1920 - World Flag Chart

Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ethiopia

11 red-white stripes, blue canton, white star

Liberia

Congo

Zanzibar

red British ensign, white disc, coat of arms

South Africa

Middle East and North Africa
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Turkey

Tunisia

Egypt

red, yellow crescent, 8-pointed yellow star

Jebel Shammar

Morocco ^{1¹ Moroccan merchant ships in the French zone flew what was called the "Arab ensign", the national flag with a French tricolour added to the top-left corner.}

Muscat and Oman

Persia

state flag ^{2² Flown by the government, and often by private citizens.}

Persia

national flag ^{3³ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Hejaz · Palestine ^{4⁴ In Palestine, flown unofficially by the Arab community. Merchant ships flew a red British ensign with a badge that said "PALESTINE". The Jewish community flew the modern flag of Israel.}

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

Syria

green, white shahadah above a white sword

Nejd

green, white shahadah, fringed by cut-out white triangles

ʿAsir

Kuwait ^{5⁵ There were many variations of this flag, depending on who was flying it and when. Some versions would have added inscriptions, decorations or royal symbols. The flag could also be triangular.}

Yemen

Bahrain ^{6⁶ The number of points could vary. Some flags even had a completely straight-edged stripe.}

Qatar

Ras al-Khaimah · Sharjah ^{7⁷ Officially all of the Trucial States were supposed to fly a square red flag with a thick white border. In practice this flag became exclusively associated with the Al Qasimi dynasty. The other states mostly flew plain red flags.}

Kurdistan

white, two thin blue stripes, blue star of David

Eretz-Israel ^{8⁸ Flown by the Jewish community in the British mandate of Palestine. Direct ancestor of the flag of Israel.}

Greater Lebanon

purple-white-red, triangle of three white stars in the top-left

Assyrians

Western Europe
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France

Italy

national flag ^{9⁹ Flown by private citizens and merchant ships. The "Italian Social Republic", the Nazi puppet regime in the north, flew the plain tricolour as a national flag and had a war flag with an eagle gripping a fasces. The anti-fascist Italian partisans flew either plain tricolours or tricolours with a white or red star on the middle stripe.}

Italy

state flag ^{10¹⁰ Flown by the government and navy.}

Ireland

Belgium

Netherlands

Luxembourg

Austria

national flag ^{11¹¹ Flown by private citizens and municipalities.}

Austria

state flag ^{12¹² Flown by the federal government and the armed forces.}

Spain

Andorra

Germany

Denmark

national flag ^{13¹³ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

red, white nordic cross, swallowtail cut

Denmark

sovereign flag ^{14¹⁴ 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 ^{15¹⁵ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

red, white-blue nordic cross, swallowtail cut

Norway

state flag ^{16¹⁶ Flown only on state-owned buildings and naval ships.}

Iceland

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

blue, white-red nordic cross, swallowtail cut

Iceland

state flag ^{18¹⁸ Flown on government buildings and coast guard ships.}

Sweden ^{19¹⁹ Flown for all purposes. A three-tailed version of the national flag is flown by the military.}

Finland

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

Finland

state flag ^{21²¹ Flown by the government, border guard, and public universities. The armed forces fly a version with a swallowtail cut.}

Faroe Islands

Greece

land flag ^{22²² Flown on land within Greece. The military flag had a crown in the centre of the cross.}

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

Greece

sea flag ^{23²³ Flown at sea and abroad. The naval ensign had a crown in the centre of the cross.}

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

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

Jersey

Switzerland

San Marino

Liechtenstein

princely flag ^{24²⁴ Flown by the prince, and unofficially as a national flag. Blue and red flags were also in use.}

Monaco

national flag ^{25²⁵ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Monaco

princely flag ^{26²⁶ Flown over the Prince's Palace and government buildings.}

Malta

traditional flag ^{27²⁷ Flown unofficially, mostly by civilian ships. There was also a blue colonial ensign with the Maltese coat of arms on it.}

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

Portugal

Catalonia

senyera ^{28²⁸ The traditional Catalan flag.}

9 red-yellow stripes, blue triangle, white star

Catalonia

estelada ^{29²⁹ The flag preferred by supporters of Catalan independence.}

Basque Country

Cornwall

Saar Territory

Galicia

Corsica

Wales

Flanders

Wallonia

Eastern Europe and Western Turkestan
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red, red canton outlined in yellow, yellow Russian letters

Russia (Soviet) ^{30³⁰ Flown by the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic during the Russian Civil War.}

Byelorussia

Ukraine (Soviet) ^{31³¹ Flown by the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, the government of the Bolshevik-occupied areas of Ukraine during the Russian Civil War.}

Armenia (Soviet) ^{32³² Flown by the Armenian Socialist Soviet Republic, the governmnet of the Bolshevik-occupied areas in Armenia during the Russian Civil War.}

Azerbaijan

red, green canton, yellow crescent and star

Khorezm

Bukhara

Far Eastern Republic

Russia (White) ^{33³³ Flown in territories under control of the anti-Soviet White Army.}

Yugoslavia

merchant flag ^{34³⁴ Unofficial flag of the merchant fleet.}

Czechoslovakia

Poland

Hungary

Bulgaria

Estonia

Lithuania

Latvia

Georgia

Romania

Ukraine (UNR) ^{35³⁵ Flown by the Ukrainian National Republic based out of Kyiv.}

Albania

Danzig

seven green-white stripes, blue canton, seven yellow stars

Mountain Republic

Karelia ^{36³⁶ Flown by East Karelian rebels.}

South Asia and the Indian Ocean
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green-yellow-red, 8 white flowers, blue Hindi writing, white sun and moon

India ^{37³⁷ The "Calcutta flag" flown by independence activists. British India had several colonial flags. A red civil ensign with the Star of India medal on it was used to represent India at international sporting events and in the League of Nations.}

Afghanistan

orange, two sets of green-white-green-green-white stripes, coat of arms, Urdu inscriptions

Hyderabad

Jammu and Kashmir ^{38³⁸ The maharaja's flag had yellow stripes at the top and bottom.}

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

Nepal

red swallowtail with white feet in the top left

Jhabua ^{39³⁹ The raja's flag was rectangular}

Dewas

Kota

princely flag ^{40⁴⁰ Flown by the Maharao and also used as a state flag. The flag was sometimes much longer.}

red triangular pennant, thin black stripe

Benares

Sailana ^{41⁴¹ The previous plain red flag was sometimes flown as an alternate state flag.}

two purple triangular pennants, white Hanuman, yellow sun

Ajaigarh ^{42⁴² The reverse side of the flag showed a moon and a flower.}

purple triangular pennant, yellow sun moon and building

Mewar ^{43⁴³ Mewar had a number of reported princely banners which were also sometimes used as state flags. The most common one had a large yellow sun and a blue katar dagger.}

Kolhapur ^{44⁴⁴ Kolhapur flew the Maratha saffron banner as a state flag. The maharaja had a diagonally-divided red and orange flag.}

orange-yellow striped swallowtail pennant

Dhar

Jaipur

Alwar

Idar

Sirohi

Jodhpur

orange, red diagonal band, a yellow sun between two white snakes

Gwalior

Jaisalmer

Nabha

Bikaner

Mysore

Wankaner

Manipur

Charkhari

Banswara

Dholpur

Chhatarpur

Kapurthala

Cambay

Bharatpur

Kochin

pink-blue-pink, wavy yellow line, yellow lantern

Dhrangadhra

Rajpipla

princely flag ^{45⁴⁵ Flown by the maharaja and often used as a state flag.}

Rajpipla

national flag ^{46⁴⁶ Allowed to be flown by civilians.}

Indore ^{47⁴⁷ Inland river boats flew a triangular pennant in the same colours.}

Bhavnagar ^{48⁴⁸ There was also a red British colonial ensign with the coat of arms on it.}

Tonk ^{49⁴⁹ The nawab's flag, which was sometimes used as an alternate state flag, was white with a green hand.}

Garhwal ^{50⁵⁰ The maharaja's flag had a gold eagle on it. The armed forces used a flag with white and purple stripes.}

Suket ^{51⁵¹ The raja's flag had a gold tiger head in the middle. The war flag was a red flag with the state coat of arms on it.}

green-red striped pennant, white crescent and star, white swords

Kalat

red-yellow-green, black crescent and star

Bahawalpur

Baroda

princely flag ^{52⁵² Flown by the maharaja and often used as a state flag. The swallowtailed saffron Maratha banner was also sometimes flown.}

Kutch

Travancore

red, white image of Hanuman between two gold weapons

Rajgarh

Pratapgarh ^{53⁵³ The maharawat's flag had the same design but in yellow instead of white.}

Cooch Behar

Barwani

Porbandar

Sitamau ^{54⁵⁴ The Raja's flag had a red sun}

Faridkot

Rewa

princely flag ^{55⁵⁵ Flag of the maharaja's dynasty, used as a state flag.}

Bundi

Jhalawar

Karauli

Orchha

Alirajpur

Khairpur

purple-blue-azure-green-yellow-orange-red, coat of arms

Dungarpur

Baoni

Mandi ^{56⁵⁶ The flag flown at the palace had the state coat of arms on it.}

Kishangarh

Bhopal ^{57⁵⁷ The begum's standard had a crown and inscription on it.}

green, black saltire, yellow coat of arms

Jaora

Rampur

Bilaspur

white, yellow wheel surrounded by colourful decorations, ornate border

Sikkim

maroon, yellow outline, yellow lion, four yellow leaves

Sinhalese Flag ^{58⁵⁸ Flown by Sinhalese nationalists in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. There was also an infrequently-used blue British colonial ensign with an elephant badge.}

red, black-white barberpole-striped edge

Maldive Islands

Muslim League ^{59⁵⁹ Flag of the All-India Muslim League, which advocated for Muslim interests within British India. The direct predecessor of the flag of Pakistan.}

East, Central and Southeast Asia
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Japan

white, red-blue taeguk, four black trigrams

Korea ^{60⁶⁰ Flown by the Korean independence movement and the unrecognized government-in-exile based in China. Banned under Japanese occupation.}

China

yellow, snow lion in front of white mountains

Tibet

blue, yellow wheel wrapped in a white ribbon

Uriankhai

Cambodia

red, white and gold elephant emblem, French flag

Laos

Siam

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

Philippines

white-yellow-red-black, white oval, tiger

Federated Malay States

Brunei

Terengganu

yellow, vertically divided black-red cross, yellow crown

Sarawak

Perlis

black, red canton, white crescent and star

Johor

state flag ^{61⁶¹ Flown by the sultan and on naval ships.}

blue, red canton, white crescent and star

Johor

merchant flag ^{62⁶² Flown by merchant ships and sometimes used by civilians as an alternate national flag.}

Kedah

state flag ^{63⁶³ Flown over the sultan's palace and the military.}

Kedah

merchant flag ^{64⁶⁴ Flown by merchant ships.}

Annam ^{65⁶⁵ There was also a colonial "protectorate flag" which was plain yellow with a French tricolour in the top left corner.}

white, blue border, blue caligraphic lion

Kelantan

Burma ^{66⁶⁶ Flown by Burmese nationalists. The British colonial government did not have a distinct flag.}

Oceania
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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

Tonga

red, white maltese cross, French flag outlined in white

Wallis and Futuna

Guam

North America
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13 red-white stripes, blue canton, 48 white stars

United States

Canada ^{67⁶⁷ Officially only to be flown civilian ships, but in practice flown widely on land as the national flag. The badge was only supposed to have the arms of the original four provinces, but the nine-province version was much more common. It was also often placed on a white disc, or adorned with wreath of maple leaves and a crown.}

Newfoundland ^{68⁶⁸ Officially only to be flown civilian ships, but in practice flown widely on land as the national flag.}

white-red, thick blue stripe, white star

Texas

Acadia

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

Québec

California

Métis

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

Brazil

Mexico

Peru

national ensign ^{69⁶⁹ 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 ^{70⁷⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Guatemala

Argentina

Nicaragua

El Salvador

national flag ^{71⁷¹ The most common flag, flown over most government buildings, at ceremonies, by diplomatic missions and often by public citizens.}

El Salvador

inscribed flag ^{72⁷² An alternative government flag, most commonly flown by the armed forces but also on some public buildings and offices.}

El Salvador

plain flag ^{73⁷³ The simplest version of the national flag, flown by some private citizens.}

Honduras

Paraguay

front side

Paraguay

back side

Costa Rica

national flag ^{74⁷⁴ 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 ^{75⁷⁵ 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 ^{76⁷⁶ Flown by Puerto Rican nationalists. Display of the flag was initially banned under American rule.}

5 blue-white stripes, red triangle, white star

Cuba

9 white-blue stripes, white canton, yellow sun

Uruguay

blue-red, white square containing a coat of arms

Haiti

blue-red quarters, white cross, coat of arms

Dominican Republic

Chile

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

Panama

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

Venezuela

national ensign ^{77⁷⁷ Flown by the government and armed forces, and unofficially used by many private citizens.}

Venezuela

national flag ^{78⁷⁸ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Colombia

Ecuador

Bolivia

state flag ^{79⁷⁹ Flown by the governmnent. The armed forces flew a similar flag with olive and laurel branches around the coat of arms.}

Bolivia

national flag ^{80⁸⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone.}

Other International and Cultural Flags
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blue-yellow-red-white-orange-multicolour

Buddhist Flag

Pan-African Flag

Esperanto

Red Cross

Red Crescent

Olympic Games

Events of 1920
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ALBANIA • After years of partition and foreign occupation, a newly-reconstituted Albanian govenrment adopted the Statute of Lushnjë on January 31. The new constitution officially specified the national flag for the first time since 1914.

ANNAM • The "Dragon Flag of Annam" was adopted as a national flag sometime around this year.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA • A blue triangle was added to the red and white Bohemian flag on March 30.

DANZIG • The Free City of Danzig was established on November 15.

FINLAND • Finland removed the crown from its coat of arms on February 12.

MONGOLIA • Mongolia relinquished its independence to China on January 1.

PAN-AFRICAN FLAG • On August 13, Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association adopted a red-black-green tricolour as "the colors of the African race". The flag is mainly used by the African-American community, but the influence of its colour scheme has been felt well outside of the United States. Many African and Caribbean nations adopted flags with red black and green stripes, and the Pan-African flag is the earliest ancestor of that design tradition.

PHILIPPINES • The flag of the Philippines was officially adopted by the territorial legislature on March 26, after 13 years of it being officially banned.

RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR • The Soviet Republic in Latvia was defeated on January 13.

Byelorussia was re-established as a Soviet Republic on July 31.

The breakaway Karelian government adopted a new flag on March 22.

Finland returned North Ingria to Russia in the October 14 Treaty of Tartu.

The Don Cossacks fell to the Red Army on January 8 and the Kuban Cossacks fell on March 17.

The North Caucasian Emirate was suppressed in March.

The Red Army invaded Transcaucasia, establishing Soviet Republics in Azerbaijan on April 28 and Armenia on December 2.

Revolutionaries backed by the Red Army overthrew the Central Asian monarchies of Bukhara and Khiva. The Bukharan People's Soviet Republic was established on September 2 and Khorezm People's Soviet Republic was established on April 26.

The Far Eastern Republic was established as a buffer state in eastern Russia on April 6.

SAAR • The Saar Basin was separated from Germany as a neutral territory under League of Nations administration. Its flag combined the blue and white of Bavaria with the black and white of Prussia.

SYRIA • On March 7, Emir Faisal unilaterally declared the independence of the Arab Kingdom of Syria, including all of Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, with himself as King. The country was not recognized by British or the French, who met at the San Remo Conference to divide the region up amongst themselves. On July 25 the French took Damascus and established their mandate over Syria and Lebanon, leaving Palestine and Iraq for the British. Arab nationalists and guerrillas in Syria continued flying the Kingdom's flag throughout the 1920s.

The French colonial administrators got to work dividing the country into tiny statelets: Damascus, Aleppo, the Alawite Territory, Jebel Druze, and Greater Lebanon. Of these, only Lebanon adopted a flag at first, a combination of the old Cedar flag with the French tricolour.

In Palestine, nationalists in the Arab community continued flying the Arab Revolt flag, as they had since 1918. It was around this time that the order of the stripes was swapped, both there and in Hejaz.

Meanwhile, the Jewish Community in Mandatory Palestine continued flying the Zionist flag. It would eventually become the national flag of Israel.

TIBET • The earliest reported Tibetan flag dates from around this time.

Notes

¹ Moroccan merchant ships in the French zone flew what was called the "Arab ensign", the national flag with a French tricolour added to the top-left corner. ↩

² Flown by the government, and often by private citizens. ↩

³ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁴ In Palestine, flown unofficially by the Arab community. Merchant ships flew a red British ensign with a badge that said "PALESTINE". The Jewish community flew the modern flag of Israel. ↩

⁵ There were many variations of this flag, depending on who was flying it and when. Some versions would have added inscriptions, decorations or royal symbols. The flag could also be triangular. ↩

⁶ The number of points could vary. Some flags even had a completely straight-edged stripe. ↩

⁷ Officially all of the Trucial States were supposed to fly a square red flag with a thick white border. In practice this flag became exclusively associated with the Al Qasimi dynasty. The other states mostly flew plain red flags. ↩

⁸ Flown by the Jewish community in the British mandate of Palestine. Direct ancestor of the flag of Israel. ↩

⁹ Flown by private citizens and merchant ships. The "Italian Social Republic", the Nazi puppet regime in the north, flew the plain tricolour as a national flag and had a war flag with an eagle gripping a fasces. The anti-fascist Italian partisans flew either plain tricolours or tricolours with a white or red star on the middle stripe. ↩

¹⁰ Flown by the government and navy. ↩

¹¹ Flown by private citizens and municipalities. ↩

¹² Flown by the federal government and the armed forces. ↩

¹³ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

¹⁴ Flown by the royal house, the government, and the armed forces. Also granted to a select list of private institutions and companies. ↩

¹⁵ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

¹⁶ Flown only on state-owned buildings and naval ships. ↩

¹⁷ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

¹⁸ Flown on government buildings and coast guard ships. ↩

¹⁹ Flown for all purposes. A three-tailed version of the national flag is flown by the military. ↩

²⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

²¹ Flown by the government, border guard, and public universities. The armed forces fly a version with a swallowtail cut. ↩

²² Flown on land within Greece. The military flag had a crown in the centre of the cross. ↩

²³ Flown at sea and abroad. The naval ensign had a crown in the centre of the cross. ↩

²⁴ Flown by the prince, and unofficially as a national flag. Blue and red flags were also in use. ↩

²⁵ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

²⁶ Flown over the Prince's Palace and government buildings. ↩

²⁷ Flown unofficially, mostly by civilian ships. There was also a blue colonial ensign with the Maltese coat of arms on it. ↩

²⁸ The traditional Catalan flag. ↩

²⁹ The flag preferred by supporters of Catalan independence. ↩

³⁰ Flown by the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic during the Russian Civil War. ↩

³¹ Flown by the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, the government of the Bolshevik-occupied areas of Ukraine during the Russian Civil War. ↩

³² Flown by the Armenian Socialist Soviet Republic, the governmnet of the Bolshevik-occupied areas in Armenia during the Russian Civil War. ↩

³³ Flown in territories under control of the anti-Soviet White Army. ↩

³⁴ Unofficial flag of the merchant fleet. ↩

³⁵ Flown by the Ukrainian National Republic based out of Kyiv. ↩

³⁶ Flown by East Karelian rebels. ↩

³⁷ The "Calcutta flag" flown by independence activists. British India had several colonial flags. A red civil ensign with the Star of India medal on it was used to represent India at international sporting events and in the League of Nations. ↩

³⁸ The maharaja's flag had yellow stripes at the top and bottom. ↩

³⁹ The raja's flag was rectangular ↩

⁴⁰ Flown by the Maharao and also used as a state flag. The flag was sometimes much longer. ↩

⁴¹ The previous plain red flag was sometimes flown as an alternate state flag. ↩

⁴² The reverse side of the flag showed a moon and a flower. ↩

⁴³ Mewar had a number of reported princely banners which were also sometimes used as state flags. The most common one had a large yellow sun and a blue katar dagger. ↩

⁴⁴ Kolhapur flew the Maratha saffron banner as a state flag. The maharaja had a diagonally-divided red and orange flag. ↩

⁴⁵ Flown by the maharaja and often used as a state flag. ↩

⁴⁶ Allowed to be flown by civilians. ↩

⁴⁷ Inland river boats flew a triangular pennant in the same colours. ↩

⁴⁸ There was also a red British colonial ensign with the coat of arms on it. ↩

⁴⁹ The nawab's flag, which was sometimes used as an alternate state flag, was white with a green hand. ↩

⁵⁰ The maharaja's flag had a gold eagle on it. The armed forces used a flag with white and purple stripes. ↩

⁵¹ The raja's flag had a gold tiger head in the middle. The war flag was a red flag with the state coat of arms on it. ↩

⁵² Flown by the maharaja and often used as a state flag. The swallowtailed saffron Maratha banner was also sometimes flown. ↩

⁵³ The maharawat's flag had the same design but in yellow instead of white. ↩

⁵⁴ The Raja's flag had a red sun ↩

⁵⁵ Flag of the maharaja's dynasty, used as a state flag. ↩

⁵⁶ The flag flown at the palace had the state coat of arms on it. ↩

⁵⁷ The begum's standard had a crown and inscription on it. ↩

⁵⁸ Flown by Sinhalese nationalists in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. There was also an infrequently-used blue British colonial ensign with an elephant badge. ↩

⁵⁹ Flag of the All-India Muslim League, which advocated for Muslim interests within British India. The direct predecessor of the flag of Pakistan. ↩

⁶⁰ Flown by the Korean independence movement and the unrecognized government-in-exile based in China. Banned under Japanese occupation. ↩

⁶¹ Flown by the sultan and on naval ships. ↩

⁶² Flown by merchant ships and sometimes used by civilians as an alternate national flag. ↩

⁶³ Flown over the sultan's palace and the military. ↩

⁶⁴ Flown by merchant ships. ↩

⁶⁵ There was also a colonial "protectorate flag" which was plain yellow with a French tricolour in the top left corner. ↩

⁶⁶ Flown by Burmese nationalists. The British colonial government did not have a distinct flag. ↩

⁶⁷ Officially only to be flown civilian ships, but in practice flown widely on land as the national flag. The badge was only supposed to have the arms of the original four provinces, but the nine-province version was much more common. It was also often placed on a white disc, or adorned with wreath of maple leaves and a crown. ↩

⁶⁸ Officially only to be flown civilian ships, but in practice flown widely on land as the national flag. ↩

⁶⁹ 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. ↩

⁷⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁷¹ The most common flag, flown over most government buildings, at ceremonies, by diplomatic missions and often by public citizens. ↩

⁷² An alternative government flag, most commonly flown by the armed forces but also on some public buildings and offices. ↩

⁷³ The simplest version of the national flag, flown by some private citizens. ↩

⁷⁴ The most common Costa Rican flag. Officially designated for private citizens, but in practice often used on government buildings and schools too. ↩

⁷⁵ Flown by the government and by diplomatic missions, although also used sometimes by private citizens. ↩

⁷⁶ Flown by Puerto Rican nationalists. Display of the flag was initially banned under American rule. ↩

⁷⁷ Flown by the government and armed forces, and unofficially used by many private citizens. ↩

⁷⁸ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁷⁹ Flown by the governmnent. The armed forces flew a similar flag with olive and laurel branches around the coat of arms. ↩

⁸⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

The World Flag Chart

◀︎ Flags of 1920 ▶︎

Sub-Saharan Africa
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Middle East and North Africa
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Western Europe
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Eastern Europe and Western Turkestan
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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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Latin America
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Other International and Cultural Flags
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Events of 1920
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Notes

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