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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

1880

1901

1919

1926

1928 1929

1930

1973

1974

1978 1978

1980

1987

1992

1992

1996

1997

2001

2002

2004

2013

2021

1878^[1]

1902^[2]

1910

1911

1912^[3]

1914

1920

1926

1928

1934

1939

1943

1944

1946

1992

2002

1516

1830

1962

1806

1866

1934

1939

1949

1959

1971

1816

1826

1830

1911

1975

Antigua and Barbuda

1957

1958

1962

1967

Antigua and Barbuda

1812

1812

1818

1819

1820

1829

1835

1850

1861

2010

1885

1918

1918

1922

1936

1940

1952

1990

1769

1801

1901

1903

1908

1954

1230

1804

1918

1938

1945

1955

1918

1918

1920

1922

1937

1940

1952

1991

2013

1869

1904

1923

1953

1964

1973

2007

1783

1820

1932

1972

2002

1971

1972

1885

1958

1962

1966

1918

1919

1919

1927

1937

1940

1941

1944

1951

1991

1995

2012

1790

1830

1831

1919

1981

2019

1958

1975

1990

1949

1956

1969

1825

1826

1851

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1377

1878

1878

1908

1918

1941

1946

1992

1998

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1448

1908

1885

1966

1816

1816

1822

1822

1870

1889

1889

1960

1968

1992

pre-1906

1906

1941

1945

1959

1878

1908

1918

1946

1948

1967

1971

1991

1878

1908

1959

1984

1885

1919

1961

1962

1966

1966

1967

1982

1863

1887

1942

1945

1953

1970

1975

1979

1989

1992

1993

1884

1916

1957

1961

1975

1916

1922

1868

1921

1957

1965

1816

1826

1830

1911

1975

1992

Central African Republic

1903

1958

Central African Republic

1959

1812

1817

1818

1888^[4]

1912^[4]

1928^[4]

1949^[4]

China, People's Republic of

1525

1785

1811

1814

1816

1819

1820

1821

1831

1834

1861 1861

1887

1963

1975

1978

1992

1996

2001

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

1506

1821

1823

1824

1824

1824

1840

1842

1848

1906

1527

1809

1815

1848

1852

1868

1918

1918

1939

1941

1943

1945

1990

1990

1506

1785

1873

1898

1902

1906

1908

1909

1959

1192

1489

1844

1878

1881

1922

1960

1960

2006

1198

1804

1918

1920

1939

1945

1990

1993

14th c.^[5]

1844

1896

1977

1663

1715

1763

1801

1871

1940

1958

1962

1978

1981

1988

1990

Dominican Republic

1506

1795

1808

1821

1844

1849

1861

1865

Dominican Republic

1702

1707

1750

1816

1826

1830

1911

1942

1945

1975

1975

1976

1999

2002

1534

1785

1809

1812

1820

1822

1822

1830

1835

1845

1845

1860

1900

2009

661

750-969

1844

1882

1922

1952

1958

1972

1984

1525

1717

1785

1821

1823

1826

1827

1842

1850

1854

1860

1864

1865

1869

1873

1875

1896

1898

1900

1912

1916

1921

1923

Equatorial Guinea

1667

1707

1750

1778

1785

1931

1936

1938

1945

1968

1973

1979

Equatorial Guinea

1890

1941

1941

1952

1975

1987

1991

1993

1995

1918

1940

1941

1944

1953

1990

1890

1894

1903

1968

2011

1897

1914

1936

1941

1974

1987

1991

1996

2009

1865

1867

1869

1871

1878

1924

1970

1562

1809

1858

1883

1917

1918

1643^{[citation needed]}

1790^{[citation needed]}

1794^[6]

1814

1830^[7]

1940

1944

1958

1974^[8]

2020^[8]

1940

1903

1959

1960

1783

1801

1965

1008-1490

1801

1858

1883

1918

1921

1922

1937

1951

1990

2004

1400

1848

1867

1919

1933

1935

1946

1949

1433

1949

1959

1821

1877

1957

1961

1964

1966

1612

1795

1806

1810

1814

1378

1769

1822

1833

1862

1967

1970

1975

1978

1822 (naval ensign)

1663

1715

1763

1779

1783

1801

1875

1903

1958

1962

1967

1974

1519

1821

1823

1825

1838

1843

1851

1858

1871

1898

1958

1667

1707

1750

1816

1826

1830

1911

1974

1581

1795

1806

1810

1814

1875

1906

1919

1955

1966

1663

1715

1790

1791

1798

1803

1804

1806

1811

1821

1849

1859

1964

1986

1519

1821

1823

1825

1838

1866

1898

1898

1949

2022

1526

1848

1848

1849

1867

1869–1918

1896–1915

1918

1919

1919

1940

1946

1949

1956

1956

1957

1536

1809

1810

1900

1918

1944

1526

1858

1906

1907

1908

1917

1921

1931

1947

1674

1773

1640

1800

1942

1945

1576

1736

1747

1760

1852

1907

1933

1964

1980

1844

1921

1958

1959

1963

1991

2004

2008

1542

1801

1922

1844

1920

1948

1948

1802

1805

1814

1861

1946

2003

2006

1943-april 1945

1896

1959

1655

1801

1875

1906

1957

1958

1962

701

1192-1573

1603

1868

1945

1952

1999

1844

1920

1921

1958

1958

1822

1858

1883

1915

1917

1920

1932

1937

1940

1953

1991

1992

1885

1885

1921

1963

1892

1937

1942

1943

1979

960

1800

1856

1882

1882

1888

1893

1893

1899

1910

1945

1946

1946

1948

1992

1945

1948

1949

1984

1997

2011

1521

1844

1899

1914

1921

1940

1961

1876

1883

1918

1936

1952

1991

1992

1992

2023

1707

1893

1952

1975

1562

1661

1692

1721

1918

1919

1920

1940

1941

1944

1953

1990

1697

1844

1918

1920

1943

1795

1801

1875

1884

1966

1987

2006

1827

1847

1711

1912

1951

1969

1972

1977

2011

1400

1719

1852

1921

1937

1982

1587

1795

1858

1883

1918

1940

1941

1944

1953

1988

2004

1482

1781

1795

1815

1845

1940

1944

1787

1885

1896

1958

1907

1953

1963

1964

2010

2012

1641

1795

1801

1818

1824

1896

1942

1945

1949

1963

1796

1903

1926

1953

1954

1965

1892

1958

1959

1961

1530

1798

1800

1801

1814

1875

1898

1923

1943

1964

Marshall Islands

1885

1889

1914

1919

1944

1947

1965

1979

Marshall Islands

1900

1959

2017

1666

1710

1789

1810

1869

1906

1923

1968

1519

1821

1821

1823

1864

1867

1893

1916

1934

1968

1885

1899

1914

1919

1944

1947

1965

1979

1396

1834

1866

1883

1917

1919

1925

1937

1938

1940

1952

1990

2010

1859

1862

1867

1793

1881

1942

1945

1862

1890

1911

1924

1930

1940

1945

1992

2011

1696

1851

1876

1905

1918

1918

1946

1992

1994

2004

1666

1913

1956

1921

1667

1707

1750

1816

1826

1830

1911

1974

1975

1983

1983

1753

1885

1937

1943

1945

1948

1974

2010

1884

1915

1928

1982

1990

1888

1914

1942

1945

1968

1768

1856

c. 1930

1962

1581

/
1652

1795

1806

1810

1814

1769

1834

1840

1867

1869

1524

1823

1825

1839

1858

1889

1893

1896

1908

1971

1922

1959

1886

1900

1960

1967

North Macedonia

1844

1903

1903

1912

1918

1941

1944

1946

1992

1995

North Macedonia

1536

1814

1818

1821

1844

1900

1856

1970

1995

1526

1747

1761

1849

1858

1880

1947

1885

1899

1914

1919

1944

1947

1965

1981

1844

1920

1948

1949

1958

1958

1967

1982

1994

1949

1952

1958

1510

1717

1785

1811

1816

1819

1820

1821

1834

1861

1903

1925

2017

Papua New Guinea

1884

1906

1942

1945

1949

1965

1971

Papua New Guinea

1884

1889

1914

1945

1537

1717

1785

1811

1811

1811

1812

1826

1842

1954

1988

1990

2013

1542

1717

1785

1820

1822

1822

1825

1950

1836

1565

1762

1764

1821

1897

1898

1901

1908

1912

1919

1936

1942

1943

1945

1985

1986

1998

966

c. 1605

Partitions
1795

1807

1815

1815

1863

1919

1928

1939

1944

1980

1667

1707

1750

1816

1826

1830

1911

661-750

c. 1700

1860

1916

1916

1932

1936

1949

1971

1330

1834

1848

1859

1862

1867

1948

1948

1952

1965

1989

1989

1396

1834

1668

1696

1858

1914

1917

1922

1924

1924

1936

1955

1993

1918

1918

1937

1954

1991

1885

1919

1959

1961

1962

2001

Saint Kitts and Nevis

1626

1713

1801

1871

1958

1962

1967

1983

Saint Kitts and Nevis

1663

1663

1715

1743

1756

1762

1763

1778

1783

1789

1796

1801

1802

1803

1903

1939

1962

1967

1979

2002

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1663

1715

1763

1778

1783

1801

1903

1962

1979

1985

1985

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1858

1873

1879

1887

1900

1914

1922

1948

1949

1862

2011

São Tomé and Príncipe

1667

1707

1750

1816

1826

1830

1911

1975

São Tomé and Príncipe

1517

1744

1818

1824

1891

1902

1926

1932

1934

1938

1973

1844

1920

1643

1789

1814

1830

1958

1959

1960

1346

1804

1835

1882

1918

1941

1946

1992

2004

2010

1756

1811

1903

1961

1976

1977

1996

1792

1801

1889

1961

1699

1819

1874

1925

1942

1945

1946

1959

1963

1965

1920

1938

1945

1992

1335

1803

1813

1918

1918

1943

1945

1991

Solomon Islands

1886

1906

1942

1945

1947

1956

1966

1977

Solomon Islands

1893

1415

1888

1896

1888/1920

1946

1960

1652

1664

1795

1801

1875

1910

1912

1928

1982

1994

1854

1844

1882

1885

1899

1922

1952

1956

1970

2005

2023

1506

1701

1760

1785

1873

1875

1931

1936

1938

1945

1977

1981

161 BC^[9]

1593

1815

1948

1951

1972

1844

1882

1885

1899

1922

1952

1956

1970

1581

1795

1806

1810

1814

1959

1975

1562

1815

1844

1905/1906

1470

1798

1803

1889

1844

1920

1920

1922

1932

1958

1961

1963

1972

1980

1661

1683

1890

1895

1895

1945

China, Republic of (Taiwan)

1869

1883

1918

1921

1929

1929

1931

1935

1936

1938

1940

1953

1991

1992

1885

1919

1961

1964

1964

1680

1782

1817

1843

1893

1916

1917

2017

1884

1914

1957

1958

1960

1858

1862

1875

Trinidad and Tobago

1498

1796

1801

1889

1962

Trinidad and Tobago

1574

1831

1999

1844

1936

1868

1883

1917

1920

1922

1926

1937

1940

1953

1992

1997

2001

1892

1937

1976

1978

1995

1996

1997

1894

1914

1962

1119

1362

1471

1569

c. 1772

1849

1890

1917

1920

1941

1944

1949

1991

1992

1654

1668

1696

1858

1919

1929

1937

1649

United Arab Emirates

?-1820

1892

1968

1971

United Arab Emirates

1277^[10]

1606^[11]

1707^[12]

1801^[13]

1542^[14]

1606^[11]

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

1624

1717

1785

1812

1815

1821

1822

1825

1828

1830

1785

1920

1924

1953

1991

1887

1906

1953

1980

1906

1940

1945

754

1803

1825

1849

1849

1870

1929

2001

2023

1522

1785

1811

1813

1814

1817

1819

1820

1821

1836

1859

1859

1863

1905

1930

1954

2006

1885

1887

1890

1920

1945

1955

1976

1945

1945

1946

1948

1975

1872

1918

1923

1927

1962

1990

1886

1937

1962

1967

1924

1953

1963

1964

1996

1896

1923

1953

1964

1968

1979

1979

1980

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

Country

Before 1900

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Current

Country

1866

1921

1931

1935

1937

1938

1951

1992

1999

2008

Northern Cyprus

1984

Northern Cyprus

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

1976

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

1903

1950

1952

1960

1991

1994

1992

1937

1938

1940

1992

Country

Before 1900

Current

Country

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Dependent territories

Territory

before

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

Territory

1562

1809

1858

1883

1917

1918

1921

1954

1667

1801

1871

1958

1967

1969

1990

1581

/
1652

1795

1806

1810

1814

1959

1976

Ascension Island

1657

1801

1874

1984

2009

Ascension Island

1684

1801

1875

1910

1999

1581

/
1652

1795

1806

1810

1814

1959

1981

British Virgin Islands

1672

1801

1960

British Virgin Islands

1670

1801

1958

1999

Christmas Island

1770

1801

1901

1903

1908

1954

1986

Christmas Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

1770

1801

1901

1903

1908

1954

2003

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

1858

1888

1893

1901

1902

1973

1979

1581

/
1652

1795

1806

1810

1814

1959

1981

1541

1717

1785

1812

1817 1817

2006

Falkland Islands

1876

1925

1948

1999

Falkland Islands

14th C.^{[citation needed]}

1940

1643

1790

1794

1830

1958

1976

2010

French Polynesia

1643

1790

1794

1814

1830

1976

1984

French Polynesia

1704

1801

1875

1921

1939

1982

1606

1989

1801

1890

1936

1985

1843

1871

1876

1941

1945

1955

1959

1997

1801

1907

1977

1981

1667

1707

1750

1816

1826

1830

1911

1975

1999

1672

1801

1960

1999

1643

1790

1794

1814

1830

1976

2010

1769

1834

1840

1867

1902

1975

1770

1801

1901

1903

1908

1954

1979

Pitcairn Islands

1790

1838

1984

Pitcairn Islands

1581

/
1652

1795

1806

1810

1814

1959

1985

1657

1801

1874

1984

1581

/
1652

1795

1806

1810

1814

1959

1986

2004

1581

/
1652

1795

1806

1810

1814

1959

1985

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

1876

1925

1948

1992

1999

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Tristan da Cunha

1657

1801

1874

1984

2002

Tristan da Cunha

1769

1834

1840

1867

1902

1989

2009

Turks and Caicos Islands

1681

1706

1801

1889

1968

1999

Turks and Caicos Islands

Wallis and Futuna

1643

1790

1794

1814

1830

1842

1860

1886

1887

1910

1958

1985

Wallis and Futuna

Territory

Before 1700s

Current

Territory

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

See also

Notes

References

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^ "Juan Pedro Aladro Kastriota, Albanian Pretender". Ottoman History Podcast. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^ "Cover Page" (PDF). Perlindja e Shqipëniës (in Albanian). 7 March 1914. p. 331. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Xing, Fei (2013). The Study of Vexillology in China (PDF). 25th International Congress of Vexillology. Rotterdam: International Federation of Vexillological Associations.

^ Bjerg, Hans Christian (2006). Dannebrog, historien om et kristent og nationalt symbol (in Danish). Hovedland. p. 12. ISBN 978-87-7739-906-0.

^ "The French Flag". www.diplomatie.gouv.fr. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^ "History of the French flag". Société française de vexillologie. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^ ^a ^b AFP (16 November 2021). "Macron reverts French flag to navy blue from lighter EU shade". Euronews. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^ "Sri Lanka's National Flag". The Sunday Times. 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2009-07-04.

^ Perrin, William Gordon (1922). British flags, their early history, and their development at sea; with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device. Cambridge University Press. p. 37. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^ ^a ^b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1904). The art of heraldry: an encyclopædia of armory. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 399. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^ Johnson, Ben. "The Act of Union". Historic UK. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^ The European Magazine: And London Review. Vol. 39. Philological Society of London. 1801. p. 74.

^ National Library of Scotland (1542). "Plate from the Lindsay Armorial". Scran. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

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