This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag.
Solid
Examples:
Flag of Libya (1977–2011)
Flag of North Yemen (1918–1923)
White flag of truce, peace, or surrender
Flag of Afghanistan, used from 1709-1738 and 1880-1901
Charged
While most charged flags are duotone or multicolor, they are referred to by their solid primary color foremost, with their charged symbol's color(s) and symbology following accordingly.
Examples:
Olympic Flag
(white flag, charged with the Olympic rings in blue, yellow, black, green, and red, representing the five continents Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania)Flag of the People's Republic of China
(red flag, charged with yellow canton stars in the top left corner, colors reminiscent of the Flag of the Qing dynasty and the Flag of the Republic of China)Flag of Japan
(white flag, charged with a centered red circular disc representing the sun, embodying the name Land of the Rising Sun)Flag of New Mexico
(yellow flag, charged with a centered red Zia Pueblo sun symbol, colors of the Flag of Spain representing Hispano Nuevo México)Flag of Rapa Nui
(white flag, charged with a centered red Rei Miru, an ornamental Easter Island wearable wood carving)
Bicolour
Examples:
Flag of Rome (vertical bicolour)
Flag of Malta (charged vertical bicolour)
Flag of Portugal (charged vertical bicolour)
Flag of Algeria (charged vertical bicolour)
Vatican City (charged vertical bicolour)
Flag of Indonesia (horizontal bicolour)
Flag of Ukraine (horizontal bicolour)
Flag of Tatarstan (fimbriated horizontal bicolour)
Flag of Haiti (charged horizontal bicolour)
Flag of Angola (charged horizontal bicolour)
Flag of the Philippines (charged horizontal bicolour)
Flag of Bhutan (charged diagonal bicolour)
Flag of Galicia (bicolour with a diagonal stripe)
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (charged fimbriated diagonal bicolour)
Flag of Finland (cross bicolour)
Flag of Bahrain (serrated vertical bicolour)
Tricolour and other tribands
Examples:
Flag of India (charged Horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of France (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Italy (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Ireland (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Belgium (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Romania (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Mexico (charged vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of the Netherlands (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Germany (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Russia (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Serbia (charged horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Hungary (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Bulgaria (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Canada (charged vertical bicolour triband)
Flag of Croatia (charged horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Austria (horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Colorado (charged horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Ecuador (charged horizontal tricolour)
Flag of The Gambia (fimbriated horizontal tricolour)
Flag of Namibia (charged fimbriated diagonal tricolour)
Flag of Benin (tribar)
Flag of Madagascar (tribar)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates (polybar)
Flag of Oman (charged polybar)
Flag of Nigeria (vertical bicolour triband)
Flag of Sealand (diagonal tricolour)
Flag of the Northwest Territories, Canada (Canadian pale)
Flag of Peru (vertical bicolour triband)
Quartered
Examples:
Flag of Maryland, United States (orthogonal; the armorial banner of Baron Baltimore, stretched horizontally)
Flag of Panama (orthogonal)
Flag of Burundi (diagonal)
Flag of Jamaica (diagonal)
Flag of Grenada (diagonal)
Flag of Ceuta, Spain (gyronny)
Stripes
Examples:
Flag of Catalonia, Spain (horizontal stripes)
Flag of South Vietnam (horizontal stripes)
Flag of South Africa (pall)
Flag of Vanuatu (pall)
Flag of North Macedonia (ray)
Naval Jack of the Netherlands (ray)
Japanese WWII Naval Ensign (ray)
Flag of Botswana (horizontal stripes)
Border
Examples:
Naval Jack of Argentina
Flag of Grenada
Flag of Guam
Flag of Montenegro
Flag of the Maldives
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Flag of Wyoming, United States
Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands
Canton
Examples:
Flag of Bermuda
Flag of Chile
Flag of Fiji
Flag of Liberia
Flag of Malaysia
Flag of Saint Helena
Flag of the United States
British Red Ensign (see also: Flags based on British ensigns on Wikimedia Commons)
Esperanto flag
Flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Shape
Circle or sphere
Examples:
Flag of Europe
Flag of Japan
Flag of Bangladesh
Australian Aboriginal Flag
Flag of Palau
Flag of the Vietnamese National Party
Crescent
Examples:
Flag of Turkey (crescent facing single star)
Flag of Azerbaijan (crescent facing single star)
Flag of Malaysia (crescent facing a 14-point star)
Flag of Pakistan (crescent facing single five pointed star)
Flag of the Maldives
Flag of Nepal (crescent and sun)
Flag of Singapore (crescent and five stars)
Cross
Examples:
Flag of Saint David (symmetric cross)
Flag of Denmark (Nordic cross)
Flag of Sardinia (Saint George's Cross and Four Moors heads)
Flag of Scotland (Saltire / St. Andrew's Cross)
Flag of the Dominican Republic
Flag of Occitania (Occitan cross and Felibritge star)
Flag of the United Kingdom
Diamond
Examples:
Flag of Amapá
Flag of Arkansas
Flag of Brazil
Flag of the Republic of the Rif
Flag of Saba
Flag of Yokohama, Japan
Flag of the Red Crystal
Spiral
Examples:
Flag of Tino rangatiratanga movement
Flag of Ottawa
Flag of Ibaraki Prefecture
Square
Examples:
Flag of Switzerland (square flag)
Battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia
Wiphala (square flag)
ICS flag sierra (square in flag)
The checkered flag
Flag of Vatican City (Two colour with coat of arms)
Star
Examples:
Flag of Israel (blue 6-pointed star – Star of David)
Flag of Amazonas
Assyrian flag
Flag of Brazil
Flag of Chile
Flag of the People's Republic of China
Flag of Pakistan (five point star)
Flag of Comoros
Flag of Dominica
Flag of Cape Verde
Flag of Morocco (pentagram)
Flag of the Community of Madrid (white 5-pointed stars)
Flag of Philippines
Flag of Chicago
Flag of the Red Army of the Soviet Union (fimbriated red 5-pointed star)
Flag of Portland, Oregon (white 4-pointed star)
Flag of Texas (white 5-pointed star)
Flag of Indiana
Flag of the United States of America
Flag of Ghana
Flag of Venezuela (8 arched 5 pointed stars)
Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Flag of Vietnam
Flag of Somalia
Flag of Liberia
Sun
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda (rising sun)
Flag of Argentina (Sun of May)
Flag of Bangladesh
Flag of British Columbia (setting sun)
Flag of Japan
Flag of Kiribati (rising sun)
Flag of Kurdistan
Flag of Kyrgyzstan
Flag of Kazakhstan
Flag of Malawi (rising sun)
Flag of Namibia
Flag of New Mexico
Flag of North Macedonia (Vergina Sun)
Flag of Rwanda
Flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Flag of Uruguay (Sun of May)
Flag of Philippines
Flag of South Dakota
Flag of Colorado
Flag of Denver
Flag of Orlando (sun over water)
Australian Aboriginal Flag
Triangle
Examples:
Flag of the Czech Republic
Flag of Djibouti
Flag of Guyana
Flag of South Sudan
Flag of St. Louis
Flag of Salinas, Puerto Rico
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Saint Lucia
Flag of Philippines
Flag of Comoros
Flag of South Africa
Living organism
Animal
Examples:
Flag of California, United States (grizzly bear)
Flag of Berlin, Germany (bear)
Flag of Albania (double-headed eagle)
Flag of Saurashtra (horse)
Flag of Papua New Guinea (bird-of-paradise)
Flag of Dominica (sisserou parrot)
Flag of Flanders, Belgium (lion)
Flag of Wallonia, Belgium (rooster)
Flag of Kazakhstan (steppe eagle)
Flag of Sri Lanka (lion)
Flag of Bhutan (Druk)
Flag of Wales (Welsh dragon)
Flag of Tuscany, Italy (pegasus)
Flag of Veneto, Italy (Lion of Saint Mark)
Flag of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe Bird)
Flag of Olsztyn (sea shell)
Person or body part
Examples:
Flag of Sardinia (Four Moors heads and Saint George's Cross)
Flag of Corsica (Moor's head)
Flag of the Isle of Man (leg)
Flag of Sicily (leg and head)
Flag of New Jersey (Liberty and Ceres)
Flag of Ulster (hand)
Flag of Benin Empire (people)
Flag of Belize (People)
Plant
Examples:
Flag of Quebec (fleur-de-lis)
Flag of Kalmykia (lotus)
Flag of the United Nations (olive branches)
Flag of Lebanon (cedar)
Flag of Hong Kong (bauhinia blakeana)
Flag of Canada (maple leaf)
Flag of Mississippi (southern magnolia)
Flag of Boyacá Department (oak leaves)
Object
Anchor, boat, or ship
Examples:
Flag of Anchorage, Alaska (an anchor)
Flag of New Brunswick (a galley)
Flag of Quebec City (the Don de Dieu)
Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (the Grande Hermine)
Astronomical object
Examples:
Flag of Argentina (Sun of May)
Flag of Australia (Crux)
Flag of Brazil (several constellations)
Flag of Laos (Moon)
Flag of Palau (Moon)
Flag of North Macedonia (Sun)
Flag of New Zealand (Crux)
Flag of the Philippines (Sun)
Book
Flag of the Dominican Republic
Flag of Mozambique
Flag of San Ġwann
Flag of Venice
Building
Examples:
Flag of Afghanistan (a mosque)
Flag of Cambodia (Angkor Wat)
Flag of Durban, South Africa (City Hall dome)
Flag of the Isle of Wight, UK (Carisbrooke Castle)
Flag of Toronto, Canada (Toronto City Hall)
Standard of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Castle)
Headgear
Examples:
State Ensign of Belgium (crown)
State Flag of Hungary (Crown of Saint Stephen)
Flag of Calgary, Alberta (Smithbilt)
Flag of the Vatican City (Papal Tiara)
Personal Flag of Queen Elizabeth II (crown)
Flag of the Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1951–1970) (crown)
Flag of Lesotho (Mokorotlo)
Flag
Examples:
South African Prinsevlag (1928–1994) (flags of the United Kingdom, Orange Free State, and Transvaal)
Flag of Georgia, USA (2001–2003) (1777 U.S. flag, traditional, 1920, and 1956 Georgia flags, and current U.S. flag)
Flag of Australia (Britain flag)
Flag of New Zealand (Britain flag)
Flag of Haiti (six vertically hoisted Haitian flags)
Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France (Basque, Breton, and Norman flags)
Flag of Tuvalu (Union Jack in canton)
Flag of Fiji (Union Jack)
Hill, mountain, or rock
Examples:
Flag of Roswell, New Mexico (El Capitan)
Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture (Mount Fuji)
Flag of Sint Eustatius (The Quill)
Flag of Slovakia (Tatra, Mátra and Fatra)
Map
Examples:
Flag of Bangladesh (1971)
Flag of Cyprus
Flag of Kosovo
Flag of Unified Korea
Flag of Sakhalin Oblast
Machine, tool, or instrument
Examples:
Flag of Angola (machete and cog wheel)
Flag of Kaluga, Russia
(satellite)Flag of Portugal
(armillary sphere)Presidential Standard of Ireland (harp)
Flag of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland (key)
Flag of Mozambique (gun and hoe)
Flag of the Soviet Union (hammer and sickle)
Shield or weapon
Examples:
Flag of Saudi Arabia (Sword)
Flag of Essex, England (seax)
Flag of the Brazilian Empire (Shield)
Flag of Guatemala (rifle)
Flag of Kenya (shield and spears)
Flag of Mozambique (AK-47)
Flag of Eswatini (shield and spears)
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands (arrows)
Flag of Barbados (Trident)
Flag of Oman (dagger and two swords)
Inscription
Examples:
Flag of Rwanda (1962–2001) (Latin)
Flag of Venda (1973–1994) (Latin)
Flag of Arkansas (Latin)
Flag of Katsina State (Latin)
Flag of Dutch East India Company, (Latin)
Flag of Russian SFSR (1918–1920) (Cyrillic)
Flag of Magway Division, Myanmar (Burmese)
Flag of Saudi Arabia (Arabic)
Flag of Iran (Arabic)
Flag of Iraq (Arabic)
Flag of Righteous Army, Japan (Kanji)
Flag of Lanfang Republic (1777–1884) (Hanzi)
Flag of Ashkelon (Hebrew)
Flag of Jerusalem (Hebrew)
External links
- Keyword list at Flags of the World.