Flags of Asia
A map of Asia with national flags, excluding dependent territories and partially recognized states
This is a gallery of international and national flags used in Asia.
Supranational and international flags[]
An incomplete list of flags representing intra-Asian international and supranational organisations, which omits intercontinental organisations such as the United Nations:
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1945 – | Flag of the Arab League | The flag of the League of the Arabic States States is two olive branches and 22 chain-links encircling a crescent and the full names of the organisation (written in Arabic).
The Arab League is an organization made up of countries in the Arab world in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia. Most, though not all of these countries use Arabic as their official language and concreted on Mediterranean sea, and Arabian sea countries. The purpose is to find ways for the countries to have unity and to work together to solve their problems. |
| 1997 – | Flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations | The flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is blue with the emblem of the organisation in the center.The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an international organization.
In August 1967, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines formed the ASEAN. At that time, communism was growing in Vietnam, and these five countries were also facing problems inside their own countries. | |
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1991 – | Flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States | The flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States is blue with the emblem of the organisation in the centre.In December 1991, leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine met at the nature reserve called Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus.` |
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1981 – | Flag of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf | Originally (and still colloquially) known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, intergovernmental political and economic union that consists of five Arabian peninsula countries except Yemen. |
| 1985 – | Flag of Economic Cooperation Organization | The Economic Cooperation Organization or ECO is an Asian political and economic intergovernmental organization which was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Pakistan. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve development and promote trade and investment opportunities.` | |
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2011 – | Flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | The flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is white with a green crescent and globe, with the Kaaba at the center of the globe. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is an international group. It has over 55` member states. The organisation tries to be the voice of the Muslim world. They try to safeguard the interests and the progress and well-being of Muslims. |
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1960 – | Flag of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries | The Flag of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is a blue background with the acronym 'OPEC' in stylized white lettering.OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an international organization. Since 1965, the headquarters of OPEC has been in Vienna, Austria. OPEC was established in September 1960 in Baghdad, IRAQ. |
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2012 – | Flag of the Organization of Turkic States |
Flags of Asian sovereign states[]
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1996 – 2001-2021 – | Flag of Afghanistan | Islamic Emirate: Readopted in 2021, the Shahada in black on a white background.
The black represents its troubled 19th century history, the red color represents the blood of those who fought for independence (specifically, the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919), and the green represents hope and prosperity for the future. The emblem of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is situated in the center of the flag. Still internationally recognized as the flag of Afghanistan. |
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1918 – 1920 1991 – |
Flag of Armenia[a] See also: List of Armenian flags |
After gaining independence, the First Republic of Armenia adopted the modern Armenian tricolor. The independent Armenian government selected the colours used during the last period of Rubenid Dynasty, red, blue and yellow. The Red emblematizes the Armenian Highland, the Armenian people's continued struggle for survival, maintenance of the Christian faith, Armenia's independence and freedom. The Blue emblematizes the will of the people of Armenia to live beneath peaceful skies. The Orange emblematizes the creative talent and hard-working nature of the people of Armenia. |
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1918 – 1920 1991 – |
Flag of Azerbaijan[a] See also: List of Azerbaijani flags |
Originally adopted in 1918 as a flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, was officially adopted again in 1991, after Azerbaijan gained its independence.
The flag of Azerbaijan is the national ensign of Azerbaijan. It consists of three equal horizontal bands colored blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star are centered in the red band. The blue band refers to Turkic heritage, the red is for progress and the green refers to Islam. |
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2002 – | Flag of Bahrain | Adopted in February 2002, the flag of Bahrain consists of a white band on the hoist, with red on the right. They are separated by five triangles forming a serrated line. |
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1972 – | Flag of Bangladesh See also: List of Bangladeshi flags |
Adopted in January 1972, the flag of Bangladesh consists of a slightly off-center red disc over a green field. |
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1969 – | Flag of Bhutan | Adopted in 1969, the flag of Bhutan consists of a diagonally-divided field, the upper left yellow and the lower right orange. Along the diagonal line is a white dragon, the Druk (Thunder Dragon), holding jewels in its claws. |
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1959 – | Flag of Brunei | Adopted in September 1959, the flag of Brunei consists of a yellow field divided by diagonal black and white stripes; superimposed over it is Brunei's crest, featuring a crescent facing upwards surrounded by hands and a parasol, all in red. |
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1948 – 1970 1993 – |
Flag of Cambodia See also: List of Cambodian flags |
Adopted in 1993 and previously used between 1948 and 1970, the flag of Cambodia consists of a horizontal tricolor of blue, red (double width) and blue, with a white depiction of Angkor Wat in the center of the red band. |
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1949 – | Flag of China See also: List of Chinese flags |
Adopted in September 1949, the flag of China consists of a red field with five gold stars in the canton; one large star is surrounded by four smaller stars surrounded in a semicircle and set off towards the fly. |
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1960 – | Flag of Cyprus[b] | The flag was officially adopted on August 16, 1960.
The island is depicted in a copper shade representative of its name; the name Cyprus has roots in the Sumerian word for copper (zubar) from the large deposits of copper found on the island. The crossed green olive branches symbolise the hope for peace between the Turks and the Greeks. It was designed by İsmet Güney, a Turkish Cypriot painter. |
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1975 – | Flag of East Timor | Adopted in May 2002 (originally in November 1975), the flag of East Timor consists of a red field; at the hoist is a white five-pointed star inside a black isosceles triangle superimposed on a larger yellow triangle, that points toward the center. |
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1984 – | Flag of Egypt[f] | Adopted in October 1984, the flag of Egypt consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, white and black, with the eagle of Saladin in the center of the white band. |
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2004 – | Flag of Georgia[a] See also: List of flags of Georgia (country) |
This recently adopted flag is a simple white rectangle, with a central red cross connecting all four sides of the flag; in each of the four corners is a small red cross. The flag is based on a historic five-cross design that dates back to the 14th century. |
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1947 – | Flag of India See also: List of Indian flags |
Adopted in July 1947, the flag of India consists of a horizontal tricolor of saffron, white and green; in the center of the white band is a 24-spoke wheel (the Ashoka Chakra) colored in navy blue. |
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1945 – | Flag of Indonesia See also: List of flags of Indonesia |
Adopted in. August 1945, the flag of Indonesia consists of a bicolour; red on the top, white on the bottom. |
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1980 – | Flag of Iran See also: List of Iranian flags |
Adopted in July 1980, the flag of Iran consists of a horizontal tricolor of green, white and red; the national emblem ("Allah") in red is centered on the white band; and the takbir (as written in the Kufic script) is written 11 times on each band in white. |
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2008 – | Flag of Iraq | Adopted in January 2008, the flag of Iraq consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, white and black; in the center of the white field is the takbir written in green Kufic script. |
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1870 – | Flag of Japan See also: List of Japanese flags |
Adopted as a civil ensign on February 27, 1870, Adopted as a national flag on August 13, 1999. The flag consists of a white background with a red circle representative of the sun |
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1928 – | Flag of Jordan | Adopted in April 1928, the flag of Jordan is a horizontal tricolor with a red chevron, the colors used are the Pan-Arab colors |
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1992 – | Flag of Kazakhstan[d] See also: List of Kazakh flags |
Adopted on June 4, 1992. the flag has a gold sun with 32 rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle, both centered on a teal background; the hoist side displays a national ornamental pattern called "koshkar-muiz" (the horns of the ram) in gold. |
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1961 – | Flag of Kuwait | Adopted in 1961, uses the Pan-Arab colors |
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1992 – | Flag of Kyrgyzstan | |
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1945 – | Flag of Laos | |
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1943 – | Flag of Lebanon | |
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1950 – | Flag of Malaysia See also: List of Malaysian flags |
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1965 – | Flag of the Maldives | |
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1945 – | Flag of Mongolia | |
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2010 – | Flag of Myanmar See also: List of Burmese flags |
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1962 – | Flag of Nepal | |
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1948 – | Flag of North Korea See also: List of North Korean flags |
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1995 – | Flag of Oman | |
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1947 – | Flag of Pakistan See also: List of Pakistani flags |
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1988 – | Flag of Palestine See also: List of Palestinian flags |
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1898 – | Flag of the Philippines | |
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1971 – | Flag of Qatar | |
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1883 – 1918 1993 – |
Flag of Russia See also: List of Russian flags |
The Russian Federation flag was officially adopted on August 22, 1991. The flag was hoisted shortly after the former Soviet Union collapsed. The white, red and blue are Pan-Slavic colours. |
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1973 – | Flag of Saudi Arabia | |
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1959 – | Flag of Singapore See also: List of Singaporean flags |
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1883 – 1920 1949 – |
Flag of South Korea See also: List of South Korean flags |
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1972 – | Flag of Sri Lanka See also: List of Sri Lankan flags |
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1980 – | Flag of Syria | |
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1992 – | Flag of Tajikistan | |
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1917 – | Flag of Thailand See also: List of Thai flags |
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1844 – | Flag of Turkey[c] See also: List of Turkish flags |
The flag of Turkey is a red flag with a white crescent moon and a star in its centre. The flag is called Ay Yıldız (literally, moon star.) or Albayrak (Red flag) which were adopted in 1844 with the Tanzimat reforms; though the shape, placement and shade of the colour vary. The geometric proportions of the flag were legally standardised with the Turkish Flag Law in 1936. |
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2001 – | Flag of Turkmenistan | |
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1971 – | Flag of the United Arab Emirates | |
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1991 – | Flag of Uzbekistan See also: List of Uzbek flags |
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1945 – | Flag of Vietnam See also: List of flags of Vietnam |
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1990 – | Flag of Yemen |
Flags of Asian dependencies[]
| Flag | Date | Use | State (status) | Description |
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1960 – | Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | UK (overseas territory) | Same as the flag of the United Kingdom. |
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1990 – | Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory | UK (overseas territory) | |
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2002 – | Flag of Christmas Island | Australia (external territory) | |
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2004 – | Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Australia (external territory) |
Flags of Asian sub-divisions[]
China[]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1997 – | Flag of Hong Kong | |
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1999 – | Flag of Macau |
Georgia[]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2004 – | Flag of Adjara |
Iraq[]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1921 – | Flag of Kurdistan | The flag of Kurdistan is a red-white-green tricolour with a yellow sun in the centre. |
Japan[]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2000 – | Flag of Aichi Prefecture | Stylised hiragana of あいち (Aichi). The emblem also expresses sunrise and wave to indicate Aichi's location facing the Pacific Ocean. |
Philippines[]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2019 – | Flag of Bangsamoro | The flag of Bangsamoro is a horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with the yellow seven-pointed star surrounded by a yellow crescent both centered on the white band and a white kris centered on the red band. |
Russia[]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2000 – | Flag of Altai Krai | |
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1992 – | Flag of the Altai Republic | |
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1999 – | Flag of Amur Oblast | |
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1992 – | Flag of the Republic of Buryatia | |
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2001 – | Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast | |
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1997 – | Flag of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | |
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1997 – | Flag of Irkutsk Oblast | |
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2005 – | Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast | |
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2010 – | Flag of Kamchatka Krai | |
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1994 – | Flag of Khabarovsk Krai | |
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2003 – | Flag of the Republic of Khakassia | |
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1995 – | Flag of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug | |
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2000 – | Flag of Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
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1997 – | Kurgan Oblast | |
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2001 – | Flag of Magadan Oblast | |
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2009 – | Flag of Nenets Autonomous Okrug | |
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2014 – | Flag of Omsk Oblast | |
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2011 – | Flag of Perm Krai | |
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1995 – | Flag of Primorsky Krai | |
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1992 – | Flag of the Sakha Republic | |
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1995 – | Flag of Sakhalin Oblast | |
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1997 – | Sverdlovsk Oblast | |
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1992 – | Flag of the Tuva Republic | |
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1995 – | Tyumen Oblast | |
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1996 – | Flag of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | |
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1995 – | Flag of Zabaykalsky Krai |
Disputed or partially recognised states[]
| Flag | Date | Use | State (status) | Description |
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1992 – | Flag of Abkhazia[a] | Internationally recognized as part of  Georgia |
The flag of Abkhazia consists of seven green and white stripes with a red upper left canton bearing a white open right hand and seven white stars. |
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1992 – | Flag of Artsakh | Internationally recognized as part of  Azerbaijan |
The flag of Artsakh is based on the Flag of Armenia, and has a white pattern added. |
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1928 – | Flag of the Republic of China | Political status of Taiwan | |
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1984 – | Flag of Northern Cyprus[b] | Internationally recognized as part of  Cyprus |
Adopted by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey and the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan) on 7 March 1984 following the Turkish invasion and the occupation of the northern part of the island in 1974. |
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1990 – | Flag of South Ossetia[a] | Internationally recognized as part of Georgia |
The flag of the South Ossetia is a tricolour, the top stripe white, the middle stripe red and the bottom stripe yellow. |
Historical flags[]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1937 – 1963 | Flag of Aden Colony | |
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1959 – 1962 | Flag of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South | |
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1922 | Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
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1918 | Flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan | |
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1920 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | |
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1920 – 1921 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | |
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1921 – 1922 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | |
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1368 – 1906 | Flag of the Bruneian Empire | |
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1906 – 1959 | Flag of Brunei | |
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1875 – 1948 | Flag of British Ceylon | |
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1948 – 1951 | Flag of the Dominion of Ceylon | |
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1951 – 1972 | Flag of the Dominion of Ceylon | |
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1912 – 1928 | Flag of the Republic of China | |
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1398 – 1489 | Flag of the Kingdom of Cyprus | |
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1881 – 1922 | Flag of Cyprus | |
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1922 – 1960 | Flag of Cyprus | |
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1960 | Flag of Cyprus | |
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1960 – 2006 | Flag of Cyprus | |
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1933 – 1934 | Flag of the First East Turkestan Republic | |
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1944 – 1949 | Flag of the Second East Turkestan Republic | |
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1920 – 1922 | Flag of the Far Eastern Republic | |
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1990 – 2004 | Flag of Georgia | |
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1938 – 1939 | Flag of Hatay State | |
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1871 – 1876 | Flag of British Hong Kong | |
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1876 – 1955 | Flag of British Hong Kong | |
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1955 – 1959 | Flag of British Hong Kong | |
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1959 – 1997 | Flag of British Hong Kong | |
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1924 – 1959 | Flag of Iraq | |
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1959 – 1963 | Flag of Iraq | |
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1963 – 1991 | Flag of Iraq | |
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1991 – 2004 | Flag of Iraq | |
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2004 – 2008 | Flag of Iraq | |
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1978 – 1993 | Flag of Kampuchea | |
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1991 – 1992 | Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan | |
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1918 – 1920 | Flag of the Kuban People's Republic | |
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1914 – 1921 | Flag of Kuwait | |
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1921 – 1940 | Flag of Kuwait | |
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1940 – 1961 | Flag of Kuwait | |
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1991 – 1992 | Flag of Kyrgyzstan | |
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1947 – 1975 | Flag of the Kingdom of Laos | |
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1946 – 1968 | Flag of the Malayan Union | |
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1948 – 1963 | Flag of the Federation of Malaya | |
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1911 – 1920, 1921 – 1924 | Flag of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia | |
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1924 – 1940 | Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic | |
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1924 – 1940 | Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (alternative) | |
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1940 – 1945 | Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic | |
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1945 – 1992 | Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic | |
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1974 – 2010 | Flag of Myanmar | |
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1844 – 1922 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | |
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1897 – 1898 | Flag of the Biak na Bato | |
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1943 – 1945 | Flag of the Philippines | |
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1946 – 1985, 1986 – 1998 | Flag of the Philippines | |
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1985 – 1986 | Flag of the Philippines | |
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1862 – 1889 | Flag of the Qing dynasty | |
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1889 – 1912 | Flag of the Qing dynasty | |
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1858 – 1883 | Flag of the Russian Empire | |
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1918 | Flag of the Russian Soviet Republic | |
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1918 – 1922 | Flag of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic | |
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1991 – 1993 | Flag of Russia | |
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1877 – 1914, 1962 – 1967 | Flag of the Kingdom of Sikkim | |
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1914 – 1962 | Flag of Kingdom of Sikkim | |
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1967 – 1975 | Flag of the Kingdom of Sikkim | |
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1962 – 1967 | Flag of the Federation of South Arabia | |
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1922 – 1923 | Flag of the Soviet Union | |
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1923 – 1924 | Flag of the Soviet Union | |
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1924 – 1936 | Flag of the Soviet Union | |
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1936 – 1955 | Flag of the Soviet Union | |
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1955 – 1991 | Flag of the Soviet Union | |
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1916 – 1951 | Flag of Tibet | |
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1991 – 1992 | Flag of Turkmenistan | |
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1992 – 1997 | Flag of Turkmenistan | |
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1997 – 2001 | Flag of Turkmenistan | |
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1918 – 1921 | Flag of Uryankhay Krai | |
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1945 – 1955 | Flag of North Vietnam | |
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1949 – 1975 | Flag of South Vietnam | |
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1918 – 1923 | Flag of North Yemen | |
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1923 – 1927 | Flag of North Yemen | |
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1927 – 1962 | Flag of North Yemen | |
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1962 – 1990 | Flag of North Yemen | |
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1967 – 1990 | Flag of South Yemen |
Notes[]
Part of Transcaucasian Region, at the crossroads of Asia and Europe. Physiographically, Armenia falls entirely in Western Asia, while Georgia and Azerbaijan are mostly in Western Asia with small portions north of the Caucasus Mountains divide in Europe.
The island of Cyprus, which comprises the Republic of Cyprus, Northern Cyprus and Akrotiri and Dhekelia, is geographically located in Asia, closer to Asian Turkey than to the European mainland. However, the Republic of Cyprus is a member state of the European Union.
Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Turkey has a biggest part of its territory (95%) in Western Asia called Anatolia.
Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Kazakhstan has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe.
The Republic of China (ROC) was the recognized legitimate government of China between 1912 and 1949. After its defeat in the Chinese Civil War, the Republic of China retreated to the island of Taiwan where it continues to govern today. In 1949, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was established on the Chinese mainland. Since 1949, both the ROC and PRC officially claim to be the sole legitimate government of the entirety of China (including Taiwan). The flag of the ROC was thus the legitimate flag of
China since its adoption in 1928 to 1949, whereas after 1949 its status has been linked to the political status of Taiwan.
Egypt is mostly situated within Africa, however the Sinai Peninsula lies in Asia.
See also[]
- Flags of Africa
- Flags of Europe
- Flags of Oceania
- Flags of North America
- Flags of South America
Flags of Asia | |
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| States with limited recognition |
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