Countries come and go, and so do their flags. This archive covers 477 states that no longer exist, from medieval kingdoms and colonial empires to Cold War republics that lasted only a few years.
For the flags each modern country has flown over time, open that country's page in the country flag index.
Each entry gives the years the state existed, the flag it flew and a short note on what happened to it, with links to the modern countries that cover its territory today. Some of these flags belonged to regimes responsible for war, slavery or genocide. They are included because they are part of history, and their notes say so plainly. Pages that show flags now used as hate symbols, such as the Nazi swastika flag and the Confederate battle flag, carry no advertising.
Austria-Hungary · Kingdom of Yugoslavia · Socialist Yugoslavia · Czechoslovakia · German Empire · Weimar Republic · Nazi Germany · East Germany (GDR) · Kingdom of Prussia · Russian Empire · Soviet Union · Byzantine Empire · Holy Roman Empire · Republic of Venice · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Papal States · Kingdom of Sardinia · Republic of Genoa · Free City of Danzig · Cisalpine Republic · Republic of Florence · Republic of Siena · Republic of Noli · Duchy of Savoy · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Duchy of Mantua · Duchy of Ferrara · Duchy of Urbino · Marquisate of Montferrat · Kingdom of Naples · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Transpadane Republic · Roman Republic (1798) · Italian Regency of Carnaro · Partisan Republic of Ossola · Partisan Republic of Alba · Italian Social Republic · Sovereign Military Order of Malta · Kingdom of Greece · Cross of Burgundy · Second Spanish Republic · Kingdom of Italy · Kingdom of France · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Grand Duchy of Baden · Kingdom of Hanover · Kingdom of Bavaria · Kingdom of Westphalia · Kuban People's Republic · Don Republic · Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus · Republic of Central Lithuania · Lemko-Rusyn Republic · City of Gouda · Republic of San Marco · Republic of Cospaia · Couto Misto · Neutral Moresnet · Free State of Fiume · Cretan State · Principality of Albania (1914) · Irish Republic (1916) · Batavian Republic · North Caucasian Emirate · Free Territory (Makhnovshchina) · Republic of the Rif · Kingdom of Corsica (1736) · Anglo-Corsican Kingdom · Confederate Ireland · Septinsular Republic · Principality of Pindus · Anconine Republic · Parthenopean Republic · Rhodanic Republic · Cispadane Republic · Republic of Ragusa · County of Nice · Duchy of Styria · Duchy of Carinthia · County of Gorizia (Görz) · Lordship of Ireland · Kingdom of Mann · Principality of Mingrelia · Principality of Samos · Monaco (Grimaldi lozenge banner) · Kingdom of Tavolara · Duchy of Courland and Semigallia · Cossack Hetmanate · Far Eastern Republic · Donets–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic · SSR of Abkhazia · Kingdom of Finland · Principality of Elba · Kingdom of Etruria · Duchy of the Archipelago · Kingdom of Illyria · Republic of Central Albania · Republic of Pontus · Crimean People's Republic · Duchy of Parma · Principality of Lucca and Piombino · Kingdom of Saxony · Kingdom of Württemberg · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Electorate of Hesse · Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg · Grand Duchy of Oldenburg · Duchy of Brunswick · Duchy of Nassau · Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Principalities of Reuss · Principalities of Schwarzburg · Principality of Lippe · Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe · Duchy of Anhalt · Free City of Hamburg · Free City of Bremen · Free City of Lübeck · Free City of Frankfurt · German Confederation · Saar Protectorate · Grand Duchy of Berg · Duchy of Burgundy · Duchy of Brittany · Duchy of Lorraine · Comtat Venaissin · County of Provence · County of Foix · Kingdom of Galicia · Kingdom of Navarre · Crown of Aragon · Principality of Catalonia · Kingdom of León · Kingdom of Asturias · Kingdom of Majorca · Kingdom of Valencia · Kingdom of Portugal · Iberian Union · Duchy of Warsaw · Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth · Free City of Kraków · Polish People's Republic · Ukrainian SSR · Byelorussian SSR · Lithuanian SSR · Latvian SSR · Estonian SSR · Moldavian SSR · Russian SFSR · Kazan Khanate · United States of the Ionian Islands · Belarusian People's Republic · Grand Duchy of Lithuania · Crimean Khanate · Khanate of Sibir · Khanate of Kazan · Khanate of Astrakhan · Golden Horde · Idel-Ural State · Green Ukraine · Hungarian Soviet Republic · Hungarian People's Republic · Principality of Transylvania · Kingdom of Bohemia · Margraviate of Moravia · First Slovak Republic · Kingdom of Serbia · Principality of Serbia · Kingdom of Montenegro · Kingdom of Bulgaria · Kingdom of Romania · Principality of Wallachia · Principality of Moldavia · Serbian Despotate · Kingdom of Dalmatia · Eastern Rumelia · Independent State of Croatia · First Republic of Armenia · Azerbaijan Democratic Republic · Georgian SSR · Armenian SSR · Transcaucasian SFSR · Democratic Republic of Georgia · Kingdom of Georgia · Kalmar Union · Scanian Lands · Kingdom of England · Kingdom of Scotland · Kingdom of Great Britain · Commonwealth of England · Kingdom of Ireland · Dutch Republic · United Belgian States · Republic of Geneva · Old Swiss Confederacy · Memel Territory
Qing Dynasty · Republic of China (1912) · Manchukuo · Tokugawa Shogunate · Empire of Japan · Kingdom of Hawaii · Republic of Ezo · Empire of Vietnam · South Vietnam · Khmer Republic · Kingdom of Sarawak · Sultanate of Sulu · Sultanate of Malacca · Tibet · Siam · Republic of Artsakh · Korean Empire · Sikh Empire · Kingdom of Kandy · Majapahit Empire · Jaffna Kingdom · Republic of Formosa · Kingdom of Ryukyu · Sultanate of Aceh · Mataram Sultanate · Dutch East India Company · State of Burma (1943) · Sultanate of Nejd · Kingdom of Bora Bora · Sultanate of Gowa · Sultanate of Ternate · Sultanate of Tidore · Sultanate of Banten · Hyderabad State · Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir · Princely State of Travancore · Maratha Empire · Kingdom of Rarotonga · Kingdom of Raiatea · Kingdom of Tubuai · Kingdom of Rapa Iti · Kingdom of Mangareva · Republic of the North Solomons · Kingdom of Fiji · Ainu · Sultanate of Maguindanao · Taiping Heavenly Kingdom · Lanfang Republic · Kingdom of Sedang · Republic of Biak-na-Bato · Katipunan · Azad Hind (Free India) · Patani (PULO) · Kingdom of Champasak · Kingdom of Luang Prabang · Delhi Sultanate · Goryeo Dynasty · Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura · Sultanate of Pontianak · Sultanate of Bulungan · Kingdom of Karangasem · Sultanate of Buton · Princely State of Baroda · Princely State of Gwalior · Princely State of Indore · United Suvadive Republic · Kingdom of Huahine · Kingdom of Tahiti · Kingdom of Tonga (1862) · Qing Dynasty (Triangular Dragon) · Empire of China (1915–1916) · Republic of China (Twelve Symbols) · Mengjiang (Mengkukuo) · First East Turkestan Republic · Second East Turkestan Republic · Bogd Khanate of Mongolia · Mongolian People's Republic (1924) · Tuvan People's Republic · Empire of Japan (Naval Ensign) · Provisional Government of Korea · Safavid Empire · Afsharid Dynasty · Qajar Persia · Imperial State of Iran (Pahlavi) · Emirate of Afghanistan (1880) · Emirate of Afghanistan (1919) · Kingdom of Afghanistan (1929) · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Principality of Herat · Empire of Trebizond · Idrisid Emirate of Asir · State of Aden · Federation of South Arabia · South Yemen (PDRY) · Sultanate of Lahej · Mahra Sultanate · Sultanate of Muscat · Trucial States · Arab Federation · Kingdom of Iraq · Hatay State · Kingdom of Mysore · Kingdom of Cochin · Kingdom of Sikkim · Kingdom of Nepal · Princely State of Bahawalpur · Khanate of Khiva · Khanate of Kokand · Emirate of Bukhara · Bukharan People's Soviet Republic · Alash Autonomy · Sultanate of Deli · Sultanate of Johor · Sultanate of Riau-Lingga · North Borneo (Chartered Company) · First Philippine Republic · Republic of Zamboanga · Democratic Kampuchea · Kingdom of Laos · State of East Indonesia · State of Pasundan · Republic of South Maluku · Kazakh SSR · Kirghiz SSR · Tajik SSR · Turkmen SSR · Uzbek SSR · Azerbaijan SSR · New Hebrides Condominium · Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands · Mughal Empire · Konbaung Dynasty
Gran Colombia · Federal Republic of Central America · Empire of Brazil · Republic of Texas · California Republic · Confederate States · Vermont Republic · Republic of West Florida · Republic of New Granada · Republic of the Rio Grande · Republic of Yucatán · First Mexican Empire · Inca / Wiphala · Iroquois Confederacy · Dominion of Newfoundland · Republic of Canada (1837) · State of Deseret · Republic of Maine (1901 ensign) · Republic of Spanish Haiti · Peru-Bolivian Confederation · Republic of South Peru · Principality of Trinidad · Republic of Counani · Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia · Dutch Brazil (New Holland) · Sons of Liberty · Grand Union Flag · Republic of Madawaska · State of Muskogee · Republic of Lower California · Republic of Sonora · Riograndense Republic · Republic of Juliana · Confederation of the Equator · Republic of Puerto Rico (Lares) · Republic of Acre · State of Buenos Aires · Republic of Entre Ríos · Republic of East Florida · Confederate States (Stainless Banner) · Confederate States (Blood-Stained Banner) · Confederate Battle Flag · Second Mexican Empire · Imperial Standard of Mexico (Maximilian) · First Mexican Republic · United Provinces of Central America · Greater Republic of Central America · First Empire of Haiti · State of Haiti · First Dominican Republic · State of Cartagena · Sovereign State of Bolívar · United Provinces of the Río de la Plata · Republic of Tucumán · Thirty-Three Orientals · Cisplatine Province · Protectorate of Peru · Free Province of Guayaquil · Bolivia (first flag, 1825) · Chile (Patria Vieja transition) · Patriote Movement (Lower Canada) · Cherokee Nation
Ottoman Empire · Abbasid Caliphate · Umayyad Caliphate · Fatimid Caliphate · Ethiopian Empire · Kingdom of Egypt · United Arab Republic · Biafra · Rhodesia · Apartheid South Africa · Sultanate of Zanzibar · Orange Free State · South African Republic (Transvaal) · Kingdom of Buganda · Dervish State · Ashanti Empire · Merina Kingdom (Madagascar) · Mohéli · Natalia Republic · Federation of Arab Republics · Kingdom of Libya · Libyan Arab Jamahiriya · Republic of Upper Volta · Kingdom of Dahomey · Emirate of Cyrenaica · French Sudan · Emirate of Riyadh · Kingdom of Hejaz · Emirate of Transjordan · Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen · Ottoman Egypt (Khedivate) · Sultanate of Adal · Stellaland · State of Goshen · Nieuwe Republiek · Kingdom of Sanwi · Mahdist State · Kingdom of Loango · Emirate of Harar · State of Katanga · South Kasai · Republic of Benin (1967) · Emirate of Dubai (Trucial) · Emirate of Abu Dhabi (Trucial) · Union of South Africa (1910–1912 ensign) · Transkei · Bophuthatswana · Venda · Ciskei · KwaZulu · Gazankulu · Lebowa · QwaQwa · Libyan Arab Republic · Republic of Cabinda · Jubaland · Puntland · Galmudug · Somaliland · British Somaliland · Sultanate of Witu · Republic of Maryland · Wassoulou Empire · Mali Federation · Bornu Empire · Morocco (Alaouite Sultanate) · Kingdom of Burundi · Comoros (autonomous) · People's Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) · Zaire · People's Republic of Benin · Ghana (1964–1966) · Tanganyika · Sultanate of Mombasa · Republic of Egypt (1953–1958) · Khedivate of Egypt · Anglo-Egyptian Sudan · Azawad · Kingdom of Rwanda · Beylik of Tunis · Hafsid Dynasty · Ayyubid Dynasty · Mamluk Sultanate · Sultanate of Rum · Emirate of Jabal Shammar
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