# List of national flags by design

A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a country. Flags come in many shapes and designs, which often represent something about the country or people that the flag represents. Common design elements of flags include shapes such as stars, stripes, and crosses, layout elements such as including a canton (a rectangle with a distinct design, such as another national flag), and the overall shape of a flag, such as the aspect ratio of a rectangular flag (whether the flag is square or rectangle, and how wide it is) or the choice of a non-rectangular flag. Sometimes these flags are used to represent languages.
Many countries with shared history, culture, ethnicity, or religion have similarities in their flags that represent this connection. Sets of flags in this list within the same category may represent countries' shared connections, or the design similarity may be a coincidence.

## Circle
### One circle in center

* Belize
* Brazil
* Burundi
* Dominica
* Ethiopia
* Grenada
* India
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* South Korea
* Laos
* Niger
* North Macedonia
* Paraguay
* Tunisia
* Uganda

### One circle on hoist

* Bangladesh
* Greenland (autonomous territory of Denmark)
* North Korea
* Namibia
* New Caledonia (French overseas collectivity)
* Palau
* Portugal
* Rwanda

### One broken or implied circle

* Afghanistan (2013–2021)
* Cape Verde
* Cook Islands (associated state of New Zealand)
* Eritrea
* Europe (various organisations)
* French Polynesia (overseas territory of France)
* Northern Mariana Islands (unincorporated territory of US)

## Coat of arms

* Afghanistan (2013–2021)
* Andorra
* Anguilla (UK overseas territory)
* Austria (civil flag is without the arms)
* Ascension Island (UK overseas territory)
* Belize
* Bermuda (UK overseas territory)
* Bolivia (civil flag is without the arms)
* British Antarctic Territory (UK overseas territory)
* British Indian Ocean Territory (UK overseas territory)
* British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory)
* Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory)
* Costa Rica (civil flag is without the arms)
* Croatia
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* El Salvador
* Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)
* Fiji
* French Polynesia
* Germany (civil flag is without the arms)
* Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)
* Guam
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Jersey
* Mayotte (French overseas department, used unofficially) — two seahorses
* Moldova
* Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
* Mexico
* Montenegro
* Nicaragua
* Northern Mariana Islands (unincorporated organized US territory)
* Paraguay
* Poland (civil flag is without the arms)
* Portugal
* Peru (civil flag is without the arms)
* Pitcairn Islands (UK overseas territory)
* San Marino (civil flag is without the arms)
* Saint Barthélemy (French overseas department, used unofficially)
* Saint Helena (UK overseas territory)
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Collectivity of Saint-Martin (French overseas department, used unofficially)
* Sint Maarten
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK overseas territory)
* Tristan da Cunha (UK overseas territory)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory)
* United States Virgin Islands
* Venezuela (civil flag is without the arms)
* Vatican City

## Crescent
### Facing up

* Brunei
* Mauritania
* Mongolia
* Nepal

### Facing fly

* Algeria
* Azerbaijan
* Bangsamoro (autonomous region in the Philippines)
* Comoros
* Karakalpakstan (autonomous republic of Uzbekistan)
* Libya
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey)
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (partially recognized)
* Singapore
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Uzbekistan

### Facing diagonally

* Croatia
* Moldova
* Pakistan
* Turkmenistan

## Cross
### Upright centred cross

* Dominica — Gamma cross
* Dominican Republic — Greek cross
* Georgia — Jerusalem cross
* Switzerland — Greek cross

#### Saint George's Cross

* England (UK constituent country)
* Guernsey (UK crown dependency)
* Northern Ireland (UK constituent country)
* Malta
* Kingdom of Great Britain
* United Kingdom

### Nordic Cross
#### Nordic Cross in two colors

* Denmark
* Finland
* Scania (province of Sweden)
* Sweden

#### Nordic Cross in three colors

* Åland (autonomous region of Finland)
* Faroe Islands (autonomous territory of Denmark)
* Iceland
* Norway

### Diagonal cross

* Burundi
* Jamaica
* Seychelles (1976–1977)

#### St Andrew's Cross

* Jersey (UK crown dependency)
* Scotland (UK constituent country)
* United Kingdom
* Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)

### Upright and diagonal centred crosses

* Basque Country (autonomous community of Spain)
* North Macedonia
* United Kingdom
* Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)

### One cross in emblem

* Fiji
* Greece
* Malta
* Marshall Islands
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* Tonga
* Vatican City

### Union Jack

* Australia
* Anguilla (UK overseas territory)
* Ascension Island (UK overseas territory)
* Bermuda (UK overseas territory)
* British Antarctic Territory (UK overseas territory)
* British Indian Ocean Territory (UK overseas territory)
* British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory)
* Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory)
* Cook Islands (self-governing island nation in free association with New Zealand)
* Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)
* Fiji
* Heard and McDonald Islands (Australian external territory)
* Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
* New Zealand
* Niue (self-governing island nation in free association with New Zealand)
* Pitcairn Islands (with Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands — UK overseas territory)
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK overseas territory)
* Saint Helena (UK overseas territory)
* Tristan da Cunha (UK overseas territory)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory)
* Tuvalu
* United Kingdom

#### Historically

* Canada (1868–1921)
* Canada (1921–1957)
* Canada (1957–1965)
* Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (19th century)
* South Africa (1928–1994)
* United States (1776–1777)
Notably, the Union Jack features in many territorial and sub-national flags usually based on the Red Ensign (e.g., Bermuda) or Blue Ensign (e.g., New South Wales). The British Ensign in a few cases have backgrounds of other colours (e.g. British Antarctic Territory and Niue) or a unique pattern in the field (e.g. British Indian Ocean Territory and Hawaii). Some flags put the Union Jack somewhere other than the canton (e.g. British Columbia). Unofficial flags, such as Ross Dependency also use it.

## Living organism
### Human and body parts

* Belize — agricultural workers
* Malta — St George fighting a dragon
* Herm — three Benedictine monks
* Argentina — sun with a face
* Ecuador — sun with a face
* Uruguay — sun with a face
* Brunei — two hands
* Abkhazia (partially recognized) — hand
* Isle of Man (UK crown dependency) three conjoined legs
* British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory) — Vestal Virgin
* Montserrat (UK overseas territory) — woman

### Animal
#### Bird

* Ascension Island (UK overseas territory) — sea gulls and turtles
* Bolivia — andean condor and llama
* British Antarctic Territory (UK overseas territory) — emperor penguin
* Christmas Island (external territory of Australia) — golden bosun
* Dominica — sisserou parrot
* Ecuador — andean condor
* Fiji — white dove of peace and yellow lion
* Guatemala — quetzal
* Kiribati — frigatebird
* Papua New Guinea — raggiana bird-of-paradise
* Saint Barthelemy (French overseas department, used unofficially) — two pelicans
* Saint Helena (UK overseas territory) — Saint Helena plover
* Collectivity of Saint-Martin (French overseas department, used unofficially) — pelican
* Sint Maarten (constituent country of the Netherlands) — pelican
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK overseas territory) — macaroni penguin
* Uganda — grey crowned crane
* Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe Bird

#### Eagle

* Albania — double-headed eagle
* American Samoa (US overseas territory) — bald eagle
* Austria (state version) — eagle
* Egypt — Eagle of Saladin
* Germany (state version) — eagle
* Kazakhstan — steppe eagle
* Mexico — eagle and snake
* Moldova — eagle and aurochs
* Montenegro — double-headed eagle and lion
* Poland (state version) — eagle
* Serbia — double-headed eagle
* United States Virgin Islands (US overseas territory) — eagle
* Zambia — African fish eagle

#### Lion

* Bermuda (UK overseas territory) — lion
* Fiji — white dove of peace and lion
* Jersey (self-governing dependency of the UK) — lion
* Montenegro — double-headed eagle and lion
* Paraguay — lion
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK overseas territory) — lion
* Spain — lion
* Sri Lanka — golden lion
* Tasmania (Australian state) — red lion

#### Livestock

* Andorra — two cows
* Bolivia — condor and llama
* Croatia — leopard, goat and marten
* Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory) — sheep
* Malta — St George on a horse, fighting a dragon
* Moldova — eagle and aurochs
* Venezuela (state version) — horse

#### Other

* Anguilla (UK overseas territory) — dolphin
* Bhutan — a dragon
* Malta — St George fighting a dragon
* Mayotte (French overseas department, used unofficially) — two seahorses
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK overseas territory) — reindeer and fur seal
Historically
* Canada — lion, fish
* Canada — lion
* Canada — lion
* China — Qing Dynasty dragon (1862–1889)
* China — Qing Dynasty dragon (1889–1912)
* Iran – lion and sun

### Plants

* Bolivia — palm, laurel and olive branches
* British Indian Ocean Territory (UK Overseas Territory) — palm tree
* Canada — maple leaf
* Cyprus — olive branches
* Grenada — clove of nutmeg
* Eritrea — olive branch
* Equatorial Guinea — silk-cotton tree
* Fiji — sugarcane, coconut palm, and banana
* Haiti — royal palm tree
* Hong Kong (special administrative region in China) — Hong Kong orchid
* Lebanon — Cedar of Lebanon
* Macao (special administrative region in China) — lotus flower
* Mexico — cactus
* Northern Mariana Islands (unincorporated territory of US) — garland of flowers
* Collectivity of Saint-Martin (French overseas department, used unofficially) — flamboyant and coralita flowers
* Sri Lanka — leaves of bodhi tree
* Vanuatu — leaves of namele tree
Historically
* Republic of the Congo — palm leaves
* Myanmar (1974–2010) — rice plant

#### Fleur-de-lis

* Guadeloupe (overseas department of France)
* Quebec (province of Canada)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1998)
* Saint-Barthélemy (overseas collectivity of France)
* Serbia
* Spain

## Objects
### Astronomical
#### Sun

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bangladesh
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Greenland (autonomous territory of Denmark)
* Guadeloupe (French overseas department, used unofficially)
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kiribati
* Kyrgyzstan
* Malawi
* Marshall Islands
* Namibia
* Nauru
* Nepal
* Niger
* Philippines
* Rwanda
* Collectivity of Saint-Martin (French overseas department, used unofficially)
* Sint Maarten
* Uruguay

#### Moon
##### Full Moon

* Laos
* Mongolia
* Palau
* Zaire (1971–1997)

##### Crescent Moon

* Algeria
* Mauritania
* Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey)
* Pakistan
* Tunisia
* Turkey

#### Star
##### Five-pointed star
###### One five-pointed star in center

* Algeria
* Angola
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Libya
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Myanmar
* Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey)
* Northern Mariana Islands (unincorporated territory of US)
* Pakistan
* Paraguay
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (partially recognized)
* Senegal
* Somalia
* Somaliland (unrecognized)
* Suriname
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Vietnam
* Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1946–1992)

###### One five-pointed star on hoist

* Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain)
* Central African Republic
* Cuba
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* East Timor
* Guinea-Bissau
* Mozambique
* North Korea
* Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory of US)
* South Sudan
* West Papua (partially recognized)
* Zimbabwe

###### One five-pointed star on canton

* Chile
* Liberia
* Togo

###### Many equal five-pointed stars

* Abkhazia (partially recognized) (7)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 full stars and 2 half-stars)
* Comoros (4)
* Costa Rica (State Flag) (7)
* Federated States of Micronesia (4)
* Honduras (5)
* Hong Kong (5)
* Kosovo (partially recognized) (6)
* Panama (2)
* Philippines (3)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
* Singapore (5)
* Solomon Islands (5)
* Syria (3)
* Tajikistan (7)
* Turkmenistan (5)
* Tuvalu (9)
* United States (50)
* Uzbekistan (12)
* Venezuela (8)

###### Many equal five-pointed stars in circle pattern

* Cape Verde (10)
* Cook Islands (associated state of New Zealand) (15)
* Dominica (10)
* European Union (international organisation) (12)

###### Many unequal five-pointed stars

* Brazil (27)
* Curacao (constituent country of the Netherlands) (2)
* Grenada (7)
* Macau (special administrative region of China) (5)
* New Zealand (4)
* Niue (associated state of New Zealand) (5)
* Papua New Guinea (5)
* People's Republic of China (5)
* Samoa (5)
* Tokelau (dependent territory of New Zealand) (4)

##### Six-pointed star
###### One six-pointed star

* Bonaire (Netherlands Caribbean)
* Israel

###### Many equal six-pointed stars

* Burundi (3)
* Equatorial Guinea (6)
* Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory) (5)
* Slovenia (3)

##### Many-pointed star
###### One many-pointed star

* Jordan (7)
* Malaysia (14)
* Marshall Islands (24)
* Namibia (12)
* Nauru (12)
* Azerbaijan (8)

###### Many many-pointed stars

* Australia (one 5-pointed star, five 7-pointed stars)

##### Stars and stripes
###### Stars and alternating stripes

* Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain)
* Cuba
* Liberia
* Malaysia
* Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory of US)
* Togo
* United States
* West Papua (partially recognized)

###### Stars and varying stripes

* Aruba (constituent country of the Netherlands)
* Azerbaijan
* Cape Verde
* Chile
* Comoros
* Croatia
* Djibouti
* Gagauzia
* Ghana
* Guinea-Bissau
* Honduras
* Jordan
* North Korea
* Libya
* Myanmar
* Nauru
* Philippines
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (partially recognized)
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Singapore
* Slovenia
* Somaliland (unrecognized)
* South Sudan
* Suriname
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Uzbekistan
* Venezuela

##### Stars in southern cross pattern

* Australia
* Christmas Island (external territory of Australia)
* Brazil
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Tokelau (dependent territory of New Zealand)

### Book

* Dominican Republic — Bible
* Mozambique — book

### Building

* Afghanistan (2013–2021) — mosque
* Bolivia — church (Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
* Cambodia — Angkor Wat
* Gibraltar (UK overseas territory) — castle
* Kyrgyzstan (sun with the roof of the traditional Kyrgyz yurt)
* Portugal — seven castles
* San Marino — three castles
* Sint Maarten (constituent country of the Netherlands) — courthouse
* Spain — castle

### Headgear

* Free City of Danzig (1920–1939) — King's Crown
* Bolivia — Phrygian cap
* British Indian Ocean Territory (UK Overseas Territory) — St Edward's Crown
* El Salvador — Phrygian cap
* Haiti — Phrygian cap
* Lesotho — Mokorotlo
* Liechtenstein — Crown
* Montenegro — Crown
* Nicaragua — Phrygian cap
* Paraguay reverse side — Phrygian cap
* Seborga (unrecognized micronation) — Crown
* Serbia — Crown
* Spain — Crown
* Vatican City — Papal tiara

### Machine, tool, or instrument

* American Samoa (US overseas territory) — fly-whisk
* Angola — half-gear and machete
* Austria (state version) — broken chain, hammer and sickle (non-communist)
* Belize — axes, saw
* British Antarctic Territory (UK overseas territory) — torch
* East Germany (1959–1990) – hammer, compass
* Gibraltar (UK overseas territory) — key
* India — Ashoka Chakra or wheel of Dharma
* Mozambique — hoe
* Myanmar (1974–2010) — gear
* Portugal — armillary sphere
* Soviet Union (1917–1991) — hammer and sickle
** Armenian SSR
** Azerbaijan SSR
** Byelorussian SSR
** Estonian SSR
** Georgian SSR
** Kazakh SSR
** Kirghiz SSR
** Latvian SSR
** Lithuanian SSR
** Moldavian SSR
** Russian SFSR
** Tajik SSR
** Turkmen SSR
** Ukrainian SSR
** Uzbek SSR
* Transnistria — hammer and sickle

### Map

* Bangladesh (1971)
* Antarctica
* Christmas Island (external territory of Australia)
* Cyprus
* Kosovo (partly recognized)

### Ships

* Belize
* Bermuda (UK overseas territory)
* British Antarctic Territory (UK overseas territory) — RRS Discovery
* Costa Rica
* Ecuador
* Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)
* French Polynesia (overseas collectivity of France)

### Weaponry

* American Samoa (US overseas territory) — war club
* Angola — machete
* Barbados — (trident-head)
* Bangsamoro — kris (autonomous region of the Philippines)
* Bolivia — cannon, rifles and axe
* Eswatini — spears and shield
* Guatemala — rifles
* Haiti — cannon
* Kenya — spears and Maasai shield
* Mozambique — AK-47 with a bayonet and axe
* Oman — swords and Khanjar
* Saudi Arabia — sword
* Sri Lanka — sword
* Venezuela — sword, sabre and three lances

### Other symbols

* Mongolia — Soyombo symbol
* Rwanda — Letter R, 1962–2001
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Three diamonds in a V pattern
* South Korea — Taegeuk and four black trigrams
* Zaire — Hand holding Leading Torch, 1971–1997

## Text
### Country name

* Costa Rica (state flag)
* Egypt – the text reads "Jumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah" in Arabic meaning "Arab Republic of Egypt".
* Guam (unincorporated territory of US)
* Mayotte (overseas department of France)
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Venezuela (state flag)

### Motto

* Afghanistan (under an unrecognized government) – the Shahada (an Islamic creed meaning "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet") written in the Thuluth script.
* Andorra – "VIRTVS VNITA FORTIOR", Classical Latin for "United virtue is stronger".
* Belize – "Sub Umbra Floreo", meaning "Under the Shade I Flourish" in Latin.
* British Antarctic Territory (UK overseas territory) — "Research and Discovery"
* Brazil – "Ordem e Progresso", meaning "Order and Progress" in Portuguese.
* Equatorial Guinea – "Unidad, Paz, Justicia", meaning "Unity, Peace, Justice" in Spanish
* Iran – the Takbir ("Allahu akbar", which means "God is [the] greatest") written in the Kufic script 11 times.
* Iraq – the Takbir written in the Kufic script.
* San Marino – "LIBERTAS", Latin for "Freedom".
* Saudi Arabia – the Shahada (an Islamic creed meaning "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet") written in the Thuluth script.
* Somaliland – the Shahada
* Spain – "PLVS VLTRA", Latin for "Further beyond".

### Country name and motto

* Afghanistan (2013–2021) – the lowest line of text reads Afghanistan in the Pashto alphabet, and the calligraphic text at the top is the Shahada with the Takbir written beneath it.
* Brunei – the line of text on the crescent reads "Always render service with God's guidance", while the lower line reads Brunei Darussalam, both in the Jawi script.
* El Salvador – the name of the country encircles the coat of arms, which features the motto "Dios, Unión, Libertad" (Spanish for "God, Unity, Freedom") inside.
* Dominican Republic – the motto "Dios, Patria, Libertad" (meaning "God, Homeland, Freedom" in Spanish) can be read above the coat of arms at the center, below is the name of the country.

### Other texts

* California – the name of the short lived and unrecognized state "California Republic", which preceded California's admission into the Union.
* Dominican Republic – the Bible is opened to the Gospel of John, chapter 8, verse 32, which reads “Y la verdad los hará libres”, which translates to “And the truth shall set you free” from Spanish.
* Guatemala – "Libertad 15 de septiembre de 1821", a combination of the Spanish word for "Freedom" and the date of independence of the former Federal Republic of Central America from Spain.
* Haiti – "L'union fait la force" (meaning "Union makes strength" in French), which is different from the country's official motto "Liberté, égalité, fraternité".
* Malta – "For Gallantry" can be read at the George Cross carried in the canton.

## Quadrilateral
### Bordering stripe

* Grenada
* Guam
* Maldives
* Montenegro
* Nepal
* Sri Lanka

### Upper left quarter

* Chile
* Greece
* Liberia
* Malaysia
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
* Samoa
* Togo
* Tonga
* United States
* Uruguay

#### Historically

* Georgia (1918–1921)
* Georgian SSR (1951–1990) (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
* Georgia (1990–2004)
* Myanmar (1974–2010)

### Vertical stripe on hoist

* Belarus
* Benin
* Guinea-Bissau
* Madagascar
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Saudi Arabia (1744–1818; 1822–1913, hoist at right)
* South African Republic (1852–1902)
* Republic of Texas (1839–1845)
* United Arab Emirates
* Valencia (autonomous community of Spain)
* West Papua (partially recognized)

### Four parts
#### Two equal squares and two equal rectangles meeting on hoist

* Åland (autonomous region of Finland)
* Denmark
* Faroe Islands (autonomous territory of Denmark)
* Finland
* Iceland
* Kalmar Union (1397–1523)
* Norway
* Scania (province of Sweden)
* Sweden

#### Four equal rectangles meeting at center

* England (UK constituent country)
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Guernsey (UK crown dependency)
* Panama

## Triangle
### Triangle(s) in center

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Israel (6 making shape, 2 to draw it)
* Saint Lucia

### Triangle(s) on hoist

* Bahamas
* Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain)
* Comoros
* Cuba
* Czech Republic
* Djibouti
* East Timor
* Eritrea
* Equatorial Guinea
* Guyana
* Jamaica
* Jordan
* Mozambique
* Martinique (overseas department of France)
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory of US)
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (partially recognized)
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Sint Maarten (constituent country of the Netherlands)
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tigray (national regional state of Ethiopia)
* Tuva (republic of Russia)
* Vanuatu
* Zimbabwe

### Triangle(s) pointing towards hoist

* American Samoa (US overseas territory)

### Triangles meeting at center

* Basque Country (autonomous community of Spain)
* Burundi
* Grenada
* Jamaica
* Jersey (UK crown dependency)
* North Macedonia
* Scotland (UK constituent country)
* Seychelles (1976–1977)
* United Kingdom

## Diagonal stripes
### Two diagonal stripes

* Bhutan
* Christmas Island (external territory of Australia)
* Papua New Guinea

### Three fimbriated diagonal stripes

* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Namibia
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Tanzania
* Trinidad and Tobago

### Many radiating diagonal stripes

* Guyana (6)
* Eritrea (3)
* Marshall Islands (4)
* Seychelles (5)

### Pall

* South Africa
* Vanuatu

## Horizontal stripes in two colors
### Two horizontal stripes
#### Equal

* Angola
* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Czech Republic
* Djibouti
* Guinea-Bissau
* Haiti
* Indonesia
* Liechtenstein
* Madagascar
* Monaco
* Philippines
* Poland
* Singapore
* Sint Maarten
* San Marino
* Ukraine
* Wales (UK constituent country)

#### Unequal

* Belarus
* Byelorussia (1951–1991)
* Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)
* Ukraine (1950–1992)

### Three horizontal stripes
#### Equal

* Argentina
* Austria
* Bahamas
* Belarus (1918–1919, 1991–1995)
* El Salvador
* Honduras
* Nicaragua

#### Thin-and-thick

* Belize
* Cambodia
* French Polynesia (overseas collectivity of France)
* Guam (unincorporated territory of US)
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Mauritania
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Spain
* Transnistria (unrecognized)

#### Fimbriated thin-and-thick

* Botswana
* Eswatini
* North Korea
* Suriname

### Many horizontal stripes
#### Equal

* Abkhazia (partially recognized) (7)
* Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain) (9)
* Cuba (5)
* Greece (9)
* Liberia (11)
* Malaysia (14)
* Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory of US) (5)
* Seborga (unrecognized micronation) (18)
* Togo (5)
* United States (13)
* Uruguay (9)
* West Papua (partially recognized) (13)

#### Unequal

* Aruba (constituent country of the Netherlands) (5)
* South Vietnam (1949–1975) (7)

## Horizontal stripes in three colors
### Three horizontal stripes
#### Equal

* Armenia
* Republic of Artsakh (unrecognized, 1992–2023)
* Azerbaijan
* Bangsamoro (autonomous region in the Philippines)
* Bolivia
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Germany
* Ghana
* Equatorial Guinea
* Hungary
* India
* Iran
* Iraq
* Iraqi Kurdistan (autonomous region in Iraq)
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malawi
* Mozambique
* Myanmar
* Netherlands
* New Caledonia (overseas collectivity of France)
* Niger
* Oman
* Palestine
* Paraguay
* Russian Federation
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (partially recognized)
* Sierra Leone
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Somaliland (unrecognized)
* South Ossetia (partially recognized)
* Sudan
* Syria
* United Arab Emirates
* Venezuela
* Yemen
* Zanzibar (semi-autonomous region in Tanzania)

#### Fimbriated equal

* Kenya
* South Sudan
* Uzbekistan

#### Unequal

* Afghanistan (1974–1978)
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Colombia
* Crimea (disputed)
* Ecuador
* Gambia
* Lesotho
* Libya
* Rwanda
* Tajikistan

### Five horizontal stripes
#### Unequal

* Cape Verde
* Costa Rica
* Eswatini
* Suriname
* Thailand

## Horizontal stripes in many colors
### Four equal horizontal stripes in four colors

* Central African Republic
* Comoros
* Mauritius

### Five equal horizontal stripes in five colors

* Republic of China (1912–1928) (Taiwan)

## Vertical stripes in two colors
### Two equal vertical stripes

* Algeria
* Malta
* Vatican City

### Two unequal vertical stripes

* Russian SFSR (Constituent republic of the Soviet Union)
* Pakistan
* Portugal

### Two unequal serrated vertical stripes

* Bahrain
* Qatar

### Three equal vertical stripes

* Barbados
* Guatemala
* Mongolia
* Nigeria
* Peru

### Three unequal vertical stripes

* Canada
* Norfolk Island (Australian external territory)

## Vertical stripes in three colors
### Three equal vertical stripes

* Afghanistan (2013–2021)
* Belgium
* Cameroon
* Chad
* France
* Guinea
* Ireland
* Italy
* Ivory Coast
* Mali
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Romania
* Rwanda (1962–2001)
* Senegal

## Unique aspect ratio

Most common aspect ratio is 2:3, followed by 1:2.
The following flags have a distinctive aspect ratio:
* Belgium: Aspect ratio of 13:15
* El Salvador: Aspect ratio of 189:335
* Monaco: Aspect ratio of 4:5
* Nepal: The only national flag that is not rectangular, being made with 5 sides, and the only one that is higher than wide. Bordering aspect ratio of ~ 6:5
* Niger: Aspect ratio of 6:7
* Qatar: The largest aspect ratio of any national flag, the flag's width 2.545 times as large as the height. Aspect ratio of 11:28
* Switzerland: (Square-shaped) Aspect ratio of 1:1
* Togo: The golden ratio which is roughly around 1.618035; Aspect ratio of 2:3.23607 or ~ 8:13
* Vatican City: Undefined. The aspect ratio is usually defined around 1:1. However, it is not exactly 1:1.