Flags of Asia

A map of Asia with national flags, excluding dependent territories and partially recognized states

This is a gallery of international and national flags used in Asia.

Supranational and international flags

An incomplete list of flags representing intra-Asian international and supranational organisations, which omits intercontinental organisations such as the United Nations:

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1945 –	Flag of the Arab League	The flag of the League of the Arabic States States is two olive branches and 22 chain-links encircling a crescent and the full names of the organisation (written in Arabic). The Arab League is an organization made up of countries in the Arab world in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia. Most, though not all of these countries use Arabic as their official language and concreted on Mediterranean sea, and Arabian sea countries. The purpose is to find ways for the countries to have unity and to work together to solve their problems.!
	1997 –	Flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations	The flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is blue with the emblem of the organisation in the center.The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an international organization. In August 1967, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines formed the ASEAN. At that time, communism was growing in Vietnam, and these five countries were also facing problems inside their own countries.
	1991 –	Flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States	The flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States is blue with the emblem of the organisation in the centre.In December 1991, leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine met at the nature reserve called Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus.`
	1985 –	Flag of Economic Cooperation Organization	The Economic Cooperation Organization or ECO is an Asian political and economic intergovernmental organization which was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Pakistan. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve development and promote trade and investment opportunities.`
	2011 –	Flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation	The flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is white with a green crescent and globe, with the Kaaba at the center of the globe. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is an international group. It has over 55` member states. The organisation tries to be the voice of the Muslim world. They try to safeguard the interests and the progress and well-being of Muslims.
	1960 –	Flag of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries	The Flag of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is a blue background with the acronym 'OPEC' in stylized white lettering.OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an international organization. Since 1965, the headquarters of OPEC has been in Vienna, Austria. OPEC was established in September 1960 in Baghdad, IRAQ.
	1981 –	Flag of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf	Originally (and still colloquially) known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي‎), is a regional, intergovernmental political and economic union that consists of five Arabian peninsula countries except yeomen.`

Flags of Asian sovereign states

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1996 – 2001-2021 –	Flag of Afghanistan	Islamic Emirate: Readopted in 2021, the Shahada in black on a white background. The black represents its troubled 19th century history, the red color represents the blood of those who fought for independence (specifically, the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919), and the green represents hope and prosperity for the future. The emblem of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is situated in the center of the flag. Still internationally recognized as the flag of Afghanistan.
	1918 – 1920 1991 –	Flag of Armenia See also: List of Armenian flags	After gaining independence, the First Republic of Armenia adopted the modern Armenian tricolor. The independent Armenian government selected the colours used during the last period of Rubenid Dynasty, red, blue and yellow. The Red emblematizes the Armenian Highland, the Armenian people's continued struggle for survival, maintenance of the Christian faith, Armenia's independence and freedom. The Blue emblematizes the will of the people of Armenia to live beneath peaceful skies. The Orange emblematizes the creative talent and hard-working nature of the people of Armenia.
	1918 – 1920 1991 –	Flag of Azerbaijan See also: List of Azerbaijani flags	Originally adopted in 1918 as a flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, was officially adopted again in 1991, after Azerbaijan gained its independence. The flag of Azerbaijan is the national ensign of Azerbaijan. It consists of three equal horizontal bands colored blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star are centered in the red band. The blue band refers to Turkic heritage, the red is for progress and the green refers to Islam.
	2002 –	Flag of Bahrain	Adopted in February 2002, the flag of Bahrain consists of a white band on the hoist, with red on the right. They are separated by five triangles forming a serrated line.
	1972 –	Flag of Bangladesh See also: List of Bangladeshi flags	Adopted in January 1972, the flag of Bangladesh consists of a slightly off-center red disc over a green field.
	1969 –	Flag of Bhutan	Adopted in 1969, the flag of Bhutan consists of a diagonally-divided field, the upper left yellow and the lower right orange. Along the diagonal line is a white dragon, the Druk (Thunder Dragon), holding jewels in its claws.
	1959 –	Flag of Brunei	Adopted in September 1959, the flag of Brunei consists of a yellow field divided by diagonal black and white stripes; superimposed over it is Brunei's crest, featuring a crescent facing upwards surrounded by hands and a parasol, all in red.
	1948 – 1970 1993 –	Flag of Cambodia See also: List of Cambodian flags	Adopted in 1993 and previously used between 1948 and 1970, the flag of Cambodia consists of a horizontal tricolor of blue, red (double width) and blue, with a white depiction of Angkor Wat in the center of the red band.
	1949 –	Flag of China See also: List of Chinese flags	Adopted in September 1949, the flag of China consists of a red field with five gold stars in the canton; one large star is surrounded by four smaller stars surrounded in a semicircle and set off towards the fly.
	1960 –	Flag of Cyprus	The flag was officially adopted on August 16, 1960. The island is depicted in a copper shade representative of its name; the name Cyprus has roots in the Sumerian word for copper (zubar) from the large deposits of copper found on the island. The crossed green olive branches symbolise the hope for peace between the Turks and the Greeks. It was designed by İsmet Güney, a Turkish Cypriot painter.
	1975 –	Flag of East Timor	Adopted in May 2002 (originally in November 1975), the flag of East Timor consists of a red field; at the hoist is a white five-pointed star inside a black isosceles triangle superimposed on a larger yellow triangle, that points toward the center.
	1984 –	Flag of Egypt	Adopted in October 1984, the flag of Egypt consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, white and black, with the eagle of Saladin in the center of the white band.
	2004 –	Flag of Georgia See also: List of flags of Georgia (country)	This recently adopted flag is a simple white rectangle, with a central red cross connecting all four sides of the flag; in each of the four corners is a small red cross. The flag is based on a historic five-cross design that dates back to the 14th century.
	1947 –	Flag of India See also: List of Indian flags	Adopted in July 1947, the flag of India consists of a horizontal tricolor of saffron, white and green; in the center of the white band is a 24-spoke wheel (the Ashoka Chakra) colored in navy blue.
	1945 –	Flag of Indonesia See also: List of flags of Indonesia	Adopted in. August 1945, the flag of Indonesia consists of a bicolour; red on the top, white on the bottom.
	1980 –	Flag of Iran See also: List of Iranian flags	Adopted in July 1980, the flag of Iran consists of a horizontal tricolor of green, white and red; the national emblem ("Allah") in red is centered on the white band; and the takbir (as written in the Kufic script) is written 11 times on each band in white.
	2008 –	Flag of Iraq	Adopted in January 2008, the flag of Iraq consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, white and black; in the center of the white field is the takbir written in green Kufic script.
	1948 –	Flag of Israel See also: List of flags of Israel	Adopted in October 1948, the flag of Israel consists of a blue hexagram, surrounded by two blue horizontal stripes, all over a white field.
	1870 –	Flag of Japan See also: List of Japanese flags	Adopted as a civil ensign in February 27, 1870, Adopted as a national flag in August 13, 1999. The flag consists of a white background with a red circle representative of the sun
	1928 –	Flag of Jordan	Adopted in April 1928, the flag of Jordan is a horizontal tricolor with a red chevron, the colors used are the Pan-Arab colors
	1992 –	Flag of Kazakhstan See also: List of Kazakh flags	Adopted in June 4, 1992. the flag has a gold sun with 32 rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle, both centered on a teal background; the hoist side displays a national ornamental pattern called "koshkar-muiz" (the horns of the ram) in gold.
	1961 –	Flag of Kuwait	Adopted in 1961, uses the Pan-Arab colors
	1992 –	Flag of Kyrgyzstan
	1945 –	Flag of Laos
	1943 –	Flag of Lebanon
	1950 –	Flag of Malaysia See also: List of Malaysian flags
	1965 –	Flag of the Maldives
	1945 –	Flag of Mongolia
	2010 –	Flag of Myanmar See also: List of Burmese flags
	1962 –	Flag of Nepal
	1948 –	Flag of North Korea See also: List of North Korean flags
	1995 –	Flag of Oman
	1947 –	Flag of Pakistan See also: List of Pakistani flags
	1988 –	Flag of Palestine See also: List of Palestinian flags
	1898 –	Flag of the Philippines
	1971 –	Flag of Qatar
	1883 – 1918 1993 –	Flag of Russia See also: List of Russian flags	The Russian Federation flag was officially adopted on August 22, 1991. The flag was hoisted shortly after the former Soviet Union collapsed. The white, red and blue are Pan-Slavic colours.
	1973 –	Flag of Saudi Arabia
	1959 –	Flag of Singapore See also: List of Singaporean flags
	1883 – 1920 1949 –	Flag of South Korea See also: List of South Korean flags
	1972 –	Flag of Sri Lanka See also: List of Sri Lankan flags
	1980 –	Flag of Syria
	1992 –	Flag of Tajikistan
	1917 –	Flag of Thailand See also: List of Thai flags
	1844 –	Flag of Turkey See also: List of Turkish flags	The flag of Turkey is a red flag with a white crescent moon and a star in its centre. The flag is called Ay Yıldız (literally, moon star.) or Albayrak (Red flag) which were adopted in 1844 with the Tanzimat reforms; though the shape, placement and shade of the colour vary. The geometric proportions of the flag were legally standardised with the Turkish Flag Law in 1936.
	2001 –	Flag of Turkmenistan
	1971 –	Flag of the United Arab Emirates
	1991 –	Flag of Uzbekistan See also: List of Uzbek flags
	1945 –	Flag of Vietnam See also: List of flags of Vietnam
	1990 –	Flag of Yemen

Flags of Asian dependencies

Flag	Date	Use	State (status)	Description
	1960 –	Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	UK (overseas territory)	Same as the flag of the United Kingdom.
	1990 –	Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory	UK (overseas territory)
	2002 –	Flag of Christmas Island	Australia (external territory)
	2004 –	Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australia (external territory)

Flags of Asian sub-divisions

China

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1997 –	Flag of Hong Kong
	1999 –	Flag of Macau

Georgia

Main article: List of flags of Georgia (country)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004 –	Flag of Adjara

Iraq

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1921 –	Flag of Kurdistan	The flag of Kurdistan is a red-white-green tricolour with a yellow sun in the centre.

Japan

Main article: List of Japanese flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2000 –	Flag of Aichi Prefecture	Stylised hiragana of あいち (Aichi). The emblem also expresses sunrise and wave to indicate Aichi's location facing the Pacific Ocean.

Philippines

Main article: List of flags of the Philippines

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2019 –	Flag of Bangsamoro	The flag of Bangsamoro is a horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with the yellow seven-pointed star surrounded by a yellow crescent both centered on the white band and a white kris centered on the red band.

Russia

Main articles: Flags of the federal subjects of Russia and List of Russian flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2000 –	Flag of Altai Krai
	1992 –	Flag of the Altai Republic
	1999 –	Flag of Amur Oblast
	1992 –	Flag of the Republic of Buryatia
	2001 –	Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast
	1997 –	Flag of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
	1997 –	Flag of Irkutsk Oblast
	2005 –	Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
	2010 –	Flag of Kamchatka Krai
	1994 –	Flag of Khabarovsk Krai
	2003 –	Flag of the Republic of Khakassia
	1995 –	Flag of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
	2000 –	Flag of Krasnoyarsk Krai
	1997 –	Flag of Kurgan Oblast
	2001 –	Flag of Magadan Oblast
	2009 –	Flag of Nenets Autonomous Okrug
	2014 –	Flag of Omsk Oblast
	2011 –	Flag of Perm Krai
	1995 –	Flag of Primorsky Krai
	1992 –	Flag of the Sakha Republic
	1995 –	Flag of Sakhalin Oblast
	1997 –	Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast
	1992 –	Flag of the Tuva Republic
	1995 –	Flag of Tyumen Oblast
	1996 –	Flag of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
	1995 –	Flag of Zabaykalsky Krai

Disputed or partially recognised states

Flag	Date	Use	State (status)	Description
	1992 –	Flag of Abkhazia	Internationally recognized as part of Georgia	The flag of Abkhazia consists of seven green and white stripes with a red upper left canton bearing a white open right hand and seven white stars.
	1992 –	Flag of Artsakh	Internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan	The flag of Artsakh is based on the Flag of Armenia, and has a white pattern added.
	1928 –	Flag of the Republic of China	Political status of Taiwan
	1984 –	Flag of Northern Cyprus	Internationally recognized as part of Cyprus	Adopted by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey and the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan) on 7 March 1984 following the Turkish invasion and the occupation of the northern part of the island in 1974.
	1990 –	Flag of South Ossetia	Internationally recognized as part of Georgia	The flag of the South Ossetia is a tricolour, the top stripe white, the middle stripe red and the bottom stripe yellow.

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1368 – 1906	Flag of the Bruneian Empire
	1906 – 1959	Flag of Brunei
	1875 – 1948	Flag of British Ceylon
	1948 – 1951	Flag of the Dominion of Ceylon
	1951 – 1972	Flag of the Dominion of Ceylon
	1912 – 1928	Flag of the Republic of China
	1398 – 1489	Flag of the Kingdom of Cyprus
	1881 – 1922	Flag of Cyprus
	1922 – 1960	Flag of Cyprus
	1960	Flag of Cyprus
	1960 – 2006	Flag of Cyprus
	1933 – 1934	Flag of the First East Turkestan Republic
	1944 – 1949	Flag of the Second East Turkestan Republic
	1920 – 1922	Flag of the Far Eastern Republic
	1990 – 2004	Flag of Georgia
	1938 – 1939	Flag of Hatay State
	1871 – 1876	Flag of British Hong Kong
	1876 – 1955	Flag of British Hong Kong
	1955 – 1959	Flag of British Hong Kong
	1959 – 1997	Flag of British Hong Kong
	1978 – 1993	Flag of Kampuchea
	1918 – 1920	Flag of the Kuban People's Republic
	1914 – 1921	Flag of Kuwait
	1921 – 1940	Flag of Kuwait
	1940 – 1961	Flag of Kuwait
	1991 – 1992	Flag of Kyrgyzstan
	1947 – 1975	Flag of the Kingdom of Laos
	1946 – 1968	Flag of the Malayan Union
	1948 – 1963	Flag of the Federation of Malaya
	1911 – 1920, 1921 – 1924	Flag of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia
	1924 – 1940	Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic
	1924 – 1940	Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (alternative)
	1940 – 1945	Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic
	1945 – 1992	Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic
	1974 – 2010	Flag of Myanmar
	1844 – 1922	Flag of the Ottoman Empire
	1897 – 1898	Flag of the Biak na Bato
	1943 – 1945	Flag of the Philippines
	1946 – 1985, 1986 – 1998	Flag of the Philippines
	1985 – 1986	Flag of the Philippines
	1862 – 1889	Flag of the Qing dynasty
	1889 – 1912	Flag of the Qing dynasty
	1858 – 1883	Flag of the Russian Empire
	1991 – 1993	Flag of Russia
	1877 – 1914, 1962 – 1967	Flag of the Kingdom of Sikkim
	1914 – 1962	Flag of Kingdom of Sikkim
	1967 – 1975	Flag of the Kingdom of Sikkim
	1962 – 1967	Flag of the Federation of South Arabia
	1922 – 1923	Flag of the Soviet Union
	1923 – 1924	Flag of the Soviet Union
	1924 – 1936	Flag of the Soviet Union
	1936 – 1955	Flag of the Soviet Union
	1955 – 1980	Flag of the Soviet Union
	1980 – 1991	Flag of the Soviet Union
	1916 – 1951	Flag of Tibet
	1991 – 1992	Flag of Turkmenistan
	1992 – 1997	Flag of Turkmenistan
	1997 – 2001	Flag of Turkmenistan
	1918 – 1921	Flag of Uryankhay Krai
	1945 – 1955	Flag of North Vietnam
	1949 – 1975	Flag of South Vietnam
	1918 – 1923	Flag of North Yemen
	1923 – 1927	Flag of North Yemen
	1927 – 1962	Flag of North Yemen
	1962 – 1990	Flag of North Yemen
	1967 – 1990	Flag of South Yemen

Notes

Part of Transcaucasian Region, at the crossroads of Asia and Europe. Physiographically, Armenia falls entirely in Western Asia, while Georgia and Azerbaijan are mostly in Western Asia with small portions north of the Caucasus Mountains divide in Europe.

The island of Cyprus, which comprises the Republic of Cyprus, Northern Cyprus and Akrotiri and Dhekelia, is geographically located in Asia, closer to Asian Turkey than to the European mainland. However, the Republic of Cyprus is a member state of the European Union.

Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Turkey has a biggest part of its territory (95%) in Western Asia called Anatolia.

Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Kazakhstan has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe.

The Republic of China (ROC) was the recognized legitimate government of China between 1912 and 1949. After its defeat in the Chinese Civil War, the Republic of China retreated to the island of Taiwan where it continues to govern today. In 1949, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was established on the Chinese mainland. Since 1949, both the ROC and PRC officially claim to be the sole legitimate government of the entirety of China (including Taiwan). The flag of the ROC was thus the legitimate flag of China since its adoption in 1928 to 1949, whereas after 1949 its status has been linked to the political status of Taiwan.

Egypt is mostly situated within Africa, however the Sinai Peninsula lies in Asia.

See also

• Flags of Africa
• Flags of Europe
• Flags of Oceania
• Flags of North America
• Flags of South America