List of flags by design

This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag. Uncharged flags are ones that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols. Charged flags are flags that contain crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms and other objects or symbols, as well as rectangles, squares and crosses. Some charged flags contain letters or other pieces of text on them.

Shape and aspect ratio

Flags occur in a variety of shapes and proportions, most commonly rectangular, with some featuring alternative forms, aspect ratios, or fringes at the fly.

Flag of Switzerland
— the aspect ratio is 1:1 — square-shaped
Flag of Vatican City
— the aspect ratio was defined as 1:1 in Article 23 of the 2023 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State — square-shaped — the prior flag of 2001→2023 was, but did not have to be square-shaped.^[1]
Wiphala
— the aspect ratio is 1:1 — square-shaped — with implied 13 diagonals of squares in a rainbow pattern of seven colours in a seven-by-seven square
Flag of Belgium
— the aspect ratio is 13:15 ≈ 1:1.1538
Flag of Monaco
— the aspect ratio is 4:5 ≡ 1:1.25
Flag of Niger
— the aspect ratio is 6:7 ≈ 1:1.667
Flag of France
— the aspect ratio is 2:3, one of the most common and conventional aspect ratios for national flags
Flag of Togo
— the aspect ratio is of Fibonacci's golden ratio that is approximately 1:1.618 ≈ 13:21
Flag of El Salvador
— the aspect ratio is 18:29 ≈ 1:1.611
(parade version of the civil flag)
Flag of El Salvador
— the aspect ratio is 189:335 ≈ 1:1.772
(government/state flag — civil flag is without the arms)
Flag of Qatar
— the largest aspect ratio of any national flag — being over 2½ times as long as the height — of 11:28 ≈ 1:2.545
Flag of the Republic of Venice / The Banner of Saint Mark the Evangelist
— an oblong flag with six fringes also serve to prevent damage being caused to the central section of the flag by wind.^[2]
(La Serenissima / Stato da Màr — 697→1797)
Flag of Venice
— an oblong flag with six fringes in a simplified variation of the Banner of Saint Mark, but still highly decorated orle bordered with insets of the Madonna and Child with Christian saints
(from 1997 — the City of Venice)
Flag of Denmark
— a swallowtail shape particular to Nordic nations
(government/state flag only — civil flag is oblong)
Flag of Iceland
— a swallowtail shape particular to Nordic nations
(government/state flag only — civil flag is oblong)
Raven banner
— a swallowtail shape particular to Nordic nations
(government/state flag only — civil flag is oblong)
Flag of Ohio
— a non-rectangular guidon (burgee) form — the only U.S. state flag not rectangular — with a proportion of 8:13
Flag of China
— a triangular pennon form
(1862→1889)
Flag of Nepal
— currently the only non-rectangular national civil flag — being made with 5 sides — and the only one that is taller than wide, with the bordering aspect ratio of ≈ 6:5
Raven Banner
— a tasseled circle quadrant shape

Solid

Examples:

Flag of France
(1814–1830)
Flag of Old Bruneian Sultanate
(1368–1888)
Flag of Afghanistan
(used from 1709–1738 and 1880–1901)
Flag of North Yemen
(1918–1923)
Flag of Libya
(1977–2011)

Charged

While most charged flags are duotone or multicolor, they are referred to by their solid primary color foremost, with their charged symbol's color(s) and symbology following accordingly.

Examples:

Flag of Japan
— white flag, charged with a centered red circular disc representing the sun, embodying the name Land of the Rising Sun
Flag of Rapa Nui
— white flag, charged with a centered red Rei Miru, an ornamental Easter Island wearable wood carving
Flag of Corsica
— white flag, charged with a Moor's head in black
Flag of South Korea
— white flag, charged with the Taegeuk and four black trigrams
Olympic Flag
— white flag, charged with the Olympic rings in blue, yellow, black, green, and red, representing the five continents Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania
Flag of New Mexico
— yellow flag, charged with a centered red Zia Pueblo sun symbol, colors of the Flag of Spain representing Hispano Nuevo México
Silver fern flag — black flag charged with a silver fern
Flag of Turkey — red flag, charged with a white star and crescent
Flag of the People's Republic of China
— red flag, charged with yellow canton stars in the top left corner, colors reminiscent of the Flag of the Qing dynasty and the Flag of the Republic of China
Flag of Bangladesh
— green flag, charged with a red disc on hoist
Flag of the United Nations — sky blue flag charged with the logo of the UN
Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations
Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations
Flag of New Hampshire — an example of a Seal on a bedsheet design

Bicolour

Examples:

Flag of Metz
— vertical bicolour
Flag of Rome
— vertical bicolour
Flag of Malta
— charged vertical bicolour
Flag of Connacht
— charged vertical bicolour
Vatican City
— charged vertical bicolour
Flag of Buckinghamshire
— charged vertical bicolour
Flag of Algeria
— charged vertical bicolour
Flag of Paris
— charged vertical bicolour
Flag of Portugal
— charged uneven vertical bicolour
Flag of the Azores
— charged uneven vertical bicolour
Flag of Bahrain
— serrated uneven vertical bicolour
Flag of Qatar
— serrated uneven vertical bicolour
Flag of Poland
— horizontal bicolour
Civil Ensign of Bavaria
— horizontal bicolour
Flag of Warsaw
— horizontal bicolour
Flag of The Hague
— horizontal bicolour
Flag of Indonesia
— horizontal bicolour
Flag of Monaco
— horizontal bicolour
Flag of the Austrian Empire (1282→1918)
— horizontal bicolour
Flag of Ukraine
— horizontal bicolour
Flag of Wales
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of San Marino
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of Saxony-Anhalt
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of Singapore
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of Angola
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of Burkina Faso
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of Kansas City
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of Haiti
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of Liechtenstein
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of the Philippines
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of the Romani people
— charged horizontal bicolour
Flag of Tatarstan
— fimbriated horizontal bicolour
Flag of Utrecht
— diagonal bicolour
Flag of Siberia
— diagonal bicolour
Flag of Sicily
— charged diagonal bicolour
Flag of French Guiana
— charged diagonal bicolour
Flag of anarcho-capitalism
— diagonal bicolour
Flag of Bhutan
— charged diagonal bicolour

Tricolour and other tribands

Examples:

Flag of the Canary Islands (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Peru
(vertical bicolour triband)
Flag of Guinea (vertical bicolour triband)
Flag of Mars
(vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Belgium (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Italy (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Nigeria (vertical bicolour triband)
Flag of Ireland (vertical tricolour triband)
Unofficial flag of Newfoundland (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of France (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Romania (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Ivory Coast (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Mongolia (charged vertical bicolour triband)
Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021) (charged vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Mexico (charged vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Senegal (charged vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of the Pieds-noirs (charged vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of New York City (charged vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Barbados (charged vertical bicolour triband)
Flag of Los Angeles (charged serrated tricolour)
Flag of Canada (charged uneven vertical triband, Canadian pale)
Flag of the Northwest Territories (charged uneven vertical triband, Canadian pale)
Flag of Mississippi
(charged uneven fimbrated vertical triband)
Flag of the Belarusian opposition (horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Ossetia
(horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Groningen (horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Bulgaria (horizontal tricolour triband)
Russian anti-war flag (horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Russia (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Baden
(horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Lithuania (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Austria (horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Hungary (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of the Netherlands (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Bolivia (horizontal tricolour triband)
Spanish Republican Flag (horizontal tricolour triband)
African-American Flag (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Armenia (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Germany (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Rotterdam (horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Estonia (horizontal tricolour triband)
Pansexual flag (horizontal tricolour triband)
Prince's Flag (horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Egypt (charged horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Croatia (charged horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Ghana (charged horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Amsterdam (charged horizontal biicolour triband)
Flag of Serbia (charged horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Bangsamoro (horizontal tricolor triband)
Flag of Yugoslavia (charged horizontal tricolor)
Flag of Argentina (charged horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Colorado (charged horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of India (charged horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Ecuador (charged horizontal tricolour)
Flag of Spain (charged horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Latvia (uneven horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of The Gambia (fimbriated horizontal tricolour)
Flag of Kenya (charged fimbriated horizontal tricolour)
Flag of Iran (charged fimbriated horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Suriname (charged fimbriated horizontal bicolour triband)
Flag of Uzbekistan (charged fimbriated horizontal tricolour triband)
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (fimbriated diagonal bicolour)
Flag of the Republic of the Congo (diagonal tricolour)
Flag of Sealand (diagonal tricolour)
Flag of Namibia (charged fimbriated diagonal tricolour)

Stripes

Four stripes

Examples:

Flag of the American Indian Movement (vertical stripes)
Flag of Mauritius (horizontal stripes)
Flag of the Comoros (horizontal stripes)
Flag of the Central African Republic (horizontal stripes)
Flag of the Druze people (horizontal stripes)
Asexual flag (horizontal stripes)
Flag of La Rioja (horizontal stripes)

Five or more stripes

Examples:

Flag of Northumbria (bicolor vertical stripes)
Unofficial civil flag of the United States used by sovereign citizens (bicolor vertical stripes)
Flag of China (1912–1928) (five horizontal multicolor stripes)
Flag of Costa Rica (uneven horizontal stripes)
Flag of Thailand (uneven horizontal stripes)
Flag of Uganda (six tricolor horizontal stripes)
Flag of Zimbabwe (seven multicolor horizontal stripes)
Flag of Hawaii (eight tricolor horizontal stripes)
Rainbow pride flag (eight multicolor horizontal stripes)
Flag of Greece (nine horizontal stripes)
Flag of Catalonia, Spain (nine horizontal stripes)
Flag of the United States of America (thirteen even bicolor horizontal stripes)
Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory (wavy stripes)
Flag of Friesland (diagonal stripes)

Lines on a field

Flag of Volgograd Oblast (red field charged with two vertical blue stripes)
Flag of Nauru (blue field charged with one yellow stripe)
Flag of Curacao (blue field charged with one yellow stripe)
Flag of Aruba (blue field charged with two yellow stripes)
Flag of South Vietnam (yellow field charged with three horizontal red stripes)
Flag of Cape Verde (horizontal stripes)
Flag of Chechnya (1991-2000) (horizontal stripes)
Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (Red field charged with blue and white wavy stripes)