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This article contains a list of the flags and/or modifications made on the flags of current sovereign nations.

Proposed flags, occupation, ephemeral and provisional governments years are marked in italics.

Independence year is marked in bold.

Occupying or colonizing power is not indicated.

Sovereign states

Country	before 1600s	1700s					1720s			1750s	1760s		1770s						1790s				1800s					1810s					1820s					1830s					1840s					1850s					1860s					1870s					1880s					1890s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s				1990s					2000s					2010s							Current	Country
Country	before 1600s																																																																																																																																					Current	Country
Afghanistan																																				1880										1901									1919				1926	1928 1929	1930																					1973	1974		1978 October 1978	1980			1987			1992	December 1992	1996	1997	2001	2002	2004				2013				2021						Afghanistan, Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan																																				1880										1901									1919				1926	1928 1929	1930																					1973	1974		1978 October 1978	1980			1987			1992	December 1992	Rump State 1996		2001	2002	2004				2013				Government in exile 2021						Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of^[1]
Albania																																				1878^[2]											1902^[3]				1910	1911	1912^[4]	1914			1920			1926	1928			1934		1939		1943	1944	1946																							1992					2002															Albania
Algeria	1516																																			French colonization 1830'																																																																1962																															Algeria
Andorra																										1806																														1866																																		1934-1934		1939-1949					1949-1959					1959-1971						1971																											Andorra
Angola																																																																																																														1975																									Angola
Antigua and Barbuda																																																																																																					1957	Part of West Indies Federation 1958		1962		1967-Today							Independence from UK 1981																						Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina																													1812	1812	1818	1819	1820				1829			1835								1850					1861																																																																Argentina
Armenia																																				'																												Father Ghevont Alishan design 1885																	part of Transcaucasian Federation 1918	1918	1922							1936		1940						1952																		1990																		Armenia
Australia																																																																										1901	1903		1908																																																										Australia
Austria	1230																								1804																																																									1918										1938			1945					1955																																			Austria
Azerbaijan																																																																																	1918	1918	1920	1922							1937		1940						1952																		1990																		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																			Brabantine Revolution 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1448																																																					1878	1878														1908					1918											1941			1946																							1992				1998															Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana																																				1885																																									1966																																	Botswana
Brazil																															1816	1816		1822	1822																							1870									1889	1889																																			1960				1968											1992																	Brazil
Brunei																																				pre-1906	1906																	Japanese occupation 1941		1945							1959													Independence from UK 1984																								Brunei
Bulgaria																																																					1878															1908					1918														1946	1948									1967		1971										1991																				Bulgaria
Bulgaria																																																					1878															1908					1918														1946	1948									1967		1971										1991																				Bulgaria
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
Cameroon																																				1884																1916			1922																			1961							1975																													Cameroon
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^[5]											1912^[5]								1928^[5]										1949^[5]																																										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	1500																																				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
Gabon																																				1903																												1959	1960																																				Gabon
Gambia															1783									1801																																																																1965																																Gambia
Georgia	1008-1490											1762											1801																													1858												1883																		1918	1921	1922							1937							1951																			1990							2004											Georgia
Germany	1400																																													1848										1867																											1919						1933		1935			1946			1949																																						Germany
Germany	1433																																													1848										1867																											1919						1933		1935			1946			1949					1959																																	Germany
Ghana																																	1821																												1877																																								1957		1961		1964	1966																													Ghana
Ghana	1612																					1795			1806			1810		1814																															1877																																								1957		1961		1964	1966																													Ghana
Greece	1378										1769																							1822																								1833																				1862																				1967										1970			1975		1978																						Greece
Greece	1378										1769																							1822 (naval ensign)																																																																										1970			1975		1978																						Greece
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
India	1674													1773																																														1906	1907	1908				1917			1921					1931							1947																																										India
Indonesia	1640																						1800																																																																1942	1945																																											Indonesia
Iran	1576							1736	1747				1760									1796																													1849		1852																																1907				1933																		1964									1980																					Iran
Iraq																																				1858											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
Italy																									1802		1805			1814																									1861																																						1943-april 1945			1946																													2003		2006								Italy
Ivory Coast																																				1896																																1959																																					Ivory Coast
Jamaica	1655																							1801																																				1875																1906																									1957	1958				1962																													Jamaica
Japan	701	1192-1573	1603																																			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	960																					1800																											1856													1882	1882		1888				1893	1893		1899						1910																	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																			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