Historical flags

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

Historical flags of 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)

Historical flags of Afghanistan

Timurid Empire

Hotak dynasty

Durrani Empire

Emirate of Afghanistan (1880–1901)

Emirate of Afghanistan (1901–1919)

Emirate of Afghanistan (1919–1921)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1928)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1928)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1928–1929)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (17 Jan 1929-13 Oct 1929)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1929)

Emirate of Afghanistan (1929)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1929)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1929)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1929–1931)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1931–1973)

Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1974)

Republic of Afghanistan (1974–1978)

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978)

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1980)

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1980)

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1980–1987)

Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992)

Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992)

Islamic State of Afghanistan/ Northern Alliance (de jure) (1992–2001)

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–1997)

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1997-2001) (2021-)

Islamic State of Afghanistan (2001–2002)

Transitional Administration (2002)

Transitional Administration (2002–2004)

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2013)

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2013-2021)

Historical flags of Albania

League of Lezhë (1444–1479)

Pashalik of Scutari (1775–1796)

Flag used during the Albanian National Awakening in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Malësori uprising (1911)

Independent Albania (1912-1914)

Republic of Central Albania (1913–1914)

Principality of Albania (1914–1920)

Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë (1916–1920)

Italian protectorate over Albania (1917–1920)

Republic of Mirdita (1921)

Principality of Albania and the Albanian Republic (1920–1926)

Albanian Republica (1925–1928)

Albanian Republica (1926–1928) more popular later

Albanian Kingdom (1928–1934)

Albanian Kingdom (1934–1939)

Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)

German occupation of Albania (1943–1944)

National Liberation Movement (1942–1945)

Democratic Government of Albania (1944–1946)

People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1946–1992)

Historical flags of Algeria

Kingdom of Tlemcen (14th century)

Kingdom of Tlemcen (1388-1488)

Kingdom of Tlemcen (1488–1556)

Sultanate of Tuggurt

Algiers Regency ensign (XVIII century)

Algiers Regency (circa 1800)

Regency of Algiers (Ottoman Empire)

Beylik of Constantine (-1837)

Flag of the Kingdom of Ait Abbas

Personal flag of Lalla Fatma N'Soumer

Flag of the Emirate of Abdelkader (1832–1848)

Naval ensign of French Algeria (1848–1910)

Flag of Governor-General Pélissier

Kel Ahaggar (–1977)

Algerian nationalists in 1940

Sétif revolt (1945)

Variant of the flag of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (1958–1962)

Variant of the flag of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (1958–1962)

Historical flags of Andorra

(1806–1866)

(National flag 1866-1934)

(1934-1939)

(1939-1949)

(1949-1959)

(1959-1971)

Historical flags of Angola

Kingdom of Kongo

Flag proposal for the Portuguese overseas province of Angola (1967) – never used.

Flag of the former movement and now governing party MPLA

UNITA

FNLA

Republic of Cabinda (1975–1976)

Historical flags of Anguilla

Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1958-1967)

Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1958-1983)

Republic of Anguilla (1967)

Republic of Anguilla (1967-1969)

Historical flags of Antarctica

Japanese Antarctic Expedition (1910-1912)

Japanese Antarctic Expedition (Variant)

Byrd's 2nd Antarctic Expedition (1933-1939)

Scottish Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904)

New Swabia (Flag common to all Third Reich colonies, de facto only for New Swabia) (1939–1945)

Ronne Antarctic Expedition (1946-1948)

"Transglobe" Expedition (1979-1982)

Historical flags of Antigua and Barbuda

British Leeward Islands (1871–1956)

Colonial ensigns of Antigua and Barbuda (1956-1962)

West Indies Federation (1958–1962)

Colonial ensigns of Antigua and Barbuda (1962-1967)

Historical flags of Argentina

Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1812)

United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1812–1818)

United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1819–1820)

Republic of Entre Ríos (1820–1821)

(1818–1819, 1820–1829 and 1861–present)

Argentine Confederation (1829–1835)

Argentine Confederation (1835–1850)

State of Buenos Aires (1852–1861)

Argentine Confederation (1850–1861)

Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (November 17, 1860 and November 20, 1860–January 5, 1862)

People's Revolutionary Army

Historical flags of Armenia and Armenian states

Artaxiad dynasty

Arsacid dynasty

Bagratuni dynasty

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) and Republic of Mountainous Armenia (1921)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922)

Transcaucasian SFSR (1925-1936)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937-1940).svg

rmenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1952)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1990)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1990–1991)

Historical flags of Australia

Bowman Flag (1806)

Eureka Flag (1854)

Queensland Separation Flag (1859)

Van Diemen's Land (before 1875)

Australasian Anti-Transportation League Flag (1806)

Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–1903)

Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia (1903–1908)

Historical flags of Austria

Electorate of Salzburg (1803-1918)

Civil Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy (1806–1918)

Civil ensign of Austria 1786–1869; Naval ensign of Austria (1786–1915) (de facto until 1918)

Civil Ensign of Austria-Hungary (1869-1918)

Flag of Cisleithania within Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

Flag of the Republic of German-Austria (1918-1919) and the flag of the First Austrian Republic (1919-1934)

Federal State of Austria (1934–1938)

(1938-1945)

Fatherland Front

Historical flags of Azerbaijan

Shaki Khanate (1743–1819)

Nakhichevan Khanate (1743–1828)

Central-Caspian Dictatorship (1918)

Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918)

Republic of Aras (1918–1919)

Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918)

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920)

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1921)

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1922)

Transcaucasian SFSR (1925-1936)

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1937-1940)

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1952)

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956–1991)

Nakhchivan Republic (1991-1993) (Unofficial)

Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic (1993)

Historical flags of Bahamas

Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1869–1904)

Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1904–1923)

Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1923–1953)

Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1953–1964)

Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands (1964–1973)

Abaco Independence Movement

Historical flags of Bahrain

(before 1820)

(1820–1932)

(1932–1972)

(1972–2002)

Historical flags of Bangladesh

Bengal Sultanate (1352–1576)

Bengal Subah (1576–1757)

Bengal Presidency (1765–1947)

East Bengal (1947–1971)

Flag of Bangladesh (1971-1972)

Historical flags of Barbados

Colony of Barbados (1870–1966)

West Indies Federation (1958–1962)

Historical flags of Belarus

Banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania used in Battle of Grunwald (1410)

Principality of Polotsk (medieval)

Flag of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1416)

Flag of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1702)

Flag of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (18th century)

Flag of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1792)

Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995)

Belarus Belarusian Democratic Republic (in exile) (1919-1925)

Republic of Central Lithuania (1920–1922)

Flag of Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR

Flag of Byelorussian SSR (1919-1927)

Flag of Byelorussian SSR (1937-1940)

Flag of Byelorussian SSR (1944-1951)

Flag of Byelorussian SSR (1951-1991)

Flag of Belarus (1995-2012)

Historical flags of Belgium

Spanish Netherlands (1556–1714)

Austrian Netherlands (1714–1797)

Belgian rebels (1830–1831)

Neutral Moresnet (1883–1920)

Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France (1940–1944)

Historical flags of Belize

British Honduras (1870–1919)

British Honduras (1919–1981)

(1981-2019)

Historical flags of Benin

Dahomey (1890–1894)

(1958–1975, 1990-)

People's Republic of Benin (1975–1990)

Historical flags of Bermuda

(1875-1910)

(1910–1999)

Historical flags of Bhutan

(1949?-1956)

(1956-1969)

Historical flags of Bolivia

First flag of Bolivia (1825-1826)

Second flag of Bolivia (1826-1851)

Historical flags of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Duchy of Saint Sava

Kingdom of Bosnia

Bosnia Vilayet (before 1760)

Bosnia Vilayet (1867–1878)

Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878–1908)

Bosnia (1908–1918)

Herzegovina (1878-1918)

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1946–1992)

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1998)

Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (1993–1995)

Historical flags of Botswana

Flag of the United Kingdom as the official flag of the Bechuanaland Protectorate (1885–1966)

Historical flags of Brazil

Colonial Brazil (1500–1815)

Dutch Brazil / New Holland (1630–1654)

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815-1816)

Kingdom of Brazil (1815–1822)

Pernambucan Revolt (1817)

Empire of Brazil (1822–1870)

Empire of Brazil (1870–1889)

First Brazilian Republic(November 1889)

Republic of Brazil (1889–1960)

Republic of Brazil (1960–1968))

Republic of Brazil (1968–1992)

Riograndense Republic (1836–1845)

Juliana Republic (1839)

Principality of Trinidad (1893–1895)

Independent Guyana (1886-1887)

Independent Guyana (1887-1904)

Republic of Acre (1899-1900)

Republic of Acre (1903)

Contestado Rebels (1912–1916)

Historical flags of British Indian Ocean Territory

Flag as used in 1990

Historical flags of Brunei

Bruneian Empire (later protectorate) (1368–1906)

Protectorate of Brunei (1906–1959)

Historical flags of Bulgaria

First Bulgarian Empire (681–1018)

Second Bulgarian Empire (1325)

Second Bulgarian Empire

Tsardom of Vidin (14th century)

Republic of Tamrash (1878–1886)

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1948)

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1948-1967)

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1967-1971)

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1971–1990)

Historical flags of Burkina Faso

Upper Volta (1959-1984)

Historical flags of Burundi

Kingdom of Burundi (1961)

Kingdom of Burundi(1962–1966)

Republic of Burundi (1966)

Republic of Burundi (1966–1967)

Republic of Burundi (1967–1982)

Republic of Martyazo (1972)

Historical flags of Cambodia

Kingdom of Cambodia (pre-1863)

French protectorate of Cambodia (1863-1887)

Flag of Cambodia (1887-1953)

Japanese occupation (1942-1945)

Kingdom of Cambodia (1948–1970)

Khmer Republic (1970–1975)

Democratic Kampuchea (1976–1979)

People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989)

State of Cambodia (1989–1991)

United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (1992–1993)

Historical flags of Cameroon

German West African Company (1885-1903)

Kamerun (1884–1916)

Proposed flag of Kamerun (1914)

British Cameroon (1916–1961)

French Cameroon (1957–1961)

Federal Rep. of Cameroon (1961–1975)

Historical flags of Canada

English colony of the Americas before the Act of the Union (1497–1707)

Scottish colony of the Americas before the Act of the Union (1621–1701)

(1534–1763)

British colony of the Americas after the Act of the Union (1707-1801)

(1801-1964)

Republic of Canada (1837–1838)

Republic of Lower Canada (1838)

Métis rebels (1869–1870)

Provisional Government of Saskatchewan (1885)

1st Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921)

Ensign Flag of the Dominion of Canada (1921-1957)

Ensign Flag of the Dominion of Canada (1957-1965)

Newfoundland

Newfoundland Colony (1862-1870)

Dominion of Newfoundland (1870–1904)

Dominion of Newfoundland (1907–1949)

Historical flags of Cabo Verde

Portuguese Cabo Verde (proposal)

Cabo Verde (1975–1992)

Historical flags of the Central African Republic

Flag of France, used during colonial Ubangi-Shari from 1903 until 1960

Proposed replacement flag for the Central African Republic from 1976

Imperial standard of Bokassa I, used as a co-flag of the Central African Empire from 1976 until 1979

Historical flags of Chad

Kanem–Bornu Empire

Bornu

French Equatorial Africa (1900–1958)

Historical flags of Chile

Mapuche flag, used in Arauco War (1557)

Kingdom of Easter Island (13th century-1899)

First flag of Chile (1812-1814)

Second flag of Chile (1817-1818)

Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (1860-1862)

Historical flags of China

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)

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)

TChinese Eastern Railway (1915–1925)

Chinese Eastern Railway (1925–1932)

Chinese Eastern Railway (1932–1935)

East China

British Weihaiwei (1903-1930)

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864)

Shanghai International Settlement (1869–1917)

Shanghai International Settlement (1917–1943)

Kiautschou Bay (1898–1914)

Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet (1931-1934)

Fujian People's Government (1933-1934)

Great Way Government (1937–1938)

South Central China

Colony of Macau(1976–1999)

Hubei Military Government (1911-1928)

Hubei Military Government (1911-1928)

Qiongya Soviet (1928-1941)

Tibet

Tibetan Empire (618–842)

Tibet (1916-1920, 1925–1951)

Tibet (1920-1925)

Chushi Gangdruk (1958–1974)

Southwest China

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)

Second East Turkestan Republic (1944–1946)

Historical flags of Circassia

Grand Principality of Kabardia (1700's-1809)

Grand Principality of Kabardia (1809-1830)

Principality of Natukhai

Principality of Shapsughia

Abdzekhia (1850's)

West Circassian Confederation (1800's-1840's)

Parliament of Independence of Circassia (1830–1864)

Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917–1921)

Historical flags of Colombia

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)

Historical flags of Comoros

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)

Historical flags of Congo

Kingdom of Loango (c. 1550–c. 1883)

Royal banner of Kongo (Afonso I)

Kingdom of Kongo (circa 17th century)

Kingdom of Kakongo (c. 1883))

Proposed flag of the French Congo (pre-1959)

People's Republic of Congo (1970–1991)

Historical flags of Cook Islands

Kingdom of Rarotonga (1858-1888)

Kingdom of Rarotonga (1888-1893)

Cook Islands Federation (1893-1901)

Cook Islands (1973-1979)

Historical flags of Costa Rica

(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 Crimea

Empire of Trebizond

Crimean People's Republic (1917-1918)

Crimean Regional Government (1918–1919)

Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921-1929)

Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1929-1939)

Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1939-1941)

Historical flags of Croatia

Ragusan Republic (1358–1808)

Croatia in personal union with Hungary (Early 16th century–1526)

Kingdom of Croatia (1848–1852)

Kingdom of Croatia (1852–1868)

Austrian Littoral (1849–1918)

Kingdom of Slavonia (1852–1868)

Kingdom of Dalmatia (1820–1918)

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (1860–1918)

State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (1918)

Albona Republic (1921)

Free State of Fiume (1920–1924)

Banovina of Croatia (1939-1941)

Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)

Early flag of the Yugoslav Partisans

Socialist Republic of Croatia (1946)

Socialist Republic of Croatia (1947–1990)

Socialist Republic of Croatia (1990)

Historical flags of Cuba

First Republic of Cuba (1902–1906 and 1909–1959)

26th of July Movement

Brigade 2506

Historical flags of Cyprus

Kingdom of Cyprus (15th century)

Venetian Cyprus (1489–1571)

British Cyprus (1881–1922)

British Cyprus (1922–1960)

National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (1955–1959)

Republic of Cyprus (1960)

Republic of Cyprus (1960–2006)

Historical flags of Czech Republic

Duchy of Bohemia

Kingdom of Bohemia

Margraviate of Moravia

Hussites

Taborites

Prague Hussites

Austrian Silesia (1918)

Kingdom of Bohemia until (1918)

Czechoslovakia (1918–1920)

Sudetenland (1918–1938)

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945)

Czech Socialist Republic (1990–1992)

Historical flags of Denmark

North Sea Empire (Raven Banner)

Kalmar Union

War flag of the Holy Roman Empire (1200-1350)

Royal Banner of Denmark (14th Century)

Historical flags of Djibouti

Flag of the Ethiopian Empire

Flag of the Adal Sultanate (1415–1577)

Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1577–1793), used when Habesh Eyalet included part of present-day Djibouti

Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1793–1844)

Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1883)

Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt (1874–1881), used when the Khedivate's Somali Coast included part of present-day Djibouti

Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt (1881–1883)

Flag of the Russian Sagallo (6 January 1889–5 February 1889)

Flag of France, used between 1896 and 1940 and between 1944 and 1958, as French Somaliland is the predecessor to today's Djibouti

Flag of Vichy France (1940–1942)

Flag of United Kingdom, used between 1942 and 1943, as French Somaliland was occupied by British Troops

Flag of Free France (1943–1944)

Flag of France (1958–1977)

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

Republic of Spanish Haiti (1821–1822)

(1844–1849)

(1849-1861)

Historical flags of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Yeke Kingdom

Congo Free State and Belgian Congo (1885-1960)

Flag of the Batetela Rebels (1895-1908)

Republic of Katanga (1960–1963)

South Kasai

Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1960-1963)

Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1963-1966)

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

Portuguese Timor (proposal)

BLLT (1961-1963)

East Timor (1975)

Timor Timur (1976–1999)

CNRT

Historical flags of Ecuador

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

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

Abbasid Caliphate (750–1250)

Mamluk Sultanate (image is somewhat speculative)(1250–1517)

Egypt Eyalet (1844-1867)

Khedivate of Egypt (1867–1881)

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)

Federation of Arab Republics (1972–1984)

Suez Canal Authority

Israeli Military Governorate of Sinai Peninsula (1967–1981/82)

Historical flags of El Salvador

United Provinces of Central America (1823–1824, 1842–1844)

Federal Republic of Central America (1824–1841, 1921–1922)

El Salvador (1839-1865)

(1865)

(1875-1877)

Republic of Central America (1898)

Historical flags of Equatorial Guinea

(1968-1973)

(1973–1979)

Historical flags of Eritrea

Flag of Eritrea (1952-1961)

Eritrean People's Liberation Front

Flag of Eritrea (1993-1995)

Historical flags of Estonia

State of the Teutonic Order

Duchy of Livonia (1822–1920)

Duchy of Estonia (1821–1920)

Soviet Republic of Soldiers and Fortress-Builders of Naissaar (1917–1918)

Commune of the Working People of Estonia (1918–1919)

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1953)

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1990)

Historical flags of Eswatini

(c.1890-1894)

(1894–1902)

(1968-2011)

Historical flags of Ethiopia

Pre-modern Abyssinia

Ethiopian Empire (1897-1914)

Traditional Tricolor

Ethiopian Empire (1897-1936; 1941-1974)

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)

Afar

Sultanate of Aussa

Historical flags of Federated States of Micronesia

German New Guinea (1884–1918)

German New Guinea Company (1885–1899)

Proposed flag of German New Guinea (1914)

South Pacific Mandate (1919–1947)

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1965-1979\1981 from Palau)

Historical flags of Falkland Islands

(1876–1925)

(1925–1948)

(1948–1999)

Flag of Argentina, used during the occupation (1982)

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)

Colony of Fiji (1883–1908)

Colony of Fiji (1908–1924)

Colony of Fiji (1924–1970)

Republic of Rotuma (1987–1988)

Historical flags of Finland

Temporary state flag used from December 1917 to May 1918

Flag of Finland (1918)

Flag of Finland (1918–1920)

Historical flags of France

The Oriflamme, the banner of the Capetians

Kingdom of France (12th to 13th century)

Kingdom of France

Royal Standard of France (1643 design)

Variant royal standard of France

Royal Standard of King Louis XIV (1654-1715)

Catholic and Royal Army (1793–1800)

Constitutional Cabinet of Louis XVI and First Republic (1790–1794)

France (1794–1815, 1830–1958)

Bourbon Restoration (1814-1830)

Kingdom of France (1814-1830)

Communards (1871)

Vichy France (unofficial) (1940–1944)

Free France (1940-1944)

Alsace

(Adopted 11th century)

Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (982–1803)

Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)

Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic (1918)

Brittany

Cornouaille

Bro Gwened

(14th-16th centuries)

Brittany banner during the Breton civil war (1351)

Duchy of Brittany - Kroaz Du

Duchy of Brittany (939–1547)

Breton Communist Party (1971–1980)

Burgundy

Duchy of Burgundy (918–1482)

Cross of Burgundy

Corsica

(14th century)

(before 1755)

Normandy

Duchy of Normandy

The reconstruction of the Norman "papal" banner according to Bayeux Tapestry

Savoy

Duchy of Savoy (1147-1847)

Occitanie

Viscounty of Béarn

County of Nice

Comtat Venaissin (1274–1791)

County of Toulouse

Duchy of Aquitaine

Free cities of Menton and Roquebrune

Free Republic of Vercors (1944)

Historical flags of French Guiana

(Colonial)

(2010-2015)

Historical flags of French Polynesia

Society Islands

Kingdom of Tahiti (1822-1829)

Kingdom of Tahiti (1829-1843)

Tahiti Protectorate (1843–1880)

Kingdom of Huahine

Kingdom of Raiatea (1847-1880)

Kingdom of Raiatea (1880-1888)

Kingdom of Bora Bora (1820-1845)

Kingdom of Bora Bora (1837-1842)

Kingdom of Bora Bora (1842-1895)

Gambier Islands

Kingdom of Mangareva (1832-1843)

Austral Islands

Kingdom of Rimatara (1856-1891)

Kingdom of Rimatara (1891-1900)

Kingdom of Rurutu (1858-1889)

Kingdom of Rurutu (1889-1900)

Marquesas Islands

Taiohae kingdom (1835)

Kingdom of Tahuata (1837-1842)

Tuamotus

Tuamotu Kingdom (1832-1843)

Historical flags of Gabon

(1959–1960)

Historical flags of The Gambia

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

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)

Republic of Adjara (2000-2004)

Historical flags of Germany

Holy Roman Empire (14th century)

Holy Roman Empire (early 1400s)

Holy Roman Empire (1400-1806)

Holy Roman Empire with Arms (1437-1493)

Holy Roman Empire with Arms (1493-1556)

Peasants' army (1539)

Catholic League (1609–1635)

Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)

German Confederation (war) (1815–1848)

Flag of the North German Confederation (1867-1871), the German Empire (1871-1918), and Nazi Germany (1933-1935, with 3:5 aspect ratio)

Flag of the German Confederation and the Weimar Republic (1919-1933)

Flag of Nazi Germany (1935-1945)

Allied-occupied Germany-Ensign (1946–1949)

Flag of East Germany (1959-1990)

Baden-Württemberg

Electorate of Baden (1803–1806)

Electorate of Baden (1848-1862)

Electorate of Baden (1862-1891)

Grand Duchy of Baden and Republic of Baden (1891–1918)

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1850)

County of Adendorf (until 1798)

Principality of Leyen (1806-1813)

Duchy of Wuerttemberg (1495–1803)

Electorate of Württemberg (1803–1806)

Kingdom of Württemberg and Free People's State of Württemberg (1805–1945)

Bavaria

Bavaria-Munich (1392–1505)

Electorate of Bavaria (1623-1806)

Kingdom of Bavaria (1805–1918), People's State of Bavaria (1918–1919) and Free State of Bavaria

Principality of Ansbach (1398–1791)

Principality of Regensburg (1803–1810)

Grand Duchy of Würzburg (1805–1814)

Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Brandenburg and Prussia

Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1340-1657)

Margraviate of Brandenburg (c. 1684)

Brandenburg (1660–1750)

(14th century)

(before 1755)

Kingdom of Prussia (1701-1750)

Kingdom of Prussia (1750-1801)

Kingdom of Prussia (1801-1803)

Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892)

Kingdom of Prussia (1892-1918)

Free State of Prussia (1918–1933)

Free State of Prussia (1933-1935)

East Frisia

Duchy of Kniphausen (1689-1702)

Duchy of Kniphausen (1702-1751)

Lordship of Kniphausen in 1835

Hesse

Free City of Frankfurt

County of Isenburg (1806–1815)

Kingdom of Westphalia (1807–1813)

Nassau-Usingen

Duchy of Nassau (1806–1866)

Grand Duchy of Hesse (1806–1918)

Free State Bottleneck (1919–1923)

Lower Saxony

Electorate of Hanover (1692)

Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1866)

State of Hanover (1946)

County of Oldenburg (1091–1774)

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (1815–1918)

Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe (1647–1918)

Duchy of Brunswick (1814-1830)

Duchy of Brunswick (1830-1918)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Obotrites

Traditional flag of Mecklenburg

North Rhine-Westphalia

Free Imperial City of Aachen (1166–1801)

Prince-Bishopric of Münster (1180–1802)

Cisrhenian Republic (1797–1802)

County of Dülmen (1803–1806)

Arenberg (1803-1810)

Principality of Salm (1802–1811)

Grand Duchy of Berg (1806-1808)

Principality of Lippe (c.1858-1880)

Principality of Lippe (1880-1918)

Rhenish Republic (1923–1924)

Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland

Electorate of Mainz

Electorate of Trier

Electorate of the Palatinate (before 1604)

Electorate of the Palatinate (1604 design)

Territory of the Saar Basin (1920-1935)

Saar Protectorate (1947–1956)

Saxony

Electorate of Saxony

Saxon Soviet Republic

Saxony-Anhalt

Anhalt-Bernburg (1252–1468, 1603–1863)

Duchy of Anhalt (1806–1945)

Schleswig-Holstein

Duchy of Schleswig

Saxe-Lauenburg

Duchy of Holstein

Free City of Lübeck

British Heligoland (1807–1890)

Thuringia

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1599–1918)

Saxe-Altenburg (1893-1918)

Saxe-Meiningen

Saxe-Hildburghausen

Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Principality of Reuss-Greiz

Principality of Reuss-Gera

Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach (1897-1918)

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1813-1897)

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1911-1920)

Historical flags of Ghana

Ashanti Empire (1935–1957)

Colony of the Gold Coast (1877–1957)

Union of African States (1961–1962)

First Republic of Ghana (1964–1966)

Historical flags of Greece

Byzantine Empire Flag (1350 AD)

Byzantine imperial flag (14th century)

Empire of Trebizond

The Greek sipahi cavalry units serving with the Turkish army. (1431–1619)

The flag raised by Andreas Londos in Patras at the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence.

Sacred Band (1821)

Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece (1821–1825)

Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus (1914)

Provisional Government of Western Thrace (1913)

Cretan State (1898–1913)

Free State of Ikaria (1912)

Principality of Samos (1834–1912)

Septinsular Republic (1800–1807)

United States of the Ionian Islands (1815–1864)

Principality of Pindus (1941–1944)

Flag of Kingdom of Greece (1822-1978)

State Flag of Kingdom of Greece from (1863-1924 and 1935-1973)

Greek junta (1970-1975)

Historical flags of Grenada

(1875–1903)

(1903–1967)

West Indies Federation (1958–1962)

(1967–1974)

Historical flags of Guatemala

United Provinces of Central America

Federal Republic of Central America

Los Altos (1838–1840, 1848–1849)

(1838-1843)

(1843-1851)

(1851-1858)

(1858–1871)

(1924)

Historical flags of Guernsey

(19th Century)

Unoffical (1890-1940)

(1936-1985)

Brecqhou

(1967-1987)

Herm

(1950-1953)

Historical flags of Guinea

Imamate of Futa Djallon (pre-1896)

Imamate of Futa Djallon (1896-1912)

Union of African States (1958-1961)

Union of African States (1961–1962)

Historical flags of Guinea-Bissau

Proposed flag for the Portuguese Guinea (1965)

PAIGC

Historical flags of Guyana

British Guiana (1875–1906)

British Guiana (1906–1919)

British Guiana (1919–1955)

British Guiana (1955–1966)

Historical flags of Haiti

Ex-slaves (1791–1798)

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 (1859–1964)

Republic of Haiti (1964–1986)

Historical flags of Honduras

United Provinces of Central America

Federal Republic of Central America

(1839-1866)

Colony of the Bay Islands (1852-1860)

(1866-1898)

(1898-1949)

(1949-2022)

Historical flags of Hong Kong

British colony of Hong Kong (1871–1876)

British colony of Hong Kong (1876–1955)

British colony of Hong Kong (1955–1959)

British colony of Hong Kong (1959–1997)

Original design of the regional flag of Hong Kong approved in 1990.

Historical flags of Hungary

Flag of the Principality of Hungary (895-1000)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1000-1038)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1046-1172)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1172-1196)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (13th century-1301)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1301-1382)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1387-1437)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1440-1444)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1458-1490)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1490-1516)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1516-1526)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1848)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (18th century-1848, 1849-1867)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1869-1874)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1874-1896)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (1896-1915)

Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Hungarian People's Republic (1915-1918)

Flag of the Hungarian People's Republic (1918-1919)

Flag of the Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Banate of Leitha (1921)

Flag of the Hungarian Republic, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Hungarian Republic (1919-1946)

Flag of the Hungarian Republic (1946-1949) and the Hungarian People's Republic (1956-1957)

Flag of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949-1956)

Hungarian Revolution (1956)

Historical flags of Iceland

Icelandic Commonwealth (medieval)

(1809)

(1900-1918)

(1918–1944)

Historical flags of India

Delhi Sultanate

Mughal Empire

East India Company (1600–1707)

East India Company (1707–1801)

East India Company (1801–1858)

British Raj (1880–1947)

Home Rule Movement (1917)

Gandhi's flag (1921)

Azad Hind (1943–1945)

Andhra Pradesh

Banganapalle State

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

Portuguese India (proposal)

Gujarat

Gujarat Sultanate (1407–1573)

Ambliara State

Balasinor State

Bansda State

Bantva Manavadar

Baria State

Baroda State (-1874)

Baroda State (1874–1936)

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