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List of national flags by design

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Uncommon flag shapes

National flag of Nepal

Star(s)

Four-pointed

  •  Aruba (a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  •  NATO (an organization)

Five-pointed

One pentagram in center

National flag of Morocco

One five-pointed star in center

National flag of Somalia

See also the list of flags featuring crescents, below, many of which include a five-pointed star in the crescent.

One five-pointed star on left side

National flag of Cuba

Multiple five-pointed stars of equal size

National flag of Honduras
Circle of five-pointed stars

Multiple five-pointed stars in different sizes

Six-pointed

National flag of Israel

Hexagram

Many-pointed

One many-pointed star

National flag of the Marshall Islands

Multiple many-pointed stars

National flag of Nepal
  •  Australia (1 five-pointed star, 5 7-pointed)
  •  Nepal (2 stars, 1 with 16 and 1 with 12)

Southern Cross

National flag of New Zealand
The Southern Cross, also known as Crux

Stars and stripes

National flag of the United States of America

Crescent

Facing up

National flag of Nepal

Facing right

National flag of Turkey

Facing diagonally

National flag of Pakistan

Circle

One circle in center

National flag of India

One circle on left side

National flag of Palau

One broken or implied circle

National flag of Eritrea

Triangle

Triangle(s) in centre

National flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Triangle(s) on left side

National flag of the Czech Republic
See also: Chevron (flag)

Triangle(s) on right side

Stripes

Horizontal

Two colors

Two unequal horizontal stripes
National flag of Belarus
Two equal horizontal stripes
National flag of Indonesia
National flag of Poland
Three equal horizontal stripes in two colors
National flag of Argentina
National flag of Austria
Three thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in two colors
National flag of Cambodia
Three fimbriated thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in two colors
National flag of North Korea
See also: Fimbriation
Three thick-and-thin horizontal stripes in two colors
National flag of Nauru
Three fimbriated thick-and-thin horizontal stripes in two colors
Flag of Uzbekistan within the Soviet Union
Three unequal horizontal stripes in two colors
Flag of Kazakhstan within the Soviet Union
Many thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in two colors
Many equal horizontal stripes in two colors
National flag of Greece

Three colors

Three equal horizontal stripes in three colors
National flag of Estonia
Three fimbriated equal horizontal stripes in three colors
National flag of Kenya
Three unequal horizontal stripes in three colors
National flag of Rwanda
Five unequal horizontal stripes in three colors
National flag of Cape Verde
Three fimbriated unequal horizontal stripes in three colors
National flag of The Gambia
Five thin-and-thick horizontal stripes in three colors
National flag of Costa Rica
Many equal horizontal stripes in three colors
National flag of Uganda

Four colors

Four equal horizontal stripes in four colors
National flag of Mauritius
Seven equal horizontal stripes in four colors
National flag of Zimbabwe
Seven unequal horizontal stripes in three colors
National flag of Kiribati

Vertical

Two equal vertical stripes in two colors

National flag of Algeria

Two unequal serrated vertical stripes in two colors

National flag of Bahraiin

Three equal vertical stripes in two colors

National flag of Guatemala

Three equal vertical stripes in three colors

Further information: Tricolour (flag)
National flag of France

Flags based on the French tricolor

  1.  Acadia
  2.  France
  3.  French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  4.  Wallis and Futuna

Three unequal vertical stripes

National flag of Canada
Further information: Canadian pale

Four unequal vertical stripes in four colors

Two crossing horizontal and vertical stripes

National flag of Switzerland

Diagonal

Two diagonal stripes

National flag of Papua New Guinea

Three diagonal stripes

Three fimbriated diagonal stripes

National flag of Tanzania

Many diagonal stripes

National flag of Brunei
Many radiating diagonal stripes
National flag of the Marshall Islands
Pall
National flag of South Africa

Two crossing diagonal stripes

See #Diagonal cross

Cross

Upright centred cross

National flag of the Dominican Republic

Diagonal cross

National flag of Jamaica

Nordic Cross

Further information: Nordic Cross

Nordic Cross in two colours

National flag of Finland

Nordic Cross in three colours

National flag of Iceland

One cross in upper left corner

National flag of Greece

One cross in emblem

National flag of Slovakia

Upright and diagonal centred crosses

National flag of the United Kingdom

Union Jack

See also: British ensign and Flags of the British Empire
National flag of Fiji
flag of Bermuda
flag of the United Kingdom
flag of South Africa (1928–1994
National flag of Canada 1957–1965

Additionally, the Union Jack features in many territorial and sub-national flags. These are often Red Ensigns (e.g.,  Bermuda) or Blue Ensigns (e.g.,  New South Wales). A small number have backgrounds of other colours (e.g.  British Antarctic Territory and  Niue) or a unique pattern in the field (e.g.  British Indian Ocean Territory and  Hawaii). A small number put the Union Jack somewhere other than the canton (e.g.  British Columbia). Unofficial flags, such as  Ross Dependency also use it.

Crosses of different sizes

National flag of Georgia

Divide

Divide horizontally and divide top space vertically

National flag of Chile

Divide upper left square and other space

National flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Divide one vertical stripe from left side

National flag of Seborga

Divide four equal squares from center

National flag of the Dominican Republic

Divide four equal triangles from center

National flag of Jamaica

Other symbols and pictures

Sun

National flag of Uruguay

Moon

National flag of Palau
See also #Crescent

Animal

National flag of Albania

Bird

Eagle

livestock

dragon

lion




Coat of arms

Flag of Mexico

Weaponry

National flag of Haiti

Agricultural and industrial tools/things

National flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1991), bright red used in 1980.

Plants

National flag of Canada

Map

National flag of Cyprus

Shield

National flag of Kenya

Key

National flag of Vatican City

Trapezium

National flag of Kuwait

Square

National flag of Switzerland

Other Central Emblems

National flag of India

Text

Country name

National flag of Paraguay

Mottos

National flag of Brazil

Flags of another country

National flag of the Falkland Islands

Notes

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