Flags with a star on them
A star of any number of points, alone or in a constellation. 75 flags on this site carry one, and each says where that is written down.
- Algeria
The national flag of Algeria consists of two equal vertical bars, green and white, charged in the center with a red star and crescent, a symbol of Islam as the nation's prominent faith.
Flag of Algeria on Wikipedia
- Angola
The national flag of Angola is a horizontal bicolour of red and black, charged in the center with a yellow emblem consisting of a machete crossed by a half-cogwheel and crowned with a five-pointed star.
Flag of Angola on Wikipedia
- Aruba
In the canton or upper hoisting plane of the flag, there is a regular four-pointed star.
Flag of Aruba on Wikipedia
- Australia
The national flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign—a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter—featuring a large white seven-pointed star (the Commonwealth Star) and a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars (one small five-pointed star and four larger seven-pointed stars).
Flag of Australia on Wikipedia
- Azerbaijan
The national flag of Azerbaijan, often referred to as the Tricolor flag (Azerbaijani: Üçrəngli Bayraq), is a horizontal tricolor that features three equally sized bars of bright blue, red, and green; a white crescent; and a centred eight-pointed star.
Flag of Azerbaijan on Wikipedia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
The national flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina contains a medium blue field with a yellow right triangle separating said field, and there are seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars, top and bottom, along the hypotenuse of the triangle.
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wikipedia
- Brazil
Each star corresponds to a Brazilian Federal Unit and is sized according to the apparent magnitude of the corresponding real star.
Flag of Brazil on Wikipedia
- Burkina Faso
The national flag of Burkina Faso (French: drapeau du Burkina Faso) is formed by two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a yellow five-pointed star resting in the center.
Flag of Burkina Faso on Wikipedia
- Burundi
The center of the saltire merges into a white disk, on which there are three red solid six-pointed stars outlined in green.
Flag of Burundi on Wikipedia
- Cameroon
The national flag of Cameroon (drapeau national du Cameroun) is a vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow pales, with one yellow five-pointed star in its center.
Flag of Cameroon on Wikipedia
- Cape Verde
A circle of ten yellow five-pointed stars – representing the ten islands that make up the country – is charged on the hoist (left) side of the flag, centred on the red band.
Flag of Cape Verde on Wikipedia
- Cayman Islands
The blue and white waves evoke the Caribbean Sea, while the three green stars represent the territory's three islands of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac.
Flag of the Cayman Islands on Wikipedia
- Central African Republic
The design consists of four horizontal stripes and one vertical stripe, and a single yellow five-pointed star in the upper left.
Flag of the Central African Republic on Wikipedia
- Chile
The flag of Chile consists of two equal-height horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five-pointed star in its center.
Flag of Chile on Wikipedia
- China
The national flag of the People's Republic of China is a Chinese red field with five golden stars charged at the canton.
Flag of China on Wikipedia
- Comoros
The design consists of a white crescent with four white five-pointed stars inside of a green triangle.
Flag of the Comoros on Wikipedia
- Cook Islands
It is a blue ensign containing the Union Jack in the upper left, and on the right, fifteen stars in a ring.
Flag of the Cook Islands on Wikipedia
- Cuba
The national flag of Cuba, also known as the Flag of the Lone Star (Spanish: Bandera de la Estrella Solitaria), consists of five alternating stripes (three navy blue and two white) and a cherry red chevron at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star.
Flag of Cuba on Wikipedia
- Curaçao
The flag is a blue field with a horizontal yellow stripe slightly below the midline and two white, five-pointed stars in the canton.
Flag of Cura%C3%A7ao on Wikipedia
- Djibouti
In the centre of the triangle is a red star.
Flag of Djibouti on Wikipedia
- Dominica
The ten green five-pointed stars stand for the country's ten parishes: (St Andrew, St David, St George, St John, St Joseph, St Luke, St Mark, St Patrick, St Paul, and St Peter), while the red disc stands for justice.
Flag of Dominica on Wikipedia
- DR Congo
The national flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a sky blue flag, adorned with a yellow star in the upper left canton and cut diagonally by a red stripe with a yellow fimbriation.
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wikipedia
- Equatorial Guinea
The white band is charged in the center with the coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea, a grey shield with a silk-cotton tree, the national motto in Spanish, and six six-pointed stars representing the country's five islands and continental territory.
Flag of Equatorial Guinea on Wikipedia
- Ethiopia
The flag of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሰንደቅ ዐላማ) consists of a green, yellow, and red tricolour with the national emblem, a golden pentagram on a blue disc, superimposed at the centre.
Flag of Ethiopia on Wikipedia
- European Union
The flag of Europe or European flag consists of a navy blue flag with twelve golden stars in a circle.
Flag of Europe on Wikipedia
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
The monogram is surrounded by five white stars.
Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands on Wikipedia
- Ghana
The national flag of Ghana consists of a horizontal triband of red, yellow, and green with a black five-pointed star in the center taking up all of the width of the yellow stripe, touching the red and green stripes.
Flag of Ghana on Wikipedia
- Grenada
These are surrounded by a red border charged with six five-pointed yellow stars – three at the top centre and three at the bottom centre – along with an additional star on a red disc at the centre and a nutmeg at the hoist triangle.
Flag of Grenada on Wikipedia
- Guinea-Bissau
The black star symbolises the leadership of the PAIGC, with its colour representing the people of Africa.
Flag of Guinea-Bissau on Wikipedia
- Honduras
The flag of Honduras consists of three equal horizontal stripes of turquoise blue, white and the same shade of blue, with five turquoise stars arranged in a quincuncial pattern at the centre of the middle stripe.
Flag of Honduras on Wikipedia
- Hong Kong
The five stars of the Chinese national flag are replicated on the petals of the flower.
Flag of Hong Kong on Wikipedia
- Israel
It is a white banner with three blue (tekhelet) symbols: a pair of horizontal tallit-like stripes above and below a centred Star of David.
Flag of Israel on Wikipedia
- Liberia
The Liberian flag has similar red and white stripes, as well as a blue square with a white star in the canton.
Flag of Liberia on Wikipedia
- Libya
A white star and crescent is located in the center of the flag.
Flag of Libya on Wikipedia
- Macau
According to the Basic Law of Macau, the Macau Regional Flag is a green flag with five stars, a lotus flower, a bridge and sea water.
Flag of Macau on Wikipedia
- Malaysia
The national flag of Malaysia, also known as the Stripes of Glory (Jalur Gemilang, also "Stripes of Excellence"), is composed of a field of 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly, and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star known as the Bintang Persekutuan (Federal Star).
Flag of Malaysia on Wikipedia
- Mauritania
The national flag of Mauritania is a green field bordered above and below by a horizontal red band and charged in the centre with an upward-pointing golden star and crescent.
Flag of Mauritania on Wikipedia
- Micronesia
The four white stars are oriented in a circle with none of the "rays" pointing inwards, adorning a shade of blue representing the Pacific Ocean.
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia on Wikipedia
- Morocco
It has a red field with a green pentagram in the center.
Flag of Morocco on Wikipedia
- Mozambique
On the left side, there shall be a red triangle, in the center of which there shall be a star.
Flag of Mozambique on Wikipedia
- Myanmar
The State Flag of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is a horizontal rectangular tricolor flag of yellow, green, and red with a large white five-pointed star in the center.
Flag of Myanmar on Wikipedia
- Nauru
The design symbolically depicts Nauru's geographical position, with a star just south of the Equator.
Flag of Nauru on Wikipedia
- New Zealand
The flag of New Zealand (Māori: te haki o Aotearoa), also known as the New Zealand Ensign, is based on the British maritime Blue Ensign – a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton or upper hoist corner – augmented or defaced with four red stars centred within four white stars, representing the Southern Cross constellation.
Flag of New Zealand on Wikipedia
- Niue
It consists of the Union Jack in the upper left corner with a star in the middle of the Union Jack and four stars forming a diamond around it.
Flag of Niue on Wikipedia
- North Korea
The central red panel bears a five-pointed red star within a white circle near the hoist.
Flag of North Korea on Wikipedia
- Northern Mariana Islands
The flag consists of three symbols: a white star representing the United States, a gray latte stone representing the Chamorro people, and a multi-colored mwarmwar (floral wreath) representing the Carolinians.
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands on Wikipedia
- Pakistan
The national flag of Pakistan, also known as the Flag of the Star and Crescent (Parcham-e-Sitāra-o-Hilāl; پرچمِ ستارہ و ہلال), is made up of a green field with a stylized tilted white descending crescent moon and five-pointed star at its centre, and a vertical white stripe at its hoist-end.
Flag of Pakistan on Wikipedia
- Panama
The stars and quarters are said to stand for the rival political parties, and the white is said to stand for the peace in which they operate.
Flag of Panama on Wikipedia
- Papua New Guinea
The upper triangle is red with a Raggiana bird-of-paradise in gold yellow and the lower triangle is black with five white stars forming the shape of the Southern Cross.
Flag of Papua New Guinea on Wikipedia
- Paraguay
The emblem on the obverse side is the national seal of Paraguay: a yellow five-pointed star surrounded by a green wreath of palm and olive leaves tied with ribbons of the colour of the stripes, and capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY ("Republic of Paraguay" in Spanish), all within two concentric circles).
Flag of Paraguay on Wikipedia
- Philippines
The national flag of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang Watawat ng Pilipinas), also known as Three Stars and a Sun (Filipino: Tatlong Bituin at Isang Araw), is a horizontal bicolor flag with equal bands of royal blue and crimson red, with a white, equilateral triangle at the hoist.
Flag of the Philippines on Wikipedia
- Puerto Rico
It consists of five equal horizontal stripes, alternating from red to white, with a blue equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bearing a large, sharp, upright, five-pointed white star in the center.
Flag of Puerto Rico on Wikipedia
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
The national flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis consists of a yellow-edged black band containing two white stars that divides diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and red lower triangle.
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis on Wikipedia
- Samoa
The flag of Samoa (Samoan: fu‘a o Sāmoa) is a red field with a blue canton bearing five white five-pointed stars arranged to form the Southern Cross constellation.
Flag of Samoa on Wikipedia
- São Tomé and Príncipe
The national flag of São Tomé and Príncipe is a horizontal triband of green, yellow, and green, with a red isosceles triangle at the hoist and two five-pointed black stars on the yellow band.
Flag of S%C3%A3o Tom%C3%A9 and Pr%C3%ADncipe on Wikipedia
- Senegal
The national flag of Senegal (drapeau national du Sénégal) is a tricolour consisting of three vertical green, yellow and red bands charged with a five-pointed green star at the centre.
Flag of Senegal on Wikipedia
- Singapore
The design is a horizontal bicolour of red above white, overlaid in the canton (upper hoist quarter) by a white crescent moon facing a pentagon of five small white five-pointed stars.
Flag of Singapore on Wikipedia
- Slovenia
The coat of arms is a shield with the image of Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the centre; beneath it are two wavy blue lines representing the Adriatic Sea and local rivers, and above it are three six-pointed golden stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
Flag of Slovenia on Wikipedia
- Solomon Islands
The flag of Solomon Islands consists of a thin yellow diagonal stripe from the lower hoist-side corner, with a blue upper triangle and green lower triangle, and the canton charged with five white stars.
Flag of Solomon Islands on Wikipedia
- Somalia
The white five-pointed star represents the five regions in which the Somalis reside.
Flag of Somalia on Wikipedia
- South Sudan
Another difference between the flags of Sudan and South Sudan is that there is a yellow star inside the blue triangle (like the flag of the Belgian Congo), representing the national unity of South Sudan.
Flag of South Sudan on Wikipedia
- Suriname
The flag of Suriname is composed of five horizontal bands of green (top, double width), white, red (quadruple width), white, and green (double width) with a large, yellow, five-pointed star in the centre.
Flag of Suriname on Wikipedia
- Syria
The flag of Syria, commonly known as the Syrian flag or the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic, is a rectangular tricolour with three stars.
Flag of Syria on Wikipedia
- Tajikistan
The flag of Tajikistan is an unequal horizontal tricolour of red, white, and green, defaced with a yellow crown surmounted by an arc of seven stars at the centre.
Flag of Tajikistan on Wikipedia
- Timor-Leste
The national flag of Timor-Leste (bandeira nacional de Timor-Leste; bandeira nasionál) consists of a red field with the black isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side bearing a white five-pointed star in the center superimposed on the larger yellow triangle, also based on the hoist-side, that extends to the center of the flag.
Flag of Timor-Leste on Wikipedia
- Togo
The national flag of Togo consists of five horizontal stripes, alternating between green and yellow, with a red square bearing a five-pointed white star in the canton.
Flag of Togo on Wikipedia
- Tunisia
In the center of the cloth in a white disk is placed a red crescent, surrounding a red five-pointed star on three sides.
Flag of Tunisia on Wikipedia
- Türkiye
The national flag of Turkey, officially the Turkish flag (Turkish: Türk bayrağı), features a white crescent and star in a red background on its emblem, based on the 18th-century flag of the Ottoman Empire.
Flag of Turkey on Wikipedia
- Turkmenistan
The national flag of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň baýdagy) features a white crescent and five stars representing the five regions of the country and the Five Pillars of Islam.
Flag of Turkmenistan on Wikipedia
- Tuvalu
The national flag of Tuvalu is a light blue field with the Union Jack in the canton and nine yellow five-pointed stars on the fly (right) half of the flag.
Flag of Tuvalu on Wikipedia
- United States
The national flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
Flag of the United States on Wikipedia
- Uzbekistan
The national flag of Uzbekistan, officially the state flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan, consists of a horizontal triband of dark azure blue, white and dark green, separated by two thin red fimbriations, with a white crescent moon and twelve white stars in the canton.
Flag of Uzbekistan on Wikipedia
- Vietnam
The golden star symbolizes the soul of the nation and the five points of the star represents the five main classes in Vietnamese society—intellectuals, farmers, workers, entrepreneurs, and soldiers.
Flag of Vietnam on Wikipedia
- Western Sahara
The national flag of Western Sahara or the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic uses a national flag consisting of a black, white and green horizontal tricolor charged with a red star and crescent in the center stripe and a red chevron at the hoist.
Flag of Western Sahara on Wikipedia
- Zimbabwe
The national flag of Zimbabwe consists of seven even horizontal stripes of green, gold, red and black with a white triangle containing a red five-pointed star with a Zimbabwe Bird.
Flag of Zimbabwe on Wikipedia
How a flag gets onto this list
A flag is here because its own English Wikipedia article says so, in the sentence printed under it. Nothing was decided by looking at the picture: colours can be measured off a drawing and a lion cannot, so this list defers to a source anybody can check rather than to our opinion of what we are seeing.
That also means the list is short rather than wrong. Where an article never gets round to describing what is on the flag, that flag is missing from these lists even though the symbol is plainly there — and we would rather be caught missing one than caught inventing one.