User:Ø11/flagfacts
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| Common and formal names | Flag | Proportion | Adopted | Fact |
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| ↓ UN member states and observer states ↓ | ||||
| Abkhazia → Abkhazia | ||||
 Afghanistan
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2:3 | 19 August 2013 | The national flag which the most changes during the 20th century (19 different flags); also the only national flag with a mosque on it |
 Albania
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5:7 | 7 April 1992 | The only national flag with the colors black and red |
 Algeria
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 Andorra
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 Angola
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2:3 | 11 November 1975 | The only national flag with a machete on it and a gear on it (half-gear only) |
 Antigua and Barbuda
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 Argentina
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 Armenia
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| Artsakh → Artsakh | ||||
 Australia
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 Austria
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 Azerbaijan
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 Bahamas, The
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 Bahrain
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 Bangladesh
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 Barbados
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2:3 | 30 November 1966 | The only national flag with a trident on it (head only) |
 Belarus
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1:2 | 10 February 2012 | The only national flag with two unequal horizontal stripes (red and green) |
 Belgium
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 Belize
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 Benin
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 Bhutan
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 Bolivia
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 Botswana
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 Brazil
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 Brunei
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 Bulgaria
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 Burkina Faso
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| Burma → Myanmar | ||||
 Burundi
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 Cambodia
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16:25 | September 1993 | The only national flag with a temple on it (Angkor Wat) |
 Cameroon
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 Canada
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 Cape Verde
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 Central African Republic
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 Chad
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 Chile
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 China
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| China, Republic of → Taiwan | ||||
 Colombia
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 Comoros
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 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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 Congo, Republic of the
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| Cook Islands → Cook Islands | ||||
 Costa Rica
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| Côte d'Ivoire → Ivory Coast | ||||
 Croatia
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 Cuba
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 Cyprus
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2:3 | 26 April 2006 | The only national flag with a map of the nation on it |
 Czech Republic
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| Democratic People's Republic of Korea → Korea, North | ||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo → Congo, Democratic Republic of the | ||||
 Denmark
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28:34 | 13th century | This flag holds the world record of being the oldest continuously used national flag |
 Djibouti
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 Dominica
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1:2 | 3 November 1978 | The national flag with the most purple on it (sisserou parrot) |
 Dominican Republic
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 East Timor
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 Ecuador
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 Egypt
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 El Salvador
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 Equatorial Guinea
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 Eritrea
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 Estonia
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 Ethiopia
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 Fiji
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 Finland
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 France
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 Gabon
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 Gambia, The
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 Georgia
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 Germany
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 Ghana
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 Greece
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 Grenada
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 Guatemala
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5:8 | 17 August 1871 | The only national flag with rifles on it and a scroll on it |
 Guinea
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 Guinea-Bissau
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 Guyana
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 Haiti
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3:5 | 26 February 1986 | The only national falg with cannons on it and with musical instruments on it (bugles) |
| Holy See → Vatican City | ||||
 Honduras
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 Hungary
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 Iceland
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 India
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 Indonesia
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 Iran
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1:75/28 | 29 July 1980 | The words Allāhu akbar are repeated 22 times on this flag |
 Iraq
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 Ireland
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 Israel
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2:3 | 28 October 1948 | The only national flag with a hexagram on it |
 Italy
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 Ivory Coast
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 Jamaica
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 Japan
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 Jordan
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 Kazakhstan
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 Kenya
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 Kiribati
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 Korea, North
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 Korea, South
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| Kosovo → Kosovo | ||||
 Kuwait
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1:2 | 7 September 1961 | The only national flag with a trapezium on it |
 Kyrgyzstan
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 Laos
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 Latvia
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 Lebanon
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 Lesotho
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2:3 | 4 October 2006 | The only national flag with a headgear on it (a hat) |
 Liberia
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 Libya
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 Liechtenstein
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3:5 | 30 Junee 1982 | The crown on this flag was added in 1937 after the country found out at the 1936 Summer Olympics that their flag was identical to the flag of Haiti. |
 Lithuania
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 Luxembourg
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 Macedonia
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 Madagascar
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 Malawi
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2:3 | 6 July 1964 | The only national flag with the colors black, red and green |
 Malaysia
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 Maldives
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 Mali
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 Malta
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 Marshall Islands
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10:19 | 1 May 1979 | The national flag with the most-pointed star on it (24 points representing the number of electoral districts) |
 Mauritania
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 Mauritius
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 Mexico
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 Micronesia
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 Moldova
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 Monaco
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 Mongolia
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 Montenegro
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 Morocco
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 Mozambique
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2:3 | 1 May 1983 | The only national flag with an assault rifle on it (AK-47 with a bayonet), a hoe on it and a book on it |
 Myanmar
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| Nagorno-Karabakh → Artsakh | ||||
 Namibia
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 Nauru
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 Nepal
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0.820 | 16 December 1962 | The only national flag that is non-quadrilateral |
 Netherlands
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 New Zealand
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 Nicaragua
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 Niger
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 Nigeria
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| Niue → Niue | ||||
| Northern Cyprus → Northern Cyprus | ||||
| North Korea → Korea, North | ||||
 Norway
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 Oman
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 Pakistan
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 Palau
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 Palestine
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 Panama
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 Papua New Guinea
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 Paraguay
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11:20 | 15 July 2013 | The only national flag which differs on its observe and reverse sides, which show, respectively, the national coat of arms and the seal of the treasury |
 Peru
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 Philippines
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1:2 | 12 February 1998 | The flag is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace |
 Poland
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 Portugal
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| Pridnestrovie → Transnistria | ||||
 Qatar
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11:28 | 9 July 1971 | The only national flag having a width more than twice its heigh |
| Republic of Korea → Korea, South | ||||
| Republic of the Congo → Congo, Republic of the | ||||
 Romania
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 Russia
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 Rwanda
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| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | ||||
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
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 Saint Lucia
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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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 Samoa
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 San Marino
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 São Tomé and Príncipe
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 Saudi Arabia
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 Senegal
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 Serbia
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 Seychelles
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 Sierra Leone
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 Singapore
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 Slovakia
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 Slovenia
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 Solomon Islands
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 Somalia
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| Somaliland → Somaliland | ||||
 South Africa
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| South Korea → Korea, South | ||||
| South Ossetia → South Ossetia | ||||
 South Sudan
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 Spain
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 Sri Lanka
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 Sudan
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| Sudan, South → South Sudan | ||||
 Suriname
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 Swaziland
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 Sweden
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 Switzerland
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 Syria
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| Taiwan (Republic of China) → Taiwan | ||||
 Tajikistan
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 Tanzania
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 Thailand
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| The Bahamas → Bahamas, The | ||||
| The Gambia → Gambia, The | ||||
| Timor-Leste → East Timor | ||||
 Togo
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 Tonga
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| Transnistria → Transnistria | ||||
 Trinidad and Tobago
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 Tunisia
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 Turkey
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 Turkmenistan
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 Tuvalu
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 Uganda
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 Ukraine
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 United Arab Emirates
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 United Kingdom
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 United States
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10:19 | 4 July 1960 | The national flag with the most stars on it (50 stars representing the number of states) |
 Uruguay
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 Uzbekistan
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 Vanuatu
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 Vatican City
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1:1 | 7 June 1929 | The only national flag with a key on it (2 keys representing the Keys of Heaven; the order of the keys on the flag of Vatican City is the reverse of the coat of arms of the Holy See, in order to distinguish between the two entities) |
 Venezuela
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 Vietnam
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 Yemen
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 Zambia
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 Zimbabwe
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| ↑ UN member states and observer states ↑ | ||||
| ↓ Other states ↓ | ||||
 Abkhazia
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 Artsakh
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 Cook Islands
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 Kosovo
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 Niue
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 Northern Cyprus
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 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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 Somaliland
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 South Ossetia
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 Taiwan
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 Transnistria
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| ↑ Other states ↑ | ||||