List of aspect ratios of flags

The following table shows the aspect ratio ( AR = height to width) of the national flags used by states, dependent areas and the flags of some important international organizations. Variations such as B. Naval or commercial flags are shown in the separate flag description. Areas without an official flag that differ from those of their controlling country are largely excluded.

The most commonly used ratios are 2: 3 (height: width), which are used by 89 of the 195 sovereign states, and 1: 2 , which are used by 54 sovereign states. Most of the dependent territories and former colonies have the same proportions as their mother countries: all of the UK overseas territories use a 1: 2 ratio, while the flags of most former and current Dutch and French territories have a 2: 3 ratio. The flags of Nepal (around 12:10), Switzerland and the Vatican City (1: 1) are particularly narrow . The flags of Qatar (11:28) and Persia (1: 3) are noticeably wide .

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Dependent and autonomous areas

De facto independent, internationally not or only partially recognized territories.

State / Territory / Organization	Flag description	image	AR
Abkhazia	Flag of Abkhazia		1: 2
Afghanistan	Flag of Afghanistan		2: 3
Egypt	Flag of Egypt		2: 3
Åland	Åland flag		17:26
Albania	Flag of Albania		5: 7
Algeria	Flag of Algeria		2: 3
Andorra	Flag of Andorra		7:10
Angola	Flag of Angola		2: 3
Anguilla	Flag of Anguilla		1: 2
British Antarctic Territory	Flag of the British Antarctic Territory		1: 2
Equatorial Guinea	Flag of Equatorial Guinea		2: 3
Argentina	Flag of Argentina		5: 8
Armenia	Flag of Armenia		1: 2
Aruba	Flag of Aruba		2: 3
Artsakh / Nagorno Karabakh	Flag of the Artsakh Republic		1: 2
Azerbaijan	Flag of Azerbaijan		1: 2
Ethiopia	Flag of Ethiopia		1: 2
Australia	Flag of australia		1: 2
Bahamas	Flag of the Bahamas		1: 2
Bahrain	Flag of Bahrain		3: 5
Bangladesh	Flag of Bangladesh		3: 5
Barbados	Flag of Barbados		2: 3
Belgium	Flag of Belgium		13:15
Belize	Flag of Belize		2: 3
Benin	Flag of Benin		2: 3
Bermuda	Bermuda flag		1: 2
Bhutan	Flag of Bhutan		2: 3
Bolivia	Flag of Bolivia		15:22
Bonaire	Flag of Bonaire		2: 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina		1: 2
Botswana	Flag of Botswana		2: 3
Brazil	Flag of brazil		7:10
Brunei	Flag of Brunei		1: 2
Bulgaria	Flag of Bulgaria		3: 5
Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso flag		2: 3
Burundi	Burundi flag		3: 5
Cayman Islands	Flag of the Cayman Islands		1: 2
Chile	Flag of chile		2: 3
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Flag of the Republic of China		2: 3
People's Republic of China	Flag of the People's Republic of China		2: 3
Cook Islands	Cook Islands flag		1: 2
Costa Rica	Flag of Costa Rica		3: 5
Curacao	Flag of Curacao		2: 3
Denmark	Flag of denmark		28:37
Germany	Flag of Germany		3: 5
Dominica	Flag of Dominica		1: 2
Dominican Republic	Flag of the Dominican Republic		5: 8
Djibouti	Flag of Djibouti		2: 3
Ecuador	Flag of Ecuador		2: 3
El Salvador	Flag of El Salvador		≈19:34
Ivory Coast	Ivory Coast flag		2: 3
England	Flag of england		3: 5
Eritrea	Flag of Eritrea		1: 2
Estonia	Flag of Estonia		7:11
EU	European flag		2: 3
Falkland Islands	Falkland Islands flag		1: 2
Faroe Islands	Flag of the Faroe Islands		8:11
Fiji	Flag of Fiji		1: 2
Finland	Flag of Finland		11:18
France	Flag of france		2: 3
Gabon	Flag of Gabon		3: 4
Gambia	Flag of the Gambia		2: 3
Georgia	Flag of Georgia		2: 3
Ghana	Flag of Ghana		2: 3
Gibraltar	Gibraltar flag		1: 2
Grenada	Grenada flag		3: 5
Greece	Flag of Greece		2: 3
Greenland	Flag of Greenland		2: 3
Guadeloupe	Flag of Guadeloupe		2: 3
Guam	Flag of Guams		22:41
Guatemala	Flag of Guatemala		5: 8
guernsey	Flag of Guernsey		2: 3
Guinea	Flag of Guinea		2: 3
Guinea-Bissau	Flag of Guinea-Bissau		1: 2
Guyana	Flag of Guyana		3: 5
French Guiana	French Guiana flag		2: 3
Haiti	Flag of Haiti		3: 5
Honduras	Flag of Honduras		1: 2
Hong Kong	Hong Kong flag		2: 3
India	Flag of india		2: 3
Indonesia	Flag of indonesia		2: 3
Iraq	Iraq flag		2: 3
Iran	Flag of iran		4: 7
Iran ('Persia')	Flag of Iran (1906-1925)		1: 3
Ireland	Flag of ireland		1: 2
Iceland	Flag of Iceland		5: 7
Isle of Man	Flag of the Isle of Man		1: 2
Israel	Flag of Israel		8:11
Italy	Flag of italy		2: 3
Jamaica	Flag of Jamaica		1: 2
Japan	Flag of japan		2: 3
Yemen	Flag of yemen		2: 3
jersey	Flag of jerseys		3: 5
Jordan	Flag of Jordan		1: 2
American Virgin Islands	American Virgin Islands flag		2: 3
British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands flag		1: 2
Cambodia	Flag of Cambodia		16:25
Cameroon	Flag of Cameroon		2: 3
Canada	Flag of Canada		1: 2
Cape Verde	Flag of Cape Verde		≈3: 5
Karakalpakistan	Flag of Karakalpakistan		1: 2
Kazakhstan	Flag of Kazakhstan		1: 2
Qatar	Flag of Qatar		11:28
Kenya	Flag of Kenya		2: 3
Kyrgyzstan	Flag of Kyrgyzstan		3: 5
Kiribati	Flag of Kiribati		1: 2
Coconut islands	Flag of the Cocos Islands		1: 2
Colombia	Flag of Colombia		2: 3
Comoros	Comoros flag		3: 5
Democratic Republic of Congo	Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo		3: 4
Republic of the Congo	Flag of the Republic of the Congo		2: 3
South Korea	Flag of South Korea		2: 3
Kosovo	Flag of Kosovo		2: 3
Croatia	Flag of Croatia		1: 2
Cuba	Flag of Cuba		1: 2
Kurdistan	Flag of Kurdistan		2: 3
Kuwait	Flag of Kuwait		1: 2
Laos	Flag of Laos		2: 3
Lesotho	Lesotho flag		2: 3
Latvia	Flag of Latvia		1: 2
Lebanon	Flag of Lebanon		2: 3
Liberia	Flag of Liberia		10:19
Libya	Flag of Libya		1: 2
Liechtenstein	Flag of Liechtenstein		3: 5
Lithuania	Flag of Lithuania		2: 3
Luxembourg	Luxembourg flag		3: 5
Macau	Flag of Macau		2: 3
Madagascar	Flag of Madagascar		2: 3
Malawi	Flag of Malawi		2: 3
Malaysia	Flag of Malaysia		1: 2
Maldives	Maldives flag		2: 3
Mali	Flag of mali		2: 3
Malta	Flag of Malta		2: 3
Northern Mariana Islands	Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands		1: 2
Morocco	Flag of Morocco		2: 3
Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands flag		10:19
Martinique	Martinique flag		2: 3
Mauritania	Flag of Mauritania		2: 3
Mauritius	Flag of Mauritius		2: 3
Mexico	Flag of mexico		4: 7
Micronesia	Micronesia flag		10:19
Republic of Moldova	Flag of the Republic of Moldova		1: 2
Monaco	Flag of Monaco		4: 5
Mongolia	Mongolia flag		1: 2
Montenegro	Flag of Montenegro		1: 2
Montserrat	Montserrat flag		1: 2
Mozambique	Flag of Mozambique		2: 3
Myanmar	Myanmar flag		2: 3
Namibia	Flag of Namibia		2: 3
Nauru	Flag of Nauru		1: 2
Nepal	Flag of Nepal		≈1.22: 1
New Caledonia	Flag of New Caledonia		1: 2
New Zealand	New Zealand flag		1: 2
Nicaragua	Flag of Nicaragua		3: 5
Netherlands	Flag of the Netherlands		2: 3
Netherlands Antilles	Flag of the Netherlands Antilles		2: 3
Niger	Flag of Niger		6: 7
Nigeria	Flag of Nigeria		1: 2
Niue	Flag of Niue		1: 2
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland flag		1: 2
North Korea	Flag of North Korea		1: 2
North Macedonia	Flag of North Macedonia		1: 2
Northern Cyprus	Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus		2: 3
Norfolk Island	Norfolk Island flag		1: 2
Austria	Flag of Austria		2: 3
Palestine	Flag of Palestine		1: 2
Peru	Flag of Peru		2: 3
Philippines	Flag of the Philippines		1: 2
Pitcairn Islands	Flag of the Pitcairn Islands		1: 2
Poland	Flag of Poland		5: 8
French Polynesia	French Polynesia flag		2: 3
Portugal	Flag of Portugal		2: 3
Puerto Rico	Flag of Puerto Rico		2: 3
Reunion	Reunion flag = France		2: 3
Rwanda	Flag of Rwanda		2: 3
Romania	Flag of romania		2: 3
Russia	Flag of russia		2: 3
Saba	Flag of Saba		2: 3
St. Kitts and Nevis	Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis		2: 3
St. Lucia	Flag of St. Lucia		1: 2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Flag of St. Vincent and the Grenadines		2: 3
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon		2: 3
Solomon Islands	Flag of the Solomon Islands		1: 2
Zambia	Flag of Zambia		2: 3
American Samoa	American Samoa flag		1: 2
Samoa	Flag of Samoa		1: 2
San Marino	Flag of San Marino		3: 4
Sao Tome and Principe	Flag of Sao Tome and Principe		1: 2
Saudi Arabia	Flag of Saudi Arabia		2: 3
Scotland	Flag of scotland		3: 5
Sweden	Flag of Sweden		5: 8
Switzerland	Flag and coat of arms of Switzerland		1: 1
Senegal	Flag of Senegal		2: 3
Serbia	Flag of Serbia		2: 3
Seychelles	Flag of the Seychelles		1: 2
Sierra Leone	Flag of Sierra Leone		2: 3
Zimbabwe	Flag of Zimbabwe		1: 2
Singapore	Singapore flag		2: 3
St. Eustatius	Flag of Sint Eustatius		2: 3
Sint Maarten	Sint Maartens flag		2: 3
Slovakia	Flag of slovakia		2: 3
Slovenia	Flag of slovenia		1: 2
Somalia	Flag of Somalia		2: 3
Somaliland	Flag of Somaliland		1: 2
Spain	Flag of Spain		2: 3
Sri Lanka	Flag of Sri Lanka		1: 2
South Africa	Flag of South Africa		2: 3
Sudan	Flag of Sudan		1: 2
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		1: 2
South Ossetia	Flag of South Ossetia		1: 2
South Sudan	Flag of South Sudan		1: 2
Suriname	Flag of Suriname		2: 3
Swaziland	Flag of Swaziland		2: 3
Syria	Flag of Syria		2: 3
Tajikistan	Flag of Tajikistan		1: 2
Tanzania	Flag of Tanzania		2: 3
British Indian Ocean Territory	Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory		1: 2
Thailand	Flag of thailand		2: 3
Togo	Flag of Togo		≈2: 3.24
Tokelau	Tokelau flag		1: 2
Tonga	Flag of Tonga		1: 2
Transnistria	Flag of Transnistria		1: 2
Trinidad and Tobago	Flag of Trinidad and Tobago		3: 5
Chad	Flag of Chad		2: 3
Czech Republic	Flag of the Czech Republic		2: 3
Tunisia	Flag of Tunisia		2: 3
Turkey	Flag of turkey		2: 3
Turkmenistan	Flag of Turkmenistan		2: 3
Turks and Caicos Islands	Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands		1: 2
Tuvalu	Flag of Tuvalu		1: 2
Uganda	Flag of Uganda		2: 3
Ukraine	Flag of Ukraine		2: 3
Hungary	Flag of Hungary		1: 2
Uruguay	Flag of Uruguay		2: 3
Uzbekistan	Flag of Uzbekistan		1: 2
Vanuatu	Vanuatu flag		19:36
Vatican city	Vatican City flag		1: 1
Venezuela	Flag of Venezuela		2: 3
United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates flag		1: 2
United States	United States flag		10:19
United Kingdom	Union Jack		1: 2
Vietnam	Flag of Vietnam		2: 3
Wales	Flag of wales		3: 5
Christmas Island	Christmas Island flag		1: 2
Belarus	Flag of Belarus		1: 2
Western Sahara	Flag of the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic		1: 2
Central African Republic	Flag of the Central African Republic		2: 3
Republic of Cyprus	Flag of the Republic of Cyprus		2: 3
no mans land			2: 3

Hints

1. ↑ Out of date, only for comparison purposes
2. ↑ The exact aspect ratio of the flag of Nepal is: ${\displaystyle {\frac {24+{\frac {297-180{\sqrt {2}}}{92-36{\sqrt {2}}}}\cdot \left(1+{\frac {8-3{\sqrt {2}}}{{\sqrt {118-48{\sqrt {2}}}}-6}}\right)}{32+{\frac {297-180{\sqrt {2}}}{92-36{\sqrt {2}}}}\cdot \left(1+{\frac {6}{\left(8-3{\sqrt {2}}\right)\cdot \left({\sqrt {1+{\frac {18}{41-24{\sqrt {2}}}}}}-1\right)}}\right)}}={\frac {3\left(40665857401448+2001055256793{\sqrt {2}}+144{\sqrt {17\left(10411242561157458401-2208656823577139226{\sqrt {2}}\right)}}\right)}{164926945077845}}\approx 0.82033758776860084636\ldots }$
3. ↑ (Dissolved October 10, 2010)

See also

• Proportions of the national flags
• List of national flags
• List of states in the world
• Flags of the World
• List of flags and coats of arms of de facto regimes
• List of flags and coats of arms of non-independent areas
• List of areas not recognized as independent states by the United Nations
• Portal: flag customer
• German-language flag lexicon
• Flags Of The World Information on National Flag Laws
• Vexilla Mundi Overview of all national flags and many subnational flags with exact flag descriptions (English)
• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization