Historical flags

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English: This is a gallery of notable historical flags of the world.

See also: Historical flags of Europe.

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This page or section is incomplete.

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Historical flags of Afghanistan

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  Hotak dynasty (1709–1738)
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  Principality of Qandahar (1818–1855)
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  Durrani Empire (1818–1842)
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  US flag with 23 stars used by Josiah Harlan as Prince of Ghor (1830s)
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  Pashtun banner captured at Ghazni (1839)
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  Pashtun banner captured at Jellalabad (1842)
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  Flag of the United Kingdom used to represent the Emirate of Afghanistan abroad (1856–1919)
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  Emirate of Afghanistan (1880–1901)
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  Emirate of Afghanistan (1901–1919)
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  Emirate of Afghanistan (1919–1921/1929)
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  Emirate of Afghanistan (1921–1926/1929)
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  Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1928)
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  Kingdom of Afghanistan (1928)
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  Kingdom of Afghanistan (1928–1929)
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  Kingdom of Afghanistan (1928–1929)
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  Kingdom of Afghanistan (1928–1929)
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  Kingdom of Afghanistan
  (17 Jan 1929–13 Oct 1929)
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  Emirate of Afghanistan (1929)
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  Emirate of Afghanistan in Herat (1929-1931)
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  Kingdom of Afghanistan (1929)
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  Kingdom of Afghanistan (1929–27 March 1930)
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  Kingdom of Afghanistan (27 March 1930–16 July 1973)
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  Republic of Afghanistan (17 July 1973–8 May 1974)
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  Republic of Afghanistan (9 May 1974–26 April 1978)
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  Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (27 April 1978–18 October 1978)
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  Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (19 October 1978–21 April 1980)
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  Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1980)
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  Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (22 April 1980–29 November 1987)
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  Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (30 November 1987–26 April 1992)
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  Islamic State of Afghanistan (27 April 1992–6 December 1992)
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  Islamic State of Afghanistan, variant (27 April 1992−6 December 1992)
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  Islamic State of Afghanistan/
  Northern Alliance (de jure) (7 December 1992–27 September 1996; 27 September 1996–27 January 2002 (Northern Alliance))
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  Islamic Emirate of Kunar (1991); Islamic Emirate of Badakhshan (1996);
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  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (27 September 1996–26 October 1997)
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  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (27 October 1997–13 November 2001)
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  United States occupation of Afghanistan (7 October 2001 – 17 December 2001)
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  Islamic State of Afghanistan (13 November 2001–27 January 2002)
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  Transitional Administration (28 January 2002–27 June 2002)
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  Transitional Administration (27 June 2002–9 October 2004)
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  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (9 October 2004–15 August 2021)
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  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (9 October 2004–15 August 2021)
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  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (9 October 2004–15 August 2021)

Historical flags of Algeria

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  Zayyanid Dynasty (1348–1388); Flag of the Kingdom of Tlemcen (1348–1388)
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  Zayyanid Dynasty (1388–1424); Flag of the Kingdom of Tlemcen (14th century)
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  Flag of Zayyanid dynasty (1235 - 1338)/ (1488 - 1556)
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  Flag of Hafsid Emirate of Béjaïa (1285–1510)
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  Flag captured by the French army in the Djurdjura mountains during the conquest of Algeria and attributed to the kingdom of Kuku, but may also originate from Aït Abbas (1850s)
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  Early red flag with white or yellow crescent of the 14th century, reported by Marino Sanudo (ca. 1321), Angelino Dulcerta (1339) and the Catalan Atlas (1385)
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  Flag of the Brischan (1510-1516)
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  Kingdom of Beni Abbas (1516–1542)
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  Kingdom of Ait Abbas (1542–1872)
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  Royal Flag of The Kingdom of Ait Abbas (1537–1664)
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  Royal Flag of The Kingdom of Ait Abbas (1664–1872)
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  Flag of Barbarossa (1516–1546)
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  Banner of the Béjaïa (c. 1570)
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  Algiers Regency ensign (XVIII century)
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  Odjack of Algiers
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  Deylik of Algiers (Naval Jack) (1600–1830)
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  Deylik of Algiers (Army Flag) (1600–1830)
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  Regency of Algiers (XVI century)
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  Regency of Algiers (1516–1830)
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  Naval Flag of the Regency of Algiers (1516–1830)
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  Flag of French Algeria (1830–1848); French Second Republic (1848–1852); Second Empire (1852–1870); French Third Republic (1870–1940); Vichy France (1940–1944); Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944–1946); French Fourth Republic (1946–1958); French Fifth Republic (1958-1962)
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  Flag of the Emirate of Abdelkader (the Emirate of Mascara) (1832–1847)
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  Flag of Algerian nationalists in 1940
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  Flag of the Sétif revolt (1945)
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  Variant of the flag of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (1958–1962)
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  Variant of the flag of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (1958–1962)

Historical flags of Angola

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  (1575–1578)
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  (1578–1640)
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  (1616–1640)
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  (1640–1667)
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  (1667–1706)
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  Kingdom of Kongo (c. 17th century)
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  (1706–1750; 1826–1834)
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  (1750–1816)
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  (1816–1826)
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  (1834–1910)
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  Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Kakongo (c. 1883)
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  (1910–1975)
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  Flag proposal for the Portuguese overseas province of Angola (1967) – never used
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  Portuguese Colony Governor General
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  Flag of the former movement and now governing party MPLA
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  UNITA
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  FNLA
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  Republic of Cabinda (1975–1976)
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  Republic of Cabinda (Variant) (1975–1976)

Historical flags of Antarctica

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  Japanese Antarctic Expedition (1910–1912)
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  Japanese Antarctic Expedition (Variant)
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  Byrd's 2nd Antarctic Expedition (1933–1939)
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  Byrd's 2nd Antarctic Expedition (Variant)
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  Scottish Antarctic Expedition (1902–1904)
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  Ronne Antarctic Expedition (1946–1948)
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  "Transglobe" Expedition (1979–1982)

Historical flags of Antigua and Barbuda

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  (1632–1707)
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  (1707-1801)
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  (1801-1871)
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  British Leeward Islands (1871–1956)
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  Colonial ensigns of Antigua and Barbuda (1956–1962)
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  Governor of Antigua and Barbuda
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  West Indies Federation (1958–1962)
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  Colonial ensigns of Antigua and Barbuda (1962–1967)

Historical flags of Argentina

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  Viceroyalty of Peru (1542–1776)/
  Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1776–1814)
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  Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1776–1814)
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  United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1812)
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  United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1812–1818)
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  United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1819–1820)
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  Republic of Entre Ríos (1820–1821)
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  Argentine Confederation (1829–1835)
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  Argentine Confederation (1835–1850)
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  State of Buenos Aires (1852–1861)
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  Argentine Confederation (1850–1861)
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  Flag of Argentina (1861-2010)
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  Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
  (November 17, 1860 and
  November 20, 1860–January 5, 1862)

Historical flags of Armenia

Rubenid Dynasty

Lusignan dynasty

Kingdom of Artsakh

Hasan-Jalalyan dynasty

Republic of Van (1915–1918)

Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918)

First Republic of Armenia (1918–1922)

Republic of Mountainous Armenia (1921)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922)

Transcaucasian SFSR (1925–1936)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937–1940)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1952)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1990)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (Reverse) (1952–1990)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1990–1991)

Historical flags of Australia

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  Colony of New South Wales (1788–1801)
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  Colony of New South Wales (1801–1901)
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  Bowman Flag (1806)
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  National Colonial Flag for Australia (1823/24–1831)
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  Australian Federation Flag
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  Australasian Anti-Transportation League Flag (1806)
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  Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–1903)
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  Flag of the Governor-General of Australia (1902–1909)
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  Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia (Civil Ensign) (1901–1903)
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  Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia (1903–1908)
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  Flag of the Governor-General of Australia (1909–1936)
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  Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia (Civil Ensign) (1903–1908)
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  A WWI custom flag from Australia
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  Australian Honour Flag (1918)
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  The British Empire flag flown at Dangarsleigh War Memorial (1921)

New South Wales

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  Colony of New South Wales (1788–1801)
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  Colony of New South Wales (1801–1901)
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  New South Wales (1867)
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  New South Wales Ensign
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  New South Wales (1870–1876)

Queensland

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  Queensland (1859–1870)
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  Queensland (1870–1876)
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  Queensland (1876–1901)
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  Queensland (1901–1952)

South Australia

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  South Australia (1870–1876)
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  South Australia (1876–1904)

Tasmania

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  Van Diemen's Land (before 1875)
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  Tasmania (1875)

Victoria

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  Eureka Flag (1854)
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  Victoria (1870–1877)
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  Victoria (1877)
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  Victoria (1877–1901)
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  Victoria (1901–1952)

Western Australia

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  Western Australia (1870–1953)

Australian Capital Territory

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  The former flag of the Australian Capital Territory

Historical flags of Azerbaijan

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  Caucasian Albania Mihranid dynasty (700's)
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  Shaki Khanate (1743–1819)
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  Nakhichevan Khanate (1743–1828)
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  The Musavat Party of Turkic Federalists (1917)
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  Centrocaspian Dictatorship (1918)
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  Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918)
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  Republic of Aras (1918–1919)
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  Baku Commune
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  Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (21 June-9 November 1918)
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  Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918–1920)
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  Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920)
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  Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–1921)
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  Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1922)
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  Transcaucasian SFSR (1925–1936)
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  Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1937–1940)
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  Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1952)
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  Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1991)
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  Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Reverse) (1952–1991)
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  Republic of Azerbaijan (1991–2013)

Nakhichevan

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  The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1937–1940)
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  The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1945)
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  The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1945–1956)
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  The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1956–1978)
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  The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1978–1990)
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  Nakhchivan Republic (unofficial) (1991–1993)

Talysh-Mughan

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  Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (1991–1993)
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  Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic (1993)

Historical flags of Bahamas

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  (1648–1706)
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  Republic of Pirates (1706–1718)
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  (1718-1801)
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  (1801-1869)
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  Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1869–1904)
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  Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1904–1923)
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  Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1923–1953)
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  Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1953–1964)
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  Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (ensign) (1953–1964)
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  Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1964–1973)
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  Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (ensign) (1964–1973)
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  Commonwealth of the Bahamas (1973–2006)

Historical flags of Bahrain

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  (before 1820)
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  (1820–1932)
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  (1932–1972)
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  (1972–2002)

Historical flags of Bangladesh

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  Bengal Sultanate (1352–1576)
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  Bengal Subah (1576–1757)
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  Bengal Presidency (1765–1947)
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  East Bengal (1947–1971)
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  Mukti Bahini (Liberation Forces) (1971)
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  Flag of Bangladesh (1971–1972)
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  Communist Party of Bangladesh

Historical flags of Barbados

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  (1625–1707)
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  (1707-1801)
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  (1801-1870)
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  Colony of Barbados (1870–1966)
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  Colony of Barbados (Civil Ensign) (1870–1966)
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  West Indies Federation (1958–1962)

Historical flags of Belize

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  (1636–1707)
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  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1542–1785)
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  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1821)
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  First Mexican Empire (1821–1823)
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  (1823-1870)
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  British Honduras (1870–1919)
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  British Honduras (civil ensign) (1870–1919)
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  British Honduras (1919–1981)
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  British Honduras (civil ensign) (1919–1981)
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  (1950–1981)
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  (1981–2019)

Historical flags of Benin

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  The royal banner of King Ghezo of Dahomey (1818–1858)
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  The royal banner of King Behanzin of Dahomey (1890–1894)
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  Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá (1721–1750; 1826–1834)
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  Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá (1750–1816)
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  Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá (1816–1826)
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  Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá (1826–1834)
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  Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá (1834–1865)
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  French Dahomey (1894–1959)
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  Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá (1911–August 1961)
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  Republic of Dahomey (1958–1975)
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  People's Republic of Benin (1975–1990)

Historical flags of Bhutan

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  (1949–1956)
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  (1956–1969)

Historical flags of Bolivia

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  Viceroyalty of Peru (1542–1776),
  Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1776–1785)
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  Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1785–1825)
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  First flag of Bolivia
  (civil flag) (1825–1826)
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  First flag of Bolivia
  (state flag) (1825–1826)
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  Second flag of Bolivia
  (civil flag) (1826–1851)
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  Second flag of Bolivia
  (state flag) (1826–1851)
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  Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1836–1839)

Historical flags of Botswana

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  Flag of the Bechuanaland Protectorate (1885–1966)

Historical flags of Brazil

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  Colonial Brazil (1500–1815)
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  Dutch Brazil /
  New Holland (1630–1654)
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  Dutch Brazil/
  New Holland (1630–1654) (Variant)
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  United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1816)
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  Kingdom of Brazil (1816–1822)
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  Kingdom of Brazil (1822)
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  Empire of Brazil (1822–1853)
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  Empire of Brazil (1853–1889)
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  First Brazilian Republic (November 1889)
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  Republic of Brazil (1889–1960)
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  Republic of Brazil (1960–1968)
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  Republic of Brazil (1968–1992)

Rebel flags

Inconfidência Mineira (1789)

Revolt of the Tailors (1789)

Pernambucan Revolt (1817)

Confederation of the Equator (1824)

Riograndense Republic (1836–1845)

Juliana Republic (1839)

Principality of Trinidad (1893–1895)

Contestado Rebels (1912–1916)

Acre

Republic of Acre (1899–1900)

Republic of Acre (1903)

Historical flags of Brunei

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  Bruneian Empire
  (later protectorate) (1368–1906)
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  Protectorate of Brunei (1906–1959)

Historical flags of Burkina Faso

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  Upper Volta (1919–1958)
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  Republic of Upper Volta (1959–1984)

Historical flags of Burundi

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  German East Africa/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
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  Proposed flag for the German East Africa (1914–1916)
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  German East Africa Company (1890–1916)
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  German East Africa Company (Variant) (1890–1916)
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  Territory of Ruanda-Urundi (1916–1962)
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  United Nations trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi
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  Kingdom of Burundi (1961)
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  Kingdom of Burundi (variant) (1962–1966)
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  Kingdom of Burundi(1962–1966)
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  Republic of Burundi (1966)
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  Republic of Burundi (1966–1967)
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  Republic of Burundi (1967–1982)
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  Republic of Martyazo (1972)

Historical flags of Cambodia

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  Kingdom of Cambodia (pre–1863)
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  French protectorate of Cambodia (1863–1953)
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  French protectorate of Cambodia (1863–1940)
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  Flag of Cambodia (1887–1953)
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  Japanese occupation (1942–1945)
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  Colony of Cambodia (1945–1948)
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  Kingdom of Cambodia (1948–1970)
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  Khmer Republic (1970–1975)
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  Democratic Kampuchea (1976–1979)
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  People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989)
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  State of Cambodia (1989–1990)
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  State of Cambodia (1990–1993)
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  United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (1992–1993)

Historical flags of Cameroon

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  German West African Company (1885–1903)
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  Kamerun/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
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  Proposed flag of Kamerun (1914)
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  French Cameroon (1916–1960)
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  British Cameroon (1916–1961)
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  French Cameroon (1957–1961)
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  United Nations trust territories of British and French Cameroon
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  Federal Rep. of Cameroon (1961–1975)

Historical flags of Canada

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  English colony of the Americas before the Act of the Union (1497–1707)
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  Flag of New France (1534–1763)
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  Scottish colony of the Americas before the Act of the Union (1621–1707)
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  Flag of New France (1643)
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  Flag of New France (1689)
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  Province of Quebec (1763–1791)
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  Province of Upper and Lower Canada (1791–1841)/
  Province of Canada (1841–1867)
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  Métis rebels (1869–1870)
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  1st Canadian Red Ensign (1868–1921)
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  Flag of the Governor-General of Canada (1869–1901)
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  Flag of the Governor-General of Canada (1901–1921)
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  1st Canadian Red Ensign (1868–1921)
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  Canada (civil ensign variant) (1870)
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  Canada (civil ensign variant) (1873)
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  Canada (civil ensign variant) (1896)
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  Canada (civil ensign variant) (1868–1921)
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  Canada (naval ensign) (1896)
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  Canada (civil ensign variant) (1873–1921)
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  Canada (naval ensign) (1905–1922)
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  Canada (civil ensign variant) (1905–1922)
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  Ensign Flag of the Dominion of Canada (1921–1957)
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  Flag of the Governor-General of Canada (1921–1931)
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  Blue Ensign Flag of the Dominion of Canada (1921–1957)
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  Canada (civil ensign variant) (1921–1931)
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  Ensign Flag of the Dominion of Canada (1957–1965)
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  Flag of Canada (1964)

Quebec

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  Flag of New France (1534–1763)
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  Flag of New France (1643)
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  Flag of New France (1689)
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  Province of Quebec (1763–1791)
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  Province of Lower Canada (1791–1841)
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  Republic of Lower Canada (1838)
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  Quebec Blue Ensign
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  The original Carillon proposed flag (1902/1948)
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  Canadian Roman Catholics until the 1950s

Newfoundland

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  Newfoundland Colony (1862–1870)
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  Dominion of Newfoundland (1870–1904)
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  Dominion of Newfoundland (1907–1949)
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  Dominion of Newfoundland (Blue Variant) (1907–1949)

Nova Scotia

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  Scottish colony of the Americas before the Act of the Union (1621–1707)

Ontario

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  Province of Upper Canada (1791–1841)
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  Republic of Canada (1837–1838)
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  Republic of Canada (Variant) (1837–1838)
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  Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario (1870–1959 and 1965–1981)
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  Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario (1959–1965)

Saskatchewan

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  Provisional Government of Saskatchewan (1885)
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  Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (1906–1981)

British Colombia

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  (1870–1896)
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  (Unofficial) (1906–1960)
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  Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1906–1982)
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  Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1870–1871)
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  Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1871–1906)

Northwest Territories

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  Hudson's Bay Company (1682–1707)
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  Hudson's Bay Company (1707–1801)
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  Hudson's Bay Company (1801–1965)
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  North West Company (Pre–1801)
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  North West Company (Post–1801)
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  Fort Conger (1881–1935)
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  Sverdrup Islands (1902–1930)

Historical flags of Cabo Verde

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  (1462–1521)
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  (1521–1578)
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  (1578–1640)
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  (1616–1640)
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  (1640–1667)
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  (1667–1706)
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  (1706–1750; 1826–1834)
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  (1750–1816)
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  (1816–1826)
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  (1834–1910)
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  (1910–1975)
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  Portuguese Cabo Verde (proposal)
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  Portuguese Colony Governor General
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  Cabo Verde (1975–1992)

Historical flags of the Central African Republic

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  Flag of France, used during colonial Ubangi-Shari from 1903 until 1960
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  Proposed replacement flag for the Central African Republic from 1976
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  Imperial standard of Bokassa I, used as a co-flag of the Central African Empire from 1976 until 1979

Historical flags of Chad

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  Kanem–Bornu Empire
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  Bornu
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  French Equatorial Africa (1900–1958)
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  Free French government of Chad under Pierre-Olivier Lapie (1940–1942)
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  Lapie's personal flag (1940–1941)
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  French Community

Historical flags of Chile

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  Viceroyalty of Peru (1542–1785)
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  Viceroyalty of Peru (1785–1824)
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  Mapuche flag, used in Arauco War (1557)
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  Mapuche flag, used in Arauco War (18th century)
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  Mapuche flag, used in Arauco War (18th century)
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  First flag of Chile (1812–1814)
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  Second flag of Chile (Variant) (1817–1818)
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  Second flag of Chile (1817–1818)
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  Second flag of Chile (Variant) (1818)
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  Rebel government in Copiapó in 1859 Uprising
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  flag of Chile used in the proclamation of independence, February 12th, 1818
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  Liberating Expedition of Peru
• 
  Chile (Civil flag) (1826–1854)
• 
  Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (1860–1862)
• 
  Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)

Easter Island

• 
  Dutrou-Bornier flag
  (de-facto governor of Easter Island)
• 
  Kingdom of Easter Island
  (13th century–1899)
• 
  Kingdom of Easter Island (1899–1902)

Historical flags of China

• 
  Flag of the Flag of the Qing dynasty (1862–1889)
• 
  Flag of the Qing dynasty (1889–1912)
• 
  Flag of the Republic of China (1912–1928)
• 
  Flag of the Empire of China (1915–1916)
• 
  Flag of the Empire of China (1916)
• 
  Flag of the Chinese Soviet Republic (1931–1937)
• 
  Flag of China (1928–1949)
• 
  Flag of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China (1938–1940)
• 
  Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (1940–1943)
• 
  Communist Party of China
• 
  Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
• 
  Chinese Peasants' Association
• 
  Chinese Peasants' Association (Variant)
• 
  Flag of the Guangdong Peasants' Association during the period of the First United Front

North China

• 
  North Shanxi Autonomous Government (1937–1939)
• 
  Mengjiang (1939–1945)
• 
  Inner Mongolian People's Republic (1945)
• 
  Inner Mongolian Autonomous Government (1945–1947)

Northeast China

• 
  Three Northeast Provinces and Northeast Supreme Administrative Council (1922–1932)
• 
  Manchukuo (1932–1945)

• 
  Chinese Eastern Railway (1897–1915)
• 
  Chinese Eastern Railway (1897–1915)
• 
  Chinese Eastern Railway (1915–1925)
• 
  Chinese Eastern Railway (1925–1932)
• 
  Chinese Eastern Railway (1932–1935)

East China

• 
  Flag of the Commissioner of Weihaiwei (1899–1903)
• 
  British Weihaiwei (1903–1930)
• 
  Flag of the Commissioner of Weihaiwei (1903–1930)
• 
  French Hankou (1898–1946)
• 
  Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864)
• 
  Kiautschou Bay (1898–1914)
• 
  German concession of Hankou
• 
  German Tsingtao (1898–1914)
• 
  German Chefoo (1901–1914)
• 
  Settlement of Chefoo (1877–1930)
• 
  Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet (1931–1934)
• 
  Fujian People's Government (1933–1934)
• 
  Great Way Government (1937–1938)

South Central China

• 
  French Shamian Island (1859–1949)
• 
  French Guangzhouwan (1898–1945)
• 
  Hubei Military Government (1911–1928)
• 
  Hubei Military Government (1911–1928)
• 
  Qiongya Soviet (1928–1941)

Tibet

• 
  Tibetan Empire (618–842)
• 
  British expedition to Tibet
• 
  Tibet (1916–1920, 1925–1951)
• 
  Tibet (1920–1925)
• 
  Chushi Gangdruk (1958–1974)

Southwest China

• 
  Swedish Factory, Canton Factories (1757–1860)
• 
  Pingnan Guo (1856–1873)
• 
  Black Flag Army (1860s–1885)
• 
  Boxers (1890s–1901)

Northwest China

• 
  Yettishar (1865–1873)
• 
  Yettishar (1873–1877)
• 
  Xinjiang Provincial Government (1933–1934)
• 
  First East Turkestan Republic (1933–1934)
• 
  Xinjiang Provincial Government in (1934–1944)
• 
  First East Turkestan Republic (1944–1946)
• 
  Second East Turkestan Republic (1944–1946)

Macau

• 
  (1577–1640)
• 
  (1616–1640)
• 
  (1640–1667)
• 
  (1667–1706)
• 
  (1706–1750; 1826–1834)
• 
  (1750–1816)
• 
  (1816–1826)
• 
  (1834–1910)
• 
  (1910–1999)
• 
  Municipality of Macau (1975–1999)
• 
  Municipality of Macau (1976–1999)
• 
  Municipality of Ilhas (1976–1999)
• 
  Government of Macau (1976–1999)
• 
  Unofficial variant of the Goverment of Portuguese Macao
• 
  Governor of Macau
• 
  Colony of Macau (Proposed)

Hong Kong

• 
  Tamão (1518–1521)
• 
  British colony of Hong Kong (1871–1876)
• 
  British colony of Hong Kong (1876–1955)
• 
  Government House, Hong Kong (1910–1955)
• 
  British colony of Hong Kong (1955–1959)
• 
  Government House, Hong Kong (1955–1959)
• 
  British colony of Hong Kong (1959–1997)
• 
  Government House, Hong Kong (1959–1997)

Tianjin

• 
  Concession territory of France (1860–1946)
• 
  Concession territory of The UK (1860–1943)
• 
  Concession territory of the United States of America (1869–1902)
• 
  Concession territory of Japan (1888–1949)
• 
  Concession territory of Germany (1899–1917)
• 
  Concession territory of Austria-Hungary (1902–1917)
• 
  Concession territory of Italy (1901–1947)
• 
  Concession territory of Russia (1900–1920)
• 
  Concession territory of Belgium (1902–1931)

Shanghai

• 
  American Concession in Shanghai (1848–1863)
• 
  British Concession in Shanghai (1845–1863)
• 
  French Concession in Shanghai (1849–1943)
• 
  Shanghai International Settlement (1869–1917)
• 
  Shanghai International Settlement (1917–1943)

Chefoo

• 
  France Millitary Occupied Chefoo (1860-1861); France Chefoo (1863-1869);
• 
  Britain Chefoo Quasi-concession (1861-1876)
• 
  German Chefoo (1901–1914)
• 
  International Settlement of Chefoo (1877–1930)
• 
  U.S. Chefoo Summer Fleet Base (1902-1941)
• 
  Japanese Occupied Chefoo (1938-1945)

Historical flags of Circassia

• 
  Grand Principality of Kabardia (1700's–1809)
• Grand Principality of Kabardia (1809–1830)
  Grand Principality of Kabardia (1809–1830)
• Principality of Natukhai
  Principality of Natukhai
• 
  Principality of Shapsughia
• Principality of Bzhedugh
  Principality of Bzhedugh
• Abdzekhia (1850's)
  Abdzekhia (1850's)
• 
  West Circassian Confederation (1800's–1840's)
• Parliament of Independence of Circassia (1830–1864)
  Parliament of Independence of Circassia (1830–1864)
• 
  Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917–1921)

Historical flags of Colombia

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717–1776)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Granada (1776–1822)
• 
  Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca (1810–1815)
• 
  United Provinces of New Granada (1811–1814)
• 
  United Provinces of New Granada (1814–1816)
• 
  Gran Colombia (1819)
• 
  Gran Colombia (1820)
• 
  Gran Colombia (1821–1831)
• 
  New Granada (1831–1834)
• 
  Republic of New Granada and Granadine Confederation (1834–1861)
• 
  United States of New Granada (1861)
• 
  National Liberation Army (Colombia)

Historical flags of Comoros

• 
  French Comoros (1866–1968)
• 
  State of the Comoros (1963–1975)
• 
  State of the Comoros (1975–1978)
• 
  Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros (1978–1992)
• 
  Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros (1992–1996)
• 
  Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros (1996–2001)

Anjouan

• 
  Sultanate of Ndzuwani (pre–1833)
• 
  Sultanate of Ndzuwani (1833–1850)
• 
  Sultanate of Ndzuwani (c. 1850)
• 
  Sultanate of Ndzuwani (c. 1850–1893) Separatist flag, later official flag (1997-2012)

Mohéli

• 
  Mwali Sultanate (1830–1868)
• 
  Mwali Sultanate (1868–1871)
• 
  Mwali Sultanate (1871–1886)
• 
  Mwali Sultanate (1886–1891)
• 
  Mwali Sultanate (1891–1904)
• 
  Flag of Queen Djoumbé Fatima (1842–1867) Separatist flag (1997–1998)
• 
  Mohéli (2001–2003)

Historical flags of Congo

• 
  Kingdom of Loango (c. 1550–c. 1883)
• 
  Royal banner of Kongo (Afonso I)
• 
  Kingdom of Kongo (c. 17th century)
• 
  Kingdom of Kakongo (c. 1883)
• 
  French Congo (1882–1960)
• 
  Proposed flag of the French Congo (pre–1959)
• 
  People's Republic of Congo (1970–1991)
• 
  War flag of the People's Republic of Congo (1970–1991)

Historical flags of Costa Rica

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521–1776)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1776–1821)
• 
  (1821–1823)
• 
  (1823–1824)
• 
  United Provinces of Central America (1824)
• 
  (1824)
• 
  (1824–1840)
• 
  (1840–1842)
• 
  (1842–1848)
• 
  (1848–1906)
• 
  (1906–1964)
• 
  (1964–1998)

Historical flags of Côte d'Ivoire

• 
  Flag of French West Africa (1895–1958)

Historical flags of Cuba

• 
  Governorate of Cuba (1511–1521)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521–1785)
• 
  Brittish occuption of Cuba (1762-1763)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1821)/
  Spanish West Indies (1821–1898)
• 
  Céspedes flag of Ten Years' War (1868–1878)
• 
  United States Military Government in Cuba (1898–1902/1906-1909)
• 
  First Republic of Cuba
  (1902–1906 and 1909–1959)
• 
  26th of July Movement
• 
  Brigade 2506

Historical flags of Djibouti

• 
  Flag of Adal Sultanate (1415–1577)
• 
  Flag of the Russian Sagallo (6 January 1889–5 February 1889)
• 
  Flag of French Somaliland (1883–1967)
• 
  Flag of the LPAI

Historical flags of Dominica

• 
  British Windward Islands (1903–1953)
• 
  (1955–1965)
• 
  West Indies Federation (1958–1962)
• 
  (1965–1978)
• 
  (1978–1981)
• 
  (1981–1988)
• 
  (1988–1990)

Historical flags of Dominican Republic

• 
  Columbian Viceroyalty (1492–1535)
• 
  Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1535-1785)
• 
  Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1785-1795) /
  Spanish West Indies (1809-1821, 1861-1865)
• 
  Republic of Spanish Haiti (1821–1822)
• 
  (1844–1849)
• 
  (1849–1861)
• 
  United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)

Historical flags of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• 
  Yeke Kingdom
• 
  International African Association (1876-1879)/ International Congo Society (1879–1885)/ Congo Free State (1885–1908)/ Belgian Congo (1908–1960)
• 
  Governor-General of Belgian Congo
• 
  Flag of the Batetela Rebels (1895–1908)
• 
  Republic of Katanga (1960–1963)
• 
  South Kasai
• 
  Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1960–1963)
• 
  Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1963–1964) & the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964–1966)
• 
  Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966–1971)
• 
  Flag of Zaire (1971–1997)
• 
  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003)
• 
  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003–2006)
• 
  March 23 Movement
• 
  Allied Democratic Forces (1996–present)

Historical flags of East Timor

• 
  (1702–1706)
• 
  (1706–1750; 1826–1834)
• 
  (1750–1816)
• 
  (1816–1826)
• 
  (1834–1910)
• 
  (1910–1975)
• 
  Portuguese Timor (unofficial) (1942–1945)
• 
  Portuguese Timor (proposal)
• 
  Portuguese Colony Governor General
• 
  Japanese occupied Dutch East Indies (1942–1945)
• 
  BLLT (1961–1963)
• 
  East Timor (1975)
• 
  Timor Timur (1975–1999)
• 
  United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
• 
  CNRT

Historical flags of Ecuador

• 
  New Kingdom of Granada
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Granada
• 
  Quiteñan Revolution (1809–1812)
• 
  (1820–1822)
• 
  (1822)
• 
  Gran Colombia (1822–1830)
• 
  (1830–1835)
• 
  (1830–1845)
• 
  (1845)
• 
  (1845–1860)
• 
  (1860–1900)
• 
  (1900–2009)

Historical flags of Egypt

• 
  Ancient Egyptian standards
• 
  Ayyubid Dynasty (1171–1341)
• 
  Standard of the Sultan Saladin
• 
  Mamluk Sultanate (image is somewhat speculative) (1250–1517)
• 
  Ottoman Province of Egypt (1517–1793)
• 
  Ottoman Province of Egypt (1793–1805)/ Autonomous Province of Egypt (1805-1844)
• 
  Egypt Eyalet (1844–1867)
• 
  Khedivate of Egypt (1867–1881)
• 
  Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation (1881–1914)
• 
  Khedivate of Egypt and Sultanate of Egypt (1882–1922)
• 
  Flag used during the anti-British Revolution of (1919)
• 
  Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1958)
• 
  Egyptian Revolution Flag (1953–1958)
• 
  United Arab Republic (1958–1971)
• 
  Israeli occupied Sinai (1967)
• 
  Israeli Military Governorate of Sinai Peninsula (1967–1981/82)
• 
  Federation of Arab Republics (1972–1984)
• 
  Suez Canal Authority

Historical flags of El Salvador

• 
  Cuzcatlán (1200–1525)
• 
  Province of San Salvador within the Spanish Empire (1525–1701)
• 
  Greater Mayorship of San Salvador with in the Spanish Empire (1701–1760)
• 
  Greater Mayorship of San Salvador within the Spanish Empire (1760–1785)
• 
  Intendancy of San Salvador within Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1821)
• 
  Republic of Salvador (1822–1865)
• 
  Republic of Salvador (1865)
• 
  Republic of Salvador (1865–1869)
• 
  Republic of Salvador (1869–1873)
• 
  Republic of Salvador (1873–1875)
• 
  Republic of Salvador (1875–1912)
• 
  Republic of El Salvador (1912–present)
• 
  Civil flag of the Republic of El Salvador (1912–present)

Historical flags of Equatorial Guinea

• 
  (1472–1485)
• 
  (1485–1495)
• 
  (1495–1521)
• 
  (1521–1578)
• 
  (1578–1580)
• 
  (1580–1785)
• 
  Dutch occupations of Annobón (1641–1664)
• 
  Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco/
  Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea (Spanish Cameroons) (1785-1873; 1874-1931)
• 
  Kingdom of Spain under Napoleon rule (1808–1813)
• 
  During The British Rule in Bioko (1827–1858)
• 
  First Spanish Republic (1873–1874)
• 
  (1968–1969)
• 
  (1969–1973)
• 
  (1973–1979)

Historical flags of Eritrea

• 
  Colony of Eritrea (1882–1936)
• 
  Governor-general of Italian East Africa
• 
  Flag of Eritrea (1952–1961)
• 
  Eritrean People's Liberation Front
• 
  Flag of Eritrea (1993–1995)

Historical flags of Eswatini

• 
  (c. 1890–1894)
• 
  (1894–1902)
• 
  Swaziland Protectorate (1906–1968)
• 
  (1968-2011)

Historical flags of Ethiopia

• 
  Abyssinia's reported pennants
• 
  Abyssinia (Pre-1997)
• 
  Ethiopian Empire (1897–1914)
• 
  Traditional Tricolor
• 
  Ethiopian Empire (1897–1936; 1941–1974)
• 
  Italian Empire occupation of Ethiopian Empire/
  Italian East Africa (1936–1941)
• 
  Occupied Enemy Territory Administration in Ethiopia (1941–1942)
• 
  Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia (1974–1975)
• 
  Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia (1975–1987)
• 
  People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991)
• 
  Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1991–1996)
• 
  Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1992–1996)
• 
  Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1996–2009)

Afar

• 
  Aussa
• 
  Afar Region (1994–2012)

Somali Region

• 
  Somali Region (2008–2018)

Sidama Region

• 
  Sidama Region (2020)

Historical flags of Federated States of Micronesia

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain/
  Spanish East Indies
• 
  German New Guinea/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  German New Guinea Company (1885–1899)
• 
  Proposed flag of German New Guinea (1914)
• 
  South Pacific Mandate (1919–1947)
• 
  South Pacific Mandate (1919–1947)
• 
  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
  (1965–1979/1981 from Palau)
• 
  TTPI (1947–1965)

Pohnpei

• 
  Pohnpei (1977–1992)

Historical flags of Fiji

• 
  Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Fiji (1865–1867)
• 
  Kingdom of Bau (1867–1869)
• 
  Kingdom of Lau (1869–1871)
• 
  Kingdom of Fiji (1871–1874)
• 
  Colony of Fiji (1877–1883)
• 
  Flag of the Governor of Fiji (1877–1883)
• 
  Colony of Fiji (1883–1908)
• 
  Flag of the Governor of Fiji (1883–1908)
• 
  Colony of Fiji (1908–1924)
• 
  Flag of the Governor of Fiji (1908–1970)
• 
  Colony of Fiji (1908–1924) (Red Ensign)
• 
  Colony of Fiji (1924–1970)
• 
  Republic of Rotuma (1987–1988)

Historical flags of Gabon

• 
  French Equatorial Africa (1910–1958)
• 
  (1959–1960)

Historical flags of The Gambia

• 
  Fort Bayona, Fort Jillifree and Fort Jakob (1651–1660, 1660–1661)
• 
  British West African Settlements (1821–1850/1866–1888)
• 
  Flag of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate (1889–1965)

Historical flags of Georgia

• 
  Kingdom of Iberia
• 
  Principality of Samtskhe (1266–1625)
• 
  Kingdom of Georgia (1008–1490)
• 
  Kingdom of Georgia (1008–1490)
• 
  Kingdom of Kakheti
• 
  Flag of David IV, adopted during his rule
• 
  Flag of Queen Tamar, adopted during her rule
• 
  Principality of Mingrelia 1560s
• 
  Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (1762–1801)
• 
  Kingdom of Imereti (1260–1810)
• 
  Principality of Guria (1460s–1829)
• 
  Principality of Svaneti (1463–1858)
• 
  Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918)
• 
  Flag of Georgia (1918–1921)
• 
  Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1925–1936)
• 
  Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1922)
• 
  Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–1937)
• 
  Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937–1951)
• 
  Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1990)
• 
  Flag of Georgia (1990–2004)

Adjara

• 
  Republic of Batumi (1919–1920)
• 
  Adjarian ASSR (1978–1991)
• 
  Republic of Adjara (2000–2004)
• 
  Democratic Union for Revival

Abkhazia

• 
  Duchy of Tskhumi (786–1354)
• 
  Principality of Abkhazia (18th century)
• 
  Lykhnensky revolt (1866)
• 
  Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917–1921)
• 
  Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia (1921–1925)
• 
  Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia (1925)
• 
  Front side of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia (1925–1935)
• 
  Back side of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia (1925–1935)
• 
  Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Abkhazian Version) (1935–1937)
• 
  Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian Version) (1935–1937)
• 
  Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1937–1938)
• 
  Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1938–1951)
• 
  Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1978)
• 
  Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1978–1989)
• 
  Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1989–1992)
• 
  Proposed flag of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia

Historical flags of Ghana

• 
  (1482–1485)
• 
  (1485–1495)
• 
  (1495–1521)
• 
  (1521–1578)
• 
  (1578–1642)
• 
  Brandenburger Gold Coast Settlements (1682–1721)
• 
  Danish Gold Coast Settlements (1658–1850)
• 
  Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea (1612–1872)
• 
  Swedish Gold Coast (1650–1663)
• 
  Royal African Company
• 
  Togoland Protectorate/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  Proposed flag of the Togoland Protectorate (1914)
• 
  Ashanti Empire (1935–1957)
• 
  British West African Settlements (1821–1850/1866–1888)
• 
  Colony of the Gold Coast (1877–1957)
• 
  United Nations trust territory of Brittish Togoland
• 
  Union of African States (1958–1961)
• 
  Union of African States (1961–1962)
• 
  First Republic of Ghana (1964–1966)

Historical flags of Grenada

• 
  (1875–1903)
• 
  (1903–1967)
• 
  West Indies Federation (1958–1962)
• 
  (1967–1974)

Historical flags of Guatemala

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1542–1785)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1821)
• 
  United Provinces of Central America
• 
  Federal Republic of Central America
• 
  Los Altos (1838–1840, 1848–1849)
• 
  (1838–1843)
• 
  (1843–1851)
• 
  (1851–1858)
• 
  (1858–1871)
• 
  (1871–1968)
• 
  (1924)
• 
  (1968–1997)
• 
  Rebel Armed Forces (Guatemala)
• 
  Revolutionary Movement 13th November (Guatemala)

Historical flags of Guinea

• 
  Imamate of Futa Djallon (pre–1896)
• 
  Imamate of Futa Djallon (1896–1912)
• 
  French Guinea (1912–1958)
• 
  Union of African States (1958–1961)
• 
  Union of African States (1961–1962)

Historical flags of Guinea-Bissau

• 
  Guinea Company
  (15th century)
• 
  (1588–1640)
• 
  (1616–1640)
• 
  (1640–1667)
• 
  (1667–1706)
• 
  (1706–1750; 1826–1834)
• 
  (1750–1816)
• 
  (1816–1826)
• 
  (1834–1910)
• 
  (1910-1974)
• 
  Proposed flag for the Portuguese Guinea (1965)
• 
  Portuguese Colony Governor General
• 
  PAIGC
• 
  Flag of the Armed Forces

Historical flags of Guyana

• 
  Dutch Guyana (1616–1795)
• 
  Dutch Guyana (1652–1799)
• 
  (1799–1801)
• 
  (1801–1875)
• 
  British Guiana (1875–1906)
• 
  Governors-General of Guyana (1875–1906)
• 
  British Guiana (1906–1919)
• 
  Governors-General of Guyana (1906–1919)
• 
  British Guiana (1919–1955)
• 
  Governors-General of Guyana (1919–1955)
• 
  US occupation of Guyana (1941–1945)
• 
  British Guiana (1955–1966)

Historical flags of Haiti

• 
  Columbian Viceroyalty (1492–1535)
• 
  Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1535-1625)
• 
  Saint-Domingue (1625–1790)
• 
  Ex-slaves (1791–1798)
• 
  Saint-Domingue (1798–1803)
• 
  First Empire of Haiti (1803–1804)
• 
  First Empire of Haiti (1804–1806)
• 
  State of Haiti (1806–1811)
• 
  Kingdom of Haiti (1811–1814)
• 
  Kingdom of Haiti (1814–1820)
• 
  Republic of Haiti (1820–1849)
• 
  Second Empire of Haiti (1849–1859)
• 
  Republic of Haiti (1820–1849/1859–1964)
• 
  United States occupation of Haiti (1915–1934)
• 
  Republic of Haiti (1964–1986)

Historical flags of Honduras

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain
• 
  United Provinces of Central America
• 
  Federal Republic of Central America
• 
  (1839–1866)
• 
  Colony of the Bay Islands (1852–1860)
• 
  (1866–1898)
• 
  (1866–1898) (Alternative)
• 
  (1898–1949)
• 
  United States occupation of Honduras (1924–1925)
• 
  (1949-2022)

Historical flags of India

• 
  Mayura Empire Vexilloid
• 
  Delhi Sultanate
• 
  Mughal Empire
• 
  War flag of Mughals (1526–1857)
• 
  East India Company (1600–1707)
• 
  East India Company (1707–1801)
• 
  East India Company (1801–1858)
• 
  British Raj (1880–1947)
• 
  British Raj (1880–1947) (Blue Ensign)
• 
  Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1885–1947)
• 
  Calcutta flag (1906)
• 
  Early Indian nationalist flags (1907)
• 
  Early Indian nationalist flags (1907)
• 
  Home Rule Movement (1917)
• 
  Gandhi's flag (1921)
• 
  Azad Hind (1943–1945)
• 
  Indian Legion of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany (1942–1945)
• 
  Communist Party of India

West Andhra Pradesh

• 
  Danish India
• 
  Parangipettai
• 
  Dutch East India Company
• 
  French India
• 
  Banganapalle State
• 
  Presidency of Fort St George (1652–1947)

Bodoland

• 
  National Democratic Front of Boroland
• 
  Bodo Liberation Tigers Force

Chhattisgarh

• 
  Bastar state
• 
  Chhuikhadan State
• 
  Jashpur State
• 
  Kanker State
• 
  Kawardha State
• 
  Khairagarh State
• 
  Koriya State
• 
  Nandgaon State
• 
  Raigarh State
• 
  Sarangarh State
• 
  Surguja State
• 
  Udaipur State

Goa

• 
  (1505–1521)
• 
  (1521–1578)
• 
  Gandaulim (Ilhas)
  (Republic of Ragusa colony) (1530-1667)
• 
  (1578–1640)
• 
  Iberian Union (1580–1640)
• 
  (1616–1640)
• 
  (1640–1667)
• 
  (1667–1706)
• 
  (1706–1750; 1826–1834)
• 
  (1750–1816)
• 
  (1816–1826)
• 
  (1834–1910)
• 
  (1910–1975)
• 
  Portuguese Colony Governor General
• 
  Portuguese India (proposal)

Gujarat

• 
  Gujarat Sultanate (1407–1573)
• 
  Ambliara State
• 
  Balasinor State
• 
  Bansda State
• 
  Bantva Manavadar
• 
  Baria State
• 
  Dutch East India Company
• 
  Baroda State (–1874)
• 
  Baroda State (1874–1936)
• 
  Portuguese India (proposal)
• 
  Baroda State (1936–1949)
• 
  Baroda State (1921–1947)
• 
  Bhavnagar State (–1947)
• 
  Bhavnagar State (1921–1947)
• 
  Cambay State (–1947)
• 
  Cambay State (1921–1947)
• 
  Chhota Udaipur State
• 
  Cutch State (–1947)
• 
  Cutch State (1921–1947)
• 
  Danta State
• 
  Dharampur State
• 
  Dhrangadhra State
• 
  Dhrol State
• 
  Idar State
• 
  Jafarabad State
• 
  Jambughoda State
• 
  Jasdan State
• 
  Junagadh State (–1947)
• 
  Junagadh State (1948)
• 
  Lunavada State
• 
  Malpur State
• 
  Makaji Meghpar
• 
  Mansa State
• 
  Mohanpur State
• 
  Morvi State
• 
  Nawanagar State (–1947)
• 
  Nawanagar State (1921–1947)
• 
  Palanpur State
• 
  Porbandar State (–1947)
• 
  Porbandar State (1921–1947)
• 
  Rajkot State
• 
  Rajpipla State
• 
  Rajpara State
• 
  Ramanka State
• 
  Ranasan State
• 
  Sachin State
• 
  Sachin State (1921–1947)
• 
  Sant State
• 
  Surat State
• 
  Vala State
• 
  Vav
• 
  Vijaynagar State
• 
  Wadagam State
• 
  Wadhwan State
• 
  Wankaner State

Haryana

• 
  Loharu State
• 
  Pataudi State
• 
  Ror Empire

Himachal Pradesh

• 
  Chamba State
• 
  Dhami
• 
  Bilaspur State
• 
  Kangra State
• 
  Kumarsain State
• 
  Kutlehar State
• 
  Mandi State
• 
  Suket State

Jharkhand

• 
  Kharsawan State
• 
  Saraikela State

Karnataka

• 
  Jamkhandi State
• 
  Mudhol State
• 
  Kingdom of Mysore
• 
  Ramdurg State
• 
  Sandur State

Kerala

• 
  Duch East India Company
• 
  Arakkal kingdom
• 
  Arakkal kingdom
• 
  Kingdom of Cochin (–1949)
• 
  Kingdom of Cochin (1921–1949)
• 
  Kingdom of Thekkumkur
• 
  Kingdom of Travancore (19h cent.)
• 
  Kingdom of Travancore (–1949)
• 
  Kingdom of Travancore (1921–1949)

Madhya Pradesh

• 
  Ajaigarh State
• 
  Alirajpur State
• 
  Chhatarpur State
• 
  Barwani State
• 
  Bhaisunda State
• 
  Bhopal State
• 
  Dewas State (Senior Branch)
• 
  Dewas State (Junior Branch)
• 
  Dhar State
• 
  Gwalior State
• 
  Indore State (1732–1818)
• 
  Indore State (1818–1950)
• 
  Jaora State (c. 1865–1895)
• 
  Jaora State (1895–1947)
• 
  Jhabua State
• 
  Khilchipur State
• 
  Kurwai State
• 
  Nagod State
• 
  Narsinghgarh State
• 
  Orchha State
• 
  Panna State
• 
  Ratlam State
• 
  Rewa State (19th century)
• 
  Rewa State
• 
  Sitamau State
• 
  Sohawal State

Maharashtra

• 
  Ahmadnagar Sultanate
• 
  Maratha Empire
• 
  Akkalkot State
• 
  Aundh State
• 
  Bhor State
• 
  Bhor State
• 
  Janjira State (–1947)
• 
  Janjira State (1921–1947)
• 
  Jath State
• 
  Jawhar State
• 
  Kapshi Jagir
• 
  Kolhapur State
• 
  Kurundwad
• 
  Nagpur kingdom
• 
  Phaltan State
• 
  Sangli State
• 
  Surgana State

Manipur

• 
  Kingdom of Manipur (since 1398)
• 
  Kingdom of Manipur (1891–1907)
• 
  Kingdom of Manipur (1907–1949)

Orissa

• 
  Baramba State
• 
  Baudh State
• 
  Daspalla State
• 
  Dhenkanal State
• 
  Kingdom of Jeypore
• 
  Kalahandi State
• 
  Keonjhar State
• 
  Khandpara State
• 
  Mayurbhanj State
• 
  Pal Lahara State
• 
  Talcher State

Punjab

• 
  Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army)
• 
  Sikh Confederacy
• 
  Faridkot State
• 
  Kapurthala State
• 
  Nabha State
• 
  Patiala State

Rajasthan

• 
  Kingdom of Alwar (1775–1931)
• 
  Kingdom of Alwar (1931–1948)
• 
  Banswara State
• 
  Bharatpur State (1880–1943)
• 
  Bharatpur State (1943–1947)
• 
  Bikaner State
• 
  Bundi State
• 
  Dholpur State
• 
  Dungarpur State
• 
  Jaipur State (c. 1699–1818)
• 
  Jaipur State (1877–1922)
• 
  Jaipur State (1922–1946)
• 
  Jaisalmer State
• 
  Jhalawar State
• 
  Jiliya Kingdom
• 
  Jodhpur State
• 
  Karauli State
• 
  Kishangarh State
• 
  Kota State
• 
  Pratapgarh State
• 
  Shahpura State
• 
  Sirohi State
• 
  Tonk State
• 
  Udaipur State
• 
  Rajputana Agency (Unoffical)

Sikkim

• 
  Kingdom of Sikkim (1877–1914; 1962–1967)
• 
  Kingdom of Sikkim (1914–1962)
• 
  Kingdom of Sikkim (1967–1975)

Telangana

• 
  Golconda Sultanate
• 
  Hyderabad State
  (18th century–1900)
• 
  Hyderabad State (1900–1947)
• 
  Hyderabad State (1947–1948)

Tripura

• 
  Tripura State

Uttarakhand

• 
  Garhwal Kingdom
• 
  Kumaon Kingdom

Uttar Pradesh

• 
  Baoni State
• 
  Benares State
• 
  Beri State
• 
  Charkhari State
• 
  Dhurwai State
• 
  Jhansi State
• 
  Lakhahi Raj
• 
  Maurha
• 
  Oudh State
• 
  Rampur State
• 
  Sailana State
• 
  Tori Fatehpur

West Bengal

• 
  Cooch Behar State
• 
  Bankipur (settlement of the Ostend Company) (1722–1723)

Nicobar Islands

• 
  Danish India
• 
  Austrian colonization of the Nicobar Islands

Jammu and Kashmir

• 
  Jammu and Kashmir (1836–1936)
• 
  Jammu and Kashmir (1936–1953)
• 
  Hunza state
• 
  Gilgit (1947)
• 
  Gilgit-Baltistan (1947)
• 
  Jammu and Kashmir (1952–2019)

Historical flags of Indonesia

• 
  Majapahit Empire
• 
  Austrian East Indies
• 
  Occupied Croatian East Indies under Imperial Japan (1942–1945)
• 
  Defenders of the Homeland
• 
  Legion of Ratu Adil
• 
  Islamic State of Indonesia (1949–1962)

Borneo

• 
  Sultanate of Banjar
• 
  Sultanate of Bulungan
• 
  Lanfang Republic
• 
  Pontianak Sultanate
• 
  Sultanate of Sambas
• 
  Sultanate of Sintang
• 
  Kingdom of Mempawah
• 
  Kotawaringin
• 
  Lordship of Kubu
• 
  Lordship of Landak
• 
  Sultanate of Matan
• 
  Lordship of Tayan
• 
  Austrian North Borneo

Java

• 
  British East India Company (1811–1815)
• 
  British Empire (1811–1816)
• 
  Banten Sultanate
• 
  Sultanate of Cirebon
• 
  Mataram Sultanate
• 
  Mangkunegaran
• 
  Pakualaman
• 
  Surakarta Sunanate

Sulawesi

• 
  First French Empire (1806-1811)
• 
  Lordship of Banggai
• 
  Sultanate of Gowa
• 
  Sultanate Butung (Buton)
• 
  Sultanate Bone
• 
  State of East Indonesia
• 
  East Indonesia Mujahideen

Sumatra

• 
  Asahan Sultanate
• 
  Sultanate of Deli
• 
  Pagaruyung Kingdom
• 
  Sultanate of Langkat
• 
  Riau-Lingga Sultanate
• 
  Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura
• 
  Free Aceh Movement

Lesser Sunda Islands

• 
  (1512–1521)
• 
  (1521–1578)
• 
  (1578–1640)
• 
  (1616–1640)
• 
  (1640–1667)
• 
  (1667–1706)
• 
  (1706–1750; 1826–1834)
• 
  (1750–1816)
• 
  (1816–1826)
• 
  (1834–1850)
• 
  Bali Kingdom
• 
  Sultanate of Lombok
• 
  Kingdom of Karangasem
• 
  Bima Sultanate
• 
  Sumbawa Sultanate

Maluku Islands

• 
  Qing Dynasty (1862–1884)
• 
  Qing Dynasty (1862–1884)
• 
  Sultanate of Ternate
• 
  Republic of South Maluku

Historical flags of Iran

2400 BC – 1000

• 
  Shahdad Kingdom (2400 BC-1234 BC)
• 
  Great Achaemenid Empire (1st Standard of Cyrus the Great) (1234 BC–550 BC)
• 
  Achaemenid Empire (2nd Standard of Cyrus the Great) (550 BC–330 BC)
• 
  Sasanian Empire
  (Derafsh Kaviani)
• 
  Flag of the Saffarid dynasty (861–1003)
• 
  Alid dynasties of northern Iran (864–928)

1000 – 1979

• 
  Nizari Ismaili state (1090-1162)
• 
  Nizari Ismaili state (1162-1256)
• 
  Ilkhanate
• 
  Flag of Aq Qoyunlu from the period of the Uzun Hasan's reign (1452-1478)
• 
  Safavid Dynasty under Ismail I (1501–1524)
• 
  Safavid Dynasty under Tahmasp I (1524–1576)
• 
  Safavid Dynasty after Ismail II (1576–1732)
• 
  Afsharid dynasty (1665)
• 
  Afsharid dynasty
• 
  Afsharid dynasty
• 
  Zand Dynasty
• 
  Nader Shah's flag
• 
  Naval flag of Afsharid period
• 
  Sublime State of Persia (1848–1852)
• 
  Sublime State of Persia (1852–1907)
• 
  Sublime State of Persia (1907–1933)
• 
  British occupation of Persia (1914-1919)/ British occupation of Southern Iran (1941-1946)
• 
  Soviet occupation of Northern Iran (1941-1946)
• 
  Constitutional Monarchy of Iran (1907–1980) State Flag
• 
  Azadistan (1920)
• 
  Persian Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1921)
• 
  Azerbaijan People's Government (1945–1946)
• 
  Imperial State of Iran (1933–1964)
• 
  Imperial State of Iran (1964–1980)
• 
  Interim Government of Iran (1979)
• 
  Islamic Republic of Iran (1979)} First flag

Historical flags of Iraq

• 
  Baghdad Province (1508–1524)
• 
  Baghdad Province (1524–1534)
• 
  Eyalet of Baghdad (1535–1793)
• 
  Eyalet of Baghdad (1793-1864)/ Baghdad Vilayet (1864-1867)
• 
  Baghdad Vilayet (1867-1918)
• 
  Mandate of Mesobotamia (1920–1921)
• 
  Arab Federation (1921–1924, 1958)
• 
  Kingdom of Iraq (1924–1959)
• 
  Iraqi Republic (1959–1963)
• 
  Iraqi Republic (1963–1991)
• 
  Iraqi Republic (1991–2004)
• 
  Iraqi Republic (2004–2008)
• 
  Iraqi Republic (2003–2004)
• 
  Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (2004)
• 
  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2014–2019)

Kurdistan

• 
  Flag of the Soran Emirate (1816–1835)
• 
  Flag of the Kingdom of Kurdistan (1922–1924)
• 
  Flag of the Republic of Ararat (1927–1930)
• 
  Flag of the Republic of Ararat (version) (1927–1930)
• 
  Flag of the Republic of Mahabad (1946–1947)
• 
  Kurdistan Workers' Party

Historical flags of Israel

• 
  Kingdom of Israel (1000BC-900BC)
• 
  Kingdom of Judah (900BC-766BC)
• 
  Neo-Assyrian Empire (765BC-653BC)
• 
  Neo-Babylonese Empire (652BC-539BC)
• 
  Achaemenid Empire (539BC-333BC)
• 
  Kingdom of Macedon (332BC-300BC)
• 
  Ptolemaic Empire (300BC-232BC)
• 
  Selucid Empire (232BC-110BC)
• 
  Hasmonean Dynasty (111BC-98BC)
• 
  Kingdom of Judea (97BC-3BC)
• 
  Roman Empire (2BC-320AD)
• 
  Rashidun Caliphate (661-754)
• 
  Umayyad Caliphate (755-776)
• 
  Abbasid Caliphate (777-1098)
• 
  Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099–1291)
• 
  Kingdom of Jerusalem (Variant) (1099–1291)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1516-1517)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1517–1793)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1793–1831/ 1841-1867)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1867-1918)
• 
  Flag of the First and Second Zionist Congress (1897-1898)
• 
  First Judeans Regiment of Jewish Legion (1919–1921)
• 
  High Commissioner of Palestine (1920–1948)
• 
  House flag of American Palestine Line (1924–1926)
• 
  Palestine Mandate Blue Ensign (1927–1948)
• 
  Palestine Mandate Ensign (1927–1948)
• 
  MV "Emanuel" (Captain Arye "Lyova" Grevnov) ship's of "Hofiya Shipping Company" Hebrew flag
• 
  "Ink Flag" (1948)
• 
  Jewish Combat Organization
• 
  Jewish Military Union

Historical flags of Jamaica

• 
  Spanish Santiago (1509–1655)
• 
  (1655–1707)
• 
  (1707-1801)
• 
  (1801-1875)
• 
  (1875–1906)
• 
  (1875–1906)
• 
  (1906–1957)
• 
  (1906–1957)
• 
  (1957–1962)
• 
  (1957–1962)
• 
  (1962)
• 
  (1962)

Historical flags of Japan

• 
  Historical military flag of Japan (13th century–)
• 
  Japonese Sashimono
• 
  Flag of the Portuguese Empire used in the Portuguese Nagasaki (1580–1587)
• 
  Dutch Dejima (1641–1854)
• 
  Naval ensign of the Tokugawa Shogunate
• 
  Flag of Japan (1870–1999)
• 
  Naval ensign of the Empire of Japan (1889–1945)
• 
  War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (1868–1945)
• 
  Righteous Army (1930–1945)
• 
  Occupation of Japan (1945–1952)
• 
  United States occupation of Japan (1945–1952)

Ryukyu and Okinawa Islands

• 
  Ryukyu Kingdom (Merchant flag) (1429–1879)
• 
  Civil ensign during the occupation of Okinawa (1952–1967)
• 
  United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950–1959)
• 
  United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1959–1960)
• 
  United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1960–1972)
• 
  Civil ensign of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1967–1972)

Historical flags of Jordan

• 
  Tanukhids
• 
  Ghassanids
• 
  Banner at the Battle of Siffin
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1516-1517)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1517–1793)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1793–1831/ 1841-1867)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1867-1918)
• 
  Arab Revolt (1918–1920)
• 
  Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920)
• 
  Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1928)
• 
  Emirate of Transjordan (1928–1939)
• 
  Hashemite Arab Federation (1958)

Historical flags of Kazakhstan

• 
  Flag of the Russian Empire (1822–1917)
• 
  Flag of the Russian Empire (1858–1896)
• 
  Flag of the Russian Empire (1914–1917)
• 
  Companions of Amangeldy Imanov (1916)
• 
  Alash Autonomy (1918)
• 
  Alash Autonomy (1917—1920)
• 
  Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1936)
• 
  Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1937–1940)
• 
  Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1953)
• 
  Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1991)
• 
  Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (Reverse) (1953–1991)
• 
  (1992)

Historical flags of Kenya

• 
  (1495–1521)
• 
  (1521–1578)
• 
  (1578–1640)
• 
  (1616–1640)
• 
  (1640–1667)
• 
  (1667–1706)
• 
  Omani Empire (1698–1888)
• 
  German East Africa Company (1885–1890)
• 
  German East Africa Company (Variant) (1885–1890)
• 
  Mombasa (1872–1890)
• 
  Wituland (1890)
• 
  Witu Protectorate (1893–1920)
• 
  Witu Protectorate (1893–1920)
• 
  British East Africa Company (1880–1895)
• 
  Imperial British East Africa Company
• 
  East Africa Protectorate (1895–1920)
• 
  Kenya Colony (1921–1963)
• 
  Kingdom of Italy (1940–1941)
• 
  Governor-general of Italian East Africa
• 
  Colony governor of the Kingdom of Italy

Historical flags of Kiribati

• 
  Kingdom of Abemama (1884)
• 
  Kingdom of Abemama (1884–1889)
• 
  Kingdom of Abemama (1889)
• 
  Kingdom of Abemama (1889–1892)
• 
  Colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1937–1976)
• 
  Colony of Gilbert Islands (1976–1979)

Historical flags of Korea

• 
  Military Flag of Goryeo (4th century)
• 
  Military Flag of Goryeo (Late 5th Century)
• 
  Military Flag of Goryeo (Half 5th Century)
• 
  Royal flag of Goryeo (918–1392)
• 
  Flag of Joseon (1856)
• 
  Flag of Joseon (Variant) (1856)
• 
  Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894–1895)
• 
  Imperial standard of Joseon (1882–1897) and the Korean Empire (1897–1910)
• 
  Flag of Joseon (1882–1897) and the Korean Empire (1897–1910)
• 
  Flag of Joseon (1882–1897) and the Korean Empire (1888–1893)
• 
  Flag of Joseon (1882–1897) and the Korean Empire (1893)
• 
  Flag of Joseon (1882–1897) and the Korean Empire (1899)
• 
  Sujagi
• 
  Royal standard of Joseon
• 
  Resident General of Korea
• 
  Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945)
• 
  Flag of the People's Republic of Korea (1945–1946)

South Korea

• 
  United States Army Military Government in Korea (1945–1948)
• 
  Flag of South Korea (1945–1948)
• 
  Flag of South Korea (1948–1949)
• 
  Flag of South Korea (1949–1984)
• 
  Flag of South Korea (1984–1997)
• 
  Flag of South Korea (1997–2011)

North Korea

• 
  Soviet Civil Administration in Korea (1945–1948)
• 
  Flag of North Korea (1948–1992)
• 
  Workers' Party of Korea (1949)

Historical flags of Kuwait

• 
  (1871–1914)
• 
  (1899–1903)
• 
  (1903–1914)
• 
  (1914–1921)
• 
  (1921–1940)
• 
  (1940–1961)

Historical flags of Kyrgyzstan

• 
  Göktürk Khaganate (557–658/711–717)
• 
  Uyghur Khaganate (758–840)
• 
  Khwarazmian Empire (1207–1220)
• 
  Shahada Flag used in revolts in 1898 and 1916
• 
  Kokand khanate
• 
  Kokand Autonomy (1917–1918)
• 
  Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1924)
• 
  Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1926–1936)
• 
  Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (Variant flag) (1936–1940)
• 
  Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1940)
• 
  Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1952)
• 
  Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1991)
• 
  Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1991) (Reverse)
• 
  Kyrgyz Republic (1992–2023)

Historical flags of Laos

• 
  Kingdom of Vientiane (1707–1828)
• 
  Kingdom of Champasak (1713–1947)
• 
  Kingdom of Luang Phrabang (1707–1893)
• 
  French protectorate of Laos (1893–1945, 1946–1953)
• 
  French protectorate of Laos (1893–1945, 1946–1953)
• 
  Occupied French Indo-China (1942–1945)
• 
  Kingdom of Laos (1952–1975)

Historical flags of Lebanon

• 
  County of Tripoli (1102–1289)
• 
  Ma'nid Emirate (1517–1697)
• 
  Chehab Emirate (1697–1842)
• 
  Arab Revolt
• 
  Flag of the region of Lebanon (1918–1920)
• 
  State of Greater Lebanon (1920–1943)
• 
  Deir El Qamar, Capital of the Maanid and early Chehab emirs (1830)
• 
  Rebels Flag during the Marada era
• 
  National Maanid flag
• 
  Rebels' flag during the rule of Prince Ibrahim

Historical flags of Lesotho

• 
  Unofficial flag of Basutoland (1951–1966)
• 
  Resident Commissioner of Basutoland (1951–1966)
• 
  (1966–1987)
• 
  (1987–2006)

Historical flags of Liberia

• 
  American Colonization Society
• 
  The flag of the United States was used in the first government of the Commonwealth of Liberia (1837–1845)
• 
  Republic of Maryland (1854–1857)

Historical flags of Libya

• 
  Tripoli (1350) as reported by the "Book of All Kingdoms"
• 
  Tripoli (1530–1551)
• 
  Tripolitania (1771)
• 
  Ottoman Tripolitania (1551–1793)
• 
  Ottoman Tripolitania (1793–1867)
• 
  Ottoman Tripolitania (1867–)
• 
  Ottoman Tripolitania (before 1912)
• 
  Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania (1911–1934)/
  Italian Libya (1934–1943)
• 
  Colony governor of the Kingdom of Italy
• 
  British Military Administration
• 
  Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames
• 
  Tripolitanian Republic (1918–1922)
• 
  Emirate of Cyrenaica (1949–1951)
• 
  Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969)
• 
  Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1972)
• 
  Libyan Arab Republic (1972–1977)
• 
  Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)

Historical flags of Madagascar

• 
  Antankarana Kingdom
• 
  Antongil Kingdom
• 
  Boina Kingdom
• 
  Menabe Kingdom
• 
  Sakalava of Antalaotra
• 
  Tamatave Kingdom (1750–1819)
• 
  Tamatave Kingdom (1819–1822)
• 
  Tamatave Kingdom (1822–1826)
• 
  Tamatave Kingdom (1826–1828)
• 
  Tanibe Kingdom (1822–1828)
• 
  Merina Kingdom (1787–1885)
• 
  Merina Kingdom (1810–1885)
• 
  Malagasy Protectorate (1885–1896)
• 
  Malagasy Protectorate (1896–1958)
• 
  Sadiavahy - anti-colonialist movement in French Madagascar (1910–1915)

Historical flags of Malawi

• 
  British Central Africa Protectorate (1893–1914)
• 
  Nyasaland (1914–1919)
• 
  Governor of Nyasaland (1914–1964)
• 
  Nyasaland (1919–1925)
• 
  Governor of Nyasaland (1925–1964)
• 
  Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963)
• 
  (1964–2012)
• 
  (2010–2012)

Historical flags of Malaysia

• 
  Federated Malay States
  (Civil Ensign) (1895–1946)
• 
  Federated Malay States (1895–1946)
• 
  Occupied Malaya (1942–1945)
• 
  Federated Malay States
  (Naval ensign) (1895–1946)
• 
  Federation of Malaya (1950–1963)

Johor

• 
  Johor Sultanate (Up to 1855)
• 
  Johor Sultanate (1855–1865)
• 
  Johor Sultanate (1865–1871)

Kedah

• 
  Kedah (1821–1826)
• 
  Kedah Sultanate
  (18th century–1912)

Kelantan

• 
  Kelantan Sultanate (1912–1923)

Labuan

• 
  Crown Colony of Labuan (1912–1946)

Malacca

• 
  Portuguese Fort of Malacca (1511–1641)
• 
  Dutch City and Fort of Malacca (1641–1825)
• 
  Malacca Sultanate (1946–1957)

Pahang

• 
  British Resident flag of Pahang (1853—1957)
• 
  (1853–1887)
• 
  (1887–1903)

Penang

• 
  British Straits Settlements (1904–1925)
• 
  (1946–1949)

Sabah

• 
  Flag of the Governor of North Borneo (1882–1903)
• 
  North Borneo (1882–1902)
• 
  North Borneo (Civil Ensign) (1882–1902)
• 
  North Borneo (1902–1946)
• 
  Flag of the Governor of North Borneo (1903–1915)
• 
  Flag of the Governor of North Borneo (1915–1946)
• 
  North Borneo (Civil Ensign) (1902–1946)
• 
  Crown Colony of North Borneo (1948–1963)
• 
  Flag of the Governor of North Borneo (1948–1963)
• 
  (1963–1981)
• 
  (1982–1988)

Sarawak

• 
  Lanfang Republic (1841–1848)
• 
  Raj of Sarawak (1841–1848)
• 
  Raj of Sarawak (1848–1870)
• 
  Raj of Sarawak (1870–1946)
• 
  Crown Colony of Sarawak (1947–1963)
• 
  Governor of Sarawak (1947–1963)
• 
  (1973–1988)
• 
  North Kalimantan Communist Party (1971–1990)

Selangor

• 
  Selangor Sultanate (1780s)
• 
  Selangor Sultanate (1859—1965)
• 
  Selangor Sultanate (variant) (1859—1965)

Terengganu

• 
  Terengganu Sultanate (1912–1933)
• 
  Terengganu Sultanate (1933–1947)

Historical flags of Maldives

• 
  (c. 1117–1796)
• 
  (1796—1903)
• 
  (1903—1926)
• 
  (1926—1953)
• 
  (1953—1954)
• 
  (Sultan's Standard) (1954—1965)
• 
  (1954—1965)
• 
  (Sultan's/ President's Standard) (1954—1965)
• 
  United Suvadive Republic (1959–1963)
• 
  Ancient flag of the Huvadhu Atoll Chief

Historical flags of Mali

• 
  Wassoulou Empire
• 
  Massina Empire

  (possibly)
• 
  Mali Empire
• 
  French Sudan (1880–1960)
• 
  French Sudan (1958–1959)
• 
  Mali Federation (1959–1961)

Azawad

• 
  Tumoujgha Republic (2007)
• 
  State of Azawad (2012)

Historical flags of the Marshall Islands

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521–1785)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1821)/
  Spanish East Indies (1565–1898)
• 
  German New Guinea (1878–1894)
• 
  German New Guinea/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  German New Guinea Company (1885–1899)
• 
  Proposed flag of German New Guinea (1914)
• 
  South Pacific Mandate (1919–1947)
• 
  South Pacific Mandate (1919–1947)
• 
  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
  (1965–1979/1981 from Palau)
• 
  TTPI (1947-1965)

Historical flags of Mauritania

• 
  Almoravid Dynasty (1056–1147) (possibly)
• 
  Colony of Mauritania (1903–1960)
• 
  (1959–2017)
• 
  (2017)

Historical flags of Mauritius

• 
  Dutch Mauritius (1638–1710)
• 
  Isle de France (1715–1792)
• 
  Isle de France (1792–1810)
• 
  (1869–1906)
• 
  (1906–1923)
• 
  (1906–1968)
• 
  (1923–1968)

Historical flags of Mexico

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521–1821)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1821)
• 
  Banner used by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1810
• 
  Flag used in 1812 by José María Morelos at the Independence War
• 
  Flag of the Three Guarantees
• 
  Flag of the First Mexican Empire
• 
  Mexican Republic (1823–1835)
• 
  Mexican Republic (1835–1857)
• 
  Flag of Mexico
  (1857–1864; 1867–1880)
• 
  Flag of the Second Mexican Empire
• 
  Flag of Mexico (1880–1893)
• 
  Flag of Mexico (1893–1916)
• 
  Flag of Mexico (1916–1934)
• 
  EZLN
• 
  National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty (1926–1929)
• 
  Flag of Mexico (1934–1968)
• 
  Republic of the Rio Grande (1840)
• 
  Republic of Yucatan (1841–1848)
• 
  Republic of Baja California (1853–1854)
• 
  Republic of Sonora (1853–1854)

Historical flags of Mongolia

• 
  Khamag Mongol (1130–1206)
• 
  Battle Flag of The Mongol Empire (1206–1368) (speculative)
• 
  Mongol Empire (variant) (speculative)
• 
  Chagatai Khanate
• 
  Golden Horde
• 
  Ilkhanate
• 
  Bogd Khanate of Mongolia (1911–1920)
• 
  Bogd Khanate of Mongolia (1911–1921; variant)
• 
  People's Republic of Mongolia (1921–1924)
• 
  People's Republic of Mongolia (1924–1930 variant)
• 
  Mongolian People's Republic
  (1924–1940; variant)
• 
  Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1940)
• 
  Mongolian People's Republic (1930–1940)
• 
  People's Republic of Mongolia (1940–1945)
• 
  Mongolian People's Republic (1945–1992)
• 
  Mongolia (1992-2011)
  (before color standardisation)

Historical flags of Morocco

• 
  (variant) (1666–1915)
• 
  Empire of the Sahara (1903)
• 
  French protectorate in Morocco (1912–1956)
• 
  French protectorate in Morocco (1912–1955)
• 
  Spanish protectorate in Morocco (1912–1956)
• 
  Republic of the Rif (1921–1926)

Tangier International Zone

• 
  Flag of Tangier under Portuguese Administration (1945–1948/1951–1954)
• 
  Flag of Tangier under Dutch Administration (1948–1951)
• 
  Flag of Tangier under Belgian Administration (1954–1956)
• 
  Tangier International Zone (1923–1956)

Historical flags of Mozambique

• 
  (1505–1521)
• 
  (1521–1578)
• 
  (1578–1640)
• 
  (1616–1640)
• 
  (1640–1667)
• 
  (1667–1706)
• 
  (1706–1750; 1826–1834)
• 
  (1750–1816)
• 
  Austrian attempt in Maputo Bay (1778–1781)
• 
  (1816–1826)
• 
  (1834–1910)
• 
  (1910-1975)
• 
  Proposed flag of Portuguese Mozambique
• 
  Portuguese Colony Governor General
• 
  (1974–1975)
• 
  (1975–1983)
• 
  (1983)
• 
  RENAMO partisans (First version)
• 
  RENAMO partisans (Second version)

Historical flags of Myanmar

• 
  Hanthawaddy Kingdom (c. 1300–1500)
• 
  Taungoo Dynasty (1510s–1752)
• 
  Burmese Empire (1853–1876)
• 
  Third Burmese Empire
• 
  Konbaung dynasty (1752–1885)
• 
  Flag of the pro-Japanese Synyethe Wunthann party, de facto flag of Burma (1942–1943)
• 
  Occupied Burma (1942–1945)
• 
  British rule in Burma
  (1824–1943, 1945–1948)
• 
  Standard of the Governor of Burma
• 
  State of Burma (1943–1945)
• 
  State of Burma (1943–1945)
• 
  Stylized variant flag of the State of Burma (1943–1945)
• 
  Union of Burma (1948–1974)
• 
  (1974–2010)

Historical flags of Namibia

• 
  German West Africa/
  Governor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  Proposed flag of German South West Africa (1914)
• 
  2nd Proposal for German South-West Africa (1914)
• 
  Flag of South West Africa between 1915 and 28 June 1919.
• 
  Merchant flag of South Africa from 1915 to 1928.
• 
  Flag of South West Africa from 1928 until 1982 under Mandates and Trusteeships by South Africa.
• 
  Flag of South West Africa from 1982 to 21 March 1990 under Mandates and Trusteeships by South Africa.
• 
  Bushmanland
• 
  Damaraland
• 
  East Caprivi (1972–1977)
• 
  East Caprivi (1977–1989)
• 
  Hereroland
• 
  Kavangoland
• 
  Namaland
• 
  Ovamboland
• 
  Rehoboth

Historical flags of Nauru

• 
  Flag of German New Guinea.
  (1888–1914)
• 
  Flag of Nauru When it was under the Trust mandate of Britain.
  (1919–1948)
• 
  United Nations trust territory of Nauru
• 
  Flag of Nauru under the occupation of the Empire of Japan during World War II
  (1942–1945)
• 
  Flag of Nauru used during Trusteeship with Australia and the United Kingdom
  (1948–1968)

Historical flags of Nepal

• 
  (19th century–1856)
• 
  (1856–c. 1930)
• 
  (c. 1930–1962)
• 
  Flag used during Nepal-Tibet War, the Nepal-British War and both World Wars
• 
  Kingdom of Lo

Historical flags of New Zealand

• 
  Initial design of the United Tribes flag
• 
  United Tribes of New Zealand (1834–1840)
• 
  naval flag of New Zealand (1867–1869)
• 
  The Code Signals Flag (1899)
• 
  Flag of the Governor of New Zealand (1869–1874)
• 
  Flag of the Governor of New Zealand (1874–1908)
• 
  Flag of the Governor of New Zealand (1908–1936)

Cook Islands

• 
  Kingdom of Rarotonga (1858–1888)
• 
  Kingdom of Rarotonga (1888–1893)
• 
  Cook Islands Federation (1893–1901)
• 
  Cook Islands (1973–1979)

Tokelau

• 
  (1980s) (proposal)
• 
  (2007) (proposal)

Niue

• 
  British Western Pacific Territories Savage Island/
  Rock of Polynesia (1877–1976)

Historical flags of Nicaragua

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521-1785)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785-1821)
• 
  (1823–1824)
• 
  (1824–1838)
• 
  United Provinces of Central America flag (1823–1825)
• 
  Federal Republic of Central America (1825–1841)
• 
  (1852–1854)
• 
  (1854–1858)
• 
  (1856–1857)
• 
  (1858–1889; 1893–1896)
• 
  (1889–1893)
• 
  (1896–1908)
• 
  Greater Republic of Central America (1898)
• 
  (1908–1971)
• 
  United States occupation of Nicaragua (1912–1933)
• 
  Sandinista National Liberation Front
• 
  Mosquito Reserve

  (1860–1894)

Historical flags of Niger

• 
  Flag of French West Africa (1922–1959)

Historical flags of Nigeria

• 
  Flag of the Benin Empire (possibly)
• 
  Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate (1804–1903)
• 
  Flag of the Kano Emirate (1807–1903)
• 
  Royal Niger Company (1887—1888)
• 
  Royal Niger Company (1888–1899)
• 
  British West Africa Settlements (1870–1888)
• 
  Lagos Colony (1888–1906)
• 
  Oil Rivers Protectorate (1884–1893)
• 
  Niger Coast Protectorate (1893–1899)
• 
  Northern Nigeria Protectorate (1900–1914)
• 
  Southern Nigeria Protectorate (1900–1914)
• 
  Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (1914–1952)
• 
  Governor(-General) of Nigeria (1914–1952)
• 
  Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (1952–1960)
• 
  Governor(-General) of Nigeria (1952–1960)
• 
  Republic of Biafra (1967–1970)
• 
  Republic of Benin (1967)

Historical flags of Oman

• 
  Imamate of Oman (751–1959)
• 
  Omani Empire (1696–1856)
• 
  (1507–1521)
• 
  (1521–1578)
• 
  (1578–1640)
• 
  (1616–1640)
• 
  (1640–1656)
• 
  Sultanate of Muscat and Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (1650–1970)
• 
  Imamate of Muscat and Oman (1868–1971)
• 
  Imamate of Oman (1954–1959)
• 
  (1970–1995)
• 
  Dhofar Liberation Front
• 
  Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf

Historical flags of Pakistan

• 
  Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)
• 
  Mughal Empire (1526–1858)
• 
  British Raj (1880–1947)
• 
  Awami Tahreek (Pakistan)

Balochistan

• 
  Gwadar (1783-1958)
• 
  Las Bela
• 
  Kharan
• 
  Makran
• 
  Kalat
• 
  Kalat (second version)

Hindu Kush

• 
  State of Amb
• 
  State of Chitral
• 
  State of Swat
• 
  Dir

Pashtunistan

• 
  Waziristan (1930s)
• 
  Islamic Emirate of Waziristan (2006)

Punjab

• 
  State of Bahawalpur (1885–1945)
• 
  State of Bahawalpur (1945–1955)

Sindh

• 
  State of Khairpur
• 
  Ror Empire

Historical flags of Palau

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521–1785)
• 
  Viceroyalty of Peru (1785–1821),
  Spanish East Indies (1821–1898)
• 
  German New Guinea/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  German New Guinea Company (1885–1899)
• 
  Proposed flag of German New Guinea (1914)
• 
  South Pacific Mandate (1919–1947)
• 
  South Pacific Mandate (1919–1947)
• 
  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1965–1979/1981 from Palau)
• 
  TTPI (1947–1965)
• 
  US Palau (1979–1981)

Historical flags of Palestine

• 
  Ottoman Syria (1516-1517)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1517–1793)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1793–1831/ 1841-1867)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1867-1918)
• 
  High Commissioner of Palestine (1920–1948)
• 
  Palestine Mandate Blue Ensign (1927–1948)
• 
  Palestine Mandate Red Ensign (1927–1948)
• 
  Flag of the Arab revolt (1936–1939)
• 
  Flag used by the Arab League to represent Palestine (1945–1955)
• 
  Flag of Palestine (1964–2006)
• 
  Flag of Palestine (1948–1964)

Historical flags of Panama

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717–1785)
• 
  New Caledonia (Scottish colony)
• 
  Viceroyalty of Peru (1785–1821)
• 
  Sovereign State of Panama (1855–1863)
• 
  Sovereign State of Panama (1863–1903)
• 
  (1903–1925)
• 
  (1925-2017)
• 
  Panama Canal Zone (1903–1979)

Guna Yala

• 
  Tule Republic (1925)
• 
  Kuna Yala (1942–)

Historical flags of Papua New Guinea

British

• 
  British New Guinea (1884–1888)
• 
  British New Guinea (1888–1906)
• 
  Territory of Papua (1906–1975)
• 
  Occupied New Guinea (1942–1945)
• 
  United Nations trust territories of Territory of New Guinea
• 
  Territory of Papua and New Guinea (1965–1970)
• 
  Territory of Papua and New Guinea (1970–1971)

German

• 
  German New Guinea/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  German New Guinea Company (1885–1899)
• 
  Proposed flag of German New Guinea (1914)
• 
  Proposed flag of German New Guinea (Variant) (1914)
• 
  Proposed flag of German New Guinea (Variant) (1914)
• 
  German New Guinea (Weimar Republic) (1918–1921)
• 
  Territory of New Guinea (1921–1975)
• 
  Republic of the North Solomons and Bougainville Interim Government (1975–)

Netherlands

• 
  Netherlands New Guinea (1961–1962)
• 
  United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) (1962–1963)

Historical flags of Paraguay

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521–1785)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1898)
• 
  (1811)
• 
  (1811)
• 
  (1811)
• 
  (1811–1812)
• 
  (1812–1826)
• 
  (1826–1842)
• 
  (1842–1954)
• 
  (1954–1988)
• 
  (1988–1990)
• 
  (1990–2013)

Historical flags of Peru

• 
  Viceroyalty of Peru (1521–1785)
• 
  Viceroyalty of Peru (1785–1821)
• 
  Inca Empire
  (last year)
• 
  Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II (1780–1782)
• 
  (1821–1822)
• 
  (1822)
• 
  (1822–1825)
• 
  (1825–1884)
• 
  (1884–1950)
• 
  South Peru (1836–1839)
• 
  Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1836–1839)

Huánuco

• 
  Huánuco Rebellion

Cuzco

• 
  (1821–1978)

Historical flags of Philippines

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1565–1785)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1821)/
  Spanish East Indies (1821–1898)
• 
  Revolutionary Government of the Philippines
• 
  First Republic (1898–1901)
• 
  Philippines under direct administration from the United States of America
• 
  (1919–1936)
• 
  (1936–1946)
• 
  Occupied Philippines (1942–1945)
• 
  Second Republic (October 14, 1943)
• 
  (1943-1945)
• 
  Third Republic (1946–1985)
• 
  Forth Republic (1985)
• 
  (1985-1986)
• 
  Fifth Republic (1986–1998)

Revolution flags

• 
  Organizational flag
• 
  Organizational flag
• 
  Organizational flag
• 
  Andrés Bonifacio flag
• 
  Mariano Llanera flag
• 
  Pío del Pilar
• 
  Gregorio del Pilar flag
• 
  Pío del Pilar
• 
  Negros Republic (1898)
• 
  Tagalog Republic (1902–1906)
• 
  Tagalog Republic (Variant)
• 
  First Republic (1898–1901)
• 
  First Republic (Variant) (1898–1901)

Calabarzon regions

• 
  Hukbalahap Rebels (1942–1954)

Bicol Region

• 
  Flag of the Katipuneros of the Bicol region (1897–1899)

Cebuano regions

• 
  Sultanate of Maguindanao (1515–1888)
• 
  Negros Republic (1898)
• 
  Negros Republic (1898–1901)
• 
  Federal Republic of Mindanao (1990)

Muslim Mindanao

• 
  Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (1989–2019)
• 
  Moro Islamic Liberation Front
• 
  Bangsamoro Republik (2013)

Zamboanga

• 
  Republic of Zamboanga (1899–1903)

Sulu

• 
  Sulu Sultanate
  (Late 18th Century)
• 
  Sulu Sultanate
  (Late 19th Century)
• 
  War flag of the Sulu Sultanate (19th Century)
• 
  Chinese community in the Sulu Sultanate

Western Visayas

• 
  Province of Manila (1845–1898)
• 
  Ilo-Ilo (1886–1898)

Historical flags of Qatar

• 
  (18th century–1860)
• 
  (1860–1916; 1916–1932)
• 
  (1916)
• 
  (1932–1936)
• 
  (1936–1949)
• 
  (1949–1971)

Historical flags of Rwanda

• 
  German East Africa/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  Society for German Colonization and German East Africa Company (1884–1920)
• 
  Proposed flag of German East Africa (1914)
• 
  Ruanda-Urundi (1916–1962)
• 
  United Nations trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi
• 
  Kingdom of Rwanda (1959–1961)
• 
  Kingdom of Rwanda (1961–1962)
• 
  Republic of Rwanda (1962–2001)
• 
  Rwandan Democratic Movement and Interahamwe

Historical flags of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• 
  (1625–1707)
• 
  Saint Cristopher (1651-1689) (Hospitaller colony)
• 
  (1707-1801)
• 
  (1801-1871)
• 
  British Leeward Islands (1871–1956)
• 
  West Indies Federation (1958–1962)
• 
  Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1958–1967)
• 
  Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1967)
• 
  Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1967–1983)

Historical flags of Saint Lucia

• 
  (1663–1707)
• 
  (1707-1801)
• 
  (1801-1875)
• 
  (1875–1939)
• 
  (1939–1967)
• 
  (1967–1979)
• 
  (1979–2002)

Historical flags of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• 
  (1877–1907)
• 
  (1907–1979)
• 
  (1979–1985)
• 
  (1985)

Historical flags of Samoa

• 
  (1858–1873)
• 
  (1879)
• 
  (1873–1887; 1889–1900)
• 
  (1887–1889)
• 
  German Samoa/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  German Samoa (proposed)
• 
  Western Samoa Trust Territory during the control of NZ-forces (1914–1920)
• 
  Western Samoa Trust Territory (1922–1948)
• 
  United Nations trust territory of Western Samoa
• 
  Western Samoa Trust Territory (1948–1949)

Historical flags of São Tomé and Príncipe

• 
  (1485–1495)
• 
  (1495–1521)
• 
  (1588–1640)
• 
  (1616–1640)
• 
  (1640–1667)
• 
  (1667–1706)
• 
  (1706–1750; 1826–1834)
• 
  (1750–1816)
• 
  (1816–1826)
• 
  (1834–1910)
• 
  (1910–1975)
• 
  Proposed flag of Portuguese Provincial São Tomé
  (not adopted)
• 
  MLSTP

Historical flags of Saudi Arabia

• 
  Rashidun Caliphate (632–661)
• 
  Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)
• 
  Abbasid Caliphates (750–1258)
• 
  Abbasid Caliphates
  (Military Flag)
• 
  Habesh Eyalet (1554–1793)
• 
  Emirate of Diriyah (1744–1818)
• 
  Habesh Eyalet (1793–1802/ 1813–1867)
• 
  Emirate of Nejd (1824–1891)
• 
  Emirate of Jabal Shammar (1836–1921)
• 
  Ha'il state (1836–1921)
• 
  Eyalet of Rumelia (1867–1872)/ Vilayet of the Hejaz (1872–1916)
• 
  Emirate of the Al-Murrah Tribe (1901–1917)
• 
  Emirate of Riyadh (1902–1913)
• 
  Emirate of Asir (1909–1927)
• 
  Emirate of Nejd and Hasa (1913–1921)
• 
  Sheikdom of Upper Asir (1916–1923)
• 
  Kingdom of Hejaz (1916–1917)
• 
  Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (1917–1920)
• 
  Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (1920–1926)
• 
  Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1926)
• 
  Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (1926–1932)
• 
  Idrisid Emirate of Asir (1927–1930)
• 
  Saudi Arabia (1932–1934)
• 
  Saudi Arabia (1934–1938)
• 
  Saudi Arabia (1938–1973)

Historical flags of Senegal

• 
  French West Africa (1895–1958)
• 
  French Senegal (1958–1959)
• 
  Mali Federation (1959–1961)

Historical flags of Seychelles

• 
  French Seychelles (1756–1810)
• 
  (1903–1961)
• 
  Governor of Seychelles (1903–1961)
• 
  (1961–1976)
• 
  Governor of Seychelles (1961–1976)
• 
  (1976–1977)
• 
  (1977–1996)

Historical flags of Sierra Leone

• 
  British West African Settlements (1821–1850/1866–1888)
• 
  (1889–1916)
• 
  (1916–1961)
• 
  Revolutionary United Front

Historical flags of Singapore

• 
  British Straits Settlements (1868–1877)
• 
  British Straits Settlements (1904–1925)
• 
  Governor of the Straits Settlements (1904–1925)
• 
  Straits Settlements (1925–1946)
• 
  Japonese ocupided Singapore
• 
  (1946–1952)
• 
  Governor of Singapore (1946–1959)
• 
  (1952–1959)
• 
  (1959–1963)

Historical flags of Solomon Islands

• 
  (1906–1947)
• 
  (1947–1956)
• 
  (1956–1966)
• 
  (1966–1977)

Historical flags of Somalia

• 
  Ajuran Empire (13th century–17th century)
• 
  Italian Somalia (1889–1936)
• 
  Governor-general of Italian East Africa
• 
  Colony governor of the Kingdom of Italy
• 
  Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration (1950–1960)
• 
  Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration (UN flag) (1950–1960)
• 
  Somalia (2004–2012)
• 
  Puntland
• 
  Southwestern Somalia
• 
  Jubaland (1998)
• 
  Jubaland/ Azania (2011)
• 
  Jubaland
• 
  Hirshabelle State of Somalia
• 
  Galmudug (2013–2016)
• 
  Galmudug
• 
  Islamic Courts Union
• 
  Raskamboni Movement
• 
  Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
• 
  Himan and Heeb
• 
  Hizbul Islam

Somaliland

• 
  Adal Sultanate (1415–1577)
• 
  Isaaq Sultanate (~1700s–1884)
• 
  Dervish Kingdom of Diiriye Guure (1895–1920)
• 
  British Somaliland (1903–1950)
• 
  British Somaliland (Red Ensign) (1903–1950)
• 
  British Somaliland (1950–1952)
• 
  British Somaliland (Red Ensign) (1950–1952)
• 
  British Somaliland (1952–1960)
• 
  British Somaliland (Red Ensign) (1952–1960)
• 
  State of Somaliland (1960)
• 
  Somaliland (1991)
• 
  Somaliland (1991–1996)

Maakhir

• 
  Maakhir State of Somalia (2007–2008)
• 
  Maakhir State of Somalia (2008–2009)

Khaatumo

• 
  Khaatumo State of Somalia (2012–2017)

Awdalland

• 
  Awdalland (2012)

Historical flags of South Africa

• 
  Cape Colony (1652–1806)
• 
  South Africa Red Ensign (1910–1912)
• 
  South Africa Red Ensign (1912–1951)
• 
  Blue Ensign of South Africa (1910–1928)
• 
  Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (1910–1931)
• 
  Flag of South Africa (1928–1982)
• 
  Flag of South Africa (1982–1994)

Colony

• 
  Transvaal Colony (1904–1910)
• 
  Orange River Colony (1902–1910)
• 
  Cape of Good Hope (1876–1910)
• 
  Natal Colony (1875–1910)

Boer Republics

• 
  Flag used by the Voortrekkers during the Great Trek
• 
  Natalia Republic (1839–1843)
• 
  South African Republic (1857–74, 1875–77, 1881–1902, and 1914–1915)
• 
  South African Republic (1874–1875)
• 
  Orange Free State (1854–1902)
• 
  State of Goshen (1882–1883)
• 
  Republic of Stellaland (1882–1883)
• 
  Republic of Stellaland (1882–1883) (Variant)
• 
  Republic of Stellaland (1883–1885)
• 
  Afrikaner Volksfront
• 
  Nieuwe Republiek (1884–1888)
• 
  Nieuwe Republiek (Alternative version that was never flown)

Bantustans

• 
  Bophuthatswana (1972–1994)
• 
  Ciskei (1973–1994)
• 
  Gazankulu (1973–1994)
• 
  KwaNdbele (1982–1994)
• 
  KwaZulu (1977–1985)
• 
  KwaZulu (1985–1994)
• 
  Lebowa (1974–1994)
• 
  QwaQwa (1975–1994)
• 
  Republic of Transkei (1976–1994)
• 
  Venda (1973–1994)

Historical flags of Sri Lanka

• 
  Dutugamunu, Anuradhapura Kingdom (161 BC–1017 AD)
• 
  Kingdom of Gampola (1341–1408)
• 
  Pandara Vanniyan the last Tamil ruler of Vannimai (1785–1803)
• 
  Governorate of Ceylon (1640–1796)
• 
  (1597–1640)
• 
  (1616–1640)
• 
  (1640–1667)
• 
  (1667–1685)
• 
  Kingdom of Sitawaka (1521–1594)
• 
  Kingdom of Kandy (c. 1798–1815)
• 
  British Ceylon (1875–1948)
• 
  British Ceylon (1875–1948)
• 
  Dominion of Ceylon (1948–1951)
• 
  (1951–1972)

Historical flags of Sudan

• 
  Kingdom of Makuria
• 
  Kingdom of Alodia (c. 1350) (possible)
• 
  The black standard was also used in Mahdist Sudan
• 
  Ottoman Province of Egypt (1517–1793)
• 
  Ottoman Province of Egypt (1793–1805)/ Autonomous Province of Egypt (1805-1844)
• 
  Egypt Eyalet (1844–1867)
• 
  Khedivate of Egypt (1867–1881)
• 
  Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation (1881–1914)
• 
  Mahdist State (1885–1899)
• 
  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1914–1922)
• 
  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1922–1956)
• 
  British Governor General
• 
  Sudan Defence Force (1925–1956)
• 
  Provisional flag of Sudan used during the Afro-Asian Conference (April 1955)
• 
  Republic of Sudan (1956–1969)
• 
  Naval ensign (1956–1970)
• 
  Customs ensign (1956–1970)
• 
  Azania Liberation Front (1965–1970)

Historical flags of South Sudan

• 
  Flag of the SPLA (1983)
• 
  Flag of the SPLA (1995)
• 
  Regional flag of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–2011)
• 
  (2011–2023)

Historical flags of Suriname

• 
  English colony of Surinam (1650–1667)
• 
  (1799–1816)
• 
  (1801–1875)
• 
  Dutch Guyana (1667–1795)
• 
  Dutch Guyana (1652–1795)
• 
  US Suriname (1941–1945)
• 
  Colony of Suriname (1875)
• 
  Old flag of colony of Suriname (19th Century)
• 
  Governors Standard (1920–1966)
• 
  Governors Standard (1920–1966)
• 
  (1959–1975)

Historical flags of Syria

• 
  Vexilloid of Asyria
• 
  Ghassanids
  (Pre-Islamic Banner)
• 
  Tayy (Battle of Siffin)
• 
  Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)
• 
  Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1260)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1516-1517)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1517–1793)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1793–1831/ 1841-1867)
• 
  Ottoman Syria (1867-1918)
• 
  Arab Revolt
• 
  Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920)
• 
  Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (1923−1946)
• 
  Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (1920)
• 
  State of Damascus (1920–1925)
• 
  State of Aleppo (1920–1925)
• 
  Alawite State (1920–1936)
• 
  Syrian Federation and State of Syria (1925–1930)
• 
  Hatay State (1938–1939)
• 
  Syrian Republic (1930–1932)
• 
  Syrian Republic (1932–1963)
• 
  United Arab Republic (1958–1971)
• 
  Syrian Republic (1963–1972)
• 
  Federation of Arab Republics (1972–1980)
• 
  Syrian Arab Republic (1980–2019)
• 
  Syrian Arab Republic (2019–2024)
• 
  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2014–2019)

Jabal Druze

• 
  (1921–1924)
• 
  (1924–1936)

Historical flags of Taiwan

• 
  Spanish Formosa (1626–1642)
• 
  Government of Formosa (1624–1668)
• 
  Kingdom of Tungning (1661–1683)
• 
  Republic of Formosa (1895)
• 
  Japanese Taiwan (Postal Flag)
• 
  Taiwan under Japanese rule (1895–1945)
• 
  Da Ming Cibeiguo (1915–1916)
• 
  Taiwanese People's Party

Historical flags of Tajikistan

• 
  Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1929)
• 
  Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1929–1931)
• 
  Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1931–1935)
• 
  Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1935–1936)
• 
  Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1938)
• 
  Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1938–1940)
• 
  Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1953)
• 
  Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1991)
• 
  Tajik SSR (1953–1991) (Reverse)
• 
  Republic of Tajikistan (1991–1992)
• 
  Republic of Tajikistan (1991–1992) (Reverse)
• 
  Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (1990–2015)

Historical flags of Tamil states

• 
  Pudukkottai state
• 
  Arcot State
• 
  Tamil Eelam (1983–2009)
• 
  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Historical flags of Tanzania

• 
  Kilwa Sultanate (possibly)
• 
  German East Africa Company (1885)
• 
  German East Africa/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  Society for German Colonization and German East Africa Company (1884–1920)
• 
  Proposed flag of German East Africa (1914)
• 
  Territory of Tanganyika (1923–1961)
• 
  Republic of Tanganyika (1961–1964)
• 
  Sultanate of M'Simbati (1959–)

Zanzibar

• 
  Sultanate of Zanzibar (1856–1896)
• 
  Sultanate of Zanzibar Under British Rule (1896–1963)
• 
  British Resident of Zanzibar (1955–1963)
• 
  Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963–1964)
• 
  People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba (1964)
• 
  People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba (1964)
• 
  People's Republic of Pemba (1964)
• 
  Afro-Shirazi Party

Historical flags of Thailand

• 
  (c. 1680–c. 1782)
• 
  (c. 1782–c. 1817)
• 
  (c. 1817–1843)
• 
  (1843–1916)
• 
  Royal Siamese Army in Haw wars (1885–1890)
• 
  (1916)
• 
  (1917)
• 
  (1917–2017)
  (before color standardisation)

Historical flags of Togo

• 
  Togoland Protectorate/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
• 
  Proposed flag of the Togoland Protectorate (1914)
• 
  Territory of Togoland (1916–1960)
• 
  French Togo (1957–1958)
• 
  French Togoland (1958–1960)
• 
  United Nations trust territory of French Togoland

Historical flags of Tonga

• 
  Tuʻi Tonga Empire (950s–1865)
• 
  (1858–1862)
• 
  (1862–1866)
• 
  Royal Standard of Tonga (1862–1875)
• 
  Republic of Minerva (1972)

Historical flags of Trinidad and Tobago

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1592-1821)
• 
  New Courland (17th century)
• 
  New Courland (colonial flag)
• 
  British Windward Islands (1833–1959)
• 
  (1889–1958)
• 
  (1889–1958) (Civil Ensign)
• 
  (1958–1962)
• 
  (1958–1962) (Civil Ensign)

Historical flags of Tunisia

• 
  Supposed military standard of Carthage
• 
  Umayyad Caliphate (660s-750)
• 
  Fatimid Caliphate (909-973)
• 
  Hafsid dynasty (1300–1337)
• 
  Hafsid dynasty (1424–1488) (possibly)
• 
  Hafsid dynasty
  (variant) (15th century) (possibly)
• 
  Eyalet of Tunis (1574–1705)
• 
  Ottoman Tunisia
  (18th century)
• 
  Flag of the Bey of Tunis
• 
  (1830s–1999)
• 
  French protectorate of Tunisia (1881–1956)
• 
  French protectorate of Tunisia (1881–1956)

Historical flags of Turkmenistan

• 
  Khanate of Khiva (1917)
• 
  Khanate of Khiva during (1917–1922)
• 
  Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1921)
• 
  Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1924)
• 
  Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (1921–1924)
• 
  Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (1920–1924)
• 
  Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1926)
• 
  Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1926–1937)
• 
  Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1937–1940)
• 
  Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1953)
• 
  Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1973)
• 
  Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1973–1991)
• 
  Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
  (Reverse) (1953–1991)
• 
  Flag of Turkmenistan (1992–1997)
• 
  Flag of Turkmenistan (1997–2001)

Historical flags of Tuvalu

• 
  Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1937–1976)
• 
  (1976–1978)
• 
  (1978–1995)
• 
  (1995)
• 
  (1996–1997)

Historical flags of Uganda

• 
  Uganda Protectorate (1914–1962)
• 
  Lado Enclave
• 
  (1962)
• 
  Lord's Resistance Army

Buganda

• 
  (1860)
• 
  (1861–1876, 1881–1890)
• 
  (1876–1881)
• 
  (1891–1892)
• 
  (1892–1939)
• 
  (1939–1967)

Tooro

• 
  (1993)

Rwenzururu

• 
  Rwenzururu movement (1962–1982)

Historical flags of United Arab Emirates

• 
  Jabrids Emirate
• 
  Flag of the Hinawi (the Bani Yas – Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and Fujairah) and Ghafiri (Umm Al Quwain and Ajman) tribal confederations prior to 1820
• 
  Al Qawasim (1820)
• 
  Emirate of Kalba (1921–1952)
• 
  Fujeirah-Sharjah Federation (1960–1971)
• 
  Fujairah (1952–1961)
• 
  Trucial States (1820–various)
• 
  Trucial States (1936–various)
• 
  Trucial States (1968–1971)

Historical flags of the United States of America

• 
  New England (1607–1707)
• 
  Thirteen Colonies
  (1707–1775)
• 
  Flag of the United Colonies (1775–1776)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1777–1795)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (Betsy Ross) (1792)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1795–1818)
• 
  Cowpens flag (1781)
• 
  Great Star Flag (1818–1819)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1819–1820)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1820–1822)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1822–1836)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1836–1837)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1837–1845)
• 
  Great Star Flag (1837–1845)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1845–1846)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1846–1847)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1847–1848)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1848–1851)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1851–1858)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1858–1859)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1859–1861)
• 
  Fort Sumter Flag
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1861–1863)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1861–1863)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1863–1865)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1863–1865)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1865–1867)
• 
  Wagon Wheel Flag (1865–1867)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1867–1877)
• 
  Medallion Centennial Flag (1867–1877)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1877–1890)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1890–1891)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1891–1896)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1896–1908)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1908–1912)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1912–1959)
• 
  Flag of the United States of America (1959–1960)

Confederate States of America

• 
  First National Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861–1863),
  aka the "Stars and Bars"
• 
  Second National Flag of the Confederate States of America (1863–1865), aka "Stainless Banner"/
  "White Man's Flag"
• 
  Third National Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865), aka
  "The Bloodstained Banner"
• 
  Variant captured following the Battle of Painesville (1865)
• 
  Battle flag of Forrest's Cavalry Corps, 1863–65. This was also known as the 'Mobile Depot' flag
• 
  The battle flag used by the Army of the Trans-Mississippi
• 
  The Confederate Navy Jack (1863–1865)

US revolution

• 
  Sons of Liberty
• 
  The Forster Flag
• 
  Bedford Flag
• 
  Bennington flag
• 
  Betsy Ross
• 
  Brandywine flag
• 
  George Rogers Clark Flag
• 
  Cowpens flag
• 
  Culpeper Minutemen
• 
  Gadsden flag
• 
  Fort Mercer Flag
• 
  City of Easton
• 
  George Rex Flag
• 
  George Rex Flag (Red Version)
• 
  City of Taunton
• 
  Grand Union Flag
• 
  Guilford Courthouse flag
• 
  Francis Hopkinson's flag
• 
  First Navy Jack
• 
  New England
• 
  Red ensign of New England with cross removed
• 
  New England red ensign (without St. George's Cross)
• 
  New England variant of the Union Flag
• 
  An Appeal to Heaven Flag
• 
  Serapis flag
• 
  Bunker Hill
• 
  Schenectady Liberty Flag
• 
  French Alliance

Alabama

• 
  (1861)
• 
  State flag (1861) (Reverse)

Alaska

• 
  Russian-American Company (1806–1867)

Arkansas

• 
  (1913–1923)
• 
  (1923–1924)
• 
  (1924–2011)

California

• 
  Alta California (1804–1836)
• 
  Russian Fort Elizabeth
• 
  J.P Gillis Flag (California)
• 
  California Republic
• 
  The 8th California Infantry Regiment
• 
  1st Bear Flag
• 
  Great Republic of Rough and Ready (1850)

Colorado

• 
  Unofficial state flag (1876–1907)
• 
  State flag (1907–1911)
• 
  Variant state flag (1911–1964)

Connecticut

• 
  New England
• 
  The First Flag (and Ensign) of New England, used by merchant ships sailing out of New England ports
• 
  New England red ensign (without St. George's Cross)
• 
  New England variant of the Union Flag

• 
  Flag flown during the Dominion of New England using the personal standard of Edmund Andros

Florida

• 
  State of Muskogee (1799–1803)
• 
  Republic of East Florida (1812)
• 
  Republic of West Florida (1810)
• 
  Republic of the Floridas (1817)
• 
  (1861–1868)
• 
  (1868–1900)
• 
  (1900)
• 
  (1900–1985)

Georgia state

• 
  Darien, Georgia (1735)
• 
  (1879–1902)
• 
  (1902–1906)
• 
  (1906–1920)
• 
  (1920–1956)
• 
  (1956–2001)
• 
  (2001–2003)

Hawaii

• 
  Hawaiian Kingdom (1793–1800)
• 
  Hawaiian Kingdom (1793–1800)
• 
  Hawaiian Kingdom (1816–1845)
• 
  Russian Fort Elizabeth (1843)
• 
  Paulet Affair (1843)

Illinois

• 
  (1915–1968)

Indiana

• 
  Previous State Flag, utilizing the Seal of Indiana (1903–1917)
• 
  (1917–1955)

Louisiana

• 
  French Louisiana
• 
  Spanish Louisiana
• 
  Spanish Louisiana
• 
  Flag of King and Armed Forces of Spanish Empire, used in the Florida Parishes and Spanish Louisiana
• 
  Unofficial flag of January 1861
• 
  Flag of Louisiana of February 1861
• 
  Pelican flag of 1861, used concurrently with 1912 flag
• 
  (1912–2006)
• 
  (2006–2010)

Kansas

• 
  State Banner of Kansas
• 
  Flag of the Governor (–1961)
• 
  State flag from (1927–1961)

Kentucky

• 
  (1918–1963)

Maine

• 
  20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
• 
  (1901–1909)
• 
  (1939)
• 
  (1822–1861)
• 
  Republic of Madawaska (1827)

Massachusetts

• 
  (1908–1971)

Michigan

• 
  Iroquois Confederacy

Minnesota

• 
  (1893–1957)
• 
  (Reverse) (1893–1957)
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  (1957–1983)
• 
  (1983–2024)

Mississippi

• 
  (1861–1865)
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  (1894–1996)
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  (1996–2001)
• 
  (1894–2020)
• 
  2001 flag proposal

Montana

• 
  United States Cavalry guidon
• 
  (1905–1981)
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  (1943)

Nevada

• 
  (1905–1915)
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  (1915–1929)
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  (1929–1991)

New Hampshire

• 
  (1909–1931)

New Jersey

• 
  New Sweden(1638–1655)
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  New Netherland (1614–1674)
• 
  East New Jersey (1683–1697)
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  (1896–1965)

New Mexico

• 
  Coronela flag of the Spanish Tercios Morados Viejos Tercios division (old murrey or purpure) during New Spain
• 
  A reconstruction of New Mexico's unofficial state flag, used in the 1915 San Diego World's Fair

New York

• 
  Naval Ensign of New York (1775)
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  (1778–1901)
• 
  (1901–2020)

North Carolina

• 
  Stuarts Town, Carolina (1684–1685)
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  (1861–1865)
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  (1885–1891)

Oklahoma

• 
  Cherokee Nation
• 
  Choctaw Nation (1860)
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  (1911–1925)
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  (1925–1941)
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  (1941–1988)
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  (1988–2006)

Oregon

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  (1900 – 1925)

Pennsylvania

• 
  First Troop, Philadelphia Light Horse
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  Flag of Pennsylvania Associators (1747)
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  (1778-1907)
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  (1902)

Rhode Island

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  (1877–1882)
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  (1882–1897)

South Carolina

• 
  The Moultrie/
  Liberty Flag
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  (1861)
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  (1861–1910)
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  (1910–1940)

South Dakota

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  (1909–1963)
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  (1963–1992)

Tennessee

• 
  Proposed flag (1861)
• 
  (1897–1905)

Texas

• 
  French flag possibly used by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, during the French colonization of Texas (1685–1689)
• 
  First Republic of Texas (1812–1813)
• 
  Coahuila y Tejas (1824–1835)
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  Jane Long Flag (1819)
• 
  Come and Take It flag
• 
  Jane Long Flag (1821)
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  Alamo flag (1824)
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  Fredonian (1826)
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  Republic of Texas (1836–1839)
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  Republic of Texas (1835–1839)
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  (1839–1879)
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  Branch Davidians flag used during Waco siege (1993)

Utah

• 
  State of Deseret (1849–1850)}
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  Utah Territory
• 
  (1903–1904)
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  (1904–1911)
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  (1911–1913)
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  (1913–1922)
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  (1922–2011)
• 
  (2011–2024)

Vermont

• 
  Vermont Republic (1777–1791)
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  The second flag of Vermont (1804–1837)
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  The third flag of Vermont (1837–1923)

Virginia

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  (1860s)

State of Washington

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  (1923–1967)

West Virginia

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  (1905–1907)
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  (1907–1929)

Wisconsin

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  (1866–1913)
• 
  (1913–1981)

Puerto Rico

• 
  Columbian Viceroyalty (1492–1521)
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  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521–1785)
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  Tertholen (1696)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1821)/
  Spanish West Indies (1821–1898)
• 
  Grito de Lares revolt flag (1868)
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  Captaincy General of Puerto Rico (1873–1875)
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  3rd Provisional Battalion of Puerto Rico
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  (1895–1952)
• 
  (1895–1952)

Virgin Islands of the United States

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  Saint Croix
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  Saint Thomas and Island of Crabs
  (Bandenbourg colony)
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  Saint Thomas and Island of Crabs (Bandenbourg colony)
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  Danish West Indies up until 1917

Northern Mariana Islands

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521–1785)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Spain (1785–1821)/
  Spanish East Indies (1565–1898)
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  Proposed flag for German New Guinea
• 
  German New Guinea/
  Govenor of German colonies (1884–1916)
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  German New Guinea Company (1885–1899)
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  South Pacific Mandate (1919–1947)
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  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1965–1979)
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  (1976–1981)
• 
  (1976–1989)

Guam

• 
  Spanish East Indies
  (late 17th century–1898)
• 
  Flag of Guam as recognized by the US, 1917-1948
• 
  Japanese occupation of Guam (1941–1944)

Palmyra Atoll

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  (1941-1947)

Historical flags of Uruguay

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  Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1521–1785)
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  Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1785–1814)
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  League of the Free Peoples (1815–1820)
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  Cisplatina Province (1821–1828)
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  (1825–1828)
• 
  (1828–1830)
• 
  Partido por la Victoria del Pueblo (Uruguay)

Historical flags of Uzbekistan

• 
  Chagatai Khanate
• 
  Flag of the Khanate of Bukhara (1506–1785)
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  Emirate of Bukhara (1785–1920)
• 
  Final flag of the Emirate of Bukhara (1920)
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  Khanate of Khiva (1917–1920)
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  Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (1920–1923)
• 
  Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (1923–1924)
• 
  Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (1920–1923)
• 
  Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (1924)
• 
  Basmachi movement
• 
  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1927)
• 
  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1927–1929)
• 
  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1929–1931)
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  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1931–1934)
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  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1934–1935)
• 
  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1935–1937)
• 
  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1937–1938)
• 
  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Repulic (1938–1939)
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  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1939–1941)
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  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1941–1952)
• 
  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1991)
• 
  Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1991) (Reverse flag)

Historical flags of Vanuatu

• 
  Anglo-French Joint Naval Commission
  (1887–1889; 1890–1906)
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  British New Hebrides (1906–1952)
• 
  Resident Commissioner of the British New Hebrides (1906–1952)
• 
  British New Hebrides (1952–1980)
• 
  Resident Commissioner of the British New Hebrides (1952–1980)
• 
  French New Hebrides (1906–1940/1944–1980)
• 
  New Hebrides
  (used in the 1963 South Pacific Games)
• 
  New Hebrides
  (used in the 1966 and 1971 South Pacific Games)
• 
  New Hebrides
  (used in the 1969 South Pacific Games)
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  People's Provisional Government of Vanuatu (1977–1978)
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  Tanna Nation (1974)
• 
  Tafea Nation (1980)
• 
  Republic of Vemerana (1980)

Historical flags of Venezuela

• 
  Viceroyalty of New Granada (1521–1785)
• 
  Viceroyalty of New Granada (1785–1822)
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  Supreme Junta (1810–1811)
• 
  First Republic of Venezuela (1810–1812)
• 
  Second Republic of Venezuela (1813–1814)
• 
  Third Republic of Venezuela (1817–1819)
• 
  (1830–1836)
• 
  (1836–1859)
• 
  (1859)
• 
  (1859–1863)
• 
  (1863–1905)
• 
  (1905–1930)
• 
  (1930–1954)
• 
  (1954–2006)

Historical flags of Vietnam

• 
  Flag of Tây Sơn dynasty
• 
  Nguyễn dynasty (1802-1885)
• 
  Nguyễn dynasty (1920–1945)
• 
  Empire of Vietnam (1945)

North Vietnam

• 
  Diplomatic Delegation of Annam from Red Sea to France (1863)
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  Protectorate of Tonkin (1883–1945/1946–1948)
• 
  Indochinese Communist Party (1931)
• 
  Protectorate of Tonkin
• 
  Occupied French Indo-China (1942–1945)
• 
  Empire of Daihung (1917–1918)
• 
  Flag of North Vietnam (1945–1955)
• 
  Flag of North Vietnam (1955–1976)

Central Vietnam

• 
  Kingdom of Sedang (1888–1890)
• 
  Confederation of Sedang (1889–1897)
• 
  Colonial Annam
• 
  Montagnard country of South Indochina (1945–1950)
• 
  United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (1964–1992)
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  Front for the Liberation of Champa (1962–1964)
• 
  Republic of Central Highlands and Champa (1964–1965)

South Vietnam

• 
  Poulo Condor under the English East India Company
• 
  French Cochinchina (1868–1945)
• 
  French Cochinchina (Ensign)
• 
  Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina (1946-1947)/Provisional Government of Southern Vietnam (1947-1948)
• 
  Flag of South Vietnam (1948–1975)
• 
  Flag of South Vietnam (1975–1976)

Tai Federation

• 
  Tai Autonomous Territory (1946–1950)
• 
  Sip Song Chau Tai (1950–1955)

Historical flags of Western Sahara

• 
  Province of the Sahara and Ifni
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  Maritime Province of Villa Cisneros (1946–1975)
• 
  Sahrawi National Union Party (1974–1975)
• 
  Tiris al-Gharbiyya, the part of Western Sahara annexed by Mauritania (1976–1979)

Historical flags of Yemen

North Yemen

• 
  Yemen Eyalet (1577–1636)
• 
  Principality of Najran (1633–1934)
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  Yemen Eyalet (1849–1872)
• 
  Vilayet of Yemen (1872–1918)
• 
  Banu Hamdan
• 
  Kingdom of Yemen (1918)
• 
  Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1927)
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  Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1927–1962)
• 
  Yemen Arab Republic (1962)
• 
  Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990)

South Yemen

• 
  Sultanate of Lahej (1728–1967)
• 
  Aden Settlement (1839–1932)/
  Chief Commissioner's Province of Aden (1932–1937)
• 
  Colony of Aden (1937–1963)
• 
  State of Aden (1963–1967)
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  Emirate of Beihan
• 
  Emirate of Dhala
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  Lower Yafa
• 
  Sultanate of Lahej
• 
  State of Upper Yafa
• 
  Federation of the Emirates of the South
• 
  Federation of South Arabia (1962–1967)
• 
  People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)

Eastern Yemen

• 
  Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut
• 
  Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (1880–1939)
• 
  Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (1939–1967)
• 
  Mahra State of Qishn and Socotra (18th century)
• 
  Mahra State of Qishn and Socotra (1895–1967)
• 
  Wahidi Sultanate of Balhaf in Shabwah, South Arabia
• 
  Wahidi Sultanate of Habban in Hadhramaut
• 
  Arab Republic of Hadhramaut (1967–1969)

Historical flags of Zambia

• 
  British East Africa Company
• 
  Ensign of the British East Africa Company
• 
  Northern Rhodesia (1924–1964)
• 
  Governor of Northern Rhodesia (1939–1964)
• 
  Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963)
• 
  Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963)
• 
  (1964–1996)

Historical flags of Zimbabwe

• 
  British South Africa Company
• 
  Ensign of the British South Africa Company
• 
  Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924–1964)
• 
  Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1924–1951)
• 
  Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1951–1952)
• 
  Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1952–1965)
• 
  Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1940–1952)
• 
  Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1952–1965)
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  Flag of the Central African Federation (1953–1963)
• 
  Flag of Rhodesia (1964–1968)
• 
  Flag of Rhodesia (1968–1979)
• 
  Flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979)

Historical flags of Intergovernmental organizations

ASEAN

• 
  Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

NATO

• 
  Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (1951–1953)

Commonwealth of Independent States

• 
  Comecon
• 
  (1991–1996)

UN

• 
  League of Nations
• 
  United Nations Honour Flag

African Union

• 
  French Community
• 
  Organisation of African Unity (1970–2002), African Union (2004–2010)
• 
  African and Malagasy Union (1961–1985)

Western Union

• 
  Western Union
  (Early version)
• 
  Western Union
  (Later version)

Nordic Cooperation

• 
  (1984–2016)

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

• 
  (1981–2011)

East African Community

• 
  East Africa High Commission (1948–1961)

Southern African Development Community

• 
  (1980–1992)

African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

• 
  Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (pre–2013)