It may surprise you to know that many countries have the same or similar flags. One of the ways to identify a country is their flag. During international athletic events like the Olympics and ...

With the Paris 2024 Olympics bringing people from all over the world together, many are representing their countries by wearing their national colors. Others are carrying around their country's flag.

Most of the world's flags aren't that old. The timeline below shows the date each nation adopted its current national flag. The vast majority were adopted in the past 200 years.

There are 254 different flags in the world, covering all countries and dependent territories (including the United Kingdom and Kosovo). If that’s too many for you, the flags of the U.N. members ...

Behind every flag design, there is a great and fascinating story. Although the flags of most of the world’s countries have a rectangular form with distinctive colors or symbols , there are three ...

It’s a go-to question at bar trivia: what is the only national flag in the world that isn’t rectangular or square? The answer is Nepal. But beyond the simple fact of its uncommon shape, Nepal ...

The Dannebrog is the national flag of Denmark and is considered the oldest continuously used national flag in the world. According to legend, it fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse ...

If your country boasted an architectural wonder to rival Angkor Wat, you'd probably put it on your flag too. Four other countries feature buildings on their flags (Afghanistan, Portugal, ... It's the ...

9-year-old Zahran Chowdhury of Delaware County can confidently identify over 190 countries and territories based solely on their flag.

It’s a go-to question at bar trivia: what is the only national flag in the world that isn’t rectangular or square? The answer is Nepal. But beyond the simple fact of its uncommon shape, Nepal ...