Flags with a sun on them
A sun, rayed or plain, rising or full. 18 flags on this site carry one, and each says where that is written down.
- Antigua and Barbuda
The design is a red field with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge of the field pointed toward the bottom edge of the field bearing the horizontal tricolour of black, light blue (half width) and white with the rising sun centred on top of the black band.
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda on Wikipedia
- Argentina
The full flag featuring the sun is called the Official Ceremonial Flag (Bandera Oficial de Ceremonia).
Flag of Argentina on Wikipedia
- Bangladesh
The circularity of the red design indicates the rising sun, similar to the Japanese flag.
Flag of Bangladesh on Wikipedia
- Japan
The size of the disc remained the same, but the sun disc was placed one-twentieth (1⁄20) towards the hoist.
Flag of Japan on Wikipedia
- Kazakhstan
The State Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a turquoise banner consisting of a 32-ray gold sun above a soaring golden steppe eagle, with the hoist side displaying a national ornamental pattern "qoşqar-müiız".
Flag of Kazakhstan on Wikipedia
- Kiribati
The flag of Kiribati (buraki ni Kiribati) is red in the upper half with a gold frigatebird (Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei) flying over a gold rising sun (otintaai), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the three archipelagoes (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands).
Flag of Kiribati on Wikipedia
- Kyrgyzstan
The State Flag of the Kyrgyz Republic consists of a red field charged with a yellow sun that contains a depiction of a tündük, the opening in the center of the roof of a yurt (traditional nomadic tent).
Flag of Kyrgyzstan on Wikipedia
- Malawi
A rising sun against a black field is also present in the coat of arms of Malawi and in the flag it officially represents the dawn of hope and freedom for the continent of Africa (when the flag was created, more countries in Africa were gaining independence from European rule).
Flag of Malawi on Wikipedia
- Mongolia
The Soyombo symbol is a geometric abstraction that represents fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and a Yin and Yang symbol representing two fish as in Mongol mythology fish never sleep thus symbolizing that the spirit of the Mongol people never sleeps.
Flag of Mongolia on Wikipedia
- Namibia
The flag of Namibia consists of a red bend sinister fimbriated white, separating a blue upper triangle charged with a twelve-rayed yellow sun from a green lower triangle.
Flag of Namibia on Wikipedia
- Nepal
One popular interpretation is that the symbols of the moon and sun represent peace and hard work, respectively.
Flag of Nepal on Wikipedia
- Nicaragua
The 5 volcanoes represent the original 5 member states, the Cap of Liberty represents national freedom, and the rays of the sun and the rainbow are symbolic of the bright future to come.
Flag of Nicaragua on Wikipedia
- North Macedonia
The national flag of North Macedonia depicts a stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the center to the edge of the field.
Flag of North Macedonia 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
- Rwanda
The national flag of Rwanda is a horizontal tricolour consisting of a light blue top half, two equal bands of yellow and green in the bottom half, and a golden sun in the upper fly-side corner.
Flag of Rwanda on Wikipedia
- Sint Maarten
The crest consists of a pelican in front of a yellow sun, while the motto in Latin on a ribbon scroll under the escutcheon – Semper progrediens – means 'always progressing'.
Flag of Sint Maarten on Wikipedia
- Taiwan
The flag of the Republic of China, commonly called the flag of Taiwan, consists of a red field with a blue canton bearing a white disk surrounded by twelve triangles; said symbols symbolize the sun and rays of light emanating from it, respectively.
Flag of the Republic of China on Wikipedia
- Uruguay
The canton is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy.
Flag of Uruguay 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.