List of national flags of sovereign states

All 193 member states and 2 General Assembly non-member observer states of the United Nations, in addition to several de facto states, represent themselves with national flags. National flags generally contain symbolism of their respective state and serve as an emblem which distinguishes themselves from other states in international politics. National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 13th century.

Background and definitions

According to the Collins English Dictionary, a national flag is "a flag that represents or is an emblem of a country". The word country can be used to refer to a nation-state or sovereign state, sometimes also called an independent state, though a country may also be a sub-division of a sovereign state, such as with the United Kingdom consisting of a union of four countries or nations — specifically two kingdoms, a principality, and a province. It is customary in international law that nation-states adopt a flag to distinguish themselves from other states.
National flags are considered to "provide perhaps the strongest, clearest statement of national identity," and governments have used them to promote and create bonds within the country, motivate patriotism, honor the efforts of citizens, and legitimate formal authority. Throughout history, elements within flags have been used to symbolize rulers, dynasties, territories, militaries, and peoples of their respective countries. Flags also conceptually represent a country's core values, such as group membership and love for the country. In 1975, American vexillologist Whitney Smith stated thus regarding the role of flags in society:
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a sovereign state is "a state or nation with a defined territory and a permanent population, which administers its own government, and which is recognized as not subject to or dependent upon another power." The amount of sovereign states in the world is generally derived from the number of member states of the United Nations, although non-member states do exist, with such states being called de facto states. As of 2024, the UN currently includes 193 member states and 2 permanent observer states: Palestine and Vatican City. De facto states include Northern Cyprus, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Kosovo, the Sahrawi Republic, Somaliland, and Taiwan.
The oldest flag of a sovereign state which is currently in use is the flag of Denmark, which has been recognized as a national symbol of the country since the 13th century, although the current version was officially adopted in 1867. All 193 member states and 2 observer states are represented by their respective flags at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.

Flags of UN member states and General Assembly non-member observer states

Flag	State	Aspect ratio	Date of latest adoption	Designer	Description
	Afghanistan				White with a black Shahada in Thuluth script in the center. Hoist side depicted to right.
	Afghanistan				Three equal vertical bands of black, red, and green, with the national emblem in white centered on the red band and slightly overlapping the other 2 bands.
	Albania				Red with a black double-headed eagle in the center.
	Algeria			Disputed	Two equal vertical bands of green and white; a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary.
	Andorra			Napoleon III	Three vertical bands of blue, yellow, and red; the latter band is slightly wider than the other 2 so that the ratio of band widths is 8:9:8
	Andorra				The civil flag with the national coat of arms of Andorra centered in the yellow band
	Angola				Two equal horizontal bands of red and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete.
	Antigua and Barbuda				Red, with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal bands of black, light blue, and white, with a yellow rising sun in the black band.
	Argentina				Three equal horizontal bands of sky blue, white, and sky blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face known as the Sun of May.
	Armenia				Three equal horizontal bands of red, blue, and orange.
	Australia				Blue with the flag of the United Kingdom in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant known as the Commonwealth or Federation Star; on the fly half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small, five-pointed star and four larger, seven-pointed stars.
	Austria				Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and red
	Austria				The civil flag with the coat of arms of Austria in the center
	Azerbaijan				Three equal horizontal bands of sky blue, red, and green; a vertical crescent moon and an eight-pointed star in white are centered in the red band.
					Three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine, gold, and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side.
	Bahrain				Red with a white serrated band on the hoist side.
	Bangladesh				Green field with a large red disk shifted slightly to the hoist side of center.
	Barbados				Three equal vertical bands of ultramarine blue, gold, and ultramarine blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band.
	Belarus			.	Red horizontal band and green horizontal band one-half the width of the red band; a white vertical stripe on the hoist side bears Belarusian national ornamentation in red.
	Belgium				Three equal vertical bands of black, yellow, and red.
	Belize				Royal blue with a narrow red stripe along the top and the bottom edges; centered is a large white disk bearing the coat of arms.
	Benin				Two equal horizontal bands of yellow and red with a vertical green band on the hoist side.
	Bhutan			Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji	Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange; centered along the dividing line is a large black and white Druk facing away from the hoist side.
	Bolivia				Three equal horizontal bands of red, yellow, and green.
	Bolivia				The civil flag with the coat of arms of Bolivia centered wholly in the yellow band
	Bolivia				A grid of 49 squares distributed in 7 columns by 7 rows, arranged in diagonal bands of 7 colors with white on the main diagonal.
	Bosnia and Herzegovina				A wide blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top of the flag; the remainder of the flag is blue with seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle.
	Botswana				Light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center.
	Brazil				Green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue globe with 27 white stars arranged as in the sky over Rio de Janeiro at 8:30 a.m. on November 15, 1889, and containing a banner with the national motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO.
	Brunei				Yellow with two diagonal bands of white and black starting from the upper hoist side; the national emblem in red is superimposed at the center.
	Bulgaria				Three equal horizontal bands of white, green, and red.
	Burkina Faso				Two equal horizontal bands of red and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.
	Burundi				Divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels and green panels with a white disk superimposed at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a triangular design.
	Cambodia				Three horizontal bands of blue, red, and blue with a white, three-towered temple, representing Angkor Wat, outlined in black in the center of the red band.
	Cameroon				Three equal vertical bands of green, red, and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band.
	Canada		National Flag of Canada Day\|		Two vertical bands of red with a white square between them; an 11-pointed red maple leaf is centered in the white square.
	Cape Verde				Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 of the length of the flag from the hoist side.
	Central African Republic				Four equal horizontal bands of blue, white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in center; a yellow five-pointed star to the hoist side of the blue band.
	Chad			Naiyia Amina Goudja	Three equal vertical bands of blue, gold, and red.
	Chile			Unclear	Two equal horizontal bands of white and red; a blue square the same height as the white band at the hoist-side end of the white band; the square bears a white five-pointed star in the center.
	China			Zeng Liansong	Red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars in the upper hoist-side corner.
	Colombia				Three horizontal bands of yellow, blue, and red.
	Comoros				Four equal horizontal bands of yellow, white, red, and blue, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist; centered within the triangle is a vertical white crescent moon with the convex side facing the hoist and four white, five-pointed stars placed vertically in a line between the points of the crescent.
					Sky blue field divided diagonally from the lower hoist corner to upper fly corner by a red stripe bordered by two narrow yellow stripes; a yellow, five-pointed star appears in the upper hoist corner
					Divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is red.
	Costa Rica				Five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white, and blue.
	Costa Rica				The civil flag, with the coat of arms of Costa Rica in a white elliptical disk placed toward the hoist side wholly within the red band
	Croatia				Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and blue superimposed by the coat of arms.
	Cuba				Five equal horizontal bands of blue alternating with white; a red equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bears a white, five-pointed star in the center.
	Cyprus				Centered on a white field is a copper-colored silhouette of the island above two olive-green-colored, crossed olive branches.
	Czech Republic				Two equal horizontal bands of white and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side.
	Denmark				Red with a white Nordic cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
	Denmark				Civil flag of Denmark in a swallowtail shape
	Djibouti				Two equal horizontal bands of light blue and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center.
	Dominica				Green with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical part is yellow, black, and white and the horizontal part is yellow, black, and white; superimposed in the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a Sisserou parrot, unique to Dominica, encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow.
	Dominican Republic				A centered white cross that extends to the edges divides the flag into four rectangles − the top ones are ultramarine blue and vermilion red, and the bottom ones are vermilion red and ultramarine blue
	Dominican Republic				The civil flag with a small coat of arms of the Dominican Republic at the center of the cross
	Ecuador				Three horizontal bands of yellow, blue, and red with the coat of arms superimposed at the center of the flag.
	Egypt				Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and black; the national coat of arms centered in the white band.
	El Salvador		1912		Three equal horizontal bands of cobalt blue, white, and cobalt blue with the words ""DIOS UNION LIBERTAD" centered in the white band
	El Salvador				Three equal horizontal bands of cobalt blue, white, and cobalt blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band
	Equatorial Guinea				Three equal horizontal bands of green, white, and red, with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA.
	Eritrea				Red isosceles triangle dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle.
	Estonia				Three equal horizontal bands of blue, black, and white.
	Eswatini			Sobhuza II	Three horizontal bands of blue, red, and blue; the red band is edged in yellow; centered in the red band is a large black and white Nguni shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally.
	Ethiopia				Three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, and red, with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands.
	Fiji				Light blue with the flag of the United Kingdom in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield is taken from Fiji's coat of arms.
	Finland				White with a blue Nordic cross.
	Finland		1978		The civil flag with a red square bearing the coat of arms of Finland in the intersection between the two lines of the cross
	France				Three equal vertical bands of blue, white, and red.
	Gabon				Three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, and blue.
					Three equal horizontal bands of red, blue with white edges, and green.
	Georgia				White rectangle with a central red cross extending to all four sides of the flag; each of the four quadrants displays a small red bolnur-katskhuri cross.
	Germany				Three equal horizontal bands of black, red, and gold
	Germany				The civil flag with the coat of arms of Germany in the center as a variant
	Ghana				Three equal horizontal bands of red, yellow, and green, with a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band.
	Greece				Nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white; a blue square bearing a white cross appears in the upper hoist-side corner.
	Grenada				A rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles and green triangles, with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle.
	Guatemala				Three equal vertical bands of light blue, white, and light blue
	Guatemala				The civil flag with the coat of arms of Guatemala centered in the white band
	Guinea				Three equal vertical bands of red, yellow, and green.
	Guinea-Bissau				Two equal horizontal bands of yellow and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the red band.
	Guyana				Green with a red isosceles triangle superimposed on a long, yellow arrowhead; there is a narrow, black border between the red and yellow, and a narrow, white border between the yellow and the green.
	Haiti				Two equal horizontal bands of blue and red
	Haiti				The civil flag with a centered white rectangle bearing the Coat of arms of Haiti
	Honduras				Three equal horizontal bands of turquoise blue, white, and turquoise blue, with five turquoise, five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band.
	Hungary				Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and green.
	Iceland			Matthías Þórðarson	Blue with a red cross outlined in white extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Nordic cross.
	Iceland			Matthías Þórðarson	The civil flag of Iceland in a swallowtail shape
	India			Pingali Venkayya	Three equal horizontal bands of saffron , white, and green, with a blue chakra centered in the white band.
	Indonesia			Fatmawati	Two equal horizontal bands of red and white.
	Iran				Three equal horizontal bands of green, white, and red; the national emblem in red is centered in the white band; the Takbir in white Arabic script is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band.
	Iraq				Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and black; the Takbir in green Arabic script is centered in the white band.
	Ireland				Three equal vertical bands of green, white, and orange.
	Israel				White with a blue hexagram known as the Star of David centered between two equal horizontal blue bands near the top and bottom edges of the flag.
	Italy				Three equal vertical bands of green, white, and red.
	Ivory Coast				Three equal vertical bands of orange, white, and green.
	Jamaica				Diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles - green and black.
	Japan			Nichiren	White with a large red disk in the center.
	Jordan				Three equal horizontal bands of black, white, and green; a red isosceles triangle on the hoist side, and bearing a small white seven-pointed star.
	Kazakhstan				A gold sun with 32 rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle, both centered on a sky blue background; the hoist side displays a national ornamental pattern "koshkar-muiz" in gold.
	Kenya				Three equal horizontal bands of black, red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large Maasai warrior's shield covering crossed spears is superimposed at the center.
	Kiribati				The upper half is red with a yellow frigatebird flying over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the Pacific ocean.
	Kuwait				Three equal horizontal bands of green, white, and red with a black trapezoid based on the hoist side.
	Kyrgyzstan				Red field with a yellow sun in the center having 40 rays; in the center of the sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of four lines, a stylized representation of a "tunduk" - the crown of a traditional Kyrgyz yurt.
	Laos				Three horizontal bands of red, blue, and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band.
	Latvia				Three horizontal bands of maroon, white, and maroon.
	Lebanon				Three horizontal bands consisting of red, white, and red with a green cedar tree centered in the white band.
	Lesotho				Three horizontal stripes of blue, white, and green in the proportions of 3:4:3; centered in the white stripe is a black mokorotlo, a traditional Basotho straw hat.
	Liberia				11 equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white; a white five-pointed star appears on a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner
	Libya				Three horizontal bands of red, black, and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe.
	Liechtenstein				Two equal horizontal bands of blue and red with a gold crown on the hoist side of the blue band.
	Lithuania				Three equal horizontal bands of yellow, green, and red.
	Luxembourg				Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and light blue.
	Madagascar				Two equal horizontal bands of red and green with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side.
	Malawi				Three equal horizontal bands of black, red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered on the black band.
	Malaysia				14 equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white ; there is a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a yellow crescent and a yellow 14-pointed star.
	Maldives				Red with a large green rectangle in the center bearing a vertical white crescent moon; the closed side of the crescent is on the hoist side of the flag.
	Mali				Three equal vertical bands of green, yellow, and red.
	Malta				Two equal vertical bands of white and red; in the upper hoist-side corner is a representation of the George Cross, edged in red.
	Marshall Islands				Blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange and white; a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays appears on the hoist side above the two stripes.
	Mauritania				Green with a yellow, five-pointed star between the horns of a yellow, upward-pointing crescent moon; red stripes along the top and bottom edges.
	Mauritius				Four equal horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow, and green.
	Mexico				Three equal vertical bands of green, white, and red; Mexico's coat of arms is centered in the white band.
					Light blue with four white five-pointed stars centered.
	Moldova				Three equal vertical bands of Prussian blue, chrome yellow, and vermilion red; the coat of arms is centered in the yellow band.
	Monaco				Two equal horizontal bands of red and white.
	Mongolia				Three, equal vertical bands of red, blue, and red; centered on the hoist-side red band in yellow is the national emblem.
	Montenegro				A red field bordered by a narrow golden-yellow stripe with the Montenegrin coat of arms centered; the arms consist of a double-headed golden eagle - symbolizing the unity of church and state - surmounted by a crown; the eagle holds a golden scepter in its right claw and a blue orb in its left; the breast shield over the eagle shows a golden lion passant on a green field in front of a blue sky.
	Morocco			Disputed	Red with a green pentacle known as the Seal of Solomon in the center of the flag.
	Mozambique				Three equal horizontal bands of green, black, and yellow with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star bearing a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book.
	Myanmar				Design consists of three equal horizontal stripes of yellow, green, and red; centered on the green band is a large white five-pointed star that partially overlaps onto the adjacent colored stripes.
	Namibia				A wide red stripe edged by narrow white stripes divides the flag diagonally from lower hoist corner to upper fly corner; the upper hoist-side triangle is blue and charged with a golden-yellow, 12-rayed sunburst.
	Nauru				Blue with a narrow, horizontal, gold stripe across the center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the hoist side.
	Nepal				Crimson red with a blue border around the unique shape of two overlapping right triangles; the smaller, upper triangle bears a white stylized moon and the larger, lower triangle displays a white 12-pointed sun.
	Netherlands				Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and blue.
	New Zealand				Blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag.
	Nicaragua				Three equal horizontal bands of blue, white, and blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.
	Niger				Three equal horizontal bands of orange, white, and green with a small orange disk centered in the white band.
	Nigeria				Three equal vertical bands of green, white, and green.
	North Korea			Disputed	Three horizontal bands of blue, red, and blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side of the red band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star.
	North Macedonia				A yellow sun with eight broadening rays extending to the edges of the red field.
	Norway				Red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Nordic cross.
	Norway				The civil flag of Norway in a tongued swallowtail shape
	Oman				Three horizontal bands of white, red, and green of equal width with a broad, vertical, red band on the hoist side; the national emblem in white is centered near the top of the vertical band.
	Pakistan				Green with a vertical white band on the hoist side; a large white crescent and star are centered in the green field.
	Palau				Light blue with a large yellow disk shifted slightly to the hoist side.
	Palestine				Three equal horizontal bands of black, white, and green with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side.
	Panama			Disputed	Divided into four, equal rectangles; the top quadrants are white with a blue five-pointed star in the center and plain red; the bottom quadrants are plain blue and white with a red five-pointed star in the center.
	Papua New Guinea				Divided diagonally from upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red with a soaring yellow bird of paradise centered; the lower triangle is black with five, white, five-pointed stars of the Southern Cross constellation centered.
	Paraguay				Three equal, horizontal bands of red, white, and blue with an emblem centered in the white band; the emblem is different on each side; the obverse bears the national coat of arms; the reverse bears a circular seal of the treasury.
	Paraguay				Three equal, horizontal bands of red, white, and blue with an emblem centered in the white band; the emblem is different on each side; the obverse bears the national coat of arms; the reverse bears a circular seal of the treasury.
	Peru				Three equal, vertical bands alternating red, white, red
	Peru				The civil flag with the coat of arms of Peru centered in the white band.
	Philippines				Two equal horizontal bands of blue and red; a white equilateral triangle is based on the hoist side; the center of the triangle displays a yellow sun with eight primary rays; each corner of the triangle contains a small, yellow, five-pointed star.
	Poland				Two equal horizontal bands of white and red
	Poland				The civil flag defaced with the coat of arms of Poland wholly within the white stripe
	Portugal			Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro	Two vertical bands of green and red with the national coat of arms centered on the dividing line.
	Qatar				Maroon with a broad white serrated band on the hoist side.
	Romania				Three equal vertical bands of cobalt blue, chrome yellow, and vermilion red.
	Russia				Three equal horizontal bands of white, blue, and red.
	Rwanda				Three horizontal bands of sky blue, yellow, and green, with a golden sun with 24 rays near the fly end of the blue band.
	Saint Kitts and Nevis				Divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad black band bearing two white, five-pointed stars; the black band is edged in yellow; the upper triangle is green, the lower triangle is red.
	Saint Lucia				Cerulean blue with a gold isosceles triangle below a black arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border.
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines				Three vertical bands of blue, gold, and green; the gold band bears three green diamonds arranged in a V pattern.
	Samoa				Red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white, five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross constellation.
	San Marino				Two equal horizontal bands of white and light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the main colors derive from the shield of the coat of arms, which features three white towers on three peaks on a blue field; the towers represent three castles built on San Marino's highest feature, Mount Titano: Guaita, Cesta, and Montale; the coat of arms is flanked by a wreath, below a crown and above a scroll bearing the word LIBERTAS.
	São Tomé and Príncipe				Three horizontal bands of green, yellow, and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side.
	Saudi Arabia				Green with the Shahada in large white Thuluth script. Hoist side depicted to right.
	Senegal				Three equal vertical bands of green, yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band.
	Serbia			rowspan="2"	Three equal horizontal stripes of red, blue, and white
	Serbia			The civil flag charged with the coat of arms of Serbia shifted slightly to the hoist side; the principal field of the coat of arms displays a white two-headed eagle on a red shield; a smaller red shield on the eagle is divided into four quarters by a white cross	-
	Seychelles				Five oblique bands of blue, yellow, red, white, and green radiating from the bottom of the hoist side.
	Sierra Leone				Three equal horizontal bands of light green, white, and light blue.
	Singapore			Toh Chin Chye	Two equal horizontal bands of red and white; near the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent partially enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle.
	Slovakia				Three equal horizontal bands of white, blue, and red; the Slovakian coat of arms is centered over the bands but offset slightly to the hoist side.
	Slovenia				Three equal horizontal bands of white, blue, and red; the coat of arms of Slovenia appears in the upper hoist side of the flag centered on the white and blue bands.
	Solomon Islands			Disputed	Divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green.
	Somalia				Light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center.
	South Africa				Two equal width horizontal bands of red and blue separated by a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side; the Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes.
	South Korea				White with a red and blue taijitu in the center; there is a different black trigram from the I Ching in each corner of the white field.
	South Sudan				Three equal horizontal bands of black, red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side contains a gold, five-pointed star.
	Spain		1978		Three horizontal bands of red, yellow, and red
	Spain				The civil flag with the national coat of arms of Spain on the hoist side of the yellow band.
	Sri Lanka				Yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green and orange; the other larger panel depicts a yellow lion holding a sword on a maroon rectangular field that also displays a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels.
	Sudan				Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and black with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side.
	Suriname				Five horizontal bands of green, white, red, white, and green ; a large, yellow, five-pointed star is centered in the red band.
	Sweden				Blue with a golden yellow cross extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Nordic cross.
	Switzerland				Red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the center that does not extend to the edges of the flag.
	Syria				Three equal horizontal bands of green, white, and black; three small, red, five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band.
	Tajikistan				Three horizontal stripes of red, a wider stripe of white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe.
	Tanzania				Divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is blue.
	Thailand			Vajiravudh	Five horizontal bands of red, white, blue, white, and red.
	Timor-Leste				Red with a black isosceles triangle superimposed on a slightly longer yellow arrowhead that extends to the center of the flag; a white star - pointing to the upper hoist-side corner of the flag - is in the center of the black triangle.
	Togo	1:φ			Five equal horizontal bands of green alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner.
	Tonga				Red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner.
	Trinidad and Tobago				Red with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side to the lower fly side.
	Tunisia				Red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star.
	Turkey				Red with a vertical white crescent moon and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening.
	Turkmenistan				Green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five tribal guls stacked above two crossed olive branches; five white, five-pointed stars and a white crescent moon appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the red stripe.
	Tuvalu				Light blue with the flag of the United Kingdom in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow, five-pointed stars on a blue field.
	Uganda				Six equal horizontal bands of black, yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a grey crowned crane facing the hoist side.
	Ukraine				Two equal horizontal bands of azure and golden yellow.
	United Arab Emirates				Three equal horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side.
	United Kingdom				Blue field on which the Cross of Saint Andrew counterchanged with the Cross of Saint Patrick, over all the Cross of Saint George fimbriated in white.
	United States