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Flags of the world

From Roman standards to today’s flags, every piece of cloth holds colours, symbols and dates that explain a people. Some change with every revolution; others have stayed almost the same for centuries.

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countries and territories
250
flags of regions, cities and history
1140
continents
6
articles
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The archive in numbers

How many flags we have from each country and how many are still missing.

Published
4,526
In progress
179
Known flags
51,852
Complete countries
70

Progress

8.7% of all known flags

  • Published
  • In progress
  • Missing

Countries with the most flags

  1. Russia82 + 2 / 6,3021.3%
  2. Czech Republic1 / 5,7990%
  3. Spain3,820 + 155 / 4,44985.9%
  4. Brazil2 / 4,1170%
  1. Ukraine1 / 3,6150%
  2. Slovakia1 / 2,7110%
  3. Germany1 / 2,1370%
  4. Switzerland27 / 1,8741.4%
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Learn to read a flag

These are some of the elements flags are built from. Each one leads to every flag in the archive that has it.

  • Horizontal stripes362

    The field is divided into two or more horizontal bands.

  • Vertical stripes183

    The field is divided into two or more vertical bands.

  • Canton47

    A rectangle in the upper corner next to the hoist.

  • Triangle49

    A triangle based on the hoist side.

  • Nordic cross17

    A cross shifted towards the hoist, like those of the Scandinavian countries.

  • Saltire63

    An X-shaped cross running from corner to corner.

  • Star151

    One or more stars.

  • Moon40

    A moon or a crescent.

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