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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Population: 30

Region: Antarctic

Capital: King Edward Point

Grenada

Population: 112.519

Region: Americas

Capital: St. George's

The flag of Switzerland is square shaped. It features a white Swiss cross centered on a red field.

Swiss Confederation

Population: 8.654.622

Region: Europe

Capital: Bern

The flag of Sierra Leone is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and blue.

Republic of Sierra Leone

Population: 7.976.985

Region: Africa

Capital: Freetown

Hungary

Population: 9.749.763

Region: Europe

Capital: Budapest

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Population: 23.503.349

Region: Asia

Capital: Taipei

Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Population: 11.750

Region: Oceania

Capital: Mata-Utu

Barbados

Population: 287.371

Region: Americas

Capital: Bridgetown

Pitcairn Group of Islands

Population: 56

Region: Oceania

Capital: Adamstown

The flag of Ivory Coast is composed of three equal vertical bands of orange, white and green.

Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

Population: 26.378.275

Region: Africa

Capital: Yamoussoukro

The flag of Tunisia has a red field. A white circle bearing a five-pointed red star within a fly-side facing red crescent is situated at the center of the field.

Tunisian Republic

Population: 11.818.618

Region: Africa

Capital: Tunis

The flag of Italy is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and red.

Italian Republic

Population: 59.554.023

Region: Europe

Capital: Rome

The flag of Benin features a green vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and red adjoining the vertical band.

Republic of Benin

Population: 12.123.198

Region: Africa

Capital: Porto-Novo

The flag of Indonesia is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and white.

Republic of Indonesia

Population: 273.523.621

Region: Asia

Capital: Jakarta

The flag of Cape Verde is composed of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue in the ratio of 6:1:1:1:3. A ring of ten five-pointed yellow stars is centered at three-eighth of the height from the bottom edge and three-eighth of the width from the hoist end of the field.

Republic of Cabo Verde

Population: 555.988

Region: Africa

Capital: Praia

The flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis features two large five-pointed white stars within a yellow-edged black diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and red triangle respectively.

Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

Population: 53.192

Region: Americas

Capital: Basseterre

The flag of Laos is composed of three horizontal bands of red, blue and red. The blue band is twice the height of the red bands and bears a white circle at its center.

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Population: 7.275.556

Region: Asia

Capital: Vientiane

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Population: 25.987

Region: Americas

Capital: Kralendijk

The flag of Uganda is composed of six equal horizontal bands of black, yellow, red, black, yellow and red. A white circle bearing a hoist-side facing grey red-crested crane is superimposed in the center of the field.

Republic of Uganda

Population: 45.741.000

Region: Africa

Capital: Kampala

The flag of Andorra features three equal vertical bands of blue, yellow and red, with the coat of arms of Andorra centered in the yellow band.

Principality of Andorra

Population: 77.265

Region: Europe

Capital: Andorra la Vella

The flag of Burundi is divided by a white diagonal cross into four alternating triangular areas of red at the top and bottom, and green on the hoist and fly sides. A white circle, with three green-edged red six-pointed stars arranged to form a triangle, is superimposed at the center of the cross.

Republic of Burundi

Population: 11.890.781

Region: Africa

Capital: Gitega

The flag of South Africa is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and blue, with a yellow-edged black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base centered on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width and two-third the height of the field, and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a white-edged green horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and blue bands to the fly end of the field.

Republic of South Africa

Population: 59.308.690

Region: Africa

Capital: PretoriaBloemfonteinCape Town

The flag of France is composed of three equal vertical bands of blue, white and red.

French Republic

Population: 67.391.582

Region: Europe

Capital: Paris

The flag of Libya is composed of three horizontal bands of red, black and green, with the black band twice the height of the other two bands. At the center of the black band is a fly-side facing white crescent and a five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening.

State of Libya

Population: 6.871.287

Region: Africa

Capital: Tripoli

The flag of Mexico is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and red, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.

United Mexican States

Population: 128.932.753

Region: Americas

Capital: Mexico City

The flag of Gabon is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and blue.

Gabonese Republic

Population: 2.225.728

Region: Africa

Capital: Libreville

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Population: 57.557

Region: Oceania

Capital: Saipan

The flag of North Macedonia has a red field, at the center of which is a golden-yellow sun with eight broadening rays that extend to the edges of the field.

Republic of North Macedonia

Population: 2.077.132

Region: Europe

Capital: Skopje

The flag of China has a red field. In the canton are five yellow five-pointed stars — a large star and four smaller stars arranged in a vertical arc on the fly side of the large star.

People's Republic of China

Population: 1.402.112.000

Region: Asia

Capital: Beijing

The flag of Yemen is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black.

Republic of Yemen

Population: 29.825.968

Region: Asia

Capital: Sana'a

Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy

Population: 4.255

Region: Americas

Capital: Gustavia

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Population: 62.999

Region: Europe

Capital: St. Peter Port

Solomon Islands

Population: 686.878

Region: Oceania

Capital: Honiara

Svalbard og Jan Mayen

Population: 2.562

Region: Europe

Capital: Longyearbyen

Faroe Islands

Population: 48.865

Region: Europe

Capital: Tórshavn

The flag of Uzbekistan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of turquoise, white with red top and bottom edges, and green. On the hoist side of the turquoise band is a fly-side facing white crescent and twelve five-pointed white stars arranged just outside the crescent opening in three rows comprising three, four and five stars.

Republic of Uzbekistan

Population: 34.232.050

Region: Asia

Capital: Tashkent

The flag of Egypt is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with Egypt's national emblem — a hoist-side facing gold eagle of Saladin — centered in the white band.

Arab Republic of Egypt

Population: 102.334.403

Region: Africa

Capital: Cairo

The flag of Senegal is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, golden-yellow and red, with a five-pointed green star centered in the golden-yellow band.

Republic of Senegal

Population: 16.743.930

Region: Africa

Capital: Dakar

The flag of Sri Lanka features two large adjacent but separate rectangular areas, centered on a golden-yellow field. The smaller hoist-side rectangle is divided into two equal vertical bands of teal and orange, and the larger fly-side rectangle is maroon with a centered golden-yellow lion holding a Kastane sword in its right fore-paw and four golden-yellow Bo leaves, one in each corner.

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Population: 21.919.000

Region: Asia

Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

State of Palestine

Population: 4.803.269

Region: Asia

Capital: RamallahJerusalem

The flag of Bangladesh has a dark green field bearing a large red circle that is offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

People's Republic of Bangladesh

Population: 164.689.383

Region: Asia

Capital: Dhaka

The flag of Peru is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, white and red, with the national emblem centered in the white band.

Republic of Peru

Population: 32.971.846

Region: Americas

Capital: Lima

The flag of Singapore is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and white. On the hoist side of the red band is a fly-side facing white crescent which partially encloses five small five-pointed white stars arranged in the shape of a pentagon.

Republic of Singapore

Population: 5.685.807

Region: Asia

Capital: Singapore

The flag of Turkey has a red field bearing a large fly-side facing white crescent and a smaller five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening. The white crescent and star are offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Republic of Turkey

Population: 84.339.067

Region: Asia

Capital: Ankara

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Population: 40.218.234

Region: Asia

Capital: Kabul

Aruba

Population: 106.766

Region: Americas

Capital: Oranjestad

Cook Islands

Population: 18.100

Region: Oceania

Capital: Avarua

The flag of the United Kingdom — the Union Jack — has a blue field. It features the white-edged red cross of Saint George superimposed on the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick which is superimposed on the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Population: 67.215.293

Region: Europe

Capital: London

The flag of Zambia has a green field, on the fly side of which is a soaring orange African fish eagle above a rectangular area divided into three equal vertical bands of red, black and orange.

Republic of Zambia

Population: 18.383.956

Region: Africa

Capital: Lusaka

The flag of Finland has a white field with a large blue cross that extend to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

Republic of Finland

Population: 5.530.719

Region: Europe

Capital: Helsinki

The flag of Niger features three equal horizontal bands of orange, white and green, with an orange circle centered in the white band.

Republic of Niger

Population: 24.206.636

Region: Africa

Capital: Niamey

Territory of Christmas Island

Population: 2.072

Region: Oceania

Capital: Flying Fish Cove

Tokelau

Population: 1.411

Region: Oceania

Capital: Fakaofo

The flag of Guinea-Bissau features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and green adjoining the vertical band. A five-pointed black star is centered in the vertical band.

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Population: 1.967.998

Region: Africa

Capital: Bissau

The flag of Azerbaijan features three equal horizontal bands of blue, red and green, with a white fly-side facing crescent and eight-pointed star centered in the red band.

Republic of Azerbaijan

Population: 10.110.116

Region: Asia

Capital: Baku

Réunion Island

Population: 840.974

Region: Africa

Capital: Saint-Denis

The flag of Djibouti is composed of two equal horizontal bands of light blue and light green, with a white isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a red five-pointed star at its center.

Republic of Djibouti

Population: 988.002

Region: Africa

Capital: Djibouti

The flag of North Korea is composed of three horizontal bands — a large central white-edged red band, and a blue band above and beneath the red band. On the hoist side of the red band is a red five-pointed star within a white circle.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Population: 25.778.815

Region: Asia

Capital: Pyongyang

The flag of Mauritius is composed of four equal horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green.

Republic of Mauritius

Population: 1.265.740

Region: Africa

Capital: Port Louis

Montserrat

Population: 4.922

Region: Americas

Capital: Plymouth

Virgin Islands of the United States

Population: 106.290

Region: Americas

Capital: Charlotte Amalie

The flag of Colombia is composed of three horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the other two bands.

Republic of Colombia

Population: 50.882.884

Region: Americas

Capital: Bogotá

The flag of Greece is composed of nine equal horizontal bands of blue alternating with white. A blue square bearing a white cross is superimposed in the canton.

Hellenic Republic

Population: 10.715.549

Region: Europe

Capital: Athens

The flag of Croatia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and blue, with coat of arms of Croatia superimposed in the center.

Republic of Croatia

Population: 4.047.200

Region: Europe

Capital: Zagreb

The flag of Morocco features a green pentagram — a five-pointed linear star — centered on a red field.

Kingdom of Morocco

Population: 36.910.558

Region: Africa

Capital: Rabat

The flag of Algeria features two equal vertical bands of green and white. A five-pointed red star within a fly-side facing red crescent is centered over the two-color boundary.

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Population: 44.700.000

Region: Africa

Capital: Algiers

Antarctica

Population: 1.000

Region: Antarctic

Capital:

The flag of the Netherlands is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and blue.

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Population: 16.655.799

Region: Europe

Capital: Amsterdam

The flag of Sudan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with a green isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side. The green triangle spans about two-fifth the width of the field with its base on the hoist end.

Republic of the Sudan

Population: 43.849.269

Region: Africa

Capital: Khartoum

The flag of Fiji has a light blue field. It features the flag of the United Kingdom — the Union Jack — in the canton and the shield of the national coat of arms centered in the fly half.

Republic of Fiji

Population: 896.444

Region: Oceania

Capital: Suva

The flag of Liechtenstein is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and red, with a golden-yellow crown on the hoist side of the blue band.

Principality of Liechtenstein

Population: 38.137

Region: Europe

Capital: Vaduz

The flag of Nepal is the world's only non-quadrilateral flag of a sovereign country. It takes the shape of two adjoining right-angled triangles and has a crimson red field with deep blue edges. Within the smaller upper triangle is an emblem of the upper half of a white sun resting on an upward facing white crescent. The lower triangle bears a white sun with twelve rays.

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Population: 29.136.808

Region: Asia

Capital: Kathmandu

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Population: 3.194.034

Region: Americas

Capital: San Juan

Georgia

Population: 3.714.000

Region: Asia

Capital: Tbilisi

The flag of Pakistan is composed of a white vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field and a dark green rectangular area that spans the rest of the field. A white fly-side facing crescent and five-pointed star are centered in the dark green area.

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Population: 220.892.331

Region: Asia

Capital: Islamabad

The flag of Monaco is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and white.

Principality of Monaco

Population: 39.244

Region: Europe

Capital: Monaco

The flag of Botswana has a light blue field with a white-edged black horizontal band across its center.

Republic of Botswana

Population: 2.351.625

Region: Africa

Capital: Gaborone

The flag of Lebanon is composed of three horizontal bands of red, white and red. The white band is twice the height of the red bands and bears a green Lebanese Cedar tree at its center.

Lebanese Republic

Population: 6.825.442

Region: Asia

Capital: Beirut

The flag of Papua New Guinea is divided diagonally, from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner, into a lower black and an upper red triangle. On the hoist side of the lower black triangle is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation made up of one small and four larger five-pointed white stars. A golden Raggiana bird-of-paradise is situated on the fly side of the upper red triangle.

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Population: 8.947.027

Region: Oceania

Capital: Port Moresby

Department of Mayotte

Population: 226.915

Region: Africa

Capital: Mamoudzou

Dominican Republic

Population: 10.847.904

Region: Americas

Capital: Santo Domingo

Territory of Norfolk Island

Population: 2.302

Region: Oceania

Capital: Kingston

Bouvet Island

Population: 0

Region: Antarctic

Capital:

The flag of Qatar has a maroon field, on the hoist side of which is a white vertical band that spans about one-third the width of the field and is separated from the rest of the field by nine adjoining fly-side pointing white isosceles triangles that serve as a serrated line.

State of Qatar

Population: 2.881.060

Region: Asia

Capital: Doha

The flag of Madagascar features a white vertical band on the hoist side that takes up about one-third the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of red and green adjoining the vertical band.

Republic of Madagascar

Population: 27.691.019

Region: Africa

Capital: Antananarivo

The flag of India is composed of three equal horizontal bands of saffron, white and green. A navy blue wheel with twenty-four spokes — the Ashoka Chakra — is centered in the white band.

Republic of India

Population: 1.380.004.385

Region: Asia

Capital: New Delhi

The flag of Syria is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black. At the center of the white band are two small five-pointed green stars arranged in a horizontal line.

Syrian Arab Republic

Population: 17.500.657

Region: Asia

Capital: Damascus

Montenegro

Population: 621.718

Region: Europe

Capital: Podgorica

The flag of Eswatini is composed of three horizontal bands — a large central yellow-edged red band, and a light blue band above and beneath the red band. The red band is three times the height of the blue bands and bears a centered emblem made up of a large black and white Nguni shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally.

Kingdom of Eswatini

Population: 1.160.164

Region: Africa

Capital: Mbabane

The flag of Paraguay features three equal horizontal bands of red, white and blue, with an emblem centered in the white band. On the obverse side of the flag depicted, this emblem is the national coat of arms.

Republic of Paraguay

Population: 7.132.530

Region: Americas

Capital: Asunción

The flag of El Salvador is composed of three equal horizontal bands of cobalt blue, white and cobalt blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.

Republic of El Salvador

Population: 6.486.201

Region: Americas

Capital: San Salvador

Ukraine

Population: 44.134.693

Region: Europe

Capital: Kyiv

Isle of Man

Population: 85.032

Region: Europe

Capital: Douglas

The flag of Namibia features a white-edged red diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a blue and green triangle respectively. A gold sun with twelve triangular rays is situated on the hoist side of the upper triangle.

Republic of Namibia

Population: 2.540.916

Region: Africa

Capital: Windhoek

United Arab Emirates

Population: 9.890.400

Region: Asia

Capital: Abu Dhabi

The flag of Bulgaria is composed of three equal horizontal bands of white, green and red.

Republic of Bulgaria

Population: 6.927.288

Region: Europe

Capital: Sofia

Greenland

Population: 56.367

Region: Americas

Capital: Nuuk

The flag of Germany is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red and gold.

Federal Republic of Germany

Population: 83.240.525

Region: Europe

Capital: Berlin

The flag of Cambodia features three horizontal bands of blue, red and blue, with a white depiction of the temple complex, Angkor Wat centered in the red band.

Kingdom of Cambodia

Population: 16.718.971

Region: Asia

Capital: Phnom Penh

The flag of Iraq is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black. In the central white band are Arabic inscriptions in green.

Republic of Iraq

Population: 40.222.503

Region: Asia

Capital: Baghdad

Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Population: 400

Region: Antarctic

Capital: Port-aux-Français

The flag of Sweden has a blue field with a large golden-yellow cross that extend to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

Kingdom of Sweden

Population: 10.353.442

Region: Europe

Capital: Stockholm

The flag of Cuba is composed of five equal horizontal bands of blue alternating with white and a red equilateral triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a white five-pointed star at its center.

Republic of Cuba

Population: 11.326.616

Region: Americas

Capital: Havana

The flag of Kyrgyzstan features a yellow sun with forty rays at the center of a red field. At the center of the sun is a stylized depiction of a tunduk.

Kyrgyz Republic

Population: 6.591.600

Region: Asia

Capital: Bishkek

The flag of Russia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of white, blue and red.

Russian Federation

Population: 144.104.080

Region: Europe

Capital: Moscow

Malaysia

Population: 32.365.998

Region: Asia

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

The flag of South Sudan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red with white top and bottom edges, and green. A blue equilateral triangle which spans about two-fifth the width of the field is superimposed on the hoist side with its base on the hoist end of the field. At the center of this triangle is a five-pointed yellow star.

Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

Population: 219.161

Region: Africa

Capital: São Tomé

The flag of Cyprus has a white field, at the center of which is a copper-colored silhouette of the Island of Cyprus above two green olive branches crossed at the stem.

Republic of Cyprus

Population: 1.207.361

Region: Europe

Capital: Nicosia

Canada

Population: 38.005.238

Region: Americas

Capital: Ottawa

The flag of Malawi is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red and green. The top half of a red sun with thirty-one visible rays is centered in the black band.

Republic of Malawi

Population: 19.129.955

Region: Africa

Capital: Lilongwe

The flag of Saudi Arabia has a green field, at the center of which is an Arabic inscription — the Shahada — in white above a white horizontal sabre with its tip pointed to the hoist side of the field.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Population: 34.813.867

Region: Asia

Capital: Riyadh

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Population: 3.280.815

Region: Europe

Capital: Sarajevo

The flag of Ethiopia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and red, with the national emblem superimposed at the center of the field. The national emblem comprises a light blue circle bearing a golden-yellow pentagram with single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points of the pentagram.

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Population: 114.963.583

Region: Africa

Capital: Addis Ababa

The flag of Spain is composed of three horizontal bands of red, yellow and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the red bands. In the yellow band is the national coat of arms offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Kingdom of Spain

Population: 47.351.567

Region: Europe

Capital: Madrid

The flag of Slovenia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of white, blue and red. The national coat of arms is situated in the upper hoist side of the field centered on the boundary between the white and blue bands.

Republic of Slovenia

Population: 2.100.126

Region: Europe

Capital: Ljubljana

The flag of Oman features a red vertical band on the hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field, and three equal horizontal bands of white, red and green adjoining the vertical band. At the top of the vertical band is the white emblem of Oman.

Sultanate of Oman

Population: 5.106.622

Region: Asia

Capital: Muscat

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Population: 6.069

Region: Americas

Capital: Saint-Pierre

Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Population: 649.342

Region: Asia

Capital:

The flag of San Marino is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and light blue, with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center.

Republic of San Marino

Population: 33.938

Region: Europe

Capital: City of San Marino

The flag of Lesotho is composed of three horizontal bands of blue, white and green in the ratio of 3:4:3. A black mokorotlo — a Basotho hat — is centered in the white band.

Kingdom of Lesotho

Population: 2.142.252

Region: Africa

Capital: Maseru

The flag of Marshall Islands has a blue field with two broadening adjacent diagonal bands of orange and white that extend from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. A large white star with twenty-four rays — four large rays at the cardinal points and twenty smaller rays — is situated in the upper hoist-side corner above the diagonal bands.

Republic of the Marshall Islands

Population: 59.194

Region: Oceania

Capital: Majuro

Sint Maarten

Population: 40.812

Region: Americas

Capital: Philipsburg

Iceland

Population: 366.425

Region: Europe

Capital: Reykjavik

The flag of Luxembourg is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and light blue.

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Population: 632.275

Region: Europe

Capital: Luxembourg

The flag of Argentina features three equal horizontal bands of light blue, white and light blue. A brown-edged golden sun is centered in the white band.

Argentine Republic

Population: 45.376.763

Region: Americas

Capital: Buenos Aires

Turks and Caicos Islands

Population: 38.718

Region: Americas

Capital: Cockburn Town

The flag of Nauru has a dark blue field with a thin yellow horizontal band across the center and a large white twelve-pointed star beneath the horizontal band on the hoist side of the field.

Republic of Nauru

Population: 10.834

Region: Oceania

Capital: Yaren

Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Population: 544

Region: Oceania

Capital: West Island

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Population: 510.713

Region: Africa

Capital: El Aaiún

The flag of Dominica has a green field with a large centered tricolor cross. The vertical and horizontal parts of the cross each comprise three bands of yellow, black and white. A red circle, bearing a hoist-side facing purple Sisserou parrot standing on a twig and encircled by ten five-pointed yellow-edged green stars, is superimposed at the center of the cross.

Commonwealth of Dominica

Population: 71.991

Region: Americas

Capital: Roseau

The flag of Costa Rica is composed of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue. The central red band is twice the height of the other four bands.

Republic of Costa Rica

Population: 5.094.114

Region: Americas

Capital: San José

The flag of Australia has a dark blue field. It features the flag of the United Kingdom — the Union Jack — in the canton, beneath which is a large white seven-pointed star. A representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of one small five-pointed and four larger seven-pointed white stars, is situated on the fly side of the field.

Commonwealth of Australia

Population: 25.687.041

Region: Oceania

Capital: Canberra

The flag of Thailand is composed of five horizontal bands of red, white, blue, white and red, with the central blue band twice the height of the other four bands.

Kingdom of Thailand

Population: 69.799.978

Region: Asia

Capital: Bangkok

The flag of Haiti is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and red. A white square bearing the national coat of arms is superimposed at the center of the field.

Republic of Haiti

Population: 11.402.533

Region: Americas

Capital: Port-au-Prince

Tuvalu

Population: 11.792

Region: Oceania

Capital: Funafuti

The flag of Honduras is composed of three equal horizontal bands of turquoise, white and turquoise, with five small five-pointed turquoise stars arranged in a quincuncial pattern at the center of the white band.

Republic of Honduras

Population: 9.904.608

Region: Americas

Capital: Tegucigalpa

The flag of Equatorial Guinea is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with the national coat of arms centered in the white band and an isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle is light blue, has its base on the hoist end and spans about one-fifth the width of the field.

Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Population: 1.402.985

Region: Africa

Capital: Malabo

Saint Lucia

Population: 183.629

Region: Americas

Capital: Castries

French Polynesia

Population: 280.904

Region: Oceania

Capital: Papeetē

The flag of Belarus features a vertical band, with a white and red ornamental pattern, spanning about one-fifth the width of the field on the hoist side. Adjoining the vertical band are two horizontal bands of red and green, with the red band twice the height of the green band.

Republic of Belarus

Population: 9.398.861

Region: Europe

Capital: Minsk

The flag of Latvia has a carmine-red field with a thin white horizontal band across the middle of the field.

Republic of Latvia

Population: 1.901.548

Region: Europe

Capital: Riga

The flag of Palau has a light blue field with a large golden-yellow circle that is offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Republic of Palau

Population: 18.092

Region: Oceania

Capital: Ngerulmud

Guadeloupe

Population: 400.132

Region: Americas

Capital: Basse-Terre

The flag of Philippines is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and red, with a white equilateral triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a central golden-yellow sun with eight rays and a five-pointed golden-yellow star at each vertex.

Republic of the Philippines

Population: 109.581.085

Region: Asia

Capital: Manila

Gibraltar

Population: 33.691

Region: Europe

Capital: Gibraltar

The flag of Denmark has a red field with a large white cross that extend to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

Kingdom of Denmark

Population: 5.831.404

Region: Europe

Capital: Copenhagen

The flag of Cameroon is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, red and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.

Republic of Cameroon

Population: 26.545.864

Region: Africa

Capital: Yaoundé

The flag of Guinea is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, yellow and green.

Republic of Guinea

Population: 13.132.792

Region: Africa

Capital: Conakry

The flag of Bahrain has a red field. On the hoist side, it features a white vertical band that spans about one-third the width of the field and is separated from the rest of the field by five adjoining fly-side pointing white isosceles triangles that serve as a serrated line.

Kingdom of Bahrain

Population: 1.701.583

Region: Asia

Capital: Manama

The flag of Suriname is composed of five horizontal bands of green, white, red, white and green in the ratio of 2:1:4:1:2. A large five-pointed yellow star is centered in the red band.

Republic of Suriname

Population: 586.634

Region: Americas

Capital: Paramaribo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Population: 108.407.721

Region: Africa

Capital: Kinshasa

The flag of Somalia features a large five-pointed white star centered on a light blue field.

Federal Republic of Somalia

Population: 15.893.219

Region: Africa

Capital: Mogadishu

The flag of Czechia is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle has its base on the hoist end and spans about two-fifth the width of the field.

Czech Republic

Population: 10.698.896

Region: Europe

Capital: Prague

New Caledonia

Population: 271.960

Region: Oceania

Capital: Nouméa

The flag of Vanuatu is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and green, with a black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a thin black-edged yellow horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and green bands to the fly end of the field. A yellow boar's tusk encircling two yellow crossed namele leaves is centered in the triangle.

Republic of Vanuatu

Population: 307.150

Region: Oceania

Capital: Port Vila

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Population: 53.192

Region: Africa

Capital: Jamestown

The flag of Togo is composed of five equal horizontal bands of green alternating with yellow. A red square bearing a five-pointed white star is superimposed in the canton.

Togolese Republic

Population: 8.278.737

Region: Africa

Capital: Lomé

Virgin Islands

Population: 30.237

Region: Americas

Capital: Road Town

The flag of Kenya is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red with white top and bottom edges, and green. An emblem comprising a red, black and white Maasai shield covering two crossed white spears is superimposed at the center of the field.

Republic of Kenya

Population: 53.771.300

Region: Africa

Capital: Nairobi

Niue

Population: 1.470

Region: Oceania

Capital: Alofi

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Population: 0

Region: Antarctic

Capital:

The flag of Rwanda is composed of three horizontal bands of light blue, yellow and green. The light blue band is twice the height of the other two bands and bears a yellow sun with twenty-four rays on its fly side.

Republic of Rwanda

Population: 12.952.209

Region: Africa

Capital: Kigali

The flag of Estonia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of blue, black and white.

Republic of Estonia

Population: 1.331.057

Region: Europe

Capital: Tallinn

Romania

Population: 19.286.123

Region: Europe

Capital: Bucharest

The flag of Trinidad and Tobago has a red field with a white-edged black diagonal band that extends from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner of the field.

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Population: 1.399.491

Region: Americas

Capital: Port of Spain

The flag of Guyana has a green field with two isosceles triangles which share a common base on the hoist end. The smaller black-edged red triangle spanning half the width of the field is superimposed on the larger white-edged yellow triangle which spans the full width of the field.

Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Population: 786.559

Region: Americas

Capital: Georgetown

The flag of Timor-Leste has a red field with two isosceles triangles which share a common base on the hoist end. The smaller black triangle, which bears a five-pointed white star at its center and spans one-third the width of the field, is superimposed on the larger yellow triangle that extends to the center of the field.

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Population: 1.318.442

Region: Asia

Capital: Dili

The flag of Vietnam features a large five-pointed yellow star on a red field.

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Population: 97.338.583

Region: Asia

Capital: Hanoi

The flag of Uruguay is composed of nine equal horizontal bands of white alternating with blue, with a white square superimposed in the canton. In the white square is a yellow sun bearing a human face — the Sun of May — from which sixteen rays extend. The sun's rays alternate between triangular and wavy.

Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Population: 3.473.727

Region: Americas

Capital: Montevideo

The flag of Vatican City is square shaped. It is composed of two equal vertical bands of yellow and white, with national coat of arms centered in the white band. The national coat of arms comprises the Papal Tiara superimposed on two crossed keys.

Vatican City State

Population: 451

Region: Europe

Capital: Vatican City

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Population: 7.500.700

Region: Asia

Capital: City of Victoria

The flag of Austria is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and red.

Republic of Austria

Population: 8.917.205

Region: Europe

Capital: Vienna

Antigua and Barbuda

Population: 97.928

Region: Americas

Capital: Saint John's

Turkmenistan

Population: 6.031.187

Region: Asia

Capital: Ashgabat

The flag of Mozambique is composed of three equal horizontal bands of teal, black with white top and bottom edges, and yellow. A red isosceles triangle spanning about two-fifth the width of the field is superimposed on the hoist side with its base on the hoist end. This triangle bears a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book which is superimposed on a five-pointed yellow star.

Republic of Mozambique

Population: 31.255.435

Region: Africa

Capital: Maputo

The flag of Panama is composed of four equal rectangular areas — a white rectangular area with a blue five-pointed star at its center, a red rectangular area, a white rectangular area with a red five-pointed star at its center, and a blue rectangular area — in the upper hoist side, upper fly side, lower fly side and lower hoist side respectively.

Republic of Panama

Population: 4.314.768

Region: Americas

Capital: Panama City

The flag of Micronesia has a light blue field, at the center of which are four five-pointed white stars arranged in the shape of a diamond.

Federated States of Micronesia

Population: 115.021

Region: Oceania

Capital: Palikir

The flag of Ireland is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and orange.

Republic of Ireland

Population: 4.994.724

Region: Europe

Capital: Dublin

Country of Curaçao

Population: 155.014

Region: Americas

Capital: Willemstad

Guiana

Population: 254.541

Region: Americas

Capital: Cayenne

The flag of Norway has a red field with a large white-edged navy blue cross that extends to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

Kingdom of Norway

Population: 5.379.475

Region: Europe

Capital: Oslo

Åland Islands

Population: 29.458

Region: Europe

Capital: Mariehamn

Central African Republic

Population: 4.829.764

Region: Africa

Capital: Bangui

Burkina Faso

Population: 20.903.278

Region: Africa

Capital: Ouagadougou

The flag of Eritrea comprises three triangles — a large red isosceles triangle with its base spanning the hoist end and its apex at the midpoint on the fly end, and a green and blue right-angled triangle above and beneath the red triangle. On the hoist side of the red triangle is a golden vertical olive branch encircled by a golden olive wreath.

State of Eritrea

Population: 5.352.000

Region: Africa

Capital: Asmara

The flag of Tanzania features a yellow-edged black diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and light blue triangle respectively.

United Republic of Tanzania

Population: 59.734.213

Region: Africa

Capital: Dodoma

The flag of South Korea has a white field, at the center of which is a red and blue Taegeuk circle surrounded by four black trigrams, one in each corner.

Republic of Korea

Population: 51.780.579

Region: Asia

Capital: Seoul

The flag of Jordan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, white and green, with a red isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about half the width of the field and bears a small seven-pointed white star at its center.

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Population: 10.203.140

Region: Asia

Capital: Amman

The flag of Mauritania has a green field with a thin red horizontal band at the top and bottom of the field. At the center of the field is a five-pointed yellow star above an upward facing yellow crescent.

Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Population: 4.649.660

Region: Africa

Capital: Nouakchott

The flag of Lithuania is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, green and red.

Republic of Lithuania

Population: 2.794.700

Region: Europe

Capital: Vilnius

United States Minor Outlying Islands

Population: 300

Region: Americas

Capital: Washington DC

The flag of Slovakia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of white, blue and red. The coat of arms of Slovakia is superimposed at the center of the field slightly towards the hoist side.

Slovak Republic

Population: 5.458.827

Region: Europe

Capital: Bratislava

The flag of Angola features two equal horizontal bands of red and black, with a yellow emblem at its centre. This emblem consists of a five-pointed star within the hoist-side facing half of a cogwheel that is crossed on its lower end by a machete.

Republic of Angola

Population: 32.866.268

Region: Africa

Capital: Luanda

The flag of Kazakhstan has a turquoise field, at the center of which is a gold sun with thirty-two rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle. A thin vertical band displays a national ornamental pattern — koshkar-muiz — in gold near the hoist end.

Republic of Kazakhstan

Population: 18.754.440

Region: Asia

Capital: Nur-Sultan

The flag of Moldova is composed of three equal vertical bands of blue, yellow and red, with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band.

Republic of Moldova

Population: 2.617.820

Region: Europe

Capital: Chișinău

The flag of Mali is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, yellow and red.

Republic of Mali

Population: 20.250.834

Region: Africa

Capital: Bamako

Falkland Islands

Population: 2.563

Region: Americas

Capital: Stanley

The flag of Armenia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and orange.

Republic of Armenia

Population: 2.963.234

Region: Asia

Capital: Yerevan

The flag of Samoa has a red field. A blue rectangle, bearing a representation of the Southern Cross made up of five large and one smaller five-pointed white stars, is superimposed in the canton.

Independent State of Samoa

Population: 198.410

Region: Oceania

Capital: Apia

Bailiwick of Jersey

Population: 100.800

Region: Europe

Capital: Saint Helier

Japan

Population: 125.836.021

Region: Asia

Capital: Tokyo

The flag of Bolivia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, yellow and green, with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band.

Plurinational State of Bolivia

Population: 11.673.029

Region: Americas

Capital: Sucre

The flag of Chile is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square of the same height as the white band superimposed in the canton. A white five-pointed star is centered in the blue square.

Republic of Chile

Population: 19.116.209

Region: Americas

Capital: Santiago

United States of America

Population: 329.484.123

Region: Americas

Capital: Washington, D.C.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Population: 110.947

Region: Americas

Capital: Kingstown

Bermuda

Population: 63.903

Region: Americas

Capital: Hamilton

The flag of Seychelles is composed of five broadening oblique bands of blue, yellow, red, white and green, which extend from the hoist side of the bottom edge to the top and fly edges of the field.

Republic of Seychelles

Population: 98.462

Region: Africa

Capital: Victoria

British Indian Ocean Territory

Population: 3.000

Region: Africa

Capital: Diego Garcia

The flag of Guatemala is composed of three equal vertical bands of light blue, white and light blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.

Republic of Guatemala

Population: 16.858.333

Region: Americas

Capital: Guatemala City

The flag of Ecuador is composed of the horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the other two bands. The Ecuadorian coat of arms is superimposed in the center of the field.

Republic of Ecuador

Population: 17.643.060

Region: Americas

Capital: Quito

Martinique

Population: 378.243

Region: Americas

Capital: Fort-de-France

The flag of Tajikistan is composed of three horizontal bands of red, white and green in the ratio of 2:3:2. A golden-yellow crown surmounted by an arc of seven five-pointed golden-yellow stars is centered in the white band.

Republic of Tajikistan

Population: 9.537.642

Region: Asia

Capital: Dushanbe

The flag of Malta is composed of two equal vertical bands of white and red. A representation of the George cross edged in red is situated on the upper hoist-side corner of the white band.

Republic of Malta

Population: 525.285

Region: Europe

Capital: Valletta

The flag of Gambia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue with white top and bottom edges, and green.

Republic of the Gambia

Population: 2.416.664

Region: Africa

Capital: Banjul

The flag of Nigeria is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and green.

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Population: 206.139.587

Region: Africa

Capital: Abuja

The flag of the Bahamas is composed of three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine, yellow and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end and spans about one-third the width of the field.

Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Population: 393.248

Region: Americas

Capital: Nassau

Republic of Kosovo

Population: 1.775.378

Region: Europe

Capital: Pristina

The flag of Kuwait is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red, with a black trapezium superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This trapezium has its base on the hoist end and spans about one-fourth the width of the field.

State of Kuwait

Population: 4.270.563

Region: Asia

Capital: Kuwait City

The flag of Maldives has a red field, at the center of which is a large green rectangle bearing a fly-side facing white crescent.

Republic of the Maldives

Population: 540.542

Region: Asia

Capital: Malé

Republic of South Sudan

Population: 11.193.729

Region: Africa

Capital: Juba

The flag of Iran is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red. A red emblem of Iran is centered in the white band and Arabic inscriptions in white span the bottom edge of the green band and the top edge of the red band.

Islamic Republic of Iran

Population: 83.992.953

Region: Asia

Capital: Tehran

The flag of Albania features a silhouetted double-headed black eagle at the center of a red field.

Republic of Albania

Population: 2.837.743

Region: Europe

Capital: Tirana

The flag of Brazil has a green field with a large yellow rhombus in the center. Within the rhombus is a dark blue globe with twenty-seven small five-pointed white stars depicting a starry sky and a thin white convex horizontal band inscribed with the national motto 'Ordem e Progresso' across its center.

Federative Republic of Brazil

Population: 212.559.409

Region: Americas

Capital: Brasília

The flag of Serbia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and white. The coat of arms of Serbia is superimposed at the center of the field slightly towards the hoist side.

Republic of Serbia

Population: 6.908.224

Region: Europe

Capital: Belgrade

Belize

Population: 397.621

Region: Americas

Capital: Belmopan

The flag of Myanmar is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, green and red, with a large five-pointed white star superimposed at the center of the field.

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Population: 54.409.794

Region: Asia

Capital: Naypyidaw

The flag of Bhutan is divided diagonally, from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner, into an upper yellow and a lower orange triangle. A fly-side facing white dragon holding four jewels in its claws is situated along the boundary of the two triangles.

Kingdom of Bhutan

Population: 771.612

Region: Asia

Capital: Thimphu

The flag of Venezuela is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red. At the center of the blue band are eight five-pointed white stars arranged in a horizontal arc.

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Population: 28.435.943

Region: Americas

Capital: Caracas

The flag of Liberia is composed of eleven equal horizontal bands of red alternating with white. A blue square bearing a five-pointed white star is superimposed in the canton.

Republic of Liberia

Population: 5.057.677

Region: Africa

Capital: Monrovia

Jamaica

Population: 2.961.161

Region: Americas

Capital: Kingston

The flag of Poland is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and red.

Republic of Poland

Population: 37.950.802

Region: Europe

Capital: Warsaw

Cayman Islands

Population: 65.720

Region: Americas

Capital: George Town

The flag of Brunei has a yellow field with two adjoining diagonal bands of white and black that extend from the upper hoist side of the field to the lower fly side. The red emblem of Brunei is centered on the field.

Nation of Brunei, Abode of Peace

Population: 437.483

Region: Asia

Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan

The flag of Comoros is composed of four equal horizontal bands of yellow, white, red and blue, with a green isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a fly-side facing white crescent and four five-pointed white stars arranged in a vertical line along the opening of the crescent.

Union of the Comoros

Population: 869.595

Region: Africa

Capital: Moroni

Guam

Population: 168.783

Region: Oceania

Capital: Hagåtña

The flag of Tonga has a red field. A white rectangle bearing a red Greek cross is superimposed in the canton.

Kingdom of Tonga

Population: 105.697

Region: Oceania

Capital: Nuku'alofa

The flag of Kiribati is divided into two halves. While the upper half has a red field, at the center of which is a yellow frigate bird flying over the top half of a rising yellow sun with seventeen visible rays, the lower half is composed of six horizontal wavy bands of white alternating with blue to depict the ocean.

Independent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati

Population: 119.446

Region: Oceania

Capital: South Tarawa

The flag of Ghana is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, gold and green, with a five-pointed black star centered in the gold band.

Republic of Ghana

Population: 31.072.945

Region: Africa

Capital: Accra

The flag of Chad is composed of three equal vertical bands of blue, gold and red.

Republic of Chad

Population: 16.425.859

Region: Africa

Capital: N'Djamena

The flag of Zimbabwe is composed of seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow and green, with a white isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle is edged in black, spans about one-fourth the width of the field and has its base on the hoist end. A yellow Zimbabwe bird superimposed on a five-pointed red star is centered in the triangle.

Republic of Zimbabwe

Population: 14.862.927

Region: Africa

Capital: Harare

Saint Martin

Population: 38.659

Region: Americas

Capital: Marigot

Mongolia

Population: 3.278.292

Region: Asia

Capital: Ulan Bator

The flag of Portugal is composed of two vertical bands of green and red in the ratio of 2:3, with the coat of arms of Portugal centered over the two-color boundary.

Portuguese Republic

Population: 10.305.564

Region: Europe

Capital: Lisbon

American Samoa

Population: 55.197

Region: Oceania

Capital: Pago Pago

Republic of the Congo

Population: 5.657.000

Region: Africa

Capital: Brazzaville

The flag of Belgium is composed of three equal vertical bands of black, yellow and red.

Kingdom of Belgium

Population: 11.555.997

Region: Europe

Capital: Brussels

The flag of Israel has a white field with a blue hexagram — the Magen David — centered between two equal horizontal blue bands situated near the top and bottom edges of the field.

State of Israel

Population: 9.216.900

Region: Asia

Capital: Jerusalem

New Zealand

Population: 5.084.300

Region: Oceania

Capital: Wellington

The flag of Nicaragua is composed of three equal horizontal bands of blue, white and blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.

Republic of Nicaragua

Population: 6.624.554

Region: Americas

Capital: Managua

Anguilla

Population: 13.452

Region: Americas

Capital: The Valley