

Trinidad and Tobago

Diagonal black stripe bordered with white bisecting red field from top left to bottom right.

Montenegro

Double-headed eagle holding shield on red background, with gold border.

Bhutan

Dragon on diagonally split yellow and red background.

Eritrea

Gold wreath on red triangle, coming from left all over to right. Green top segment, blue bottom.

Côte d'Ivoire

Gold, white, and green horizontal tricolour.

Kazakhstan

Golden sun and golden steppe eagle on blue background. Golden pattern far left.

Saudi Arabia

Green field with white writing saying 'There is no god but God and Muhammed is the messenger of God' in Arabic, above a sword.

Morocco

Green five-pointed star on red background.

South Africa

Green horizontal Y-shaped band divides a red and blue horizontal bicolour to the right, trimmed with white, and a black triangle coming in from left, trimmed with gold.

Benin

Green vertical stripe on left, yellow and red horizontal on right.

Mozambique

Green, black, and yellow horizontal tricolour divided by thin white stripes. Red triangle coming in from left. On red triangle a rifle and a hoe cross over an open book, on a yellow star.

UAE

Green, white, and black horizontal tricolour with red vertical band in left.

Sierra Leone

Green, white, and blue horizontal tricolour.

Italy

Green, white, and blue vertical tricolour.

Ireland

Green, white, and gold vertical tricolour.

Nigeria

Green, white, and green vertical tricolour.

Kuwait

Green, white, and red horizontal tricolour with black trapezium coming in from left.

Mexico

Green, white, and red vertical tricolour with coat of arms in centre of white.

Gabon

Green, yellow, and blue horizontal tricolour.

São Tomé and Príncipe

Green, yellow, and green horizontal tricolour with two black stars on yellow stripe and red triangle coming in from left.

Senegal

Green, yellow, and red vertical tricolour with green five-pointed star in centre of yellow stripe.

Mali

Green, yellow, and red vertical tricolour.

Ethiopia

Hollow yellow star on blue disc, on green, yellow, and red horizontal tricolour.

Vanuatu

Horizontal gold thin Y-shaped stripe separates a red and green horizontal bicolour, with a black triangle coming in from left bearing yellow tusk and horn. Trimmed with black.

Turkmenistan

Intricate vertical rug-stripe to left of green background, with white crescent moon and stars at top of field.

Bahrain

Jagged white stripe coming in from left on a red background.

Sweden

Left-of-centre yellow cross on blue background.

Tuvalu

Light blue field with Union Jack in top left and gold stars flowing from bottom to top right.

Kenya

Masai shield on black, red, and green horizontal tricolour, separated by white stripes.

Azerbaijan

Moon and star on blue, red, and green horizontal tricolour.

The Comoros

Moon and stars on green triangle coming in from left, on four horizontal stripes: yellow, white, red, blue.

Finland

Off-centre blue cross on white background.

Norway

Off-centre blue cross with white trimming on red background.

Bangladesh

Off-centre red circle on a green background.

Iceland

Off-centre red cross, trimmed with white, on a blue background.

Denmark

Off-centre white cross on red background.

Palau

Off-centre yellow circle on light-blue background.

Niger

Orange, white, and green horizontal tricolour. Orange circle in middle of central white stripe.

Madagascar

Red and green horizontal bicolour on right, left third a white vertical stripe.

Croatia

Red and white checked emblem on red, white, and blue horizontal tricolour.

Singapore

Red and white horizontal bicolour, with white crescent moon and five stars in top left of red stripe.

Monaco

Red and white horizontal bicolour.

Indonesia

Red and white vertical bicolour.

Tunisia

Red crescent and star in white circle on red background.

The United Kingdom

Red cross on blue background, in front of red saltire, all trimmed with white.

Georgia

Red cross on white background, smaller crosses in quadrants.

Iran

Red emblem on green, white, and red horizontal tricolour. 'God is great' in Arabic along the stripes.

Timor Leste

Red field with black and yellow triangle coming in from left, with tilted white star on black inner triangle.

Taiwan

Red field with blue square in corner bearing white sun.

Samoa

Red field with blue square in top left bearing southern cross.

Tonga

Red field with white square in top left bearing equilateral red cross.

Canada

Red maple leaf on vertical thicker white centre stripe, red at sides.

Algeria

Red moon and star on green and white vertical bicolour

North Korea

Red star in white circle in left of central red horizontal rectangle. Two blue stripes at top and bottom.

Djibouti

Red star on white triangle coming from left, on blue and green horizontal bicolour.

Namibia

Red stripe running from bottom left to top right. Above this a yellow sun on a blue background, below a green field.

Guyana

Red triangle coming from left, trimmed with black, on yellow triangle coming from left, trimmed with white, on a green background.

Libya

Red, black, and green horizontal tricolour. White crescent and star in middle of black stripe.

Zambia

Red, black, and orange vertical bicolour in bottom right of green field, with eagle atop flag.

The Gambia

Red, blue, and green horizontal tricolour, separated by white stripes.

Serbia

Red, blue, and white horizontal tricolour. Coat of arms to left of flag, showing double-headed eagle.

Armenia

Red, blue, and yellow horizontal tricolour.

Mongolia

Red, blue, red vertical stripes. Soyombo national symbol in left red stripe.

Spain

Red, gold, and red horizontal tricolour. Coat of arms showing pillars and a lion on left of disproportionately large central gold stripe.

Sudan

Red, white, and black horizontal bicolour, with green triangle coming in from left.

Syria

Red, white, and black horizontal tricolour with two green stars on central white band.

Yemen

Red, white, and black horizontal tricolour.

Paraguay

Red, white, and blue horizontal tricolour with emblem in centre of white stripe. Emblem differs on reverse side "Republica del __________" [obverse] "Paz y Justicia" - 'Peace and Justice' [reverse]

Luxembourg

Red, white, and blue horizontal tricolour.

The Netherlands

Red, white, and blue horizontal tricolour.

Tajikistan

Red, white, and green horizontal tricolour with yellow crown in centre.

Hungary

Red, white, and green horizontal tricolour.

Austria

Red, white, and red horizontal tricolour.

Peru

Red, white, and red vertical tricolour, emblem in centre.

Thailand

Red, white, blue, white, and red horizontal stripes.

Bolivia

Red, yellow, and green horizontal tricolour, emblem in centre.

Guinea

Red, yellow, and green vertical tricolour.

South Korea

Red-and-blue Taeguk on white background. Four sets of three broken parallel black lines at corners.

Cape Verde

Ring of yellow stars on white and red horizontal stripes, on blue background.

Antigua and Barbuda

Rising sun on black, red, blue, and white.

Mauritania

Rotated yellow crescent and star, crescent on bottom, against green background.

Zimbabwe

Seven green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green horizontal stripes with white triangle coming in from left bearing Zimbabwe bird on star.

Dominica

Sisserou parrot surrounded by green stars on red disc, in centre of yellow, black, and white cross, on green background.

Uganda

Six black, yellow, red, black, yellow, and red horizontal stripes with white circle in centre containing crane.

Qatar

Smaller white band on left joined to larger maroon field on right at serrated bisection.

Australia

Southern cross to right of blue field, larger star to left. Union Jack in top left.

Liberia

Stars-and-Stripes style. Single white star in blue square at top left, against eleven white and red horizontal stripes.

Argentina

Sun with a face on a blue, white, and blue horizontal tricolour.

Cambodia

Temple on horizontal thicker red centre stripe, blue stripes top and bottom.

Latvia

Thin white horizontal line through middle of red background.

The United States

Thirteen alternating red and white stripes. Blue square in top left containing fifty stars.

Burundi

Three red stars in centre of white diagonal cross. Vertical segments red, horizontal segments green.

Sri Lanka

To right, maroon field with lion holding sword, bordered by gold. To left, green and orange vertical bicolour, also bordered by gold.

Rwanda

Top half blue horizontal stripe, yellow sun in top right. Bottom half yellow and green horizontal stripes.

Colombia

Top heavy yellow, blue, and red horizontal tricolour.

Belarus

Top-heavy red and green horizontal bicolour. Red and white pattern on left.

Barbados

Trident on a blue, yellow, and blue vertical tricolour.

The Marshall Islands

Two yellow and white stripes coming from bottom left and growing to top right against blue background. White sun in left.

Albania

Two-headed eagle on red background.

Fiji

Union Jack top left. Coat of arms on blue background.

San Marino

White and blue horizontal bicolour with coat-of-arms in centre, bearing word "Libertas" - 'Liberty'

The Czech Republic

White and blue horizontal bicolour, with blue triangle coming in from left.

Poland

White and red horizontal bicolour.

Laos

White circle in middle of central blue horizontal stripe. Two red stripes at top and bottom.

Turkey

White crescent and star on red background.

Maldives

White crescent on green central rectangle in middle of red background.

Greece

White cross on blue background in bottom left, on blue and white alternating horizontal stripes.

Somalia

White five-pointed star on blue background.

Jordan

White star on red triangle coming from left, on black, white, and green horizontal tricolour.

Cuba

White star on red triangle coming from left, on five alternating blue, white horizontal stripes.

Chile

White star top left on blue square, bottom half red stripe, top right white rectangle.

Kyrgyzstan

White sun with forty rays on red background with red ring intersected by two sets of three lines in centre.

Russia

White, blue, and red horizontal tricolour.

Slovenia

White, blue, and red horizontal tricolour. Coat of arms to left showing three peaks underneath stars.

Slovakia

White, blue, and red horizontal tricolour. Shield to left showing double-hatched cross over three peaks.

Bulgaria

White, green, and red horizontal tricolour.

Oman

White, red, and green horizontal tricolour to right, vertical red stripe on left side. Coat-of-arms in top let.

Nepal

World's only non-quadrilateral flag. Two red pennons, white crescent moon on top and white sun on bottom, bordered by blue.

Malta

Yellow and red vertical bicolour. George Cross in top left.

The Vatican City

Yellow and white vertical bicolour. Insignia bearing crossed keys on white stripe.

Malaysia

Yellow crescent and star on blue square in top left, against fourteen white and red stripes.

The Republic of the Congo

Yellow diagonal stripe through middle, left segment green, right segment red.

Vietnam

Yellow five-pointed star on centre of red field.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Yellow right-angled triangle with stars in middle of blue background.

Cameroon

Yellow star on green, red, and yellow tricolour.

Burkina Faso

Yellow star on red and green horizontal bicolour.

Grenada

Yellow star on red disc at points of triangles coming in from sides: yellow vertically, green horizontally. Clove of nutmeg in left triangle. Flag trimmed by red, yellow stars on top and bottom.

Central African Republic

Yellow star top left on four horizontal stripes: blue, white, green, and yellow. Vertical red stripe through middle.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Yellow star top left. Red diagonal stripe tinted with yellow, on blue background.

Venezuela

Yellow, blue, and red horizontal tricolour. Arch of white stripes in centre of blue stripe.

Myanmar

Yellow, green, and red horizontal tricolour behind a central white star.

Lithuania

Yellow, green, and red horizontal tricolour.

Portugal

2:3 vertical green and red bicolour. Coat of arms showing shields and castles on bisection.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Black band bordered with gold runs diagonally from bottom left to top right, white stars on band. Top left corner green, bottom right corner red.

Tanzania

Black diagonal band bordered with yellow bisecting green and blue halves from bottom left to top right.

Guinea-Bissau

Black star on left red vertical stripe, yellow and green horizontal on red.

Ghana

Black star on red, yellow, and green horizontal tricolour.

Botswana

Black stripe trimmed with white on blue background.

The Bahamas

Black triangle coming in from left on a blue, yellow, and blue horizontal tricolour.

Germany

Black, red, and gold horizontal tricolour.

South Sudan

Black, red, and green horizontal tricolour separated by thin white stripes. Blue triangle with tilted gold star coming in from left.

Malawi

Black, red, and green horizontal tricolour. Red sun in middle of black stripe.

Afghanistan

Black, red, green vertical tricolour. Emblem in centre.

Belgium

Black, yellow, and red vertical tricolour.

Swaziland

Black-and-white shield horizontal on horizontal central red stripe, bordered by gold stripes and blue stripes at top and bottom.

Liechtenstein

Blue and red horizontal bicolour. Crown in top left.

The Philippines

Blue and red horizontal stripes, with white triangle coming in from left. Yellow sun on white triangle.

Ukraine

Blue and yellow horizontal bicolour.

Nauru

Blue background broken by central horizontal yellow stripe. White sun in bottom left.

New Zealand

Blue background. Red southern cross on right, Union Jack in top-left corner.

Israel

Blue star of David on white background. Two blue horizontal stripes top and bottom.

India

Blue wheel on saffron, white, and green horizontal tricolour.

Estonia

Blue, black, and white horizontal tricolour.

Romania

Blue, gold, and red vertical tricolour.

Nicaragua

Blue, white, and blue horizontal tricolour. Triangular coat-of-arms in centre depicting mountains, sea, and rainbow.

Uzbekistan

Blue, white, and green horizontal tricolour separated by red stripes. White crescent moon and stars on left of top blue stripe.

Lesotho

Blue, white, and green horizontal tricolour with black hat in white stripe.

France

Blue, white, and red vertical tricolour.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Blue, yellow, and green vertical tricolour. Central yellow stripe twice-sized. Green diamonds in centre make 'V' shape.

Moldova

Blue, yellow, and red vertical tricolour with eagle holding aurochs-marked shield in centre of yellow. Flag is mirrored on reverse side

Chad

Blue, yellow, and red vertical tricolour.

Egypt

Eagle of Saladin on red, white, and black horizontal tricolour.

Macedonia

Eight-rayed yellow sun on red background.

Ecuador

Emblem of condor and mountain on top-heavy yellow, blue, and red tricolour.

Costa Rica

Emblem of three smoking volcanoes on central red horizontal stripe, surrounded by white stripes, surrounded by blue.

Brunei

Emblem or crescent, parasol, and hands on white and black diagonal stripes, on yellow background.

Switzerland

Equilateral white cross on red background.

Togo

Five alternating green and yellow horizontal stripes. Red square in top left with white star.

The Seychelles

Five bands of blue, yellow, red, white, and green radiating from bottom left corner.

Honduras

Five blue stars on white stripe of a blue, white, and blue horizontal tricolour.

China

Five yellow stars top left - one large, four small - on red background.

Papua New Guinea

Flag split diagonally from top left to bottom right. Left half black with white southern cross. Right half red with gold bird of paradise.

Uruguay

Four horizontal blue stripes on white background with yellow sun with face in top left.

Panama

Four quarters: blue field bottom left, red star on white field bottom right, red field top right, blue star on white field top left.

Mauritius

Four red, blue, yellow, and green horizontal stripes.

Micronesia

Four white stars in diamond constellation against blue background.

Kiribati

Frigatebird rising over sun and ocean against red sky.

Jamaica

Gold diagonal cross, vertical segments green, horizontal black.

The Solomon Islands

Gold diagonal stripe from bottom left to top right divides blue and green halves. Five white stars in top left of blue half.

Cyprus

Gold silhouette of island over olive branch, on white background.

Saint Lucia

Gold triangle on black triangle on white triangle in centre of light blue background.


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