# List of Macanese flags

This is a list of flags of Macau.

## Official flag

| Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
| | 1999– | Flag of Macau | A lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars on a green field |
| | 1999–present | Flag of Macau (vertical) | |

### Prefecture

| Duration | Use | Description |
| 1975-1999 | Old flag of Municipality of Macau | A light blue field charged with the coat of arms of the Municipality of Macau. This was the flag used at sporting events and 1999 China Handover. |
| 1975-1999 | Old flag of Municipality of Ilhas | An orange field charged with the coat of arms of the Municipality of Ilhas. |
| 1999-2001 | Old flag of Municipality of Macau | A navy blue field charged with the coat of arms of the Municipality of Macau. |
| 1999-2001 | Old flag of Municipality of Ilhas | A green field charged with the coat of arms of the Municipality of Ilhas. |

## Historical flags

| Duration | Use | Description |
| 1557–1707 | Flag of Portugal, used in colonial era Macau | The Portuguese flag was used in colonial-era Macau, as there was no territorial flag. |
| 1707–1816 | Flag of Portugal, used in colonial era Macau | The Portuguese flag was used in colonial-era Macau, as there no territorial flag |
| 1816–1830 | Flag of Portugal, used in colonial era Macau | The Portuguese flag was used in colonial-era Macau, as there no territorial flag |
| 1830–1911 | Flag of Portugal, used in colonial era Macau | The Portuguese flag was used in colonial-era Macau, as there was no territorial flag. |
| 1911–1999 | Flag of Portugal, used in colonial era Macau | The Portuguese flag was used in colonial-era Macau, as there was no territorial flag. |
| 1951-1976 | Flag of Portuguese colonial Government of Macau. | A light blue field charged with the official coat of arms of the Portuguese colony of Macau. During the Portuguese administration this flag also represented the territory of Macau in the international institutions, although it was not the official flag of the Portuguese colony. |
| 1975–1999 | Flag of Portuguese colonial Government of Macau. | A light blue field charged with the official coat of arms of the Portuguese colony of Macau. During the Portuguese administration this flag also represented the territory of Macau in the international institutions, although it was not the official flag of the Portuguese colony. |
| Not Official | Variant flag of Portuguese colonial Government of Macau. | Unofficial variant without a mural crown representing the Kingdom of the Algarve castles in the coat of arms. This flag was found at the University of Macau in a photo of International University Sports Federation event and it was used in the parade of nations. Although this flag was never used officially, some sports media used it instead of the Portuguese Flag to represent the colony. |

## Governor of Macau

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1975–1999 | Flag of the governor of Macau | |

## Proposed flags

| Duration | Use | Description |
| 1932 | Colonial Flag Proposal | |
| 1965 | Colonial Flag Proposal | |
| 1993 | Proposal 1 | Similar to the current flag of Macau, but the lotus is stylised differently and is found in a disc, with the stars inside the flower. |
| 1993 | Proposal 2 | A tricolour of red-white-red; the middle band has a depiction of St. Paul's Cathedral in Macau. |
| 1993 | Proposal 3 | A triband with a stylised "M" standing for Macau; a large star above four smaller stars representative of China. |
| 1993 | Proposal 4 | A vertical bicolour of green and red, resembling the Flag of Portugal, with a stylised lotus flower in the lower fly. |
| 1993 | Proposal 5 | A symbol with a red, a blue, and a green circle arranged in a pyramid with a yellow star inside the red circle over a horizontal bicolour of white and yellow. |
| 1993 | Proposal 6 | A red and blue stylised "M" with a large five-pointed star, with a red lotus blossom within the centre of the star, on the upper fly of a white flag with two blue horizontal bands. |
| 1993 | Proposal 7 | Similar to the current flag of Macau, but the flag colour is red, and the emblem excludes the bridge and water underneath the lotus on the current flag. |
| 1993 | Proposal 8 | A stylized yellow lotus flower with an arch of yellow stars on a red flag. |
| 1993 | Proposal 9 | A stylized white lotus flower with an arch of yellow stars on a red flag. |
| 1993 | Proposal 10 | A depiction of the Guia Fortress Lighthouse, the oldest in Asia, under a golden star; a white halo ring forms around the lighthouse, and two light cones divide the upper fly (red in colour) and lower fly (blue in colour). |
| 1993 | Proposal 11 | A vertical bicolour of green and red, resembling the Flag of Portugal, with a white gull in the upper fly and a white depiction of the Gov. Nobre de Carvalho Bridge in the lower fly. |
| 1993 | Proposal 12 | A stylized white lotus flower on a red flag with an arch of yellow stars above the flower. |
| 1993 | Proposal 13 | A red triangle with base on hoist and apex on the fly edge, filled with the stars from the flag of China. |
| 1993 | Proposal 14 | A stylised lotus flower, with a red-outlined star within the top petal. |
| 1993 | Proposal 15 | Another depiction of the Gov. Nobre de Carvalho Bridge in the lower fly on a red flag, with the five yellow stars running parallel to the outline of the bridge. |