Lookalikes

• Chad
• Romania
• Andorra
• Moldova

Chad's blue is darker than Romania's; Andorra and Moldova add a coat of arms in the middle, Andorra's a shield with two cows, Moldova's an eagle.

• Indonesia
• Monaco
• Poland

Indonesia and Monaco are red over white, Monaco squarer at 4:5; Poland is the other way round, white over red.

• Ireland
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Italy

Ireland has green at the hoist and Côte d'Ivoire has orange there; Italy has red where the orange would be.

• Netherlands
• Luxembourg
• Russia
• Croatia

The Netherlands and Luxembourg are red, white and blue, Luxembourg's blue lighter; Russia is white, blue and red, and Croatia is red, white and blue with a chequered shield.

• Norway
• Iceland
• Denmark
• Finland
• Sweden

Norway is a blue cross edged white on red and Iceland swaps the colours; Denmark is a plain white cross on red, Finland a blue cross on white, Sweden a yellow cross on blue.

• Australia
• New Zealand

New Zealand has four red stars edged in white and no large star below the Union Jack; Australia's stars are white, with the big seven-pointed Commonwealth Star.

• Slovenia
• Slovakia
• Russia

All are white, blue and red: Slovenia's small shield with a mountain sits in the upper hoist, Slovakia's larger shield with a double cross sits lower, and Russia has none.

• Senegal
• Mali
• Guinea
• Cameroon

Senegal has a green star in the middle and Cameroon a yellow one; Mali has no star, and Guinea reverses the order to red, yellow, green.

• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Venezuela

Colombia and Ecuador have a double-height yellow band, and Ecuador adds a coat of arms; Venezuela's bands are equal, with an arc of white stars.

• El Salvador
• Nicaragua
• Honduras

Honduras has five blue stars in the middle; El Salvador's emblem is framed by a laurel wreath, Nicaragua's is a triangle inside a ring of text.

• Jordan
• Palestine
• Sudan

Jordan and Palestine have black, white and green bands with a red triangle, and only Jordan's has a white star; Sudan has red, white and black bands with a green triangle.

• United Arab Emirates
• Kuwait

The United Arab Emirates has a vertical red band at the hoist; Kuwait has a black trapezoid there instead.

• Egypt
• Iraq
• Yemen
• Syria

Egypt, Iraq and Yemen are red, white and black: Egypt has a gold eagle, Iraq green script, Yemen nothing; Syria's 2025 flag is green, white and black with three red stars.

• Qatar
• Bahrain

Qatar is maroon with nine white points and much longer; Bahrain is red with five points.

• Niger
• India

India has a blue wheel in the middle; Niger has an orange disc and is almost square.

• Liberia
• United States
• Malaysia

The United States has 50 stars and 13 stripes, Liberia a single star and 11 stripes, Malaysia a yellow crescent and star with 14 stripes.

• Haiti
• Liechtenstein

Both are blue over red: Haiti has a coat of arms on a white panel in the middle, Liechtenstein a gold crown in the upper hoist.

• Austria
• Latvia
• Lebanon

Austria is bright red with an equal white band, Latvia dark carmine with a narrow white band, and Lebanon has a green cedar in the middle.

• Belgium
• Germany

Belgium's black, yellow and red bands are vertical, black at the hoist; Germany's are horizontal, black on top.

• Hungary
• Italy
• Tajikistan
• Bulgaria

Hungary is red, white, green across; Italy green, white, red upright; Tajikistan is red, white, green across with a crown and stars; Bulgaria white, green, red across.

• Ghana
• Bolivia
• Guinea-Bissau

Ghana has a black star in the middle and Bolivia plain red, yellow and green bands; Guinea-Bissau has a vertical red band with a black star at the hoist.

• Türkiye
• Tunisia

Türkiye's crescent and star stand free on the red, nearer the hoist; Tunisia's sit inside a white disc in the middle.

• Fiji
• Tuvalu

Both are light blue with the Union Jack: Fiji has a shield on the fly, Tuvalu nine yellow stars.

• Italy
• Mexico

Mexico has an eagle on a cactus in the middle and darker green; Italy's green, white and red bands are plain.