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The flag of Palestine has three equal horizontal stripes of black, white, and green overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist.

Palestine

Capital: Ramallah

Region: Asia

Population: 5,483,450

The flag of Hong Kong is red with a stylized, five-petal, white Bauhinia flower in the center. Each petal has a small, five-pointed red star.

Hong Kong

Capital: City of Victoria

Region: Asia

Population: 7,527,500

The flag of Uzbekistan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of turquoise, white with red top and bottom edges, and green. On the hoist side of the turquoise band is a fly-side facing white crescent and twelve five-pointed white stars arranged just outside the crescent opening in three rows comprising three, four and five stars.

Uzbekistan

Capital: Tashkent

Region: Asia

Population: 37,859,698

The flag of China has a red field. In the canton are five yellow five-pointed stars — a large star and four smaller stars arranged in a vertical arc on the fly side of the large star.

China

Capital: Beijing

Region: Asia

Population: 1,408,280,000

The flag of South Korea has a white field, at the center of which is a red and blue Taegeuk circle surrounded by four black trigrams, one in each corner.

South Korea

Capital: Seoul

Region: Asia

Population: 51,159,889

The flag of Lebanon is composed of three horizontal bands of red, white and red. The white band is twice the height of the red bands and bears a green Lebanese Cedar tree at its center.

Lebanon

Capital: Beirut

Region: Asia

Population: 5,490,000

The flag of Tajikistan is composed of three horizontal bands of red, white and green in the ratio of 2:3:2. A golden-yellow crown surmounted by an arc of seven five-pointed golden-yellow stars is centered in the white band.

Tajikistan

Capital: Dushanbe

Region: Asia

Population: 10,499,000

The flag of Malaysia is composed of fourteen equal horizontal bands of red alternating with white. A blue rectangle, bearing a fly-side facing yellow crescent and a fourteen-pointed yellow star placed just outside the crescent opening, is superimposed in the canton.

Malaysia

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

Region: Asia

Population: 34,231,700

The flag of North Korea is composed of three horizontal bands — a large central white-edged red band, and a blue band above and beneath the red band. On the hoist side of the red band is a red five-pointed star within a white circle.

North Korea

Capital: Pyongyang

Region: Asia

Population: 25,950,000

The flag of Saudi Arabia has a green field, at the center of which is an Arabic inscription — the Shahada — in white above a white horizontal sabre with its tip pointed to the hoist side of the field.

Saudi Arabia

Capital: Riyadh

Region: Asia

Population: 35,300,280

The flag of Mongolia is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, blue and red, with the national emblem — the Soyombo — in gold centered in the hoist-side red band.

Mongolia

Capital: Ulan Bator

Region: Asia

Population: 3,544,835

The flag of Brunei has a yellow field with two adjoining diagonal bands of white and black that extend from the upper hoist side of the field to the lower fly side. The red emblem of Brunei is centered on the field.

Brunei

Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan

Region: Asia

Population: 455,500

The flag of Cambodia features three horizontal bands of blue, red and blue, with a white depiction of the temple complex, Angkor Wat centered in the red band.

Cambodia

Capital: Phnom Penh

Region: Asia

Population: 17,577,760

The flag of Turkmenistan has a green field. It features a red vertical band, bearing five carpet guls stacked above two crossed olive branches, near the hoist end of the field. Just to the fly side of the vertical band near the top edge of the field is a hoist-side facing white crescent and five small five-pointed white stars placed just outside the crescent opening.

Turkmenistan

Capital: Ashgabat

Region: Asia

Population: 7,057,841

The flag of Oman features a red vertical band on the hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field, and three equal horizontal bands of white, red and green adjoining the vertical band. At the top of the vertical band is the white emblem of Oman.

Oman

Capital: Muscat

Region: Asia

Population: 5,343,630

The flag of Azerbaijan features three equal horizontal bands of blue, red and green, with a white fly-side facing crescent and eight-pointed star centered in the red band.

Azerbaijan

Capital: Baku

Region: Asia

Population: 10,241,722

The flag of Vietnam features a large five-pointed yellow star on a red field.

Vietnam

Capital: Hanoi

Region: Asia

Population: 101,343,800

The flag of Syria is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black. At the center of the white band are two small five-pointed green stars arranged in a horizontal line.

Syria

Capital: Damascus

Region: Asia

Population: 25,620,000

The flag of Myanmar is composed of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, green and red, with a large five-pointed white star superimposed at the center of the field.

Myanmar

Capital: Naypyidaw

Region: Asia

Population: 51,316,756

The flag of Macau is green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, under an arc of five five-pointed gold stars.

Macau

Capital: N/A

Region: Asia

Population: 685,900

The flag of Jordan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, white and green, with a red isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about half the width of the field and bears a small seven-pointed white star at its center.

Jordan

Capital: Amman

Region: Asia

Population: 11,734,000

The flag of Laos is composed of three horizontal bands of red, blue and red. The blue band is twice the height of the red bands and bears a white circle at its center.

Laos

Capital: Vientiane

Region: Asia

Population: 7,647,000

The flag of Indonesia is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and white.

Indonesia

Capital: Jakarta

Region: Asia

Population: 284,438,782

The flag of Timor-Leste has a red field with two isosceles triangles which share a common base on the hoist end. The smaller black triangle, which bears a five-pointed white star at its center and spans one-third the width of the field, is superimposed on the larger yellow triangle that extends to the center of the field.

Timor-Leste

Capital: Dili

Region: Asia

Population: 1,391,221

The flag of Bangladesh has a dark green field bearing a large red circle that is offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Bangladesh

Capital: Dhaka

Region: Asia

Population: 169,828,911

The flag of Turkey has a red field bearing a large fly-side facing white crescent and a smaller five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening. The white crescent and star are offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Turkey

Capital: Ankara

Region: Asia

Population: 85,664,944

The flag of Yemen is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black.

Yemen

Capital: Sana'a

Region: Asia

Population: 32,684,503

The flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has a white field with Arabic inscriptions — the Shahada — in black across its center.

Afghanistan

Capital: Kabul

Region: Asia

Population: 43,844,000

The flag of Kazakhstan has a turquoise field, at the center of which is a gold sun with thirty-two rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle. A thin vertical band displays a national ornamental pattern — koshkar-muiz — in gold near the hoist end.

Kazakhstan

Capital: Astana

Region: Asia

Population: 20,426,568

The flag of Nepal is the world's only non-quadrilateral flag of a sovereign country. It takes the shape of two adjoining right-angled triangles and has a crimson red field with deep blue edges. Within the smaller upper triangle is an emblem of the upper half of a white sun resting on an upward facing white crescent. The lower triangle bears a white sun with twelve rays.

Nepal

Capital: Kathmandu

Region: Asia

Population: 29,911,840

The flag of United Arab Emirates features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field and three equal horizontal bands of green, white and black adjoining the vertical band.

United Arab Emirates

Capital: Abu Dhabi

Region: Asia

Population: 11,294,243

The flag of Taiwan has a red field with a dark blue rectangle in the canton, bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays.

Taiwan

Capital: Taipei

Region: Asia

Population: 23,317,031

The flag of Iran is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red. A red emblem of Iran is centered in the white band and Arabic inscriptions in white span the bottom edge of the green band and the top edge of the red band.

Iran

Capital: Tehran

Region: Asia

Population: 85,961,000

The flag of Bahrain has a red field. On the hoist side, it features a white vertical band that spans about one-third the width of the field and is separated from the rest of the field by five adjoining fly-side pointing white isosceles triangles that serve as a serrated line.

Bahrain

Capital: Manama

Region: Asia

Population: 1,594,654

The flag of Thailand is composed of five horizontal bands of red, white, blue, white and red, with the central blue band twice the height of the other four bands.

Thailand

Capital: Bangkok

Region: Asia

Population: 65,859,640

The flag of Armenia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and orange.

Armenia

Capital: Yerevan

Region: Asia

Population: 3,076,200

The flag of Japan features a crimson-red circle at the center of a white field.

Japan

Capital: Tokyo

Region: Asia

Population: 123,210,000

The flag of Pakistan is composed of a white vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field and a dark green rectangular area that spans the rest of the field. A white fly-side facing crescent and five-pointed star are centered in the dark green area.

Pakistan

Capital: Islamabad

Region: Asia

Population: 241,499,431

The flag of Israel has a white field with a blue hexagram — the Magen David — centered between two equal horizontal blue bands situated near the top and bottom edges of the field.

Israel

Capital: Jerusalem

Region: Asia

Population: 10,134,800

The flag of Sri Lanka features two large adjacent but separate rectangular areas, centered on a golden-yellow field. The smaller hoist-side rectangle is divided into two equal vertical bands of teal and orange, and the larger fly-side rectangle is maroon with a centered golden-yellow lion holding a Kastane sword in its right fore-paw and four golden-yellow Bo leaves, one in each corner.

Sri Lanka

Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Region: Asia

Population: 21,763,170

The flag of Kuwait is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red, with a black trapezium superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This trapezium has its base on the hoist end and spans about one-fourth the width of the field.

Kuwait

Capital: Kuwait City

Region: Asia

Population: 4,881,254

The flag of Qatar has a maroon field, on the hoist side of which is a white vertical band that spans about one-third the width of the field and is separated from the rest of the field by nine adjoining fly-side pointing white isosceles triangles that serve as a serrated line.

Qatar

Capital: Doha

Region: Asia

Population: 3,173,024

The flag of Bhutan is divided diagonally, from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner, into an upper yellow and a lower orange triangle. A fly-side facing white dragon holding four jewels in its claws is situated along the boundary of the two triangles.

Bhutan

Capital: Thimphu

Region: Asia

Population: 784,043

The flag of Kyrgyzstan features a yellow sun with forty rays at the center of a red field. At the center of the sun is a stylized depiction of a tunduk.

Kyrgyzstan

Capital: Bishkek

Region: Asia

Population: 7,281,800

The flag of Georgia has a white field with a large centered red cross that extends to the edges and divides the field into four quarters. A small red Bolnur-Katskhuri cross is centered in each quarter.

Georgia

Capital: Tbilisi

Region: Asia

Population: 4,000,921

The flag of Iraq is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black. In the central white band are Arabic inscriptions in green.

Iraq

Capital: Baghdad

Region: Asia

Population: 46,118,793

The flag of Maldives has a red field, at the center of which is a large green rectangle bearing a fly-side facing white crescent.

Maldives

Capital: Malé

Region: Asia

Population: 515,132

The flag of Singapore is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and white. On the hoist side of the red band is a fly-side facing white crescent which partially encloses five small five-pointed white stars arranged in the shape of a pentagon.

Singapore

Capital: Singapore

Region: Asia

Population: 6,110,200

The flag of India is composed of three equal horizontal bands of saffron, white and green. A navy blue wheel with twenty-four spokes — the Ashoka Chakra — is centered in the white band.

India

Capital: New Delhi

Region: Asia

Population: 1,417,492,000

The flag of Philippines is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and red, with a white equilateral 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 central golden-yellow sun with eight rays and a five-pointed golden-yellow star at each vertex.

Philippines

Capital: Manila

Region: Asia

Population: 114,123,600