National Flags

The national flag of the Republic of Moldova is a vertical triband of blue, yellow, and red, charged with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle holding a shield...

The flag of the Federated States of Micronesia was adopted on 30 November 1978. The blue field represents the Pacific Ocean. In an echo of U.S. heraldic practice, the stars...

The national flag of Mexico is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the...

The national flag of Mauritius, also known as the Four Bands, was adopted upon independence, March 12, 1968. It consists of four horizontal bands of equal width, coloured (from top...

The flag of Mauritania is a green field containing a gold star and crescent, with a red stripe at the top and bottom of the field. The original national flag...

Martinique has no official flag. The tricolour flag of France, its parent country, is the only flag flown with official standing.  Fully sewn flags are made with poly woven fabric, which...

The National flag of the Marshall Islands, an island nation in the Pacific, was adopted upon the start of self-government, May 1, 1979. The flag was designed by Emlain Kabua,...

The unofficial flag of the Marquesas Islands was first raised on December 14, 1980, upon the opening of the airport on Nuku Hiva, and has been regularly used since 1994....

The flag of Malta is a bicolour, with white in the hoist and red in the fly. A representation of the George Cross, awarded to Malta by George VI in...

The national flag of Mali is a tricolour with three equal vertical stripes. From the hoist (the place where the flagpole meets the flag) the colours are green, gold, and...

The national flag of Malaysia, also known as the Stripes of Glory, is composed of a field of 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue...

The flag of Malawi was officially adopted on 6 July 1964 when the colony of Nyasaland became independent from British rule and renamed itself Malawi. It is a horizontal triband...

The flag of Autonomous Region of Madeira consists of a blue-gold-blue vertical triband with a Cross of Christ in the centre and has been used since 1978. Fully sewn flags...

The national flag of Madagascar was adopted on 14 October 1958. The colors of the flag represent Madagascar's history and traditional peasant classes. Red and white were the colors of...

The national flag of Luxembourg consists of three horizontal stripes, red, white and light blue, and it was used between 1845 and 1848 and officially adopted in 1993. Luxembourg had no...

The national flag of Lithuania consists of a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green, and red. It was adopted on 25 April 1918 during Lithuania's first period of independence (in the...

The national flag of the Principality of Liechtenstein consists of two horizontal blue and red bands charged with a gold crown in the canton. In use since 1764 and officially...

The national flag of Libya was originally introduced in 1951, following the creation of the Kingdom of Libya. The flag fell out of use in 1969, but was subsequently adopted...

The flag of Liberia is sometimes called the Lone Star, and bears a close resemblance to the flag of the United States. It has similar red and white stripes, as well as...

The current national flag of Lesotho, adopted on the 40th anniversary of Lesotho's independence on 4 October 2006, features a horizontal blue, white, and green tricolour with a black mokorotlo...

The National flag of Lebanon depicts a horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanon Cedar tree. Fully sewn flags are made with poly woven...

The national flag of Latvia is a carmine red field bisected by a narrow white stripe (one-fifth the width of the flag). Fully sewn flags are made with poly woven fabric,...

The flag of Laos consists of three horizontal stripes, with the middle stripe in blue being twice the height of the top and bottom red stripes. In the middle is a white...

The flag of the Kyrgyz Republic consists of a red field charged with a yellow sun that contains a depiction of a tunduk, the opening in the center of the...

The flag of Kuwait was adopted on September 7, 1961, and officially hoisted November 24, 1961. It depicts a horizontal triband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based...

The flag of the Republic of Kosovo was adopted by the Assembly of Kosovo immediately following the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo of 17 February 2008. It shows six...

The National flag of Kiribati is red in the upper half with a gold frigatebird flying over a gold rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal...

The Flag of Kenya is a tricolour of black, red, and green with two white edges imposed with a red, white and black Maasai shield and two crossed spears. The...

The Keeling Islands flag consists of a green field, with a palm tree on a gold disc in the canton, a gold crescent moon in the centre of the flag...

The national flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan has a gold sun with 32 rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle, both centered on a sky blue background; the hoist...

The Kanak Flag is a horizontal tricolour of blue, red, and green charged with a yellow disc outlined in black and defaced with a black flèche faîtière and has been...

The flag of Jordan, officially adopted on 16 April 1928, is based on the 1916 flag of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The flag...

The flag of Jersey is composed of a red saltire on a white field. In the upper quadrant the badge of Jersey surmounted by a yellow "Plantagenet crown". The flag...

The national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner bearing a crimson-red circle at its center. This flag is officially called the Nisshōki meaning 'flag of sun', but is...

The flag of Jamaica was adopted on 6 August 1962 (Jamaican Independence Day), the country having gained independence from the British-protected Federation of the West Indies. The flag consists of...

The flag of Italy  is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white and red, national colours of Italy, with the green at the hoist side, and...