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South Georgia

Population: 30

Region: Antarctic

Capital: King Edward Point

The flag of Grenada features a large central rectangular area surrounded by a red border, with three five-pointed yellow stars centered on the top and bottom borders. The central rectangle is divided diagonally into four alternating triangular areas of yellow at the top and bottom and green on the hoist and fly sides, and a five-pointed yellow star on a red circle is superimposed at its center. A symbolic nutmeg pod is situated on the green hoist-side triangle.

Grenada

Population: 112,519

Region: Americas

Capital: St. George's

The flag of Switzerland is square shaped. It features a white Swiss cross centered on a red field.

Switzerland

Population: 8,654,622

Region: Europe

Capital: Bern

The flag of Sierra Leone is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and blue.

Sierra Leone

Population: 7,976,985

Region: Africa

Capital: Freetown

The flag of Hungary is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and green.

Hungary

Population: 9,749,763

Region: Europe

Capital: Budapest

Taiwan

Population: 23,503,349

Region: Asia

Capital: Taipei

Wallis and Futuna

Population: 11,750

Region: Oceania

Capital: Mata-Utu

The flag of Barbados is composed of three equal vertical bands of ultramarine, gold and ultramarine. The head of a black trident is centered in the gold band.

Barbados

Population: 287,371

Region: Americas

Capital: Bridgetown

Pitcairn Islands

Population: 56

Region: Oceania

Capital: Adamstown

The flag of Ivory Coast is composed of three equal vertical bands of orange, white and green.

Ivory Coast

Population: 26,378,275

Region: Africa

Capital: Yamoussoukro

The flag of Tunisia has a red field. A white circle bearing a five-pointed red star within a fly-side facing red crescent is situated at the center of the field.

Tunisia

Population: 11,818,618

Region: Africa

Capital: Tunis

The flag of Italy is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and red.

Italy

Population: 59,554,023

Region: Europe

Capital: Rome

The flag of Benin features a green vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and red adjoining the vertical band.

Benin

Population: 12,123,198

Region: Africa

Capital: Porto-Novo

The flag of Indonesia is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and white.

Indonesia

Population: 273,523,621

Region: Asia

Capital: Jakarta

The flag of Cape Verde is composed of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue in the ratio of 6:1:1:1:3. A ring of ten five-pointed yellow stars is centered at three-eighth of the height from the bottom edge and three-eighth of the width from the hoist end of the field.

Cape Verde

Population: 555,988

Region: Africa

Capital: Praia

The flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis features two large five-pointed white stars within a yellow-edged black diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and red triangle respectively.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Population: 53,192

Region: Americas

Capital: Basseterre

The flag of Laos is composed of three horizontal bands of red, blue and red. The blue band is twice the height of the red bands and bears a white circle at its center.

Laos

Population: 7,275,556

Region: Asia

Capital: Vientiane

Caribbean Netherlands

Population: 25,987

Region: Americas

Capital: Kralendijk

The flag of Uganda is composed of six equal horizontal bands of black, yellow, red, black, yellow and red. A white circle bearing a hoist-side facing grey red-crested crane is superimposed in the center of the field.

Uganda

Population: 45,741,000

Region: Africa

Capital: Kampala

The flag of Andorra features three equal vertical bands of blue, yellow and red, with the coat of arms of Andorra centered in the yellow band.

Andorra

Population: 77,265

Region: Europe

Capital: Andorra la Vella

The flag of Burundi is divided by a white diagonal cross into four alternating triangular areas of red at the top and bottom, and green on the hoist and fly sides. A white circle, with three green-edged red six-pointed stars arranged to form a triangle, is superimposed at the center of the cross.

Burundi

Population: 11,890,781

Region: Africa

Capital: Gitega

The flag of South Africa is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and blue, with a yellow-edged black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base centered on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width and two-third the height of the field, and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a white-edged green horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and blue bands to the fly end of the field.

South Africa

Population: 59,308,690

Region: Africa

Capital: PretoriaBloemfonteinCape Town

The flag of France is composed of three equal vertical bands of blue, white and red.

France

Population: 67,391,582

Region: Europe

Capital: Paris

The flag of Libya is composed of three horizontal bands of red, black and green, with the black band twice the height of the other two bands. At the center of the black band is a fly-side facing white crescent and a five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening.

Libya

Population: 6,871,287

Region: Africa

Capital: Tripoli

The flag of Mexico is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and red, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.

Mexico

Population: 128,932,753

Region: Americas

Capital: Mexico City

The flag of Gabon is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and blue.

Gabon

Population: 2,225,728

Region: Africa

Capital: Libreville

Northern Mariana Islands

Population: 57,557

Region: Oceania

Capital: Saipan

The flag of North Macedonia has a red field, at the center of which is a golden-yellow sun with eight broadening rays that extend to the edges of the field.

North Macedonia

Population: 2,077,132

Region: Europe

Capital: Skopje

The flag of China has a red field. In the canton are five yellow five-pointed stars — a large star and four smaller stars arranged in a vertical arc on the fly side of the large star.

China

Population: 1,402,112,000

Region: Asia

Capital: Beijing

The flag of Yemen is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black.

Yemen

Population: 29,825,968

Region: Asia

Capital: Sana'a

Saint Barthélemy

Population: 4,255

Region: Americas

Capital: Gustavia

Guernsey

Population: 62,999

Region: Europe

Capital: St. Peter Port

The flag of Solomon Islands features a thin yellow diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a blue and green triangle respectively. Five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X shape are situated on the hoist side of the upper blue triangle.

Solomon Islands

Population: 686,878

Region: Oceania

Capital: Honiara

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Population: 2,562

Region: Europe

Capital: Longyearbyen

Faroe Islands

Population: 48,865

Region: Europe

Capital: Tórshavn

The flag of Uzbekistan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of turquoise, white with red top and bottom edges, and green. On the hoist side of the turquoise band is a fly-side facing white crescent and twelve five-pointed white stars arranged just outside the crescent opening in three rows comprising three, four and five stars.

Uzbekistan

Population: 34,232,050

Region: Asia

Capital: Tashkent

The flag of Egypt is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with Egypt's national emblem — a hoist-side facing gold eagle of Saladin — centered in the white band.

Egypt

Population: 102,334,403

Region: Africa

Capital: Cairo

The flag of Senegal is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, golden-yellow and red, with a five-pointed green star centered in the golden-yellow band.

Senegal

Population: 16,743,930

Region: Africa

Capital: Dakar

The flag of Sri Lanka features two large adjacent but separate rectangular areas, centered on a golden-yellow field. The smaller hoist-side rectangle is divided into two equal vertical bands of teal and orange, and the larger fly-side rectangle is maroon with a centered golden-yellow lion holding a Kastane sword in its right fore-paw and four golden-yellow Bo leaves, one in each corner.

Sri Lanka

Population: 21,919,000

Region: Asia

Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Palestine

Population: 4,803,269

Region: Asia

Capital: RamallahJerusalem

The flag of Bangladesh has a dark green field bearing a large red circle that is offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Bangladesh

Population: 164,689,383

Region: Asia

Capital: Dhaka

The flag of Peru is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, white and red, with the national emblem centered in the white band.

Peru

Population: 32,971,846

Region: Americas

Capital: Lima

The flag of Singapore is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and white. On the hoist side of the red band is a fly-side facing white crescent which partially encloses five small five-pointed white stars arranged in the shape of a pentagon.

Singapore

Population: 5,685,807

Region: Asia

Capital: Singapore

The flag of Turkey has a red field bearing a large fly-side facing white crescent and a smaller five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening. The white crescent and star are offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Turkey

Population: 84,339,067

Region: Asia

Capital: Ankara

The flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has a white field with Arabic inscriptions — the Shahada — in black across its center.

Afghanistan

Population: 40,218,234

Region: Asia

Capital: Kabul

Aruba

Population: 106,766

Region: Americas

Capital: Oranjestad

Cook Islands

Population: 18,100

Region: Oceania

Capital: Avarua

The flag of the United Kingdom — the Union Jack — has a blue field. It features the white-edged red cross of Saint George superimposed on the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick which is superimposed on the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew.

United Kingdom

Population: 67,215,293

Region: Europe

Capital: London

The flag of Zambia has a green field, on the fly side of which is a soaring orange African fish eagle above a rectangular area divided into three equal vertical bands of red, black and orange.

Zambia

Population: 18,383,956

Region: Africa

Capital: Lusaka

The flag of Finland has a white field with a large blue cross that extend to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

Finland

Population: 5,530,719

Region: Europe

Capital: Helsinki

The flag of Niger features three equal horizontal bands of orange, white and green, with an orange circle centered in the white band.

Niger

Population: 24,206,636

Region: Africa

Capital: Niamey

Christmas Island

Population: 2,072

Region: Oceania

Capital: Flying Fish Cove

Tokelau

Population: 1,411

Region: Oceania

Capital: Fakaofo

The flag of Guinea-Bissau features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and green adjoining the vertical band. A five-pointed black star is centered in the vertical band.

Guinea-Bissau

Population: 1,967,998

Region: Africa

Capital: Bissau

The flag of Azerbaijan features three equal horizontal bands of blue, red and green, with a white fly-side facing crescent and eight-pointed star centered in the red band.

Azerbaijan

Population: 10,110,116

Region: Asia

Capital: Baku

Réunion

Population: 840,974

Region: Africa

Capital: Saint-Denis

The flag of Djibouti is composed of two equal horizontal bands of light blue and light green, with a white isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a red five-pointed star at its center.

Djibouti

Population: 988,002

Region: Africa

Capital: Djibouti

The flag of North Korea is composed of three horizontal bands — a large central white-edged red band, and a blue band above and beneath the red band. On the hoist side of the red band is a red five-pointed star within a white circle.

North Korea

Population: 25,778,815

Region: Asia

Capital: Pyongyang

The flag of Mauritius is composed of four equal horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green.

Mauritius

Population: 1,265,740

Region: Africa

Capital: Port Louis

Montserrat

Population: 4,922

Region: Americas

Capital: Plymouth

United States Virgin Islands

Population: 106,290

Region: Americas

Capital: Charlotte Amalie

The flag of Colombia is composed of three horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the other two bands.

Colombia

Population: 50,882,884

Region: Americas

Capital: Bogotá

The flag of Greece is composed of nine equal horizontal bands of blue alternating with white. A blue square bearing a white cross is superimposed in the canton.

Greece

Population: 10,715,549

Region: Europe

Capital: Athens

The flag of Croatia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and blue, with coat of arms of Croatia superimposed in the center.

Croatia

Population: 4,047,200

Region: Europe

Capital: Zagreb

The flag of Morocco features a green pentagram — a five-pointed linear star — centered on a red field.

Morocco

Population: 36,910,558

Region: Africa

Capital: Rabat

The flag of Algeria features two equal vertical bands of green and white. A five-pointed red star within a fly-side facing red crescent is centered over the two-color boundary.

Algeria

Population: 44,700,000

Region: Africa

Capital: Algiers

Antarctica

Population: 1,000

Region: Antarctic

Capital:

The flag of the Netherlands is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and blue.

Netherlands

Population: 16,655,799

Region: Europe

Capital: Amsterdam

The flag of Sudan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with a green isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side. The green triangle spans about two-fifth the width of the field with its base on the hoist end.

Sudan

Population: 43,849,269

Region: Africa

Capital: Khartoum

The flag of Fiji has a light blue field. It features the flag of the United Kingdom — the Union Jack — in the canton and the shield of the national coat of arms centered in the fly half.

Fiji

Population: 896,444

Region: Oceania

Capital: Suva

The flag of Liechtenstein is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and red, with a golden-yellow crown on the hoist side of the blue band.

Liechtenstein

Population: 38,137

Region: Europe

Capital: Vaduz

The flag of Nepal is the world's only non-quadrilateral flag of a sovereign country. It takes the shape of two adjoining right-angled triangles and has a crimson red field with deep blue edges. Within the smaller upper triangle is an emblem of the upper half of a white sun resting on an upward facing white crescent. The lower triangle bears a white sun with twelve rays.

Nepal

Population: 29,136,808

Region: Asia

Capital: Kathmandu

Puerto Rico

Population: 3,194,034

Region: Americas

Capital: San Juan

The flag of Georgia has a white field with a large centered red cross that extends to the edges and divides the field into four quarters. A small red Bolnur-Katskhuri cross is centered in each quarter.

Georgia

Population: 3,714,000

Region: Asia

Capital: Tbilisi

The flag of Pakistan is composed of a white vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field and a dark green rectangular area that spans the rest of the field. A white fly-side facing crescent and five-pointed star are centered in the dark green area.

Pakistan

Population: 220,892,331

Region: Asia

Capital: Islamabad

The flag of Monaco is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and white.

Monaco

Population: 39,244

Region: Europe

Capital: Monaco

The flag of Botswana has a light blue field with a white-edged black horizontal band across its center.

Botswana

Population: 2,351,625

Region: Africa

Capital: Gaborone

The flag of Lebanon is composed of three horizontal bands of red, white and red. The white band is twice the height of the red bands and bears a green Lebanese Cedar tree at its center.

Lebanon

Population: 6,825,442

Region: Asia

Capital: Beirut

The flag of Papua New Guinea is divided diagonally, from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner, into a lower black and an upper red triangle. On the hoist side of the lower black triangle is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation made up of one small and four larger five-pointed white stars. A golden Raggiana bird-of-paradise is situated on the fly side of the upper red triangle.

Papua New Guinea

Population: 8,947,027

Region: Oceania

Capital: Port Moresby

Mayotte

Population: 226,915

Region: Africa

Capital: Mamoudzou

The flag of the Dominican Republic is divided into four rectangles by a centered white cross that extends to the edges of the field and bears the national coat of arms in its center. The upper hoist-side and lower fly-side rectangles are blue and the lower hoist-side and upper fly-side rectangles are red.

Dominican Republic

Population: 10,847,904

Region: Americas

Capital: Santo Domingo

Norfolk Island

Population: 2,302

Region: Oceania

Capital: Kingston

Bouvet Island

Population: 0

Region: Antarctic

Capital:

The flag of Qatar has a maroon field, on the hoist side of which is a white vertical band that spans about one-third the width of the field and is separated from the rest of the field by nine adjoining fly-side pointing white isosceles triangles that serve as a serrated line.

Qatar

Population: 2,881,060

Region: Asia

Capital: Doha

The flag of Madagascar features a white vertical band on the hoist side that takes up about one-third the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of red and green adjoining the vertical band.

Madagascar

Population: 27,691,019

Region: Africa

Capital: Antananarivo

The flag of India is composed of three equal horizontal bands of saffron, white and green. A navy blue wheel with twenty-four spokes — the Ashoka Chakra — is centered in the white band.

India

Population: 1,380,004,385

Region: Asia

Capital: New Delhi

The flag of Syria is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black. At the center of the white band are two small five-pointed green stars arranged in a horizontal line.

Syria

Population: 17,500,657

Region: Asia

Capital: Damascus

The flag of Montenegro features a large red central rectangular area surrounded by a golden-yellow border. The coat of arms of Montenegro is centered in the red rectangle.

Montenegro

Population: 621,718

Region: Europe

Capital: Podgorica

The flag of Eswatini is composed of three horizontal bands — a large central yellow-edged red band, and a light blue band above and beneath the red band. The red band is three times the height of the blue bands and bears a centered emblem made up of a large black and white Nguni shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally.

Eswatini

Population: 1,160,164

Region: Africa

Capital: Mbabane

The flag of Paraguay features three equal horizontal bands of red, white and blue, with an emblem centered in the white band. On the obverse side of the flag depicted, this emblem is the national coat of arms.

Paraguay

Population: 7,132,530

Region: Americas

Capital: Asunción

The flag of El Salvador is composed of three equal horizontal bands of cobalt blue, white and cobalt blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.

El Salvador

Population: 6,486,201

Region: Americas

Capital: San Salvador

The flag of Ukraine is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and yellow.

Ukraine

Population: 44,134,693

Region: Europe

Capital: Kyiv

Isle of Man

Population: 85,032

Region: Europe

Capital: Douglas

The flag of Namibia features a white-edged red diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a blue and green triangle respectively. A gold sun with twelve triangular rays is situated on the hoist side of the upper triangle.

Namibia

Population: 2,540,916

Region: Africa

Capital: Windhoek

The flag of United Arab Emirates features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field and three equal horizontal bands of green, white and black adjoining the vertical band.

United Arab Emirates

Population: 9,890,400

Region: Asia

Capital: Abu Dhabi

The flag of Bulgaria is composed of three equal horizontal bands of white, green and red.

Bulgaria

Population: 6,927,288

Region: Europe

Capital: Sofia

Greenland

Population: 56,367

Region: Americas

Capital: Nuuk

The flag of Germany is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red and gold.

Germany

Population: 83,240,525

Region: Europe

Capital: Berlin

The flag of Cambodia features three horizontal bands of blue, red and blue, with a white depiction of the temple complex, Angkor Wat centered in the red band.

Cambodia

Population: 16,718,971

Region: Asia

Capital: Phnom Penh

The flag of Iraq is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black. In the central white band are Arabic inscriptions in green.

Iraq

Population: 40,222,503

Region: Asia

Capital: Baghdad

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Population: 400

Region: Antarctic

Capital: Port-aux-Français

The flag of Sweden has a blue field with a large golden-yellow cross that extend to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

Sweden

Population: 10,353,442

Region: Europe

Capital: Stockholm

The flag of Cuba is composed of five equal horizontal bands of blue alternating with white and a red equilateral triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a white five-pointed star at its center.

Cuba

Population: 11,326,616

Region: Americas

Capital: Havana

The flag of Kyrgyzstan features a yellow sun with forty rays at the center of a red field. At the center of the sun is a stylized depiction of a tunduk.

Kyrgyzstan

Population: 6,591,600

Region: Asia

Capital: Bishkek

The flag of Russia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of white, blue and red.

Russia

Population: 144,104,080

Region: Europe

Capital: Moscow

The flag of Malaysia is composed of fourteen equal horizontal bands of red alternating with white. A blue rectangle, bearing a fly-side facing yellow crescent and a fourteen-pointed yellow star placed just outside the crescent opening, is superimposed in the canton.

Malaysia

Population: 32,365,998

Region: Asia

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

The flag of South Sudan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red with white top and bottom edges, and green. A blue equilateral triangle which spans about two-fifth the width of the field is superimposed on the hoist side with its base on the hoist end of the field. At the center of this triangle is a five-pointed yellow star.

São Tomé and Príncipe

Population: 219,161

Region: Africa

Capital: São Tomé

The flag of Cyprus has a white field, at the center of which is a copper-colored silhouette of the Island of Cyprus above two green olive branches crossed at the stem.

Cyprus

Population: 1,207,361

Region: Europe

Capital: Nicosia

The flag of Canada is composed of a red vertical band on the hoist and fly sides and a central white square that is twice the width of the vertical bands. A large eleven-pointed red maple leaf is centered in the white square.

Canada

Population: 38,005,238

Region: Americas

Capital: Ottawa

The flag of Malawi is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red and green. The top half of a red sun with thirty-one visible rays is centered in the black band.

Malawi

Population: 19,129,955

Region: Africa

Capital: Lilongwe

The flag of Saudi Arabia has a green field, at the center of which is an Arabic inscription — the Shahada — in white above a white horizontal sabre with its tip pointed to the hoist side of the field.

Saudi Arabia

Population: 34,813,867

Region: Asia

Capital: Riyadh

The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a blue field, at the center of which is a large yellow hoist-side facing right-angled triangle that is based on the top edge and spans the height of the field. Adjacent to the hypotenuse of this triangle are nine adjoining five-pointed white stars with the top and bottom stars cut in half by the edges of the field.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Population: 3,280,815

Region: Europe

Capital: Sarajevo

The flag of Ethiopia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and red, with the national emblem superimposed at the center of the field. The national emblem comprises a light blue circle bearing a golden-yellow pentagram with single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points of the pentagram.

Ethiopia

Population: 114,963,583

Region: Africa

Capital: Addis Ababa

The flag of Spain is composed of three horizontal bands of red, yellow and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the red bands. In the yellow band is the national coat of arms offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Spain

Population: 47,351,567

Region: Europe

Capital: Madrid

The flag of Slovenia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of white, blue and red. The national coat of arms is situated in the upper hoist side of the field centered on the boundary between the white and blue bands.

Slovenia

Population: 2,100,126

Region: Europe

Capital: Ljubljana

The flag of Oman features a red vertical band on the hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field, and three equal horizontal bands of white, red and green adjoining the vertical band. At the top of the vertical band is the white emblem of Oman.

Oman

Population: 5,106,622

Region: Asia

Capital: Muscat

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Population: 6,069

Region: Americas

Capital: Saint-Pierre

Macau

Population: 649,342

Region: Asia

Capital:

The flag of San Marino is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and light blue, with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center.

San Marino

Population: 33,938

Region: Europe

Capital: City of San Marino

The flag of Lesotho is composed of three horizontal bands of blue, white and green in the ratio of 3:4:3. A black mokorotlo — a Basotho hat — is centered in the white band.

Lesotho

Population: 2,142,252

Region: Africa

Capital: Maseru

The flag of Marshall Islands has a blue field with two broadening adjacent diagonal bands of orange and white that extend from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. A large white star with twenty-four rays — four large rays at the cardinal points and twenty smaller rays — is situated in the upper hoist-side corner above the diagonal bands.

Marshall Islands

Population: 59,194

Region: Oceania

Capital: Majuro

Sint Maarten

Population: 40,812

Region: Americas

Capital: Philipsburg

The flag of Iceland has a blue field with a large white-edged red cross that extends to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

Iceland

Population: 366,425

Region: Europe

Capital: Reykjavik

The flag of Luxembourg is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and light blue.

Luxembourg

Population: 632,275

Region: Europe

Capital: Luxembourg

The flag of Argentina features three equal horizontal bands of light blue, white and light blue. A brown-edged golden sun is centered in the white band.

Argentina

Population: 45,376,763

Region: Americas

Capital: Buenos Aires

Turks and Caicos Islands

Population: 38,718

Region: Americas

Capital: Cockburn Town

The flag of Nauru has a dark blue field with a thin yellow horizontal band across the center and a large white twelve-pointed star beneath the horizontal band on the hoist side of the field.

Nauru

Population: 10,834

Region: Oceania

Capital: Yaren

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Population: 544

Region: Oceania

Capital: West Island

Western Sahara

Population: 510,713

Region: Africa

Capital: El Aaiún

The flag of Dominica has a green field with a large centered tricolor cross. The vertical and horizontal parts of the cross each comprise three bands of yellow, black and white. A red circle, bearing a hoist-side facing purple Sisserou parrot standing on a twig and encircled by ten five-pointed yellow-edged green stars, is superimposed at the center of the cross.

Dominica

Population: 71,991

Region: Americas

Capital: Roseau

The flag of Costa Rica is composed of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue. The central red band is twice the height of the other four bands.

Costa Rica

Population: 5,094,114

Region: Americas

Capital: San José

The flag of Australia has a dark blue field. It features the flag of the United Kingdom — the Union Jack — in the canton, beneath which is a large white seven-pointed star. A representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of one small five-pointed and four larger seven-pointed white stars, is situated on the fly side of the field.

Australia

Population: 25,687,041

Region: Oceania

Capital: Canberra

The flag of Thailand is composed of five horizontal bands of red, white, blue, white and red, with the central blue band twice the height of the other four bands.

Thailand

Population: 69,799,978

Region: Asia

Capital: Bangkok

The flag of Haiti is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and red. A white square bearing the national coat of arms is superimposed at the center of the field.

Haiti

Population: 11,402,533

Region: Americas

Capital: Port-au-Prince

The flag of Tuvalu has a light blue field with the flag of the United Kingdom — the Union Jack — in the canton. A representation of the country's nine Islands using nine five-pointed yellow stars is situated in the fly half of the field.

Tuvalu

Population: 11,792

Region: Oceania

Capital: Funafuti

The flag of Honduras is composed of three equal horizontal bands of turquoise, white and turquoise, with five small five-pointed turquoise stars arranged in a quincuncial pattern at the center of the white band.

Honduras

Population: 9,904,608

Region: Americas

Capital: Tegucigalpa

The flag of Equatorial Guinea is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with the national coat of arms centered in the white band and an isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle is light blue, has its base on the hoist end and spans about one-fifth the width of the field.

Equatorial Guinea

Population: 1,402,985

Region: Africa

Capital: Malabo

The flag of Saint Lucia has a light blue field, at the center of which are two triangles which share a common base — a small golden-yellow isosceles triangle superimposed on a large white-edged black isosceles triangle.

Saint Lucia

Population: 183,629

Region: Americas

Capital: Castries

French Polynesia

Population: 280,904

Region: Oceania

Capital: Papeetē

The flag of Belarus features a vertical band, with a white and red ornamental pattern, spanning about one-fifth the width of the field on the hoist side. Adjoining the vertical band are two horizontal bands of red and green, with the red band twice the height of the green band.

Belarus

Population: 9,398,861

Region: Europe

Capital: Minsk

The flag of Latvia has a carmine-red field with a thin white horizontal band across the middle of the field.

Latvia

Population: 1,901,548

Region: Europe

Capital: Riga

The flag of Palau has a light blue field with a large golden-yellow circle that is offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Palau

Population: 18,092

Region: Oceania

Capital: Ngerulmud

Guadeloupe

Population: 400,132

Region: Americas

Capital: Basse-Terre

The flag of Philippines is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and red, with a white equilateral triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a central golden-yellow sun with eight rays and a five-pointed golden-yellow star at each vertex.

Philippines

Population: 109,581,085

Region: Asia

Capital: Manila

Gibraltar

Population: 33,691

Region: Europe

Capital: Gibraltar

The flag of Denmark has a red field with a large white cross that extend to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

Denmark

Population: 5,831,404

Region: Europe

Capital: Copenhagen

The flag of Cameroon is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, red and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.

Cameroon

Population: 26,545,864

Region: Africa

Capital: Yaoundé

The flag of Guinea is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, yellow and green.

Guinea

Population: 13,132,792

Region: Africa

Capital: Conakry

The flag of Bahrain has a red field. On the hoist side, it features a white vertical band that spans about one-third the width of the field and is separated from the rest of the field by five adjoining fly-side pointing white isosceles triangles that serve as a serrated line.

Bahrain

Population: 1,701,583

Region: Asia

Capital: Manama

The flag of Suriname is composed of five horizontal bands of green, white, red, white and green in the ratio of 2:1:4:1:2. A large five-pointed yellow star is centered in the red band.

Suriname

Population: 586,634

Region: Americas

Capital: Paramaribo

The flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has a sky-blue field with a yellow-edged red diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. A large five-pointed yellow star is situated above the diagonal band on the upper hoist side of the field.

DR Congo

Population: 108,407,721

Region: Africa

Capital: Kinshasa

The flag of Somalia features a large five-pointed white star centered on a light blue field.

Somalia

Population: 15,893,219

Region: Africa

Capital: Mogadishu

The flag of Czechia is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle has its base on the hoist end and spans about two-fifth the width of the field.

Czechia

Population: 10,698,896

Region: Europe

Capital: Prague

New Caledonia

Population: 271,960

Region: Oceania

Capital: Nouméa

The flag of Vanuatu is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and green, with a black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a thin black-edged yellow horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and green bands to the fly end of the field. A yellow boar's tusk encircling two yellow crossed namele leaves is centered in the triangle.

Vanuatu

Population: 307,150

Region: Oceania

Capital: Port Vila

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Population: 53,192

Region: Africa

Capital: Jamestown

The flag of Togo is composed of five equal horizontal bands of green alternating with yellow. A red square bearing a five-pointed white star is superimposed in the canton.

Togo

Population: 8,278,737

Region: Africa

Capital: Lomé

British Virgin Islands

Population: 30,237

Region: Americas

Capital: Road Town

The flag of Kenya is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red with white top and bottom edges, and green. An emblem comprising a red, black and white Maasai shield covering two crossed white spears is superimposed at the center of the field.

Kenya

Population: 53,771,300

Region: Africa

Capital: Nairobi

Niue

Population: 1,470

Region: Oceania

Capital: Alofi

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Population: 0

Region: Antarctic

Capital:

The flag of Rwanda is composed of three horizontal bands of light blue, yellow and green. The light blue band is twice the height of the other two bands and bears a yellow sun with twenty-four rays on its fly side.

Rwanda

Population: 12,952,209

Region: Africa

Capital: Kigali

The flag of Estonia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of blue, black and white.

Estonia

Population: 1,331,057

Region: Europe

Capital: Tallinn

The flag of Romania is composed of three equal vertical bands of navy blue, yellow and red.

Romania

Population: 19,286,123

Region: Europe

Capital: Bucharest

The flag of Trinidad and Tobago has a red field with a white-edged black diagonal band that extends from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner of the field.

Trinidad and Tobago

Population: 1,399,491

Region: Americas

Capital: Port of Spain

The flag of Guyana has a green field with two isosceles triangles which share a common base on the hoist end. The smaller black-edged red triangle spanning half the width of the field is superimposed on the larger white-edged yellow triangle which spans the full width of the field.

Guyana

Population: 786,559

Region: Americas

Capital: Georgetown

The flag of Timor-Leste has a red field with two isosceles triangles which share a common base on the hoist end. The smaller black triangle, which bears a five-pointed white star at its center and spans one-third the width of the field, is superimposed on the larger yellow triangle that extends to the center of the field.

Timor-Leste

Population: 1,318,442

Region: Asia

Capital: Dili

The flag of Vietnam features a large five-pointed yellow star on a red field.

Vietnam

Population: 97,338,583

Region: Asia

Capital: Hanoi

The flag of Uruguay is composed of nine equal horizontal bands of white alternating with blue, with a white square superimposed in the canton. In the white square is a yellow sun bearing a human face — the Sun of May — from which sixteen rays extend. The sun's rays alternate between triangular and wavy.

Uruguay

Population: 3,473,727

Region: Americas

Capital: Montevideo

The flag of Vatican City is square shaped. It is composed of two equal vertical bands of yellow and white, with national coat of arms centered in the white band. The national coat of arms comprises the Papal Tiara superimposed on two crossed keys.

Vatican City

Population: 451

Region: Europe

Capital: Vatican City

Hong Kong

Population: 7,500,700

Region: Asia

Capital: City of Victoria

The flag of Austria is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and red.

Austria

Population: 8,917,205

Region: Europe

Capital: Vienna

The flag of Antigua and Barbuda has a red field with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge and spanning the height of the field. This triangle has three horizontal bands of black, light blue and white, with the light blue band half the height of the two other bands. The top half of a golden-yellow sun is situated in the lower two-third of the black band to depict a rising sun.

Antigua and Barbuda

Population: 97,928

Region: Americas

Capital: Saint John's

The flag of Turkmenistan has a green field. It features a red vertical band, bearing five carpet guls stacked above two crossed olive branches, near the hoist end of the field. Just to the fly side of the vertical band near the top edge of the field is a hoist-side facing white crescent and five small five-pointed white stars placed just outside the crescent opening.

Turkmenistan

Population: 6,031,187

Region: Asia

Capital: Ashgabat

The flag of Mozambique is composed of three equal horizontal bands of teal, black with white top and bottom edges, and yellow. A red isosceles triangle spanning about two-fifth the width of the field is superimposed on the hoist side with its base on the hoist end. This triangle bears a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book which is superimposed on a five-pointed yellow star.

Mozambique

Population: 31,255,435

Region: Africa

Capital: Maputo

The flag of Panama is composed of four equal rectangular areas — a white rectangular area with a blue five-pointed star at its center, a red rectangular area, a white rectangular area with a red five-pointed star at its center, and a blue rectangular area — in the upper hoist side, upper fly side, lower fly side and lower hoist side respectively.

Panama

Population: 4,314,768

Region: Americas

Capital: Panama City

The flag of Micronesia has a light blue field, at the center of which are four five-pointed white stars arranged in the shape of a diamond.

Micronesia

Population: 115,021

Region: Oceania

Capital: Palikir

The flag of Ireland is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and orange.

Ireland

Population: 4,994,724

Region: Europe

Capital: Dublin

Curaçao

Population: 155,014

Region: Americas

Capital: Willemstad

French Guiana

Population: 254,541

Region: Americas

Capital: Cayenne

The flag of Norway has a red field with a large white-edged navy blue cross that extends to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.

Norway

Population: 5,379,475

Region: Europe

Capital: Oslo

Åland Islands

Population: 29,458

Region: Europe

Capital: Mariehamn

The flag of Central African Republic is composed of four equal horizontal bands of blue, white, green and yellow intersected at the center by a vertical red band of equal size as the horizontal bands. A yellow five-pointed star is situated on the hoist side of the blue band.

Central African Republic

Population: 4,829,764

Region: Africa

Capital: Bangui

The flag of Burkina Faso features two equal horizontal bands of red and green, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.

Burkina Faso

Population: 20,903,278

Region: Africa

Capital: Ouagadougou

The flag of Eritrea comprises three triangles — a large red isosceles triangle with its base spanning the hoist end and its apex at the midpoint on the fly end, and a green and blue right-angled triangle above and beneath the red triangle. On the hoist side of the red triangle is a golden vertical olive branch encircled by a golden olive wreath.

Eritrea

Population: 5,352,000

Region: Africa

Capital: Asmara

The flag of Tanzania features a yellow-edged black diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and light blue triangle respectively.

Tanzania

Population: 59,734,213

Region: Africa

Capital: Dodoma

The flag of South Korea has a white field, at the center of which is a red and blue Taegeuk circle surrounded by four black trigrams, one in each corner.

South Korea

Population: 51,780,579

Region: Asia

Capital: Seoul

The flag of Jordan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, white and green, with a red isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about half the width of the field and bears a small seven-pointed white star at its center.

Jordan

Population: 10,203,140

Region: Asia

Capital: Amman

The flag of Mauritania has a green field with a thin red horizontal band at the top and bottom of the field. At the center of the field is a five-pointed yellow star above an upward facing yellow crescent.

Mauritania

Population: 4,649,660

Region: Africa

Capital: Nouakchott

The flag of Lithuania is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, green and red.

Lithuania

Population: 2,794,700

Region: Europe

Capital: Vilnius

United States Minor Outlying Islands

Population: 300

Region: Americas

Capital: Washington DC

The flag of Slovakia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of white, blue and red. The coat of arms of Slovakia is superimposed at the center of the field slightly towards the hoist side.

Slovakia

Population: 5,458,827

Region: Europe

Capital: Bratislava

The flag of Angola features two equal horizontal bands of red and black, with a yellow emblem at its centre. This emblem consists of a five-pointed star within the hoist-side facing half of a cogwheel that is crossed on its lower end by a machete.

Angola

Population: 32,866,268

Region: Africa

Capital: Luanda

The flag of Kazakhstan has a turquoise field, at the center of which is a gold sun with thirty-two rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle. A thin vertical band displays a national ornamental pattern — koshkar-muiz — in gold near the hoist end.

Kazakhstan

Population: 18,754,440

Region: Asia

Capital: Nur-Sultan

The flag of Moldova is composed of three equal vertical bands of blue, yellow and red, with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band.

Moldova

Population: 2,617,820

Region: Europe

Capital: Chișinău

The flag of Mali is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, yellow and red.

Mali

Population: 20,250,834

Region: Africa

Capital: Bamako

Falkland Islands

Population: 2,563

Region: Americas

Capital: Stanley

The flag of Armenia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and orange.

Armenia

Population: 2,963,234

Region: Asia

Capital: Yerevan

The flag of Samoa has a red field. A blue rectangle, bearing a representation of the Southern Cross made up of five large and one smaller five-pointed white stars, is superimposed in the canton.

Samoa

Population: 198,410

Region: Oceania

Capital: Apia

Jersey

Population: 100,800

Region: Europe

Capital: Saint Helier

The flag of Japan features a crimson-red circle at the center of a white field.

Japan

Population: 125,836,021

Region: Asia

Capital: Tokyo

The flag of Bolivia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, yellow and green, with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band.

Bolivia

Population: 11,673,029

Region: Americas

Capital: Sucre

The flag of Chile is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square of the same height as the white band superimposed in the canton. A white five-pointed star is centered in the blue square.

Chile

Population: 19,116,209

Region: Americas

Capital: Santiago

The flag of the United States of America is composed of thirteen equal horizontal bands of red alternating with white. A blue rectangle, bearing fifty small five-pointed white stars arranged in nine rows where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars, is superimposed in the canton.

United States

Population: 329,484,123

Region: Americas

Capital: Washington, D.C.

The flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is composed of three vertical bands of blue, gold and green. The gold band is twice as wide as the other two bands and bears three green diamonds arranged to form the letter V at its center.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Population: 110,947

Region: Americas

Capital: Kingstown

Bermuda

Population: 63,903

Region: Americas

Capital: Hamilton

The flag of Seychelles is composed of five broadening oblique bands of blue, yellow, red, white and green, which extend from the hoist side of the bottom edge to the top and fly edges of the field.

Seychelles

Population: 98,462

Region: Africa

Capital: Victoria

British Indian Ocean Territory

Population: 3,000

Region: Africa

Capital: Diego Garcia

The flag of Guatemala is composed of three equal vertical bands of light blue, white and light blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.

Guatemala

Population: 16,858,333

Region: Americas

Capital: Guatemala City

The flag of Ecuador is composed of the horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the other two bands. The Ecuadorian coat of arms is superimposed in the center of the field.

Ecuador

Population: 17,643,060

Region: Americas

Capital: Quito

Martinique

Population: 378,243

Region: Americas

Capital: Fort-de-France

The flag of Tajikistan is composed of three horizontal bands of red, white and green in the ratio of 2:3:2. A golden-yellow crown surmounted by an arc of seven five-pointed golden-yellow stars is centered in the white band.

Tajikistan

Population: 9,537,642

Region: Asia

Capital: Dushanbe

The flag of Malta is composed of two equal vertical bands of white and red. A representation of the George cross edged in red is situated on the upper hoist-side corner of the white band.

Malta

Population: 525,285

Region: Europe

Capital: Valletta

The flag of Gambia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue with white top and bottom edges, and green.

Gambia

Population: 2,416,664

Region: Africa

Capital: Banjul

The flag of Nigeria is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and green.

Nigeria

Population: 206,139,587

Region: Africa

Capital: Abuja

The flag of the Bahamas is composed of three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine, yellow and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end and spans about one-third the width of the field.

Bahamas

Population: 393,248

Region: Americas

Capital: Nassau

Kosovo

Population: 1,775,378

Region: Europe

Capital: Pristina

The flag of Kuwait is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red, with a black trapezium superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This trapezium has its base on the hoist end and spans about one-fourth the width of the field.

Kuwait

Population: 4,270,563

Region: Asia

Capital: Kuwait City

The flag of Maldives has a red field, at the center of which is a large green rectangle bearing a fly-side facing white crescent.

Maldives

Population: 540,542

Region: Asia

Capital: Malé

The flag of South Sudan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red with white top and bottom edges, and green. A blue equilateral triangle which spans about two-fifth the width of the field is superimposed on the hoist side with its base on the hoist end of the field. At the center of this triangle is a five-pointed yellow star.

South Sudan

Population: 11,193,729

Region: Africa

Capital: Juba

The flag of Iran is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red. A red emblem of Iran is centered in the white band and Arabic inscriptions in white span the bottom edge of the green band and the top edge of the red band.

Iran

Population: 83,992,953

Region: Asia

Capital: Tehran

The flag of Albania features a silhouetted double-headed black eagle at the center of a red field.

Albania

Population: 2,837,743

Region: Europe

Capital: Tirana

The flag of Brazil has a green field with a large yellow rhombus in the center. Within the rhombus is a dark blue globe with twenty-seven small five-pointed white stars depicting a starry sky and a thin white convex horizontal band inscribed with the national motto 'Ordem e Progresso' across its center.

Brazil

Population: 212,559,409

Region: Americas

Capital: Brasília

The flag of Serbia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and white. The coat of arms of Serbia is superimposed at the center of the field slightly towards the hoist side.

Serbia

Population: 6,908,224

Region: Europe

Capital: Belgrade

The flag of Belize has a royal blue field with a thin red horizontal band at the top and bottom of the field and the national coat of arms in the center.

Belize

Population: 397,621

Region: Americas

Capital: Belmopan

The flag of Myanmar is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, green and red, with a large five-pointed white star superimposed at the center of the field.

Myanmar

Population: 54,409,794

Region: Asia

Capital: Naypyidaw

The flag of Bhutan is divided diagonally, from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner, into an upper yellow and a lower orange triangle. A fly-side facing white dragon holding four jewels in its claws is situated along the boundary of the two triangles.

Bhutan

Population: 771,612

Region: Asia

Capital: Thimphu

The flag of Venezuela is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red. At the center of the blue band are eight five-pointed white stars arranged in a horizontal arc.

Venezuela

Population: 28,435,943

Region: Americas

Capital: Caracas

The flag of Liberia is composed of eleven equal horizontal bands of red alternating with white. A blue square bearing a five-pointed white star is superimposed in the canton.

Liberia

Population: 5,057,677

Region: Africa

Capital: Monrovia

The flag of Jamaica is divided by a gold diagonal cross into four alternating triangular areas of green at the top and bottom, and black on the hoist and fly sides

Jamaica

Population: 2,961,161

Region: Americas

Capital: Kingston

The flag of Poland is composed of two equal horizontal bands of white and red.

Poland

Population: 37,950,802

Region: Europe

Capital: Warsaw

Cayman Islands

Population: 65,720

Region: Americas

Capital: George Town

The flag of Brunei has a yellow field with two adjoining diagonal bands of white and black that extend from the upper hoist side of the field to the lower fly side. The red emblem of Brunei is centered on the field.

Brunei

Population: 437,483

Region: Asia

Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan

The flag of Comoros is composed of four equal horizontal bands of yellow, white, red and blue, with a green isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a fly-side facing white crescent and four five-pointed white stars arranged in a vertical line along the opening of the crescent.

Comoros

Population: 869,595

Region: Africa

Capital: Moroni

Guam

Population: 168,783

Region: Oceania

Capital: Hagåtña

The flag of Tonga has a red field. A white rectangle bearing a red Greek cross is superimposed in the canton.

Tonga

Population: 105,697

Region: Oceania

Capital: Nuku'alofa

The flag of Kiribati is divided into two halves. While the upper half has a red field, at the center of which is a yellow frigate bird flying over the top half of a rising yellow sun with seventeen visible rays, the lower half is composed of six horizontal wavy bands of white alternating with blue to depict the ocean.

Kiribati

Population: 119,446

Region: Oceania

Capital: South Tarawa

The flag of Ghana is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, gold and green, with a five-pointed black star centered in the gold band.

Ghana

Population: 31,072,945

Region: Africa

Capital: Accra

The flag of Chad is composed of three equal vertical bands of blue, gold and red.

Chad

Population: 16,425,859

Region: Africa

Capital: N'Djamena

The flag of Zimbabwe is composed of seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow and green, with a white isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle is edged in black, spans about one-fourth the width of the field and has its base on the hoist end. A yellow Zimbabwe bird superimposed on a five-pointed red star is centered in the triangle.

Zimbabwe

Population: 14,862,927

Region: Africa

Capital: Harare

Saint Martin

Population: 38,659

Region: Americas

Capital: Marigot

The flag of Mongolia is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, blue and red, with the national emblem — the Soyombo — in gold centered in the hoist-side red band.

Mongolia

Population: 3,278,292

Region: Asia

Capital: Ulan Bator

The flag of Portugal is composed of two vertical bands of green and red in the ratio of 2:3, with the coat of arms of Portugal centered over the two-color boundary.

Portugal

Population: 10,305,564

Region: Europe

Capital: Lisbon

American Samoa

Population: 55,197

Region: Oceania

Capital: Pago Pago

The flag of the Republic of the Congo features a yellow diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and red triangle respectively.

Republic of the Congo

Population: 5,657,000

Region: Africa

Capital: Brazzaville

The flag of Belgium is composed of three equal vertical bands of black, yellow and red.

Belgium

Population: 11,555,997

Region: Europe

Capital: Brussels

The flag of Israel has a white field with a blue hexagram — the Magen David — centered between two equal horizontal blue bands situated near the top and bottom edges of the field.

Israel

Population: 9,216,900

Region: Asia

Capital: Jerusalem

The flag of New Zealand has a dark blue field with the flag of the United Kingdom — the Union Jack — in the canton and a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of four five-pointed white-edged red stars, on the fly side of the field.

New Zealand

Population: 5,084,300

Region: Oceania

Capital: Wellington

The flag of Nicaragua is composed of three equal horizontal bands of blue, white and blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.

Nicaragua

Population: 6,624,554

Region: Americas

Capital: Managua

Anguilla

Population: 13,452

Region: Americas

Capital: The Valley