| Flag | Date | Use | Description | Ref. |
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 | 1997 – 2001 2021 – | Flag ofAfghanistan | Originally adopted in 1997 and readopted in 2021, the flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has theShahada in black on a white background. | |
 | 1918 – 1920 1991 – | Flag ofArmenia[a] See also:List of Armenian flags | After gaining independence, theFirst Republic of Armenia adopted the modern Armenian tricolor. The independent Armenian government selected the colours used during the last period ofRubenid Dynasty, red, blue and yellow. The red emblematizes theArmenian 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. | |
 | 1918 – 1920 1991 – | Flag ofAzerbaijan[a] See also:List of Azerbaijani flags | Originally adopted in 1918 as the 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. | |
 | 2002 – | Flag ofBahrain | Adopted in February 2002, the flag ofBahrain consists of a white band on the hoist, with red on the right. They are separated by five triangles forming a serrated line. | |
 | 1972 – | Flag ofBangladesh See also:List of Bangladeshi flags | Adopted in January 1972, the flag ofBangladesh consists of a slightly off-center red disc over a green field. | |
 | 1969 – | Flag ofBhutan | Adopted in 1969, the flag ofBhutan 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. | |
 | 1959 – | Flag ofBrunei | Adopted in September 1959, the flag ofBrunei 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. | |
 | 1948 – 1970 1993 – | Flag ofCambodia See also:List of Cambodian flags | Adopted in 1993 and previously used between 1948 and 1970,[citation needed] the flag ofCambodia consists of a horizontal tricolor of blue, red (double width) and blue, with a white depiction ofAngkor Wat in the center of the red band. | [1] |
 | 1949 – | Flag ofChina See also:List of Chinese flags | Adopted in September 1949, the flag ofChina 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. | |
 | 1960 – | Flag ofCyprus[b] | The flag was officially adopted on August 16, 1960. The island is depicted in acopper 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 byİsmet Güney, aTurkish Cypriot painter. | |
 | 1984 – | Flag ofEgypt[f] | Adopted in October 1984, the flag ofEgypt consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, white and black, with the eagle of Saladin in the center of the white band. | |
 | 2004 – | Flag ofGeorgia[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. | |
 | 1947 – | Flag ofIndia See also:List of Indian flags | Adopted in July 1947, the flag ofIndia consists of a horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and green; in the centre of the white band is a 24-spoke wheel (theAshoka Chakra) coloured in navy blue. | |
 | 1945 – | Flag ofIndonesia See also:List of Indonesian flags | Adopted in August 1945, the flag ofIndonesia consists of a bicolour; red on the top, white on the bottom. | |
 | 1980 – | Flag ofIran See also:List of Iranian flags | Adopted in July 1980, the flag ofIran consists of a horizontal tricolor of green, white and red; the country's national emblem ("Allah") in red is centered on the white band; and thetakbir (as written in the Kufic script) is written 11 times on each band in white. | |
 | 2008 – | Flag ofIraq | Adopted in January 2008, the flag ofIraq consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, white and black; in the center of the white stripe is the takbir written in green Kufic script. | |
 | 1948 – | Flag ofIsrael See also:List of flags of Israel | Adopted in October 1948, the flag ofIsrael consists of a bluestar of David, surrounded by two blue horizontal stripes, all over a white field. | |
 | 1870 – | Flag ofJapan 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 representing the sun. | |
 | 1928 – | Flag ofJordan | Adopted in April 1928, the flag of Jordan is a horizontal tricolor with a red chevron, the colors used are thePan-Arab colors. | |
 | 1992 – | Flag ofKazakhstan[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 sky blue background; the hoist side displays a national ornamental pattern called "koshkar-muiz" (the horns of the ram) in gold. | |
 | 1961 – | Flag ofKuwait | Adopted in 1961, the flag consists of a horizontaltriband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side. Uses thePan-Arab colors. | |
 | 2023 – | Flag ofKyrgyzstan See also:List of Kyrgyz flags | The flag of Kyrgyzstan consists of a red field with a yellow stylized yurt with the 40 rays which resembles the number of tribes united byManas (a Kyrgyz national hero) to fight against the Mongols. The current flag was adopted in 2023 due to reduce its resemblance to a sunflower. | |
 | 1945 –1946 1975 – | Flag ofLaos See also:List of flags of Laos | The flag has 3 horizontal bands, with the middle band being blue and the rest being red. It has a white circle in the center symbolizing the full moon over the Mekong River. | |
 | 1943 – | Flag ofLebanon | A horizontaltriband of red, white (double width) and red; charged with a greencedar tree. | |
 | 1950 – | Flag ofMalaysia See also:List of Malaysian flags | Adopted on May 26, 1950, the flag has fourteen horizontal stripes, alternating between red and white, represents the equalness of the Malaysia's13 member states; and in the canton, a yellow crescent representingIslam, and a 14-point star representing unity among their member states, all of which on a blue field. | |
 | 1965 – | Flag ofMaldives See also:List of Maldivian flags | The flag has a green field with a red outline and a crescent in the center. | |
 | 1945 – | Flag ofMongolia | The flag of Mongolia consists of a vertical bicolor triband with the colors red, blue and red with aSoyombo symbol in the leftmost stripe. The current flag was adopted on 1992 with the communist star above the Soyombo being removed, and the colors was standardized on 2011. | |
 | 2010 – | Flag ofMyanmar See also:List of Burmese flags | The flag ofMyanmar is a horizontal tricolour of yellow, green and red, with a white star in the middle. | |
 | 1962 – | Flag ofNepal See also:List of flags of Nepal | Two juxtaposed triangular figures creating an irregular pentagon consists of a red field surrounded by a blue border, there being a white emblem of the crescent moon with eight rays visible out of sixteen in the upper part and a white emblem of a twelve rayed sun in the lower part. | |
 | 1948 – | Flag ofNorth Korea See also:List of North Korean flags | A wide horizontal red stripe bordered above and below by a thin white stripe and a broad blue stripe. The red stripe ischarged near thehoist with a five-pointedred star inside a white disc. | |
 | 2004 – | Flag ofOman | Two horizontal stripes of upper white and lower green, separated by a red horizontal "T" shape in the centre that contains with theNational emblem of Oman. | |
 | 1947 – | Flag ofPakistan See also:List of Pakistani flags | A white star and crescent on a dark green field, with a vertical white stripe at the hoist. | |
 | 1988 – | Flag ofPalestine See also:List of Palestinian flags | United Nations observer state. The flag of Palestine consists of tricolor horizontal stripes of black, white, green, and a red triangle aligned on the left. | |
 | 1898 – | Flag of thePhilippines | The flag of the Philippines consists of bicolor horizontal bands of blue and red with a white triangle facing to the right side. In the triangle contains three yellow stars resembling three main islands of the Philippines: Luzon, Payan and Mindanao; and a yellow sun with eight primary rays resembling the eight provinces that rebelled against the Spanish during the 1896 revolution: Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna and Batangas. Also the unique feature in the flag is when you flip it, it will change to itswar flag. | |
 | 1971 – | Flag ofQatar | Adopted in 1971, the flag of Qatar consists of a white band on the hoist side, separated from a maroon area on the fly side by nine white triangles which act as a serrated line. | |
 | 1883 – 1918 1993 – | Flag ofRussia See also:List of Russian flags | TheRussian Federation flag was officially adopted on August 22, 1991. The flag was hoisted shortly after the formerSoviet Union collapsed. The white, blue and red arePan-Slavic colours. | |
 | 1973 – | Flag ofSaudi Arabia | The flag of Saudi Arabia contains theShahada and anArab sword, coloured white, on a green background. | |
 | 1959 – | Flag ofSingapore See also:List of Singaporean flags | A horizontal bicolour of red and white; charged in white in the canton with a crescent facing the fly and a pentagon of five stars representing the nation's ideals. | |
 | 1883 – 1920 1949 – | Flag ofSouth Korea See also:List of South Korean flags | A white field with a centered red and bluetaegeuk surrounded by fourtrigrams. | |
 | 1972 – | Flag ofSri Lanka See also:List of Sri Lankan flags | Two fields separated by a golden border: the smaller hoist-side field has only two vertical halves of green and orange and the larger fly-side field is the dark red field depicting the golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw in the center and four bo tree (bodhi tree) leaves on each corner, and the golden border around the entire flag extends in between the two separate fields, all bordering together. | |
 | 2024 – | Flag ofSyria | The flag of Syria consists of a triband with three colors of green, white and black along with three red stars in the middle. The flag was previously used by opponents of theBashar al-Assad regime and was adopted as the national flag in ade facto capacity followingAssad's overthrow in 2024.[2][3][4] It was later made the official national flag with the adoption of the country'sinterim constitution on March 13, 2025.[5] | |
 | 1992 – | Flag ofTajikistan See also:List of Tajik flags | An unequal horizontal tricolor of red, white and green in a 2:3:2 ratio, with a yellow crown surmounted by an arc of seven stars at the centre. | |
 | 1917 – | Flag ofThailand See also:List of Thai flags | Five horizontal stripes of red, white, blue, white and red, the middle stripe twice as wide as the others. | |
 | 1975 2002– | Flag ofTimor-Leste | Adopted in May 2002 (originally in November 1975 as East Timor), the flag ofTimor-Leste 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. | |
 | 1844 – | Flag ofTurkey[c] See also:List of Turkish flags | The flag ofTurkey has a red background with a white crescent moon and a star in its centre. The flag is called Ay Yıldız (literally, moon star) or Albayrak (red flag). It was 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. | |
 | 2001 – | Flag ofTurkmenistan | The flag consists of a green field with a vertical red stripe near thehoist side, containing five carpetguls stacked above two crossed olive branches; a white waxing crescent moon and five whitefive-pointed stars appear in the upper field, to thefly side of the red stripe. | |
 | 1971 – | Flag of theUnited Arab Emirates | A horizontaltricolour of green, white and black with a vertical quarter width red bar at the hoist. | |
 | 1991 – | Flag ofUzbekistan See also:List of Uzbek flags | A horizontal triband of azure, white and green, separated by two narrow red stripes. A whitecrescent and three rows of twelve whitefive-pointed stars are situated on the left side of the upper azure stripe. | |
 | 1945 – | Flag ofVietnam See also:List of flags of Vietnam | Officially adopted in 1945, the flag of Vietnam has a yellow star on a red background. | |
 | 1990 – | Flag ofYemen | The flag of Yemen consists of a horizontal tricolour of red, white and black. | |