About FlagDB

FlagDB is a free, open reference for flags — what they look like, where they came from, and what their designs are meant to say. It covers 365 flags in total, including 251 sovereign states and dependencies, all 50 US states, and the banners of international organizations, political and cultural movements, indigenous peoples and historical states.

What’s here

Every flag has its own page with a full-resolution image, downloadable PNG and SVG, the colours in the design with their hex values, a written history, and answers to the questions people most often ask about it. Alongside those are 244 longer articles on flag design and history, a glossary of vexillology terms, a flag quiz, and tools for comparing flags, exploring them by colour and telling similar ones apart.

Who makes it

FlagDB is an independent project, not affiliated with any government or vexillological association. Articles are written by Adam Kusama and Vish.

Where the facts come from

Flag entries are cross-referenced against authority records: 356 of them carry a Wikidata identifier and a link to the corresponding Wikipedia article, which is what lets us distinguish entities that share a name — Georgia the country from Georgia the US state, for instance. Adoption dates are drawn from Wikidata where a sourced date exists. Our methodology page sets out how entries are researched, sourced and corrected.

Corrections

Flags change, and records disagree. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us — corrections are welcome and we’d rather hear about an error than leave it standing.

Using FlagDB

Flag images are available as PNG and SVG from each flag’s page. If you cite FlagDB in your own work, a link back to the specific page is appreciated.