About Flagpedia.net
Flagpedia.net is an actively maintained and updated website with a goal to provide the best overview and source of flags of the world.
Flag images from this website are over 15 years widely used in news magazines, websites, software, mobile apps and master's thesis. One of excellent research with using Flagpedia.net as the main source is What is the most patriotic color on Time.com.
Author and the main maintainer of this website is David Krmela, founder of several educational websites and member of Czech Vexillological Society.
Included country flags
The concept of a country, as it pertains to country flags, can vary based on different criteria and perspectives. In curating our selection, we aim for inclusivity and comprehensiveness. However, the inclusion of certain nations should not be interpreted as a political statement or as an endorsement of specific national claims.
Our methodology is also closely aligned with that of the Unicode Consortium, the non-profit organization responsible for emoji flags. Our list of countries corresponds exactly to those represented by emojis, with the exception of Northern Ireland, for which an emoji does not exist.
Our list of all country flags consists of:
- Countries defined in ISO 3166-1: Our main source is The International Standard for country codes created by The International Organization for Standardization, which includes 249 countries.
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Kosovo: Despite not being part of ISO 3166-1,
Kosovo has a distinct code
XKused by numerous international organizations such as the IMF, SWIFT, and the European Commission. - Constituent countries of the United Kingdom: Individual countries of the UK that are part of ISO 3166-2:GB (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales)
Included flags of sovereign states
- 193 Member States of the United Nations
- 2 Non-Member States with Permanent Observer Status at the United Nations:
Notes
Some countries have unofficial flags assigned. They are more frequently used than official flags and also correspond to emoji:
- Caribbean Netherlands (official is the flag of Netherlands)
- French Guiana (official is the flag of France)
- Guadeloupe (official is the flag of France)
- Martinique (official is the flag of France)
- Mayotte (official is the flag of France)
- New Caledonia (official is the flag of France)
- Northern Ireland (official is the flag of United Kingdom)
- Réunion (official is the flag of France)
- Saint Barthélemy (official is the flag of France)
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (official is the flag of United Kingdom)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon (official is the flag of France)
- Wallis and Futuna (official is the flag of France)
There are a few countries having the same flag as another country:
- Bouvet Island (same flag as Norway)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands (same flag as Australia)
- Saint Martin (same flag as France)
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen (same flag as Norway)
- United States Minor Outlying Islands (same flag as United States)
Source of country flags
Our flag images are based on vector files from Wikimedia Commons, a media repository under the Wikimedia Foundation, which also operates Wikipedia. Wikipedia is known for its reliability and accuracy, as it is continuously verified and updated by millions of contributors worldwide. By utilizing resources from this source, we ensure that our flag images are accurate and up-to-date, reflecting the same standard of trust and verification found in Wikipedia.
We are automatically notified of changes done on Wikimedia and manually review them before processing.
The last update was on January 2, 2024.
License
Flag images are in the public domain (exempt from copyright). They are completely free for non-commercial and even commercial use. You can also download all flags.
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