List of national flags by design
Uncommon flag shapes
Star(s)
Four-pointed
Five-pointed
One pentagram in center
One five-pointed star in center
Burkina Faso Burma Cameroon Ghana Mohéli Northern Mariana Islands Paraguay Senegal Somalia Somaliland (unrecognized state) 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 (9) Comoros (4) Honduras (5) Kosovo (6) Vojvodina (3) Panama (2) Philippines (3) Federated States of Micronesia (4) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2) São Tomé and Príncipe (2) Singapore (5) Solomon Islands (5) Syria (2) Turkmenistan (5) Tuvalu (9) United States (varies, based on number of states, currently 50) Uzbekistan (12) Venezuela (8)
Circle of five-pointed stars
African Union (53 stars) Cape Verde (10 stars) Cook Islands (15 stars) (Associated state of New Zealand) Cook Islands (1973–1979) (15 stars, but yellow on green) Dominica (10 stars) European Union (12 stars) (an organisation) Tajikistan (12 stars, but only half a circle with 7 are showing)
Multiple five-pointed stars in different sizes
Brazil (27) Grenada (7) New Zealand (4) Niue (5 stars) (Overseas territory of New Zealand) Papua New Guinea (5) People's Republic of China (5) Samoa (5) Tokelau (4) (Overseas territory of New Zealand)
Six-pointed
Hexagram
Many-pointed
One many-pointed star
Azerbaijan (8 points) Jordan (7 points) Malaysia (14 points) Marshall Islands (24 points) Nauru (12 points)
Multiple many-pointed stars
Southern Cross
Stars and stripes
Aruba Azerbaijan Cape Verde Chile Comoros Croatia Cuba Djibouti Guinea-Bissau Honduras Jordan North Korea Liberia Libya Malaysia Nauru Philippines Puerto Rico Republic of Texas Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Unrecognised São Tomé and Príncipe Singapore Slovenia Somaliland South Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Togo United States Uzbekistan Venezuela Republic of West Papua
Crescent
Facing up
Facing right
Facing diagonally
Comoros (1978–1992) Croatia Moldova Pakistan South Carolina Turkmenistan
Circle
One circle in center
One circle on left side
One broken or implied circle
Afghanistan Cook Islands Cook Islands (1973–1979) Dominica Eritrea European Union (an organisation) French Polynesia Francophonie NATO (an organization) Northern Mariana Islands
Triangle
Triangle(s) in centre
Antigua and Barbuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Lucia Israel (6 that make up the shape, 2 to draw it)
Triangle(s) on left side
Bahamas Chukotka Comoros Cuba Czech Republic Djibouti Eritrea Equatorial Guinea Guyana Jamaica Jordan Marquesas Islands Mozambique Philippines Puerto Rico (US overseas commonwealth) Palestine Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Unrecognized São Tomé and Príncipe Seychelles (1976–1977) South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tuva Timor-Leste Tuvalu (1995–1997) Vanuatu Zabaykalsky Krai Zimbabwe
Triangle(s) on right side
American Samoa (US territory) Jamaica Seychelles (1976–1977)
Stripes
Horizontal
Three colors
Three unequal horizontal stripes
Two equal horizontal stripes
Three equal horizontal stripes in two colors
Three thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in two colors
Armenia (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union) Belize Cambodia Laos Guam Lebanon Mauritania Moldavia (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union) French Polynesia São Tomé and Príncipe Spain Transnistria Ingushetia
Three fimbriated thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in two colors
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)
Three unequal horizontal stripes in two colors
Curaçao Kazakhstan (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union) Kyrgyzstan (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
Many thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in two colors
Many equal horizontal stripes in two colors
Cuba (5) Greece (9) British Indian Ocean Territory (6 wavy stripes) Liberia (11) Malaysia (14) Puerto Rico (5 stripes) (US overseas commonwealth) Seborga (18 stripes) Togo (5) Uruguay (9) United States (13, representing the 13 colonies) Republic of West Papua (13) (Morning Star Flag)
Three colors
Three equal horizontal stripes in three colors
Afghanistan (1928) Afghanistan (1980–1987) Afghanistan (1987–1992) Afghanistan (1992) Afghanistan (1992–2001) Afghanistan (2001–2002) Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Biafra Bolivia Croatia Egypt Estonia Ethiopia Gabon Germany Germany (1867–1919, 1933–1935) Ghana Ghana (1962–1966) Equatorial Guinea Hungary India Iran Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Jordan Kuwait Lithuania Luxembourg Malawi Myanmar 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 Africa (1928–1994) Spain (1931–1939) Syria United Arab Emirates Venezuela Yemen Zanzibar
Three fimbriated equal horizontal stripes in three colors
Three unequal horizontal stripes in three colors
Afghanistan (1974–1978) Afghanistan (1978) Antigua and Barbuda Buryatia Mordovia Colombia Ecuador Libya Lesotho Rwanda Tajikistan Crimea
Four unequal horizontal stripes in three colors
Tajikistan (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
Five 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
Seven unequal horizontal stripes in three colors
Five colors
Five equal horizontal stripes in five colors
China (1912–1928)
Vertical
Two unequal vertical stripes in two colors
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union) Pakistan Portugal
Two equal vertical stripes in two colors
Two unequal serrated vertical stripes in two colors
Three equal vertical stripes in two colors
Three equal vertical stripes in three colors
Flags based on the French tricolor
Three unequal vertical stripes
Four unequal vertical stripes in four colors
Two crossing horizontal and vertical stripes
Diagonal
Two diagonal stripes
Three diagonal stripes
Bonaire (Netherlands) Republic of the Congo Sealand Solomon Islands
Three fimbriated diagonal stripes
Many diagonal stripes
Many radiating diagonal stripes
Guyana (5) Eritrea (2) Marshall Islands (4) Seychelles (5)
Pall
Two crossing diagonal stripes
Cross
Upright centred cross
Switzerland England (UK constituent country) Dominica Dominican Republic Kingdom of Great Britain Quebec (Canadian province) United Kingdom
Diagonal cross
Scotland (UK constituent country) Burundi Florida Jamaica Seychelles (1976–1977) United Kingdom
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
One cross in emblem
Upright and diagonal centred crosses
Naval Jack of Estonia Naval Jack of Bulgaria Naval Jack of Latvia Naval Ensign of Georgia (country) Basque Country Lord Howe Island Republic of Macedonia United Kingdom Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)
Union Jack
Australia Australia (1901–1903) Australia (1903–1908) 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.,
Crosses of different sizes
Divisions
Upper left divided from rest of flag
Chile Greece Liberia Malaysia Myanmar (1974–2010) Republic of China (Taiwan) Samoa Tonga United States
One stripe on left side
Belarus Benin Chechnya Guinea-Bissau Khakassia Madagascar Oman Texas Morning Star flag (Republic of West Papua, 1961-62) United Arab Emirates South African Republic (1852-1902)
Four equal rectangles meeting at center
Four equal triangles meeting at center
Burundi Grenada Jamaica Seychelles (1976–1977)
Other symbols and pictures
Sun
Moon
Animal
Bird
Christmas Island — bird Dominica — sisserou parrot Guatemala — bird Uganda — grey crowned crane Kiribati — frigatebird Fiji — White pelican and yellow lion Papua New Guinea — raggiana bird-of-paradise Saint Helena — bird Sint Maarten — bird Uganda — bird Zambia — bird Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe Bird
Eagle
Livestock
Dragon
Bhutan — Druk the thunder dragon Malta — St. George on a horse, fighting a dragon. Wales (UK constituent country) — Welsh Dragon Qing dynasty
Lion
Bermuda — lion Cayman Islands — turtle, lion Jersey — lion Montenegro — double-headed eagle, lion Spain — lion South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — lion Sri Lanka — yellow lion
Other animal
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
Agricultural and industrial tools
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 Macao — lotus flower Myanmar (1974–2010) — rice plant
Map
Shield
Key
Trapezium
Square
Other symbols
Cambodia — Angkor Wat Danzig (1920-1939) (King's Crown) India (Ashoka Chakra) Iran (Emblem of Iran) Mongolia (Soyombo) Kyrgyzstan (sun with a crown of the traditional Kyrgyz yurt) Lesotho (mokorotlo) Mozambique — book Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (diamonds in a V pattern) South Korea (Taegeuk and four black trigrams)
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 Bolivia Brunei – the lower line of text reads Brunei Darussalam in the Jawi script Costa Rica Dominican Republic Egypt – the text reads Jumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah in Arabic meaning Arab Republic of Egypt El Salvador Guam Mayotte Nicaragua Paraguay Venezuela
Motto
Andorra – 'VIRTVS VNITA FORTIOR' meaning virtue united is stronger.
Brazil – Their text reads 'Order and Progress' in Portuguese. Iran – ' Allahu Akbar' 11 times. Iraq – 'Allahu Akbar' Malta – 'For Gallantry' San Marino – Text reads 'LIBERTAS' which means freedom. Saudi Arabia – Their flag reads 'There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet' in Arabic. Spain – Latin text 'PLVS VLTRA' meaning further beyond.
Flags of another state
Australia Canada (1868–1921) Canada (1921–1957) Canada (1957–1965) British West Indies Fiji Falkland Islands Hawaii New Zealand North Borneo (former Colony of the British Empire) British Raj (former Colony of the British Empire) Cook Islands South Africa (1928–1994) Tuvalu United States (1776–1777)
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