Country ranking for field: flag description 1994

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This entry provides a written flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags.

1	Macedonia	16
2	Liberia	11 equal horizontal stripes of red
3	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
4	Nicaragua	three equal horizontal bands of blue
5	Niger	three equal horizontal bands of orange
6	Nigeria	three equal vertical bands of green
7	Niue	yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross
8	Norfolk Island	three vertical bands of green
9	North Korea	three horizontal bands of blue
10	Northern Mariana Islands	blue with a white five-pointed star superimposed on the gray silhouette of a latte stone
11	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 Dannebrog
12	Oman	three horizontal bands of white
13	Pakistan	green with a vertical white band
14	Panama	divided into four equal rectangles; the top quadrants are white
15	Peru	three equal vertical bands of red
16	Paraguay	three equal horizontal bands of red
17	New Caledonia	the flag of France is used
18	Philippines	two equal horizontal bands of blue
19	Pitcairn Islands	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms is yellow green and light blue with a shield featuring a yellow anchor
20	Poland	two equal horizontal bands of white
21	Portugal	two vertical bands of green
22	Puerto Rico	five equal horizontal bands of red
23	Qatar	maroon with a broad white serrated band
24	Romania	three equal vertical bands of blue
25	Russia	three equal horizontal bands of white
26	Rwanda	three equal vertical bands of red
27	Réunion	the flag of France is used
28	Saint Helena	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted sailing ship
29	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; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation
30	Netherlands Antilles	white with a horizontal blue stripe in the center superimposed on a vertical red band also centered; five white five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern in the center of the blue band; the five stars represent the five main islands of Bonaire Curacao Saba Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten
31	Saint Lucia	blue with a gold isosceles triangle below a black arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border
32	Mauritania	green with a yellow five-pointed star above a yellow horizontal crescent; the closed side of the crescent is down; the crescent star and color green are traditional symbols of Islam
33	Lithuania	three equal horizontal bands of yellow
34	Luxembourg	three equal horizontal bands of red
35	Macau	the flag of Portugal is used
36	Madagascar	two equal horizontal bands of red
37	Malawi	three equal horizontal bands of black
38	Malaysia	fourteen equal horizontal stripes of red
39	Maldives	red with a large green rectangle in the center bearing a vertical white crescent; the closed side of the crescent is on the hoist side of the flag
40	Mali	three equal vertical bands of green
41	Malta	two equal vertical bands of white
42	Marshall Islands	blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange
43	Martinique	the flag of France is used
44	Mauritius	four equal horizontal bands of red
45	Nepal	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 bears a white 12-pointed sun
46	Mayotte	the flag of France is used
47	Mexico	three equal vertical bands of green
48	Midway Islands	the US flag is used
49	Moldova	same color scheme as Romania - 3 equal vertical bands of blue
50	Monaco	two equal horizontal bands of red
51	Mongolia	three equal vertical bands of red
52	Montserrat	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms features a woman standing beside a yellow harp with her arm around a black cross
53	Morocco	red with a green pentacle
54	Mozambique	three equal horizontal bands of green
55	Myanmar	red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing all in white 14 five-pointed stars encircling a cogwheel containing a stalk of rice; the 14 stars represent the 14 administrative divisions
56	Namibia	a large blue triangle with a yellow sunburst fills the upper left section and an equal green triangle
57	Nauru	blue with a narrow horizontal yellow stripe across the center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the hoist side; the star indicates the country's location in relation to the Equator
58	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
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	three vertical bands of blue
60	Libya	plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam
61	United Arab Emirates	three equal horizontal bands of green
62	Togo	five equal horizontal bands of green
63	Tokelau	the flag of New Zealand is used
64	Tonga	red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner
65	Trinidad and Tobago	red with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side
66	Tunisia	red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam
67	Turkey	red with a vertical white crescent
68	Turkmenistan	green field including a vertical stripe on the hoist side with a claret vertical stripe in between containing five white black and orange carpet guls
69	Turks and Caicos Islands	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell lobster and cactus
70	Tuvalu	light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow five-pointed stars symbolizing the nine islands
71	U.S. Virgin Islands	white with a modified US coat of arms in the center between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows an eagle holding an olive branch in one talon and three arrows in the other with a superimposed shield of vertical red and white stripes below a blue panel
72	Uganda	six equal horizontal bands of black
73	Ukraine	two equal horizontal bands of azure
74	United Kingdom	blue with the red cross of Saint George
75	The Gambia	three equal horizontal bands of red
76	United States	thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red
77	Uruguay	nine equal horizontal stripes of white
78	Uzbekistan	three equal horizontal bands of blue
79	Vanuatu	two equal horizontal bands of red
80	Venezuela	three equal horizontal bands of yellow
81	Vietnam	red with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center
82	Wake Island	the US flag is used
83	Wallis and Futuna	the flag of France is used
84	Western Samoa	red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross constellation
85	Yemen	three equal horizontal bands of red
86	Zaire	light green with a yellow disk in the center bearing a black arm holding a red flaming torch; the flames of the torch are blowing away from the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
87	Zambia	green with a panel of three vertical bands of red
88	The Netherlands	three equal horizontal bands of red
89	The Bahamas	three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine
90	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	the flag of France is used
91	South Korea	white with a red
92	San Marino	two equal horizontal bands of white
93	Saudi Arabia	green with large white Arabic script
94	Senegal	three equal vertical bands of green
95	Serbia and Montenegro	three equal horizontal bands of blue
96	Seychelles	three horizontal bands of red
97	Sierra Leone	three equal horizontal bands of light green
98	Singapore	two equal horizontal bands of red
99	Slovakia	three equal horizontal bands of white
100	Slovenia	three equal horizontal bands of white
101	Solomon Islands	divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle
102	Somalia	light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; design based on the flag of the UN
103	South Africa	two equal width horizontal bands of red
104	Spain	three horizontal bands of red
105	Thailand	five horizontal bands of red
106	Sri Lanka	yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green
107	Sudan	three equal horizontal bands of red
108	Suriname	five horizontal bands of green
109	Svalbard	the flag of Norway is used
110	Swaziland	three horizontal bands of blue
111	Sweden	blue with a yellow cross 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 Dannebrog
112	Switzerland	red square with a bold equilateral white cross in the center that does not extend to the edges of the flag
113	Syria	three equal horizontal bands of red
114	São Tomé and Príncipe	three horizontal bands of green
115	Taiwan	red with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays
116	Tajikistan	three horizontal stripes of red
117	Tanzania	divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle
118	Liechtenstein	two equal horizontal bands of blue
119	Afghanistan	three equal horizontal bands of green
120	Albania	red with a black two-headed eagle in the center
121	Cocos Islands	the flag of Australia is used
122	Burundi	divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels
123	Cabo Verde	three horozontal bands of light blue
124	Cambodia	horizontal band of red separates two equal horizontal bands of blue with a white three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat in the center
125	Cameroon	three equal vertical bands of green
126	Canada	three vertical bands of red
127	Cayman Islands	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Caymanian coat of arms on a white disk centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms includes a pineapple and turtle above a shield with three stars
128	Central African Republic	four equal horizontal bands of blue
129	Chad	three equal vertical bands of blue
130	Chile	two equal horizontal bands of white
131	China	red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars
132	Christmas Island	the flag of Australia is used
133	Colombia	three horizontal bands of yellow
134	Bulgaria	three equal horizontal bands of white
135	Comoros	green with a white crescent placed diagonally
136	Congo	red divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle
137	Cook Islands	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large circle of 15 white five-pointed stars
138	Coral Sea Islands	the flag of Australia is used
139	Costa Rica	five horizontal bands of blue
140	Croatia	red white and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms
141	Cuba	five equal horizontal bands of blue
142	Cyprus	white with a copper-colored silhouette of the island
143	Czech Republic	two equal horizontal bands of white
144	Côte d'Ivoire	three equal vertical bands of orange
145	Denmark	red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side and that design element of the DANNEBROG
146	Djibouti	two equal horizontal bands of light blue
147	Burkina Faso	two equal horizontal bands of red
148	Brunei	yellow with two diagonal bands of white
149	Dominican Republic	a centered white cross that extends to the edges divides the flag into four rectangles - the top ones are blue
150	Bahrain	red with a white serrated band
151	Algeria	two equal vertical bands of green
152	American Samoa	blue with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority a staff and a war club
153	Andorra	three equal vertical bands of blue
154	Angola	two equal horizontal bands of red
155	Anguilla	two horizontal bands of white
156	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
157	Argentina	three equal horizontal bands of light blue
158	Armenia	three equal horizontal bands of red
159	Aruba	blue with two narrow horizontal yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner
160	Australia	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant; the remaining half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four larger seven-pointed stars
161	Austria	three equal horizontal bands of red
162	Azerbaijan	three equal horizontal bands of blue
163	Bangladesh	green with a large red disk slightly to the hoist side of center; green is the traditional color of Islam
164	British Virgin Islands	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Virgin Islander coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts a woman flanked on either side by a vertical column of six oil lamps above a scroll bearing the Latin word VIGILATE
165	Barbados	three equal vertical bands of blue
166	Belarus	three horizontal bands of white
167	Belgium	three equal vertical bands of black
168	Belize	blue with a narrow red stripe along the top and the bottom edges; centered is a large white disk bearing the coat of arms; the coat of arms features a shield flanked by two workers in front of a mahogany tree with the related motto SUB UMBRA FLOREO
169	Benin	two equal horizontal bands of yellow
170	Bermuda	red with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Bermudian coat of arms
171	Bhutan	divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper triangle is orange and the lower triangle is red; centered along the dividing line is a large black and white dragon facing away from the hoist side
172	Bolivia	three equal horizontal bands of red
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina	white with a large blue shield; the shield contains white Roman crosses with a white diagonal band running from the upper hoist corner to the lower fly side
174	Botswana	light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center
175	Brazil	green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe with 27 white five-pointed stars
176	British Indian Ocean Territory	white with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and six blue wavy horizontal stripes bearing a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag
177	Dominica	green with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical part is yellow
178	Ecuador	three horizontal bands of yellow
179	Lesotho	divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper half is white bearing the brown silhouette of a large shield with crossed spear and club; the lower half is a diagonal blue band with a green triangle in the corner
180	Italy	three equal vertical bands of green
181	Holy See	two vertical bands of yellow
182	Honduras	three equal horizontal bands of blue
183	Hong Kong	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant with the Hong Kong coat of arms on a white disk centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms contains a shield
184	Hungary	three equal horizontal bands of red
185	Iceland	blue with a red 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 Dannebrog
186	India	three equal horizontal bands of orange
187	Indonesia	two equal horizontal bands of red
188	Iran	three equal horizontal bands of green
189	Iraq	three equal horizontal bands of red
190	Ireland	three equal vertical bands of green
191	Isle of Man	red with the Three Legs of Man emblem
192	Israel	white with a blue hexagram
193	Jamaica	diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles - green
194	Guyana	green with a red isosceles triangle
195	Japan	white with a large red disk
196	Jersey	white with the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick
197	Johnston Atoll	the flag of the US is used
198	Jordan	three equal horizontal bands of black
199	Kazakhstan	sky blue background representing the endless sky and a gold sun with 32 rays soaring above a golden steppe eagle in the center; on the hoist side is a "national ornamentation" in yellow
200	Kenya	three equal horizontal bands of black
201	Kiribati	the upper half is red with a yellow frigate bird flying over a yellow rising sun and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean
202	Kuwait	three equal horizontal bands of green
203	Kyrgyzstan	red field with a yellow sun in the center having 40 rays representing the 40 Krygyz tribes; on the obverse side the rays run counterclockwise on the reverse clockwise; in the center of the sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines a stylized representation of the roof of the traditional Kyrgyz yurt
204	Laos	three horizontal bands of red
205	Latvia	two horizontal bands of maroon
206	Lebanon	three horizontal bands of red
207	Haiti	two equal horizontal bands of blue
208	Guinea	three equal vertical bands of red
209	Egypt	three equal horizontal bands of red
210	French Polynesia	the flag of France is used
211	El Salvador	three equal horizontal bands of blue
212	Equatorial Guinea	three equal horizontal bands of green
213	Eritrea	red isosceles triangle
214	Estonia	pre-1940 flag restored by Supreme Soviet in May 1990 - three equal horizontal bands of blue
215	Ethiopia	three equal horizontal bands of green
216	Falkland Islands	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Falkland Island coat of arms in a white disk centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms contains a white ram
217	Faroe Islands	white with a red cross outlined in blue 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 DANNEBROG
218	Federated States of Micronesia	light blue with four white five-pointed stars centered; the stars are arranged in a diamond pattern
219	Fiji	light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George featuring stalks of sugarcane a palm tree bananas and a white dove
220	Finland	white with a blue cross 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 DANNEBROG
221	France	three equal vertical bands of blue
222	French Guiana	the flag of France is used
223	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	the flag of France is used
224	Guinea-Bissau	two equal horizontal bands of yellow
225	Gabon	three equal horizontal bands of green
226	Georgia	maroon field with small rectangle in upper hoist side corner; rectangle divided horizontally with black on top white below
227	Germany	three equal horizontal bands of black
228	Ghana	three equal horizontal bands of red
229	Gibraltar	two horizontal bands of white
230	Greece	nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white; there is a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy the established religion of the country
231	Greenland	two equal horizontal bands of white
232	Grenada	a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles
233	Guadeloupe	the flag of France is used
234	Guam	territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered pointed vertical ellipse containing a beach scene outrigger canoe with sail and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the national flag
235	Guatemala	three equal vertical bands of light blue
236	Guernsey	white with the red cross of Saint George
237	Zimbabwe	seven equal horizontal bands of green yellow red black red yellow and green with a white equilateral triangle edged in black based on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle

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