Timeline of national flags

This page lists the different number of flags and/or modifications made on the flags of current sovereign nations since the beginning of the 18th century.

Africa

Main article: Flags of Africa

Countries / Decades	before	1700					1710					1720					1730					1740					1750					1760					1770					1780					1790					1800					1810					1820					1830					1840					1850					1860					1870					1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000					2010					Current	Decades / Countries
Algeria	1516																																																																1830																																																																1962																														Algeria
Angola	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1975																								Angola
Benin																																																																	1900																													1958								1975								1990																Benin
Botswana																																																																	1885																																						1966																													Botswana
Burkina Faso																																																																	1896																															1959													1984																			Burkina Faso
Burundi																																																																	1885																	1919																					1961	1962	1966 1966	1967								1982																				Burundi
Cameroon																																																																	1884																1916																				1957		1961							1975																								Cameroon
																																																																																	1916			1922
Cape Verde	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1975									1992															Cape Verde
Central African Republic																																																																	1903																												1958																																Central African Republic
Chad																																																																	1900																													1959																																Chad
Comoros																																																																	1887																																						1963						1975		1978							1992		1996		2001											Comoros
Congo-Brazzavile Republic																																																																	1891																																	1958						1970											1991															Congo-Brazzaville Republic
Congo-Kinshasa Democratic Republic																																																																	1877																																										1960	1963	1966			1971													1997			2003		2006								Congo-Kinshasa Democratic Republic
Djibouti	1453																																																																1844																										1896																																								1977																							Djibouti
Egypt	1517																																																																1844																			1882																				1922															1952			1958							1972						1984																			Egypt
Ethiopia																																																																	1890s			1897																				1936													1962					1974							1987		1991			1996						2009							Ethiopia
Eritrea																																																																	1890																									1941	1941					1952										1974							1987		1991	1993	1995														Eritrea
Equatorial Guinea	1667				1707																						1750														1778				1785																																																																1931			1936	1938			1945												1968		1973			1979																						Equatorial Guinea
Gabon																																																																	1903																												1959	1960																															Gabon
The Gambia																																											1783										1801																																																																1965																												The Gambia
Ghana																																																														1821																												1877																																								1957		1961		1964	1966																												Ghana
	1581																																																	1795					1806		1810		1814
Guinea																																																																	1898																														1958																																Guinea
Guinea-Bissau	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																														1974																									Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast																																																																	1896																																	1959																															Ivory Coast
Kenya																																																																	1885																		1921																					1963																														Kenya
Lesotho	1652																																																1795				1801																																				1875					1884																																									1966										1987										2006								Lesotho
Liberia																																																														1827										1847																																																																	Liberia
Libya	15th century																																																																1912																				1951									1969		1972		1977																		2011					Libya
Madagascar																																																																	1896																															1958																																Madagascar
Malawi																																																																	1907																							1953					1963	1964																							2010	2012					Malawi
Mali																																																																	1892																																1958	1959	1961																														Mali
Mauritania																																																																	1900																													1959																																Mauritania
Mauritius	1666						1710																																													1789						1810																																																1906								1923																							1968																										Mauritius
Morocco	1666																																																																1913																					1956																																		Morocco
																																																																					1921
Mozambique	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1974	1975				1983 1983																			Mozambique
Namibia																																																																	1884															1915							1928																															1990																Namibia
Niger																																																																	1922																		1959																																Niger
Nigeria																																																																	1886							1900																														1960					1967	1970																									Nigeria
																																																																																																											1967
Rwanda																																																																	1885																	1919																				1959	1961	1962																			2001											Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1975																								São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal	16th century																																													1789													1814								1830																																																															1958	1959	1960																															Senegal
Seychelles																																1756																										1811																																														1903																												1961								1976	1977									1996													Seychelles
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic																																																																	1884																								1931		1936	1938			1945																1976																							Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Sierra Leone																																																1792					1801																																												1889																																			1961																															Sierra Leone
Somalia	13th century																																																				1415		27px 1559						1884									1888																										1896			1903																								1949				1950							1960																													Somalia
South Africa	1652																																																1795				1801																																				1875																		1910	1912								1928																																	1994														South Africa
South Sudan	1517																																																																1844																			1882								1899												1922															1952		1956							1970																					2011					South Sudan
Sudan	1517																																																																1844																			1882								1899												1922															1952		1956							1970																										Sudan
Swaziland																																																																	1894				1903																																	1968																											Swaziland
Tanzania																																																																	1885																	1919																					1961	1964																														Tanzania
																																																																																																							1964
Togo																																																																	1884															1914																					1957	1958	1960																															Togo
Tunisia	1574																																																																1831																																																																1959																				1999												Tunisia
Uganda																																																																	1894										1914																													1962	1962																							Uganda
Zambia																																																																	1924														1953					1963	1964																1996													Zambia
Zimbabwe																																																																	1896													1923															1953						1964		1968				1979	1979	1980																					Zimbabwe
Countries / Decades	before																																																																																																																																																																	Current	Decades / Countries
		1700					1710					1720					1730					1740					1750					1760					1770					1780					1790					1800					1810					1820					1830					1840					1850					1860					1870					1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000					2010

Asia

Main article: Flags of Asia

Countries / Decades	before	1700					1710					1720					1730					1740					1750					1760					1770					1780					1790					1800					1810					1820					1830					1840					1850					1860					1870					1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000					2010					Current	Decades / Countries
Afghanistan	1570s																				1738				25px 1747																																																																			25px 1880										25px 1901									25px 1919	25px 1921	25px 1928	25px 1928	25px 1929	25px 1929	25px 1930																					25px 1973	25px 1974	1978	25px 1978	25px 1979			25px 1987		1992	1992	1996	1997		2001	2002	2004									Afghanistan
Armenia	1508																																																																1828														1858													1883																		1918	1918		1922							1936	1940						1952																			1990																Armenia
Azerbaijan	1576																			1736					1747							1760																		1796								1813																							1858												1883																		1918 `18 `18	1920	1922							1937		1940						1952																			1990																Azerbaijan
Bahrain																																																														1820																																																								1932																				1972															2002										Bahrain
Bangladesh																														1757																											1801																							1858																																													1947												1971	1972																									Bangladesh
Bhutan																																																																	1949				1956						1969																											Bhutan
Brunei																																																																	1906																	1941		1945							1959																																Brunei
Cambodia																																																																	1863												1887																																	1953								1970		1975		1979					1989	1992	1993															Cambodia
China																																																																	1862														1890											1912								1928										1949																																					China
East Timor			1702		1707																						1750																																	1816				1826			1830																																									1911															1942	1945															1975 1975												1999		2002										East Timor
Georgia	1008-1490																																1762																			1801																													1858												1883																		1918 `18	1921	1922							1937							1951																				1990							2004									Georgia
India	1526																																																																1858																																													1947																																						India
	1674																																								1773
Indonesia	1602																																																			1800																																																																1942	1945		1949																																					Indonesia
Iran	1576																			1736					1747												1760													1796																										1849																																		1907				1925																												1980																					Iran
Iraq	1534																																																																1844																																						1921																		1958	1959		1963														1991							2004		2008							Iraq
Israel	1516																																																																1844																																						1920				1927										1948																																					Israel
Japan																																																																	1870																																																																1999												Japan
Jordan	1516																																																																1844																																						1920				1921														1958	1958																																Jordan
Kazakhstan	1456																																																														1822																		1858												1883																	1917		1920								1937			1940					1953																				1992															Kazakhstan
Korea, North																																																				1800																																									1882													1910																		1945		1948																																					Korea, North
Korea, South																																																				1800																																									1882													1910																		1945		1948																																					Korea, South
Kuwait																												1752																																														1898																											1899																															1961																															Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan																																																																	1876			1883																		1918									1936								1952																				1992															Kyrgyzstan
Laos																																																																	1893																														1952										1975																								Laos
Lebanon	1516																																																																1844																																						1920												1943																																							Lebanon
Malaysia	1641																																															1795			1801									1818			1824																																					1896																							1942	1945		1949							1963																														Malaysia
The Maldives																																																																	1886																				1926													1953						1965																													The Maldives
Mongolia																																																																	1862														1890										1911					1921	1924									1940																										1992															Mongolia
Burma																												1753																																																																1885																										1937			1943	1945	1948														1974																		2010						Myanmar
Nepal																																																																	1928																	1962																														Nepal
Oman																																																																	1856																																																									1970												1995														Oman
Pakistan	1526																								25px 1747							1761																																												1849					1858					1880																																							1947																																						Pakistan
Palestine	1516																																																																1844																																						1920				1927										1948													1971																								Palestine
Philippines	1535																																1762	1764																												1821																																							1898	1901					1908		1912		1919									1936			1942	1943	1945																			1985	1986						1998												Philippines
Qatar																																																													1818																											1872																						1916										1936						1949												1971																									Qatar
Saudi Arabia	1517																						1744																																						1818		1824																																	1891							1902												1926			25px 1932	25px 1934		1938																		1973																								Saudi Arabia
																																																																										1844																																						1920			1926
Singapore																																																												1819																													1874																																		1942	1945	1946						1959		1963	1965																													Singapore
Sri Lanka	1593																																																					1815																																																																1948		1951										1972																									Sri Lanka
Syria	1516																																																																1844																																						1920 1920	1922					1932													1958		1961	1963					1972				1980																			Syria
Taiwan																																																																	1862														1890				1895 1895																							1945																																							Taiwan
Tajikistan	1699												1721																																																																1858							1883																		1918			1924														1953																			1991	1992															Tajikistan
Thailand		1700																																									1782																		1817																			1855																															1916	1917																																																			Thailand
Turkmenistan	1517																																																																1917				1922														1953																				1992		1997			2001										Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates																																																																	1892																													1950										1971																										United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan																																											1785																																																																1920		1924															1953																		1991																Uzbekistan
Vietnam																																																					1802																																									1885	1887		1890															1920												1945					1955										1976																								Vietnam
																																																																																																																												1945	1946	1948												1975
Yemen																																																																	1872																							1918		1923		1927																		1962														1990																Yemen
																																																																									1886																								1937													1962		1967
Countries / Decades	before																																																																																																																																																																	Current	Decades / Countries
		1700					1710					1720					1730					1740					1750					1760					1770					1780					1790					1800					1810					1820					1830					1840					1850					1860					1870					1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000					2010

Europe

Main article: Flags of Europe

Countries / Decades	before	1700					1710					1720					1730					1740					1750					1760					1770					1780					1790					1800					1810					1820					1830					1840					1850					1860					1870					1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000					2010					Current	Decades / Countries
Albania	1385																																																																1844																																		1912 1914				1920			1926	1928			1934		1939		1943	1944	1946																							1992															Albania
Andorra																																																							1806			1812 1813																											1866																																																																	Andorra
Austria	1230																																																					1804																																1869																									1918										1938			1945																																							Austria
Belarus	1587																																															1793																																	1858												1883																		1918	1919 1919								1937			1941	1944			1951																				1991		1995									2012					Belarus
Belgium	1482							1713																																							1790	1792	1795										1815								1830 1831																																																																	Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1463																																																																1844																	1878 1878															1908					1918											1941		1946																								1992			1998												Bosnia and Herzegovina
																																																																																																	1908
Bulgaria	1396																																																																1844																	1878																																			1948									1967		1971										1991																Bulgaria
Croatia	1527																																																							1809			1815																	1848		1852							1868																										1918 1918										1939	1941	1943	1945																							1990																Croatia
Cyprus	1571																																																																1844																	1878																						1922																			1960																							2006								Cyprus
Czech Republic	1400																																																					1804																																1869																									1918	1920									1939	1939		1945																								1990		1993													Czech Republic
Denmark	1396																																																																	Denmark
Estonia	1562											1721																																																																1918											25px 1940	1941	25px 1944				1953																			1990																Estonia
Finland	1562																																																							1809																									1858												1883																	1917	1918																																																				Finland
France	16th century																																														1790		1794										1814								1830																																																																	France
Germany	1400																																																						1806				1815																										1867																										1918							1933	1935					1945		1949																																					Germany
																																																																																																																														1949					1959
Greece	mid-15th century																																			25px 1769																											1822								1833										1858		1863																															1924					1935			1941		1944											1967		1970		1975		1978																						Greece
Hungary	1541	1711																																																																1867																										1918	1919 1919										1940			1946	1949				1956 1956 1957																																						Hungary
Iceland	1536																																																																1900									1918													1944																																							Iceland
Ireland	1542																																																				1801																																																										1919		1922																																																		Ireland
Italy																																																																	1848																																															1943	1945																													2003		2006								Italy
Latvia	1692											1721																																																																1918	1919	1920										25px 1940	1941	25px 1944				1953																			1990																Latvia
Liechtenstein	1400										1719																																																																1852																																		1921								1937																																											Liechtenstein
Lithuania	1587																																																1795																																1858												1883																		1918											1940	1941	1944				1953																		1988								2004									Lithuania
Luxembourg	1482								1715																																								1795										1815															1845																																																1940		1944																																							Luxembourg
Macedonia	late 14th century																																																																1844																													1903 1903					1912			1918											1941		1944	1946																						1992		1995														Macedonia
Malta	1530																																																		1798	1800 1801							1814																														1875												1898												1923										1943											1964																													Malta
Moldova	15th century																																																																1834																1866								1883																	1917	1919			1925						1937	1938	25px 1940						1952																			1990																Moldova
																																																																													1859		1862		1867
Monaco																																																1793																																												1881																															1942	1945																																							Monaco
Montenegro	1498																																																																				1835																						1876											1905									1918												1946																									1992		1994				2006									Montenegro
Netherlands	1581																																																1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																	Netherlands
Norway	1536																																																										1814 1821		1818 1844		1821 1844															1844																				1899																																																																	Norway
Poland	c. 1605																																																Partitions 1795						1807				1815																																																				1919										1939			1944																																							Poland
Portugal	1667				1707																						1750																																	1816					1826		1830																																								1911																																																								Portugal
Romania																																																																	1859		1862		1867																																									1948		1952						1965												1989	1989																Romania
Russia	1547												1721																																																																1858												1883																		1918 `18									25px 1937									1954																		1991		1993														Russia
San Marino	1465																																																																1862																																																																2011		San Marino
Serbia	1371																																																																				1835																																										1918													1946																								1992 1992				2004								2010			Serbia
Slovakia																																																						1804																																1869																									1918	1920									1938			1945																								1992															Slovakia
Slovenia	1335																																																				1803					1813																												1869																									1918 1918												1943	1945																							1991																Slovenia
Spain	1506	1701																								1760																		1785																																												1873 1875																													1931			1936	1938			1945																1977		1981																					Spain
Sweden	1562																																																										1815															1844																															1906																																																										Sweden
Switzerland	15th century																																																		1798		1803																																											1889																																																																	Switzerland
Turkey	1071																																																																1844																																														1936																																											Turkey
Ukraine		1700																																														1793																																	1858												1883																	1917	1918	1919				1929				1937		1941		1944		1949																					1991																Ukraine
United Kingdom	1606																																																			1801																																																																	United Kingdom
Vatican City																																																								1808																															1870																													1929																																															Vatican City
Countries / Decades	before																																																																																																																																																																	Current	Decades / Countries
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North America

Main article: Flags of North America

Countries / Decades	before	1700					1710					1720					1730					1740					1750					1760					1770					1780					1790					1800					1810					1820					1830					1840					1850					1860					1870					1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000					2010					Current	Decades / Countries
Antigua and Barbuda	1632																																																				1801																																			1871																																										1957	1958		1962		1967																												Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas	1648																																																				1801																																	1869																		1904										1923														1953						1964				1973																									Bahamas
Barbados	1632																																																				1801																																									1885																																					1958		1962		1966																												Barbados
Belize	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1838																		1875					1884																	1919																															1981																					Belize
Canada	1606				1707																																																1801																																	1868																										1921																		1957									1965																								Canada
	1663									1715
Costa Rica	1506																																																												1821	1823	1824 1824 1824										1842			1848																													1906																																																										Costa Rica
Cuba	1506																																																																1898		1902																																																												Cuba
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
El Salvador	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1839														1865					1875										1898	1875							1912																																																							El Salvador
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
Haiti	1663									1715																																				1789												1804		1811		1821													1849				1859																																																						1964													1986																	Haiti
Honduras	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1838														1866															1898	1898																																																														Honduras
Jamaica	1655																																																				1801	1875																1906																									1957	1958		1962																														Jamaica
Mexico	1519																																																													1821	1821	1823																				1864	1867												1893													1916									1934																	1968																											Mexico
Nicaragua	1524																																																													1821	1823	1825								1839									1858													1889			1893		1896							1908																																1971																									Nicaragua
Panama	1510									1717																																		1785													1811			1816	1819	1820	1821						1834													1861																					25px 1903											1925																																																	Panama
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									1958		1962		1967					1979													2002										Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1663									1715																							1763								1778		1783									1801																																																			1903																												1958		1962								1979			1985 1985																			Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago	1498																																																	1796		1801																																													1889																																		1958		1962																														Trinidad and Tobago
United States	1606				1707																																			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
																																																																																		1861	1863	1865
Countries / Decades	before																																																																																																																																																																	Current	Decades / Countries
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South America

Main article: Flags of South America

Countries / Decades	before	1700					1710					1720					1730					1740					1750					1760					1770					1780					1790					1800					1810					1820					1830					1840					1850					1860					1870					1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000					2010					Current	Decades / Countries
Argentina	1536									1717																																		1785														1812		1816	1818						1830		1835								1850					1861																																																																	Argentina
Bolivia	1534									1717																																		1785																				1825	1826												1851																																																																	Bolivia
Brazil	1697																																																											1816		1822 1822																									1870														1889 1889																															1960				1968												1992															Brazil
Chile	1541									1717																																		1785														1812		1817 1817																																																																	Chile
Colombia	1525									1717																																		1785													1811			1816	1819	1820	1821						1834													1861 1861																																																																	Colombia
Ecuador	1534									1717																																		1785												1809		1812				1820	1822 1822											1845 1845								1860																																																																	Ecuador
Guyana	1581																																																	1795					1806		1810		1814																																																																1966																												Guyana
Paraguay	1537									1717																																		1785													1811 1811 1811	25px 1812							25px 1826								1842																																																								1954																	1988	1990														2013		Paraguay
Peru	1532									1717																																		1785																		1820	1822 1822	1825																																																															1950																																				Peru
																																																																						1836
Suriname	1581																																																	1795					1806		1810		1814																																																																1959								1975																								Suriname
Uruguay	1624									1717																																		1785														1812	1815			1821	1822			1828	1830																																																																	Uruguay
Venezuela	1522									1717																																		1785													1811	1812 1813	1814	1817 1817	1819	1820	1821							1836											1859 1859		1863																					1905											1930														1954																										2006								Venezuela
Countries / Decades	before																																																																																																																																																																	Current	Decades / Countries
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Oceania

Main article: Flags of Oceania

Countries / Decades	before	1700					1710					1720					1730					1740					1750					1760					1770					1780					1790					1800					1810					1820					1830					1840					1850					1860					1870					1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000					2010					Current	Decades / Countries
Australia																																					1770																1801																																																		1901	1903		1908																																																									Australia
Federated States of Micronesia																																																																	1885							1899								1914															1944	1947									1965							1979																						Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji																																																																	1878																							1924																							1970																										Fiji
Kiribati																																																																	1892																						1937			1942	1943																	1979																						Kiribati
Marshall Islands																																																																	1885		1889													1914															1944	1947									1965							1979																						Marshall Islands
Nauru																																																																	1888	1889													1914														1942	1945												1968																											Nauru
New Zealand																																				1769																																	1834			1840													1867																		1902																																																												New Zealand
Palau																																																																	1885							1899								1914															1944	1947									1965								1981																					Palau
Papua New Guinea																																																																	1884											1906																		1942	1945		1949								1965			1970	1971																									Papua New Guinea
																																																																	1884		1889													1914															1945
Samoa																																																																	1900							1914				1922													1948	1949																																				Samoa
Solomon Islands																																																																	1886																													1942	1945																1977																							Solomon Islands
																																																																				1893
Tonga																																																																	1863													1875																																																																	Tonga
Tuvalu																																																																	1892																						1937																				1976	1978								1995 1996	1997													Tuvalu
Vanuatu																																																																	1887															1906																																1980																					Vanuatu
																																																																																1906
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