1973 - World Flag Chart

Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ethiopia

royal flag ^{1¹ Often (but not always) flown by the royal house and the government.}

Ethiopia

national flag ^{2² Flown by anyone.}

Ghana

Rwanda

Guinea

Mali

Senegal

Cameroon

Chad

Nigeria

Ivory Coast

Niger

Upper Volta

Sierra Leone

Gabon

Dahomey

yellow-green, thick red stripe, black star

Guinea-Bissau

Malagasy Republic

Congo

Malawi

black-red-green, white outlines, shield and spears emblem

Kenya

African National Congress

green-black-yellow, white outlines, red triangle

Mozambique

FRELIMO flag ^{3³ Flag of the Liberation Front of Mozambique, which aimed for independence from Portugal. Direct predecessor of the modern flag of Mozambique. Portuguese colonies did not have official flags.}

diagonal green-black-blue, yellow outlines

Tanzania

Angola

FNLA flag ^{4⁴ Flag of the National Liberation Front of Angola, which aimed for independence from Portugal, and its government-in-exile in Kinshasa. Portuguese colonies did not have official flags.}

Angola

MPLA flag ^{5⁵ Flag of People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, a competing independence movement. Direct predecessor of the modern Angolan flag.}

red-green-red, black rooster and red sunrise

Angola

UNITA flag ^{6⁶ Flag of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, yet another independence movement.}

green, orange eagle, three short red-black-orange stripes

Zambia

green, yellow disc, hand holding a torch

Zaire

green-yellow-green, two black stars, red triangle

São Tomé and Príncipe

MLSTP flag ^{7⁷ Flag of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe, which aimed for independence from Portugal. Direct predecessor of the modern flag. Portuguese colonies did not have official flags.}

four concentric green-yellow-red-black boxes

Zimbabwe

ZANU flag ^{8⁸ Flag of the Zimbabwe African National Union, which sought majority rule in the breakaway British colony of Rhodesia. The territory's illegal white supremacist government flew a green and white flag with the Rhodesian coat of arms.}

Zimbabwe

ZAPU flag ^{9⁹ Flag of the Zimbabwe African People's Union, a competing liberation movement.}

6 red-yellow-black stripes, white circle, crane

Uganda

5 green-yellow stripes, red canton, white star

Togo

11 red-white stripes, blue canton, white star

Liberia

green-red triangles, white saltire, white circle, 3 red 6-pointed stars outlined in green

Burundi

green-white-red, blue triangle, coat of arms

Equatorial Guinea

The Gambia

Botswana

blue-red-blue, yellow outlines, shield and spear

Swaziland

Namibia

SWAPO flag ^{10¹⁰ Flag of the South West Africa People's Organisation, which sought independence from South Africa. Direct predecessor of the flag of Namibia. The territorial government did not have an official flag.}

Lesotho

blue-white-green-yellow, thin red stripe, yellow star

Central African Republic

orange-white-blue, a cross made up of the Union Jack, Orange Free State, and Transvaal flags

South Africa

Somalia

Eritrea

ELF flag ^{11¹¹ Flag of the Eritrean Liberation Front, which sought independence from Ethiopia. Derived from the previous national flag. The provincial government did not have an official flag.}

Somali Coast

FLCS flag ^{12¹² Flag of the Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast, which sought indepdence from France. Eventually became the flag of Djibouti. The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas did not have an official flag.}

red-green-red, yellow sunburst, green tree, red star

Oromia

OLF flag ^{13¹³ Flag of the Oromo Liberation Front, a nationalist liberation movement within Ethiopia. Oromia did not have an official flag within Ethiopia at this time.}

Middle East and North Africa
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Turkey

Tunisia

Morocco

Algeria

Mauritania

Palestine

black-white-green, red triangle, white 7-pointed star

Jordan

black-white-green, red triangle, red crescent and star

Western Sahara

Polisario flag ^{14¹⁴ Flown by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro, which sought indepdence from Spain. The Spanish Sahara colony had no official flag, but ships registered there did fly a blue and yellow pennant.}

United Arab Emirates

Kuwait

Sudan

Egypt · Libya · Syria ^{15¹⁵ Flown by the Federation of Arab Republics. Its member states sometimes distinguished their flags by adding their country's name in small gold writing below the emblem.}

Iraq

North Yemen

red-white-black, blue triangle, red star

South Yemen

white, two thin blue stripes, blue star of David

Israel

Cyprus

Lebanon

Iran

state flag ^{16¹⁶ Flown by the government, and often by private citizens. In certain ceremonial settings, the ratio was 1:3.}

Iran

national flag ^{17¹⁷ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

white-red-green, thick red stripe, white emblem

Oman

Bahrain

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Kurdistan

Druze

white, wavy red-white-blue saltire, azure-orange 4-pointed star, gold image of Assur

Assyrians

Western Europe
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France

Italy

Ireland

Andorra

Belgium

Netherlands

Luxembourg

Austria

national flag ^{18¹⁸ Flown by private citizens and municipalities.}

Austria

federal service flag ^{19¹⁹ Flown by the federal government and the armed forces.}

Spain

West Germany

East Germany

Switzerland

Denmark

national flag ^{20²⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

red, white nordic cross, swallowtail cut

Denmark

sovereign flag ^{21²¹ Flown by the royal house, the government, and the armed forces. Also granted to a select list of private institutions and companies.}

Norway

merchant flag ^{22²² Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

red, white-blue nordic cross, swallowtail cut

Norway

state flag ^{23²³ Flown only on state-owned buildings and naval ships.}

Faroe Islands

Iceland

national flag ^{24²⁴ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

blue, white-red nordic cross, swallowtail cut

Iceland

state flag ^{25²⁵ Flown on government buildings and coast guard ships.}

Åland

Sweden ^{26²⁶ Flown for all purposes. A three-tailed version of the national flag is flown by the military.}

Finland

national flag ^{27²⁷ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Finland

state flag ^{28²⁸ Flown by the government, border guard, and public universities. The armed forces fly a version with a swallowtail cut.}

9 blue-white stripes, blue canton containing a white cross

Greece ^{29²⁹ During the rule of the junta, the shade of blue on the national flag was described as notably darker.}

blue, red-white pinwheel saltire outlined in white, red cross outlined in white

United Kingdom

England · Guernsey

white, red cross, white 6-pointed star, red hand, crown

Northern Ireland

Ulster banner ^{30³⁰ Northen Ireland has not had an official flag since 1973, but the Ulster Banner is still flown by some sporting teams and private citizens. More or less exclusively a unionist symbol. Nationalists tend to fly the Irish tricolour instead.}

Scotland

Jersey

Wales

San Marino

Liechtenstein

Monaco

national flag ^{31³¹ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Monaco

princely flag ^{32³² Flown over the Prince's Palace and government buildings.}

white, red castle, red stripe, yellow key

Gibraltar

Vatican City

Malta

red, thick green stripe, yellow armillary sphere, coat of arms

Portugal

Canary Islands

Galicia

Catalonia

senyera ^{33³³ The traditional Catalan flag.}

9 red-yellow stripes, blue triangle, white star

Catalonia

estelada ^{34³⁴ The flag preferred by supporters of Catalan independence.}

9 black-white stripes, white canton, 11 ermine spots

Brittany

Cornwall

Corsica

Flanders

Wallonia

Isle of Man

Basque Country

Eastern Europe
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Soviet Union

red, black two-headed eagle, yellow hollow star

Albania

Czechoslovakia

Poland

state flag ^{35³⁵ Flown over the Presidential Palace, parliament, provincial legislatures, and other government buildings. Private use highly restricted.}

Poland

coat of arms flag ^{36³⁶ Flown by embassies, airports, and merchant ships. Private use strictly banned.}

blue-white-red, red star outlined in yellow

Yugoslavia

Hungary

Bulgaria

Estonia ^{37³⁷ Flown by the diplomatic service in exile and the Estonian disaspora. Flying the national flag was banned under the Soviet occupation.}

Lithuania ^{38³⁸ Flown by the diplomatic service in exile and the Lithuanian disaspora. Flying the national flag was banned under the Soviet occupation.}

Latvia ^{39³⁹ Flown by the diplomatic service in exile and the Latvian disaspora. Flying the national flag was banned under the Soviet occupation.}

Romania

South Asia and the Indian Ocean
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India

green, thick white stripe, white crescent and star

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Afghanistan

red double-tailed pennant outlined in blue, white moon, white sun

Nepal

Bhutan

Sikkim

yellow, orange and green vertical bars, maroon rectangle, yellow lion, yellow leaves

Sri Lanka

green, thick red outline, white crescent

Maldives

Comoros

Mauritius

Jammu and Kashmir ^{41⁴¹ Flown in the Indian-controlled parts of the disputed region of Kashmir.}

green, four white stripes, orange canton, white crescent and star

Azad Kashmir ^{42⁴² Flown in the Pakistan-controlled parts of the disputed region of Kashmir.}

blue, white 6-pointed star, red-yellow-green striped-arc

Nagaland ^{43⁴³ Flown by nationalists and separatists. The Indian state of Nagaland does not have an official flag.}

Kannada ^{44⁴⁴ The popular but unofficial flag of the Kannada people. The Indian state of Karnataka does not have an official flag.}

East, Central and Southeast Asia
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Japan

white, red-blue taeguk surrounded by four black trigrams

South Korea

blue-red-blue, white outlines, white disc, red star

North Korea

China

North Vietnam

South Vietnam

South Vietnam

PRG flag ^{45⁴⁵ Flag of the Viet Cong. Flown by the communist Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, which claimed to be the legitimate government of South Vietnam and was recognized by most Eastern Bloc states.}

white triangle, 12-red-blue wedges, yellow sun, two snow lions, yellow border

Tibet

red-blue-red, yellow soyombo, yellow star

Mongolia

Taiwan ^{46⁴⁶ The flag of the Republic of China, the government of Taiwan. Banned on the mainland, as the People's Republic of China claimed sovereignty over the island.}

Burma

blue, red canton, white Angkor Wat, three white stars

Khmer Republic

Cambodia

GRUNK flag ^{47⁴⁷ Flown by the Royal Government of the National Union of Kampuchea, a government-in-exile based in Beijing and Hong Kong.}

red, three white elephants under an umbrella

Laos

Laos

Pathet Lao flag ^{48⁴⁸ Flown by the communist Pathet Lao government-in-exile in Hanoi.}

Thailand

14 red-white stripes, blue canton, yellow crescent and 14-point star

Malaysia

Indonesia

red-white, white crescent, 5 white stars

Singapore

Sarawak

blue-red, white triangle, yellow sun, three yellow stars

Philippines

yellow, diagonal white-black stripes, red emblem

Brunei

Shan

red-white-yellow-blue, green canton, brown mountain

Sabah

red-white-blue, thick blue stripe, red sunburst and yellow drum

Karen ^{49⁴⁹ Flown by Karen nationalists seeking independence and separation from Burma.}

East Turkestan ^{50⁵⁰ The national flag of the Uyghur people, banned within the People's Republic of China. Xinjiang Region does not have an official flag.}

azure, abstract red arrow piercing a white cloud

Ainu

Oceania
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diagonal black-red, white southern cross, yellow bird of paradise

Papua New Guinea

Aboriginal Australians

blue British ensign, white 7-pointed star and southern cross

Australia

blue British ensign, red southern cross outlined in white

New Zealand

white-red-blue-white-red-blue-white-red, union jack

Hawaiʻi

Fiji

blue, thin yellow stripe, white 12-pointed star

Nauru

Cook Islands

Micronesia

Western Samoa

Tonga

red, white maltese cross, French flag outlined in white

Wallis and Futuna

Northern Mariana Islands

Guam

blue, white triangle outlined in red, American eagle holding a gold fly-whisk and club

American Samoa

North America
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Canada

13 red-white stripes, blue canton, fifty white stars

United States

Bermuda

blue, white cross, four white fleurs-de-lis

Québec

Alaska

white-red, thick blue stripe, white star

Texas

Acadia

California

Cherokee

white, red offset cross, red star, red crescent

Mi’kmaq

Métis

Northern Cheyenne

Oglala Lakota

red-white-black-white-black-white-red, white triangle outlined in black, red-black circle

Arapaho

blue, saltire of red and white chevrons, tribal seal

Seminole

tan, seal on a map, four black-white-blue-yellow mountains, rainbow

Navajo

yellow-purple, staff with 11 feathers dangling from it

Papago

The Caribbean
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Jamaica

red, diagonal black stripe outlined in white

Trinidad and Tobago

black-blue-white, red triangles, yellow sunrise

Antigua

green, yellow triangle outlined in white, smaller red triangle outlined in black

Guyana

Guyane

Martinique ^{51⁵¹ An unofficial flag flown by Martinican nationalists and occasionally by local municipalities.}

The Bahamas

blue, black triangle outlined in white, shorter yellow triangle

Saint Lucia

Barbados

Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla

blue-white-green, white disc outlined in red, nutmeg emblem

Grenada

white, black elliptical ring of 5 black-brown-yellow-red-white stars outlined in black

Suriname

white, thin red stripe, thin blue band, ring of 6 stars

Netherlands Antilles

white, blue stripe, three orange dolphins

Anguilla ^{52⁵² The unofficial but popular cultural flag of the island.}

white, American eagle flanked on either side by the blue letters

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Belize

Dominica

Saint Vincent

Garifuna

Latin America
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green, yellow diamond, blue and white celestial sphere

Brazil

Mexico

Peru

national ensign ^{53⁵³ Flown by the government, the navy, the national police, and national sports teams. Raised at major ceremonies. The army uses a similar flag with a different coat of arms.}

Peru

national flag ^{54⁵⁴ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Guatemala

Argentina

Honduras

Nicaragua

El Salvador

national flag ^{55⁵⁵ The most common flag, flown over most government buildings, at ceremonies, by diplomatic missions and often by public citizens.}

El Salvador

inscribed flag ^{56⁵⁶ An alternative government flag, most commonly flown by the armed forces but also on some public buildings and offices.}

El Salvador

plain flag ^{57⁵⁷ The simplest version of the national flag, flown by some private citizens.}

Paraguay

front side

Paraguay

back side

Costa Rica

national flag ^{58⁵⁸ The most common Costa Rican flag. Officially designated for private citizens, but in practice often used on government buildings and schools too.}

Costa Rica

national ensign ^{59⁵⁹ Flown by the government and by diplomatic missions, although also used sometimes by private citizens.}

5 red-white stripes, blue triangle, white star

Puerto Rico

5 blue-white stripes, red triangle, white star

Cuba

9 white-blue stripes, white canton, yellow sun

Uruguay

national flag ^{60⁶⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Uruguay

flag of Artigas ^{61⁶¹ A traditional military emblem, ceremonially flown alongside the national flag at government buildings.}

Uruguay

flag of the Treinta y Tres ^{62⁶² A historic flag, ceremonially flown alongside the national flag at government buildings.}

blue-red quarters, white cross, coat of arms

Dominican Republic

Chile

white-red-white-blue quarters, blue star, red star

Panama

blue-red, white square containing a coat of arms

Haiti

yellow-blue-red, arc of 7 white stars, coat of arms

Venezuela

national ensign ^{63⁶³ Flown by the government and armed forces, and unofficially used by many private citizens.}

Venezuela

national flag ^{64⁶⁴ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Colombia

Ecuador

Bolivia

state flag ^{65⁶⁵ Flown by the governmnent. The armed forces flew a similar flag with olive and laurel branches around the coat of arms.}

Bolivia

national flag ^{66⁶⁶ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

7-by-7 grid of coloured squares, diagonally arranged white-green-blue-purple-red-orange-yellow

Aymara

red-orange-yellow-green-azure-blue-purple

Quechua

Other International and Cultural Flags
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blue, white map of the world, white wreath

United Nations

Europe

green-white-green, yellow outlines, emblem

Organization of African Unity

blue-yellow-red-white-orange-multicolour

Buddhist Flag

Romani

Pan-African Flag

Esperanto

Red Cross

Red Crescent

Red Lion and Sun

Olympic Games

Events of 1973
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AFGHANISTAN • Prince Mohammed Daoud Khan overthrew the monarchy of Afghanistan and declared a republic on July 17. The year 1929 (the year the Musahiban dynasty came to power) was removed the from the country's emblem. It is not clear if any flags with this minor change were made before the republic adopted an entirely new flag in 1974.

AINU • The artist Bikki Sunazawa designed a flag for the Ainu people, depciting a red arrow soaring beneath the blue skies of Hokkaido.

THE BAHAMAS • The Bahamas became independent from the United Kingdom on July 10.

COOK ISLANDS • The Cook Islands adopted a flag on July 23.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA • A new emblem was added to the national flag on July 29.

FLANDERS • The Dutch Cultural Community in Belgium officially adopted the Flemish flag on September 12. It was based on the banner of arms of the medieval County of Flanders, which had been flown continuously since at least the 13th century.

GREENLAND • A nordic cross flag for the country was proposed in a local newspaper.

1973 proposed flag of Greenland: green with a white nordic cross outlined in blue

GUINEA-BISSAU • Guinea-Bissau declared independence from Portugal on September 24.

NORTHERN IRELAND • The Northern Ireland Parliament was dissolved by the British government on July 18, which by extension abolished the Ulster Banner. In practice the flag has continued to represent Northern Ireland in several contexts, especially sporting events. However, it remains a controversial symbol and is flown more or less exclusively by Unionists.

OROMIA • The Oromo Liberation Front was established on April 15. Its flag, a red-green-red tricolour with a sycamore tree emblem, has become the preeminent emblem of the Oromo people.

SARAWAK • The flag of the former Kingdom of Sarawak was abandoned in favour of a entirely different flag on August 31. The flag incorporated the red-white bicolour used by certain Malay political parties and on the flags of Indonesia and Singapore.

SAUDI ARABIA • The size of the sword and inscription on the national flag was modified on March 15.

WESTERN SAHARA • The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (POLISARIO) was established with the aim of winning the independence of the Spanish Sahara.

Notes

¹ Often (but not always) flown by the royal house and the government. ↩

² Flown by anyone. ↩

³ Flag of the Liberation Front of Mozambique, which aimed for independence from Portugal. Direct predecessor of the modern flag of Mozambique. Portuguese colonies did not have official flags. ↩

⁴ Flag of the National Liberation Front of Angola, which aimed for independence from Portugal, and its government-in-exile in Kinshasa. Portuguese colonies did not have official flags. ↩

⁵ Flag of People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, a competing independence movement. Direct predecessor of the modern Angolan flag. ↩

⁶ Flag of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, yet another independence movement. ↩

⁷ Flag of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe, which aimed for independence from Portugal. Direct predecessor of the modern flag. Portuguese colonies did not have official flags. ↩

⁸ Flag of the Zimbabwe African National Union, which sought majority rule in the breakaway British colony of Rhodesia. The territory's illegal white supremacist government flew a green and white flag with the Rhodesian coat of arms. ↩

⁹ Flag of the Zimbabwe African People's Union, a competing liberation movement. ↩

¹⁰ Flag of the South West Africa People's Organisation, which sought independence from South Africa. Direct predecessor of the flag of Namibia. The territorial government did not have an official flag. ↩

¹¹ Flag of the Eritrean Liberation Front, which sought independence from Ethiopia. Derived from the previous national flag. The provincial government did not have an official flag. ↩

¹² Flag of the Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast, which sought indepdence from France. Eventually became the flag of Djibouti. The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas did not have an official flag. ↩

¹³ Flag of the Oromo Liberation Front, a nationalist liberation movement within Ethiopia. Oromia did not have an official flag within Ethiopia at this time. ↩

¹⁴ Flown by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro, which sought indepdence from Spain. The Spanish Sahara colony had no official flag, but ships registered there did fly a blue and yellow pennant. ↩

¹⁵ Flown by the Federation of Arab Republics. Its member states sometimes distinguished their flags by adding their country's name in small gold writing below the emblem. ↩

¹⁶ Flown by the government, and often by private citizens. In certain ceremonial settings, the ratio was 1:3. ↩

¹⁷ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

¹⁸ Flown by private citizens and municipalities. ↩

¹⁹ Flown by the federal government and the armed forces. ↩

²⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

²¹ Flown by the royal house, the government, and the armed forces. Also granted to a select list of private institutions and companies. ↩

²² Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

²³ Flown only on state-owned buildings and naval ships. ↩

²⁴ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

²⁵ Flown on government buildings and coast guard ships. ↩

²⁶ Flown for all purposes. A three-tailed version of the national flag is flown by the military. ↩

²⁷ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

²⁸ Flown by the government, border guard, and public universities. The armed forces fly a version with a swallowtail cut. ↩

²⁹ During the rule of the junta, the shade of blue on the national flag was described as notably darker. ↩

³⁰ Northen Ireland has not had an official flag since 1973, but the Ulster Banner is still flown by some sporting teams and private citizens. More or less exclusively a unionist symbol. Nationalists tend to fly the Irish tricolour instead. ↩

³¹ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

³² Flown over the Prince's Palace and government buildings. ↩

³³ The traditional Catalan flag. ↩

³⁴ The flag preferred by supporters of Catalan independence. ↩

³⁵ Flown over the Presidential Palace, parliament, provincial legislatures, and other government buildings. Private use highly restricted. ↩

³⁶ Flown by embassies, airports, and merchant ships. Private use strictly banned. ↩

³⁷ Flown by the diplomatic service in exile and the Estonian disaspora. Flying the national flag was banned under the Soviet occupation. ↩

³⁸ Flown by the diplomatic service in exile and the Lithuanian disaspora. Flying the national flag was banned under the Soviet occupation. ↩

³⁹ Flown by the diplomatic service in exile and the Latvian disaspora. Flying the national flag was banned under the Soviet occupation. ↩

⁴⁰ Banned within the People's Republic of China. The Tibet Autonomous Region does not have an official flag. ↩

⁴¹ Flown in the Indian-controlled parts of the disputed region of Kashmir. ↩

⁴² Flown in the Pakistan-controlled parts of the disputed region of Kashmir. ↩

⁴³ Flown by nationalists and separatists. The Indian state of Nagaland does not have an official flag. ↩

⁴⁴ The popular but unofficial flag of the Kannada people. The Indian state of Karnataka does not have an official flag. ↩

⁴⁵ Flag of the Viet Cong. Flown by the communist Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, which claimed to be the legitimate government of South Vietnam and was recognized by most Eastern Bloc states. ↩

⁴⁶ The flag of the Republic of China, the government of Taiwan. Banned on the mainland, as the People's Republic of China claimed sovereignty over the island. ↩

⁴⁷ Flown by the Royal Government of the National Union of Kampuchea, a government-in-exile based in Beijing and Hong Kong. ↩

⁴⁸ Flown by the communist Pathet Lao government-in-exile in Hanoi. ↩

⁴⁹ Flown by Karen nationalists seeking independence and separation from Burma. ↩

⁵⁰ The national flag of the Uyghur people, banned within the People's Republic of China. Xinjiang Region does not have an official flag. ↩

⁵¹ An unofficial flag flown by Martinican nationalists and occasionally by local municipalities. ↩

⁵² The unofficial but popular cultural flag of the island. ↩

⁵³ Flown by the government, the navy, the national police, and national sports teams. Raised at major ceremonies. The army uses a similar flag with a different coat of arms. ↩

⁵⁴ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁵⁵ The most common flag, flown over most government buildings, at ceremonies, by diplomatic missions and often by public citizens. ↩

⁵⁶ An alternative government flag, most commonly flown by the armed forces but also on some public buildings and offices. ↩

⁵⁷ The simplest version of the national flag, flown by some private citizens. ↩

⁵⁸ The most common Costa Rican flag. Officially designated for private citizens, but in practice often used on government buildings and schools too. ↩

⁵⁹ Flown by the government and by diplomatic missions, although also used sometimes by private citizens. ↩

⁶⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁶¹ A traditional military emblem, ceremonially flown alongside the national flag at government buildings. ↩

⁶² A historic flag, ceremonially flown alongside the national flag at government buildings. ↩

⁶³ Flown by the government and armed forces, and unofficially used by many private citizens. ↩

⁶⁴ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁶⁵ Flown by the governmnent. The armed forces flew a similar flag with olive and laurel branches around the coat of arms. ↩

⁶⁶ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

The World Flag Chart

◀︎ Flags of 1973 ▶︎

Sub-Saharan Africa
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Middle East and North Africa
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Western Europe
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Eastern Europe
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South Asia and the Indian Ocean
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East, Central and Southeast Asia
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Oceania
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North America
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The Caribbean
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Latin America
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Other International and Cultural Flags
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Events of 1973
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Notes

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Notes

Events of 1973
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