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The flag of Gambia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue with white top and bottom edges, and green.

Gambia

Capital: Banjul

Region: Africa

Population: 2,422,712

The flag of Malawi is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red and green. The top half of a red sun with thirty-one visible rays is centered in the black band.

Malawi

Capital: Lilongwe

Region: Africa

Population: 20,734,262

The flag of Rwanda is composed of three horizontal bands of light blue, yellow and green. The light blue band is twice the height of the other two bands and bears a yellow sun with twenty-four rays on its fly side.

Rwanda

Capital: Kigali

Region: Africa

Population: 14,104,969

The flag of Réunion has a blue field, with a red triangle spanning the bottom and extending to the center, as well as five yellow beams emanating from the center, spread equally apart.

Réunion

Capital: Saint-Denis

Region: Africa

Population: 896,175

The flag of Somalia features a large five-pointed white star centered on a light blue field.

Somalia

Capital: Mogadishu

Region: Africa

Population: 19,655,000

The flag of Guinea is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, yellow and green.

Guinea

Capital: Conakry

Region: Africa

Population: 14,363,931

The flag of Sierra Leone is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and blue.

Sierra Leone

Capital: Freetown

Region: Africa

Population: 9,077,691

The flag of Benin features a green vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and red adjoining the vertical band.

Benin

Capital: Porto-Novo

Region: Africa

Population: 13,224,860

The flag of Mozambique is composed of three equal horizontal bands of teal, black with white top and bottom edges, and yellow. A red isosceles triangle spanning about two-fifth the width of the field is superimposed on the hoist side with its base on the hoist end. This triangle bears a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book which is superimposed on a five-pointed yellow star.

Mozambique

Capital: Maputo

Region: Africa

Population: 34,090,466

The flag of Egypt is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with Egypt's national emblem — a hoist-side facing gold eagle of Saladin — centered in the white band.

Egypt

Capital: Cairo

Region: Africa

Population: 107,271,260

The flag of Tunisia has a red field. A white circle bearing a five-pointed red star within a fly-side facing red crescent is situated at the center of the field.

Tunisia

Capital: Tunis

Region: Africa

Population: 11,972,169

The flag of Comoros is composed of four equal horizontal bands of yellow, white, red and blue, with a green isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a fly-side facing white crescent and four five-pointed white stars arranged in a vertical line along the opening of the crescent.

Comoros

Capital: Moroni

Region: Africa

Population: 919,901

The flag of Togo is composed of five equal horizontal bands of green alternating with yellow. A red square bearing a five-pointed white star is superimposed in the canton.

Togo

Capital: Lomé

Region: Africa

Population: 8,095,498

The flag of Morocco features a green pentagram — a five-pointed linear star — centered on a red field.

Morocco

Capital: Rabat

Region: Africa

Population: 36,828,330

The flag of Seychelles is composed of five broadening oblique bands of blue, yellow, red, white and green, which extend from the hoist side of the bottom edge to the top and fly edges of the field.

Seychelles

Capital: Victoria

Region: Africa

Population: 122,729

The flag of Mali is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, yellow and red.

Mali

Capital: Bamako

Region: Africa

Population: 22,395,489

The flag of Ghana is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, gold and green, with a five-pointed black star centered in the gold band.

Ghana

Capital: Accra

Region: Africa

Population: 33,742,380

The flag of Kenya is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red with white top and bottom edges, and green. An emblem comprising a red, black and white Maasai shield covering two crossed white spears is superimposed at the center of the field.

Kenya

Capital: Nairobi

Region: Africa

Population: 53,330,978

The flag of Madagascar features a white vertical band on the hoist side that takes up about one-third the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of red and green adjoining the vertical band.

Madagascar

Capital: Antananarivo

Region: Africa

Population: 31,727,042

The flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has a sky-blue field with a yellow-edged red diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. A large five-pointed yellow star is situated above the diagonal band on the upper hoist side of the field.

DR Congo

Capital: Kinshasa

Region: Africa

Population: 112,832,000

The flag of Zimbabwe is composed of seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow and green, with a white isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle is edged in black, spans about one-fourth the width of the field and has its base on the hoist end. A yellow Zimbabwe Bird superimposed on a five-pointed red star is centered in the triangle.

Zimbabwe

Capital: Harare

Region: Africa

Population: 17,073,087

The flag of Cape Verde is composed of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue in the ratio of 6:1:1:1:3. A ring of ten five-pointed yellow stars is centered at three-eighth of the height from the bottom edge and three-eighth of the width from the hoist end of the field.

Cape Verde

Capital: Praia

Region: Africa

Population: 491,233

The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory is white with six blue, wavy, horizontal stripes. The UK flag is in the canton. The striped section has a palm tree and yellow crown centered in the fly half.

British Indian Ocean Territory

Capital: Diego Garcia

Region: Africa

Population: 0

The flag of São Tomé and Príncipe has three horizontal bands of green, yellow (double-width), and green, with two black five-pointed stars in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side.

São Tomé and Príncipe

Capital: São Tomé

Region: Africa

Population: 209,607

The flag of Mayotte bears a white field with the national coat of arms in the center and the country's name in red above it. The coat of arms consists of a shield supported by two seahorses and the national motto in a banner below it. The shield has a white fringe and bears a blue field with an upwards-facing white crescent on the top half and a red field with two yellow ylang-ylang flowers on the bottom half.

Mayotte

Capital: Mamoudzou

Region: Africa

Population: 320,901

The flag of Nigeria is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and green.

Nigeria

Capital: Abuja

Region: Africa

Population: 223,800,000

The flag of Botswana has a light blue field with a white-edged black horizontal band across its center.

Botswana

Capital: Gaborone

Region: Africa

Population: 2,359,609

The flag of Uganda is composed of six equal horizontal bands of black, yellow, red, black, yellow and red. A white circle bearing a hoist-side facing grey red-crested crane is superimposed in the center of the field.

Uganda

Capital: Kampala

Region: Africa

Population: 45,905,417

The flag of Chad is composed of three equal vertical bands of blue, gold and red.

Chad

Capital: N'Djamena

Region: Africa

Population: 19,340,757

The flag of Senegal is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, golden-yellow and red, with a five-pointed green star centered in the golden-yellow band.

Senegal

Capital: Dakar

Region: Africa

Population: 18,593,258

The flag of Ivory Coast is composed of three equal vertical bands of orange, white and green.

Ivory Coast

Capital: Yamoussoukro

Region: Africa

Population: 31,719,275

The flag of Libya is composed of three horizontal bands of red, black and green, with the black band twice the height of the other two bands. At the center of the black band is a fly-side facing white crescent and a five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening.

Libya

Capital: Tripoli

Region: Africa

Population: 7,459,000

The flag of Djibouti is composed of two equal horizontal bands of light blue and light green, with a white isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a red five-pointed star at its center.

Djibouti

Capital: Djibouti

Region: Africa

Population: 1,066,809

The flag of Burundi is divided by a white diagonal cross into four alternating triangular areas of red at the top and bottom, and green on the hoist and fly sides. A white circle, with three green-edged red six-pointed stars arranged to form a triangle, is superimposed at the center of the cross.

Burundi

Capital: Gitega

Region: Africa

Population: 12,332,788

The flag of Eritrea comprises three triangles — a large red isosceles triangle with its base spanning the hoist end and its apex at the midpoint on the fly end, and a green and blue right-angled triangle above and beneath the red triangle. On the hoist side of the red triangle is a golden vertical olive branch encircled by a golden olive wreath.

Eritrea

Capital: Asmara

Region: Africa

Population: 3,607,000

The flag of Namibia features a white-edged red diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a blue and green triangle respectively. A gold sun with twelve triangular rays is situated on the hoist side of the upper triangle.

Namibia

Capital: Windhoek

Region: Africa

Population: 3,022,401

The flag of Equatorial Guinea is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with the national coat of arms centered in the white band and an isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. The triangle is light blue, has its base on the hoist end and spans about one-fifth the width of the field.

Equatorial Guinea

Capital: Ciudad de la Paz

Region: Africa

Population: 1,668,768

The flag of Mauritania has a green field with a thin red horizontal band at the top and bottom of the field. At the center of the field is a five-pointed yellow star above an upward facing yellow crescent.

Mauritania

Capital: Nouakchott

Region: Africa

Population: 4,927,532

The flag of Ethiopia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and red, with the national emblem superimposed at the center of the field. The national emblem comprises a light blue circle bearing a golden-yellow pentagram with single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points of the pentagram.

Ethiopia

Capital: Addis Ababa

Region: Africa

Population: 111,652,998

The flag of Zambia has a green field, on the fly side of which is a soaring orange African fish eagle above a rectangular area divided into three equal vertical bands of red, black and orange.

Zambia

Capital: Lusaka

Region: Africa

Population: 19,693,423

The flag of Liberia is composed of eleven equal horizontal bands of red alternating with white. A blue square bearing a five-pointed white star is superimposed in the canton.

Liberia

Capital: Monrovia

Region: Africa

Population: 5,248,621

The flag of South Sudan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red with white top and bottom edges, and green. A blue equilateral triangle which spans about two-fifth the width of the field is superimposed on the hoist side with its base on the hoist end of the field. At the center of this triangle is a five-pointed yellow star.

South Sudan

Capital: Juba

Region: Africa

Population: 15,786,898

The flag of Eswatini is composed of three horizontal bands — a large central yellow-edged red band, and a light blue band above and beneath the red band. The red band is three times the height of the blue bands and bears a centered emblem made up of a large black and white Nguni shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally.

Eswatini

Capital: Mbabane

Region: Africa

Population: 1,235,549

The flag of Algeria features two equal vertical bands of green and white. A five-pointed red star within a fly-side facing red crescent is centered over the two-color boundary.

Algeria

Capital: Algiers

Region: Africa

Population: 47,400,000

The flag of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is blue with the UK flag in the canton and the national coat of arms shield centered on the fly half. The upper third of the shield depicts a white plover, a native bird, on a yellow field. The rest of the shield depicts a rocky coastline and a three-masted sailing ship with sails furled and flying an English flag.

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Capital: Jamestown

Region: Africa

Population: 5,651

The flag of Mauritius is composed of four equal horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green.

Mauritius

Capital: Port Louis

Region: Africa

Population: 1,243,741

The flag of Cameroon is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, red and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.

Cameroon

Capital: Yaoundé

Region: Africa

Population: 29,442,327

The flag of South Africa is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and blue, with a yellow-edged black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base centered on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width and two-third the height of the field, and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a white-edged green horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and blue bands to the fly end of the field.

South Africa

Capital: Pretoria

Region: Africa

Population: 63,100,945

The flag of Western Sahara has three equal horizontal stripes of black, white, and green overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist. Centered in the white band is a red fly-facing crescent surrounding a red five-pointed star.

Western Sahara

Capital: El Aaiún

Region: Africa

Population: 600,904

The flag of Tanzania features a yellow-edged black diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and light blue triangle respectively.

Tanzania

Capital: Dodoma

Region: Africa

Population: 68,153,004

The flag of the Republic of the Congo features a yellow diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a green and red triangle respectively.

Republic of the Congo

Capital: Brazzaville

Region: Africa

Population: 6,142,180

The flag of Niger features three equal horizontal bands of orange, white and green, with an orange circle centered in the white band.

Niger

Capital: Niamey

Region: Africa

Population: 26,312,034

The flag of Gabon is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and blue.

Gabon

Capital: Libreville

Region: Africa

Population: 2,469,296

The flag of Angola features two equal horizontal bands of red and black, with a yellow emblem at its centre. This emblem consists of a five-pointed star within the hoist-side facing half of a cogwheel that is crossed on its lower end by a machete.

Angola

Capital: Luanda

Region: Africa

Population: 36,170,961

The flag of Lesotho is composed of three horizontal bands of blue, white and green in the ratio of 3:4:3. A black mokorotlo — a Basotho hat — is centered in the white band.

Lesotho

Capital: Maseru

Region: Africa

Population: 2,116,427

The flag of Burkina Faso features two equal horizontal bands of red and green, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.

Burkina Faso

Capital: Ouagadougou

Region: Africa

Population: 24,070,553

The flag of Central African Republic is composed of four equal horizontal bands of blue, white, green and yellow intersected at the center by a vertical red band of equal size as the horizontal bands. A yellow five-pointed star is situated on the hoist side of the blue band.

Central African Republic

Capital: Bangui

Region: Africa

Population: 6,470,307

The flag of Sudan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with a green isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side. The green triangle spans about two-fifth the width of the field with its base on the hoist end.

Sudan

Capital: Khartoum

Region: Africa

Population: 51,662,000

The flag of Guinea-Bissau features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and green adjoining the vertical band. A five-pointed black star is centered in the vertical band.

Guinea-Bissau

Capital: Bissau

Region: Africa

Population: 1,781,308