UNIQUE FLAGS AND SUPERLATIVES

There are over 200 national flags currently in use. Of these flags only one is not a rectangle. Only two flags are truly square. Only one has a map on it. Only one has different front and back designs. Although there have been numerous monochromatic flags through history there is currently only one. Most flags have proportions of approximately 1:1, 1:2, 2:3, 3:5 or something similar. One is nearly 1:3.



 
Non-Rectangular and
Taller than it's Width
(4:3)

Nepal
Square Flags
(1:1)

Switzerland  -  Vatican City
Map of Country on Flag

Cyprus
Different Obverse and Reverse
Centre Designs - Front
Front Seal
Paraguay - Obverse
Paraguay - Obverse
Reverse
Reverse
Paraguay - Reverse
Paraguay - Reverse
Monochrome

Libya
Largest Proportions
(11:28 or almost 1:3)

Qatar


Prepared by Phil Abbey on June 13, 1999. Paraguay added December 16, 2005.
Comments to pr_abbey@hotmail.com. All basic flags modified from World Flag Database.1
Qatar corrected by Phil Abbey.

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