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National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries. Many of the flag images are on Wikimedia Commons .
The specific problem is: The tables contain many flags that were only ever proposals or are anachronistic. Please help improve this article if you can. ( October 2021 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message )
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Name of a country. The label for the country: List of sovereign states; List of alternative country names; List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages; List of countries named after people; List of country-name etymologies; List of country names in various languages; List of countries that include United States in ...
The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
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List of flags with blue, red, and white stripes; Lists of country subdivision flags; List of sovereign states by date of current flag adoption; List of flags by design; Flags of micronations; List of military flags; List of flag names; List of flags by number of colors; List of aspect ratios of national flags; List of national flags by design