This article contains a list of the flags and/or modifications made on the flags of current sovereign nations .
Sovereign states
Country
before 1700s
1700s
1710s
1720s
1730s
1740s
1750s
1760s
1770s
1780s
1790s
1800s
1810s
1820s
1830s
1840s
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Current
Country
Afghanistan
1870
1901
1919
1926
1928 1929
1930
1973
1974
1978 1978
1980
1987
1992
1992
1996
1997
2001
2002
2004
2013
2021
Afghanistan
Albania
1878[ 1]
1902[ 2]
1910
1911
1912[ 3]
1914
1920
1926
1928
1934
1939
1943
1944
1946
1992
2002
Albania
Algeria
1516
1830
1962
Algeria
Andorra
1806
1866
1934
1939
1949
1959
1971
Andorra
Angola
1816
1826
1830
1911
1975
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
1957
1958
1962
1967
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
1812
1812
1818
1819
1820
1829
1835
1850
1861
2010
Argentina
Armenia
1885
1918
1918
1922
1936
1940
1952
1990
Armenia
Australia
1769
1801
1901
1903
1908
1954
Australia
Austria
1522
1918
1938
1945
1955
Austria
Azerbaijan
1555
1918
1918
1920
1922
1937
1940
1952
1991
2013
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
1869
1904
1923
1953
1964
1973
2006
Bahamas
Bahrain
1783
1820
1932
1972
2002
Bahrain
Bangladesh
1971
1972
Bangladesh
Barbados
1885
1958
1962
1966
Barbados
Belarus
1918
1919
1919
1927
1937
1940
1941
1944
1951
1991
1995
2012
Belarus
Belgium
1790
1830
1831
Belgium
Belize
1919
1981
2019
Belize
Benin
1958
1975
1990
Benin
Bhutan
1949
1956
1969
Bhutan
Bolivia
1825
1826
1851
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1377
1878
1878
1908
1918
1941
1946
1992
1998
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1448
1908
Botswana
1885
1966
Botswana
Brazil
1816
1816
1822
1822
1870
1889
1889
1960
1968
1992
Brazil
Brunei
pre-1906
1906
1941
1945
1959
Brunei
Bulgaria
1878
1908
1918
1946
1948
1967
1971
1991
Bulgaria
1878
1908
Burkina Faso
1959
1984
Burkina Faso
Burundi
1885
1919
1961
1962
1966
1966
1967
1982
Burundi
Cambodia
1863
1887
1942
1945
1953
1970
1975
1979
1989
1992
1993
Cambodia
Cameroon
1884
1916
1957
1961
1975
Cameroon
1916
1922
Canada
1868
1921
1957
1965
Canada
Cape Verde
1816
1826
1830
1911
1975
1992
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
1903
1958
Central African Republic
Chad
1959
Chad
Chile
1812
1817
1818
Chile
China
1888[ 4]
1912[ 4]
1928[ 4]
1949[ 4]
China, People's Republic of
Colombia
1525
1785
1811
1814
1816
1819
1820
1821
1831
1834
1861 1861
Colombia
Comoros
1887
1963
1975
1978
1992
1996
2001
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1877
1960
1963
1966
1971
1997
2003
2006
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
1891
1958
1970
1991
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
1506
1821
1823
1824
1824
1824
1840
1842
1848
1906
Costa Rica
Croatia
1527
1809
1815
1848
1852
1868
1918
1918
1939
1941
1943
1945
1990
1990
Croatia
Cuba
1506
1785
1873
1898
1902
1906
1908
1909
1959
Cuba
Cyprus
1192
1489
1844
1878
1881
1922
1960
1960
2006
Cyprus
Czechia
1198
1804
1918
1920
1939
1945
1990
1993
Czech Republic
Denmark
14th c.[ 5]
Denmark
Djibouti
1844
1896
1977
Djibouti
Dominica
1663
1715
1763
1801
1871
1940
1958
1962
1978
1981
1988
1990
Dominica
Dominican Republic
1506
1795
1808
1821
1844
1849
1861
1865
Dominican Republic
East Timor
1702
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1942
1945
1975
1975
1976
1999
2002
East Timor
Ecuador
1534
1785
1809
1812
1820
1822
1822
1830
1835
1845
1845
1860
1900
2009
Ecuador
Egypt
661
750-969
1844
1882
1922
1952
1958
1972
1984
Egypt
El Salvador
1525
1717
1785
1821
1823
1826
1827
1842
1850
1854
1860
1864
1865
1869
1873
1875
1896
1898
1900
1912
1916
1921
1923
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
1667
1707
1750
1778
1785
1931
1936
1938
1945
1968
1973
1979
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
1890
1941
1941
1952
1975
1987
1991
1993
1995
Eritrea
Estonia
1918
1940
1941
1944
1953
1990
Estonia
Eswatini
1890
1894
1903
1968
2011
Eswatini
Ethiopia
1897
1914
1936
1941
1974
1987
1991
1996
2009
Ethiopia
Fiji
1865
1867
1869
1871
1878
1924
1970
Fiji
Finland
1562
1809
1858
1883
1917
1918
Finland
France
1643[citation needed ]
1790[citation needed ]
1794[ 6]
1814
1830[ 7]
1940
1944
1958
1974[ 8]
2020[ 8]
France
1940
Gabon
1903
1959
1960
Gabon
Gambia
1783
1801
1965
Gambia
Georgia
1008-1490
1801
1858
1883
1918
1921
1922
1937
1951
1990
2004
Georgia
Germany
1400
1848
1867
1919
1933
1935
1946
1949
Germany
1433
1949
1959
Ghana
1821
1877
1957
1961
1964
1966
Ghana
1612
1795
1806
1810
1814
Greece
1378
1769
1822
1833
1862
1967
1970
1975
1978
Greece
1822 (naval ensign)
Grenada
1663
1715
1763
1779
1783
1801
1875
1903
1958
1962
1967
1974
Grenada
Guatemala
1519
1821
1823
1825
1838
1843
1851
1858
1871
Guatemala
Guinea
1898
1958
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1974
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
1581
1795
1806
1810
1814
1875
1906
1919
1955
1966
Guyana
Haiti
1663
1715
1790
1791
1798
1803
1804
1806
1811
1821
1849
1859
1964
1986
Haiti
Honduras
1519
1821
1823
1825
1838
1866
1898
1898
1949
2022
Honduras
Hungary
1526
1848
1848
1849
1867
1869–1918
1896–1915
1918
1919
1919
1940
1946
1949
1956
1956
1957
Hungary
Iceland
1536
1809
1810
1900
1918
1944
Iceland
India
1526
1858
1906
1907
1908
1917
1921
1931
1947
India
1674
1773
Indonesia
1640
1800
1942
1945
Indonesia
Iran
1576
1736
1747
1760
1852
1907
1933
1964
1980
Iran
Iraq
1844
1921
1958
1959
1963
1991
2004
2008
Iraq
Ireland
1542
1801
1922
Ireland
Israel
1844
1920
1948
1948
Israel
Italy
1802
1805
1814
1861
1946
2003
2006
Italy
1943-april 1945
Ivory Coast
1896
1959
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
1509
1655
1801
1875
1906
1957
1958
1962
Jamaica
Japan
1868
1945
1952
1999
Japan
Jordan
1844
1920
1921
1958
1958
Jordan
Kazakhstan
1822
1858
1883
1915
1917
1920
1932
1937
1940
1953
1991
1992
Kazakhstan
Kenya
1885
1885
1921
1963
Kenya
Kiribati
1892
1937
1942
1943
1979
Kiribati
Korea, North
960
1800
1856
1882
1882
1888
1893
1893
1899
1910
1945
1946
1946
1948
1992
Korea, North
Korea, South
1945
1948
1949
1984
1997
2011
Korea, South
Kuwait
1521
1844
1899
1914
1921
1940
1961
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
1876
1883
1918
1936
1952
1991
1992
1992
2023
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
1707
1893
1952
1975
Laos
Latvia
1562
1661
1692
1721
1918
1919
1920
1940
1941
1944
1953
1990
Latvia
Lebanon
1697
1844
1918
1920
1943
Lebanon
Lesotho
1795
1801
1875
1884
1966
1987
2006
Lesotho
Liberia
1827
1847
Liberia
Libya
1711
1912
1951
1969
1972
1977
2011
Libya
Liechtenstein
1400
1719
1852
1921
1937
1982
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
1587
1795
1858
1883
1918
1940
1941
1944
1953
1988
2004
Lithuania
Luxembourg
1482
1781
1795
1815
1845
1940
1944
Luxembourg
Madagascar
1787
1885
1896
1958
Madagascar
Malawi
1907
1953
1963
1964
2010
2012
Malawi
Malaysia
1641
1795
1801
1818
1824
1896
1942
1945
1949
1963
Malaysia
Maldives
1796
1903
1926
1953
1954
1965
Maldives
Mali
1892
1958
1959
1961
Mali
Malta
1530
1798
1800
1801
1814
1875
1898
1923
1943
1964
Malta
Marshall Islands
1885
1889
1914
1919
1944
1947
1965
1979
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
1900
1959
2017
Mauritania
Mauritius
1666
1710
1789
1810
1869
1906
1923
1968
Mauritius
Mexico
1519
1821
1821
1823
1864
1867
1893
1916
1934
1968
Mexico
Micronesia
1885
1899
1914
1919
1944
1947
1965
1979
Micronesia
Moldova
1396
1834
1866
1883
1917
1919
1925
1937
1938
1940
1952
1990
2010
Moldova
1859
1862
1867
Monaco
1793
1881
1942
1945
Monaco
Mongolia
1862
1890
1911
1924
1930
1940
1945
1992
2011
Mongolia
Montenegro
1696
1851
1876
1905
1918
1918
1946
1992
1994
2004
Montenegro
Morocco
1666
1913
1956
Morocco
1921
Mozambique
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1974
1975
1983
1983
Mozambique
Myanmar
1753
1885
1937
1943
1945
1948
1974
2010
Myanmar
Namibia
1884
1915
1928
1982
1990
Namibia
Nauru
1888
1914
1942
1945
1968
Nauru
Nepal
1768
1856
c. 1930
1962
Nepal
Netherlands
1581
/ 1652
1795
1806
1810
1814
Netherlands
New Zealand
1769
1834
1840
1867
1869
New Zealand
Nicaragua
1524
1823
1825
1839
1858
1889
1893
1896
1908
1971
Nicaragua
Niger
1922
1959
Niger
Nigeria
1886
1900
1960
Nigeria
1967
North Macedonia
1844
1903
1903
1912
1918
1941
1944
1946
1992
1995
North Macedonia
Norway
1536
1814
1818
1821
1844
1900
Norway
Oman
1856
1970
1995
Oman
Pakistan
1526
1747
1761
1849
1858
1880
1947
Pakistan
Palau
1885
1899
1914
1919
1944
1947
1965
1981
Palau
Palestine
1844
1920
1948
1949
1958
1958
1967
1982
1994
Palestine
1949
1952
1958
Panama
1510
1717
1785
1811
1816
1819
1820
1821
1834
1861
1903
1925
2017
Panama
Papua New Guinea
1884
1906
1942
1945
1949
1965
1971
Papua New Guinea
1884
1889
1914
1945
Paraguay
1537
1717
1785
1811
1811
1811
1812
1826
1842
1954
1988
1990
2013
Paraguay
Peru
1542
1717
1785
1820
1822
1822
1825
1950
Peru
1836
Philippines
1565
1762
1764
1821
1897
1898
1901
1908
1912
1919
1936
1942
1943
1945
1985
1986
1998
Philippines
Poland
966
c. 1605
Partitions 1795
1807
1815
1815
1863
1919
1928
1939
1944
1980
Poland
Portugal
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
Portugal
Qatar
661-750
c. 1700
1860
1916
1916
1932
1936
1949
1971
Qatar
Romania
1330
1834
1848
1859
1862
1867
1948
1948
1952
1965
1989
1989
Romania
1396
1834
Russia
1668
1696
1858
1914
1917
1922
1924
1924
1936
1955
1993
Russia
1918
1918
1937
1954
1991
Rwanda
1885
1919
1959
1961
1962
2001
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1626
1713
1801
1871
1958
1962
1967
1983
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1663
Saint Lucia
1663
1715
1743
1756
1762
1763
1778
1783
1789
1796
1801
1802
1803
1903
1939
1962
1967
1979
2002
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1663
1715
1763
1778
1783
1801
1903
1962
1979
1985
1985
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
1858
1873
1879
1887
1900
1914
1922
1948
1949
Samoa
San Marino
1862
2011
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
1667
1707
1750
1816
1826
1830
1911
1975
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
1517
1744
1818
1824
1891
1902
1926
1932
1934
1938
1973
Saudi Arabia
1844
1920
Senegal
1643
1789
1814
1830
1958
1959
1960
Senegal
Serbia
1346
1804
1835
1882
1918
1941
1946
1992
2004
2010
Serbia
Seychelles
1756
1811
1903
1961
1976
1977
1996
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
1792
1801
1889
1961
Sierra Leone
Singapore
1699
1819
1874
1925
1942
1945
1946
1959
1963
1965
Singapore
Slovakia
1920
1938
1945
1992
Slovakia
Slovenia
1335
1803
1813
1918
1918
1943
1945
1991
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
1886
1906
1942
1945
1947
1956
1966
1977
Solomon Islands
1893
Somalia
1415
1888
1896
1888/1920
1946
1960
Somalia
South Africa
1652
1664
1795
1801
1875
1910
1912
1928
1982
1994
South Africa
1854
South Sudan
1844
1882
1885
1899
1922
1952
1956
1970
2005
2023
South Sudan
Spain
1506
1701
1760
1785
1873
1875
1931
1936
1938
1945
1977
1981
Spain
Sri Lanka
161 BC[ 9]
1593
1815
1948
1951
1972
Sri Lanka
Sudan
1844
1882
1885
1899
1922
1952
1956
1970
Sudan
Suriname
1581
1795
1806
1810
1814
1959
1975
Suriname
Sweden
1562
1815
1844
1905/1906
Sweden
Switzerland
1470
1798
1803
1889
Switzerland
Syria
1844
1920
1920
1922
1932
1958
1961
1963
1972
1980
2024
Syria
Taiwan
1661
1683
1890
1895
1895
1945
China, Republic of (Taiwan )
Tajikistan
1869
1883
1918
1921
1929
1929
1931
1935
1936
1938
1940
1953
1991
1992
Tajikistan
Tanzania
1885
1919
1961
1964
Tanzania
1964
Thailand
1680
1782
1817
1843
1893
1916
1917
2017
Thailand
Togo
1884
1914
1957
1958
1960
Togo
Tonga
1858
1862
1875
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
1498
1796
1801
1889
1962
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
1574
1831
1999
Tunisia
Turkey
1844
1936
Turkey
Turkmenistan
1868
1883
1917
1920
1922
1926
1937
1940
1953
1992
1997
2001
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
1892
1937
1976
1978
1995
1996
1997
Tuvalu
Uganda
1894
1914
1962
Uganda
Ukraine
1119
1362
1471
1569
c. 1772
1849
1890
1917
1920
1941
1944
1949
1991
1992
Ukraine
1654
1668
1696
1858
1919
1929
1937
1649
United Arab Emirates
?-1820
1892
1968
1971
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
1277[ 10]
1606[ 11]
1707[ 12]
1801[ 13]
United Kingdom
1542[ 14]
1606[ 11]
United States
1775
1777
1795
1818
1819
1820
1822
1836
1837
1845
1846
1847
1848
1851
1858
1859
1861
1863
1865
1867
1877
1890
1891
1896
1908
1912
1959
1960
United States
Uruguay
1624
1717
1785
1812
1815
1821
1822
1825
1828
1830
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
1785
1920
1924
1953
1991
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
1887
1906
1953
1980
Vanuatu
1906
1940
1945
Vatican City
754
1803
1825
1849
1849
1870
1929
2001
2023
Vatican City
Venezuela
1522
1785
1811
1813
1814
1817
1819
1820
1821
1836
1859
1859
1863
1905
1930
1954
2006
Venezuela
Vietnam
1885
1887
1890
1920
1945
1955
1976
Vietnam
1945
1945
1946
1948
1975
Yemen
1872
1918
1923
1927
1962
1990
Yemen
1886
1937
1962
1967
Zambia
1924
1953
1963
1964
1996
Zambia
Zimbabwe
1896
1923
1953
1964
1968
1979
1979
1980
Zimbabwe
Country
before 1700s
Current
Country
1700s
1710s
1720s
1730s
1740s
1750s
1760s
1770s
1780s
1790s
1800s
1810s
1820s
1830s
1840s
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
States with limited recognition
Dependent territories
See also
Notes
References
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