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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1945 –	Flag of the Arab League	The flag of the Arab League is two olive branches and 22 chain-links encircling a crescent and the name of the organisation (in Arabic)
Link	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 centre.
	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.
	1985 –	Flag of Economic Cooperation Organization
File:Flag of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.svg	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.
	1960 –	Flag of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
	1981 –	Flag of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

Flags of Asian sovereign states

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2013-	Flag of Afghanistan	The flag of Afghanistan, adopted in 2013, consists of three stripes of the colors black, red, and green with the emblem in the centre.
	1918–1920 1991–	Flag of Armenia	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 –	Flag of Azerbaijan	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 Europeanisation 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	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	Adopted in 1993 and previously used between 1948-1970, 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	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.
	2000 –	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	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	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	Adopted in. August 1945, the flag of Indonesia consists of a bicolour; red on the top, white on the bottom.
	1980 –	Flag of Iran	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	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
	1958 –	Flag of Jordan
	1992 –	Flag of Kazakhstan
	1948 –	Flag of North Korea
	1883 – 1910 1949 –	Flag of South Korea
	1961 –	Flag of Kuwait
	1992 –	Flag of Kyrgyzstan
	1945 –	Flag of Laos
	1943 –	Flag of Lebanon
	1950 –	Flag of Malaysia
	1965 –	Flag of Maldives
	1945 –	Flag of Mongolia
	2010 –	Flag of Myanmar
	1962 –	Flag of Nepal
	1995 –	Flag of Oman
	1947 –	Flag of Pakistan
	1971 –	Flag of Palestine
	1898 –	Flag of Philippines
	1971 –	Flag of Qatar
	1883 – 1918 1993 –	Flag of Russia	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
	1972 –	Flag of Sri Lanka
	1980 –	Flag of Syria
	1992 –	Flag of Tajikistan
	1917 –	Flag of Thailand
	1844 –	Flag of Turkey	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 United Arab Emirates
	1991 –	Flag of Uzbekistan
	1945 –	Flag 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 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

Main article: List of Chinese flags

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

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.

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 Buryatia
	2001 –	Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast
	1997 –	Flag of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
	1997 –	Flag of Irkutsk Oblast
	2010 –	Flag of Kamchatka Krai
	1994 –	Flag of Khabarovsk Krai
	2003 –	Flag of Khakassia
	1995 –	Flag of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
	2000 –	Flag of Krasnoyarsk Krai
	1997 –	Flag of Kurgan Oblast
	2001 –	Flag of Magadan Oblast
	1995 –	Flag of Primorsky Krai
	1992 –	Flag of the Sakha Republic
	1995 –	Flag of Sakhalin Oblast
	1997 –	Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast
	1992 –	Flag of Tuva
	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	Claimed by	Description
	1992 –	Flag of Abkhazia	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	Azerbaijan	The flag of Artsakh is based on the Flag of Armenia, and has a white pattern added.
	1928 –	Flag of Republic of China	Taiwan	The flag of Taiwan is a red field with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays.
	1920 –	Flag of Kurdistan	Iraq	The flag of Kurdistan is a red-white-green tricolour with a yellow sun in the centre.
	1984 –	Flag of Northern Cyprus	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	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
	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
	1990–2004	Flag of Georgia
	1918–1920	Flag of the Kuban People's Republic
	1946–1968	Flag of the Malayan Union
	1948–1963	Flag of the Federation of Malaya
	1945–1955	Flag of North Vietnam
	1844–1922	Flag of the Ottoman Empire
	1862–1889	Flag of the Qing Dynasty
	1889–1912	Flag of the Qing Dynasty
	1949–1975	Flag of South Vietnam
	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

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.

See also

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