World Flags

Flags show that we belong to a community, organisation or nation and that we share beliefs, goals, rules and regulations.

Flags are national symbols. Every country has got a specific flag as their national symbol. The first flags were flown in the 18th century to tell others that we own a piece of land (‘proclaim a possession’) and that we rule over the people and land (‘proclaim sovereignty’).

A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a country. The national flag is flown by the government of a country, but can usually also be flown by citizens of the country.

A national flag is designed with specific meanings for its colours and symbols. The colours of the national flag may be worn by the people of a nation to show their patriotism, or related paraphernalia that show the symbols or colours of the flag may be used for those purposes.

Flags of all countries in the world by alphabets:

Flags
Afghanistan	Albania	Algeria	Andorra
Angola	Antigua and Barbuda	Argentina	Armenia
Australia	Austria	Azerbaijan	The Bahamas
Bahrain	Bangladesh	Barbados	Belarus
Belgium	Belize	Benin	Bhutan
Bolivia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Botswana	Brazil
Brunei	Bulgaria	Burkina Faso	Burundi
Cambodia	Cameroon	Canada	Cape Verde
The Central African Republic	Chad	Chile	Colombia
The Comoros	Cook Islands	Costa Rica	Cote d’Ivoire
Croatia	Cuba	Cyprus	The Czech Republic
The Democratic Republic of the Congo	Denmark	Djibouti	Dominica
The Dominican Republic	East Timor	Ecuador	Egypt
El Salvador	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea	Estonia
Ethiopia	Fiji	Finland	France
Gabon	The Gambia	Georgia	Germany
Ghana	Greece	Grenada	Guatemala
Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	Guyana	Haiti
Honduras	Hungary	Iceland	India
Indonesia	Iran	Iraq	Ireland
Israel	Italy	Jamaica	Japan
Jordan	Kazakhstan	Kenya	Kiribati
Kosovo	Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan	Laos
Latvia	Lebanon	Lesotho	Liberia
Libya	Liechtenstein	Lithuania	Luxembourg
Macedonia	Madagascar	Malawi	Malaysia
Maldives	Mali	Malta	The Marshall Islands
Mauritania	Mauritius	Mexico	Micronesia
Moldova	Monaco	Mongolia	Montenegro
Morocco	Mozambique	Myanmar	Namibia
Nauru	Nepal	The Netherlands	New Zealand
Nicaragua	Niger	Nigeria	Niue
North Korea	Norway	Oman	Pakistan
Palau	Panama	Papua New Guinea	Paraguay
The People’s Republic of China	Peru	The Philippines	Poland
Portugal	Qatar	The Republic of China	The Republic of the Congo
Romania	Russia	Rwanda	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Samoa	San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe	Saudi Arabia	Senegal	Serbia
The Seychelles	Sierra Leone	Singapore	Slovakia
Slovenia	The Solomon Islands	Somalia	South Africa
South Korea	South Sudan	Spain	Sri Lanka
Sudan	Suriname	Swaziland	Sweden
Switzerland	Syria	Tajikistan	Tanzania
Thailand	Togo	Tonga	Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia	Turkey	Turkmenistan	Tuvalu
Uganda	Ukraine	The United Arab Emirates	The United Kingdom
The United States	Uruguay	Uzbekistan	Vanuatu
The Vatican City	Venezuela	Vietnam	Western Sahara
Yemen	Zambia	Zimbabwe

Interesting Facts:

• Japan is referred to be the “land of the rising sun” and uses the sun (simplified as a circle) in its national flag.
• Most flags contain primary colours, which are red, blue, green and some countries also use yellow or secondary colours.
• Gold is also used in many flags as the colour is associated with the sun and is considered as colour of kings as well.
• The Swiss flag is the only square flag in the world.
• The flag of the USA is called “Stars and Stripes”.
• Hawaii’s state flag features the Union Jack (Flag of the UK) and is the only US State flag to do so.

We hope you have enjoyed reading about world flags.Have fun exploring our wonderful world.