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Flag of Germany

Flag of Germany (Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Deutschlandfahne): horizontal black-red-gold tricolour, 3:5 ratio, anchored in Article 22 of the Basic Law; origins in the Lützow Volunteer Corps, adopted 1919 and 1949, sole flag since 1990.

Flag of Ghana

The Flag of Ghana is a red, gold, and green horizontal triband with a black five-pointed star on the gold band, designed by Theodosia Okoh, adopted 6 March 1957 at independence, replaced 1964–1966 by a white-stripe version, then restored.

Flag of Great Britain

The Flag of Great Britain, known as the Union Flag or Union Jack, combines the crosses of St George and St Andrew, created by proclamation in 1606.

Flag of Greece

Flag of Greece (Γαλανόλευκη): national flag with nine blue-and-white stripes and a canton cross, adopted in 1822 at Epidaurus, made sole national flag by Law 851 of 1978.

Flag of Guatemala

Flag of Guatemala: light blue-white-light blue vertical triband adopted 17 August 1871 under Miguel García Granados, bearing the coat of arms with quetzal, 1821 independence scroll, crossed rifles, swords, and laurel wreath.

Flag of Haiti

Flag of Haiti (drapeau d'Haïti, drapo Ayiti): national flag of two equal horizontal bands, blue over red, with the coat of arms on a white square; created 18 May 1803 at Arcahaie, restored 1986 under the 1987 Constitution.

Flag of Hawaii

Flag of Hawaii (Ka Hae Hawaiʻi): U.S. state flag with eight white, red, and blue stripes for the eight major islands and a British Union Jack canton, dating from Kamehameha I and set by the Hawaiian Kingdom legislature in 1845.

Flag of Honduras

The flag of Honduras is a blue, white, and blue triband with five stars, adopted in 1866 and modeled on the flag of the Federal Republic of Central America.

Flag of Hong Kong

Flag of Hong Kong (香港特別行政區區旗), the regional flag of the Hong Kong SAR: red field, white five-petal bauhinia with five red star stamens, 3:2 ratio, flower diameter three-fifths of flag height. Adopted with the Basic Law on 4 April 1990, first hoisted 1 July 1997; design chosen from 7,147 contest entries; governed by the Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance.

Flag of Hungary

Flag of Hungary (piros-fehér-zöld): horizontal red, white, green tricolor defined in Article I of the Fundamental Law, colors from the Árpád coat of arms, tricolor form from 1848, regulated by Act CCII of 2011.

Flag of Iceland

Flag of Iceland (íslenski fáninn): blue Nordic-cross flag with white-edged red cross, 18:25 ratio, designed by Matthías Þórðarson in 1906, official by royal decree 1915, national flag law 17 June 1944.

Flag of India

Flag of India (Tiranga): horizontal saffron-white-green tricolour with navy 24-spoke Ashoka Chakra, adopted 22 July 1947 by the Constituent Assembly; ratio 3:2, governed by the Flag Code of India, 2002.

Flag of Indonesia

The flag of Indonesia (Sang Merah Putih, Sang Saka Merah Putih) is a red-over-white horizontal bicolour at a 2:3 ratio, raised 17 August 1945, defined by Article 35 of the 1945 Constitution and Law No. 24 of 2009; distinguishable from Monaco (4:5) and Poland (reversed).

Flag of Iran

Flag of Iran (پرچم ایران): the Islamic Republic's green-white-red tricolor with the red tulip-shaped Allah emblem and 22 Allahu Akbar inscriptions, adopted in 1980 to replace the pre-1979 Lion and Sun flag enshrined in the 1906 constitution.

Flag of Iraq

Flag of Iraq (علم العراق): national flag, a red-white-black Pan-Arab triband with green Kufic "Allahu Akbar" takbir, adopted 22 January 2008; legally defined by Act No. 33 of 1986 as amended 1991 and 2008; seventh in a series since 1921.

Flag of Ireland

Flag of Ireland (Bratach na hÉireann): the green, white and orange tricolour, first flown by Thomas Francis Meagher in Waterford on 7 March 1848, flown over the GPO in 1916, and made the national flag by Article 7 of the 1937 Constitution.

Flag of Israel

The flag of Israel (דגל ישראל) is the national flag, a white field with two blue stripes and a Star of David, proclaimed on 28 October 1948.

Flag of Italy

The Flag of Italy, known as Il Tricolore, is a vertical tricolour of green, white, and red first adopted as a national flag in Reggio Emilia on 7 January 1797.

Flag of Ivory Coast

Flag of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire): vertical orange-white-green tricolor adopted 3 December 1959, orange at the hoist, no emblem; mirror image of Ireland's green-white-orange flag, with which it is often confused at sporting events.

Flag of Jamaica

Flag of Jamaica: national flag adopted August 6, 1962 at independence; gold saltire with green and black triangles, designed by a bipartisan House committee after a 368-entry competition; symbolism revised 1996; one of two flags without blue, white, or red.

Flag of Japan

Flag of Japan, the Hinomaru or Nisshōki: white flag with centered red sun disc, ratio 2:3, disc three-fifths of height. Merchant-ship flag from 1870, national flag by statute only since the 1999 flag law; 2026 desecration law.

Flag of Jordan

Flag of Jordan: black-white-green horizontal tricolor with a red hoist triangle bearing a white seven-pointed star, derived from the 1916 Arab Revolt banner, in use since 1922, codified in the 1928 Basic Law and Constitution Article 4.

Flag of Kazakhstan

Flag of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан туы): sky-blue national flag adopted 1992, designed by Shaken Niyazbekov, with a golden 32-ray sun, steppe eagle, and koshkar-muiz hoist ornament, ratio 1:2, governed by the 2007 constitutional law on state symbols.

Flag of Kenya

Flag of Kenya: national flag adopted 12 December 1963, a black-red-green triband with white fimbriations and a central Maasai shield and crossed spears, based on the KANU party flag and specified in the 2010 Constitution's Second Schedule.

Flag of Kurdistan

Flag of Kurdistan (Alaya Rengîn): red-white-green tricolor with a golden 21-rayed sun, official flag of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq since the 1999 flag law; standardized 1998–99 by Mehrdad Izady, Flag Day 17 December.

Flag of Lebanon

The flag of Lebanon is a red, white, and red triband with a green cedar centered on the white stripe, adopted in 1943 after independence from France.

Flag of Liberia

Flag of Liberia, the Lone Star: national flag with 11 red and white stripes and a blue canton bearing one white five-pointed star, adopted 1847, ratio 10:19, modeled on the US flag.

Flag of Libya

Flag of Libya: red-black-green horizontal tricolor with white crescent and star, adopted 1951 at independence, replaced 1969, plain green 1977-2011, restored 3 August 2011.

Flag of Lithuania

Flag of Lithuania: yellow-green-red horizontal tricolour, adopted 19 April 1918, restored 1988–1989, 3:5 ratio since 2004, paired with the Vytis knight historical flag.

Flag of Malaysia

Flag of Malaysia, Jalur Gemilang (Stripes of Glory): national flag with 14 red-white stripes, blue canton, yellow crescent and 14-point star; designed by Mohamed Hamzah, first flown 1950, modified 1963, named 1997.