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Flag Quiz

Look at a flag and guess the country. You can also find the flag for a country, or name its capital city.

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Which country has this flag?

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ver 1.0.0 · Updated

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  1. · ver 1.0.0Added the version label and release notes.
  2. Added the English version.
  3. First published.

How to play the Flag Quiz

This is a free flags of the world quiz. A flag appears and you pick the country it belongs to from four choices. Two more question types turn it around: find the right flag for a country, or name a country’s capital city. It is a single-player game that runs in your browser, with nothing to install and no account to make. Every answer, right or wrong, can teach you something, because the quiz shows the country’s capital, its region and a short description of the flag whenever you slip.

Guess the country from the flag

The game screen. Ten progress dots at the top, then “Which country has this flag?” and the flag of Kenya. Below are four buttons: Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and Zimbabwe. Note 1: flags keep their real proportions. Note 2: choose with the buttons or the 1 to 4 keys
The wrong answers come from the same region or have look-alike flags.

A flag appears on the card, and you choose the country from four buttons; on a computer the 1–4 keys work too. The wrong answers are picked on purpose. They come from the same part of the world, or they share colors and layout with the right flag. For Kenya’s flag, for example, you might see Uganda and South Sudan, which also use black, red and green. Telling apart flags that really are similar is what makes the knowledge stick.

Find the flag for a country

The Country to flag question. The card says Romania, a country in Europe. Below are four flag buttons: Moldova, Chad, Romania and Andorra. Chad and Romania both have vertical blue, yellow and red stripes
Some flags are almost identical, like Romania (3) and Chad (2).

In Country → flag you see a country name and its region, and you pick its flag from four. Flags come in many different proportions, so each button shows the flag in its real shape inside the same frame. This mode is a good test of whether you remember the details, not just the colors.

Name the capital city

The Capitals question. The card shows the flag of Australia and the name Australia, with “Capital ?”. Below are four buttons: Wellington, Canberra, Suva and Port Moresby
In some countries the capital is not the biggest city.

In Capitals you see the flag and the country name and choose the capital city. The wrong answers are capitals from the same region, so Australia’s question might offer Wellington, Suva and Port Moresby alongside Canberra. A few countries are left out of the capital questions because the capital is disputed internationally (Israel), was only just moved (Equatorial Guinea), or because the whole country is a single city (Singapore, Monaco and Vatican City). Their fact cards still explain the situation.

When you get one wrong

After a wrong answer. For the flag of Ireland the player chose Côte d’Ivoire, which is crossed out, and Ireland has a green frame. The fact card shows the flag of Ireland, the capital Dublin, the region Europe and the description Vertical green, white and orange stripes, next to the small flag of Côte d’Ivoire marked Look-alike flags
You see the right country’s details next to the flag you chose.

A wrong answer is crossed out and the right one gets a green frame. A fact card appears with the right country’s name, official name, capital, region and a one-line description of its flag. The flag you picked is shown beside it so you can compare the two, and pairs that are famously easy to mix up, such as Chad and Romania or Ireland and Côte d’Ivoire, are marked Look-alike flags. Press the right answer and then Next to continue. When the round is over, the questions you missed, and any where you used a hint, come back once more until you get them all.

Game modes

ModeWhat you playWhat is saved
PracticeChoose the question type (flag → country, country → flag or capitals), the countries and 10, 20 or all questionsRounds played and perfect rounds, for each type and set of countries
Daily 10Ten questions chosen by the date, from all countries. Everyone gets the same set on the same dayYour streak of days for each question type
Weak flagsUp to 20 questions you have missed beforeHow many weak flags are left

You can play with the Well-known set of 51 countries, with All 195, or with one of five regions. The well-known set mixes large and frequently mentioned countries from every continent, so it is the best place to start. Under the settings you can also see how many flags you have answered right on the first try so far.

Country names and capitals

Country names follow the short English names used by the United Nations, in the everyday form most people use: South Korea rather than Republic of Korea, Russia rather than Russian Federation, Vietnam, Iran and Bolivia. Where a country’s current name is newer than the one many people grew up with, the older name is shown in small type: Türkiye (Turkey), Czechia (Czech Republic), Eswatini (Swaziland), Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), Timor-Leste (East Timor), Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Myanmar (Burma). The two Congos appear as DR Congo and Republic of the Congo. Capitals use the common English spelling, and the fact card adds a note where the situation is unusual: Bolivia’s constitutional capital is Sucre while the government sits in La Paz, the Dutch government works in The Hague although Amsterdam is the capital, and several countries, including Nigeria, Tanzania and Palau, have moved their capital in recent decades.

How the countries are grouped into regions

The five regions and their numbers of countries: Asia 45 (flags of Japan, India, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye), Europe 45 (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia), Africa 54 (Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana), Americas 35 (United States, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina), Oceania 16 (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea), and the Well-known set of 51 (China, South Korea, Italy, Canada)
Regions follow the geographic grouping used in United Nations statistics.

The regions follow the United Nations geoscheme: Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas (North, Central and South America and the Caribbean) and Oceania. The Middle East and Central Asia count as Asia. A handful of countries straddle two continents or are grouped differently in different atlases:

CountryRegion hereNote
RussiaEuropeMost of its land is in Asia, but Moscow is on the European side
Türkiye, KazakhstanAsiaPart of each country lies in Europe
Georgia, Armenia, AzerbaijanAsiaOn the border between Asia and Europe
CyprusAsiaAn island in the eastern Mediterranean and a member of the EU
EgyptAfricaThe Sinai Peninsula in the east is in Asia

Why the flags have different shapes

Flags shown at the same height: Switzerland 1:1 square, Japan 2:3, United States 10:19, Nepal not a rectangle, Qatar 11:28 very wide
Each country sets its own flag proportions.

Every country decides the proportions of its own flag. Japan’s is 2:3, the United States uses 10:19, Switzerland and Vatican City are square, Qatar is a very long 11:28, and Nepal’s flag is not a rectangle at all but two stacked pennants. Many books and websites squeeze every flag into the same box, but this quiz shows each flag in its real shape, which is sometimes the best clue you have. The flag images are based on public-domain images from Wikimedia Commons.

Tips for learning the flags of the world

1. Sort flags into families by color

Flags often share colors because of shared history or ideas. Many African flags use red, yellow and green; many Arab flags use red, white, black and green; and the Nordic countries all use an off-center cross. Start by grouping flags into families like these, then look for the one detail that sets each member apart.

2. Learn look-alike flags in pairs

Pairs of look-alike flags: Chad and Romania (different shades of blue), Indonesia and Monaco (different proportions), Ireland and Côte d’Ivoire (mirror images), Australia and New Zealand (different star colors and numbers)
Pick one difference for each pair and remember that.

Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco, Ireland and Côte d’Ivoire, Australia and New Zealand: some flags are nearly twins. When the fact card says Look-alike flags, compare the two side by side and choose one difference to remember, such as the color on the hoist side or the number of stars.

3. Work through one region at a time

Trying to learn 195 flags at once is hard. Start with the well-known countries or a single region, so the same flags come up again and again. Keeping a map open beside the quiz helps too, because neighboring countries often have related flags.

4. Learn capitals together with flags

The capital questions show the flag and the country together, which links all three facts in your memory. Pay special attention to countries whose capital is not the largest city: Australia (Canberra), Canada (Ottawa), Türkiye (Ankara) and Brazil (Brasília) catch many people out.

5. Come back to your weak flags

Every question you miss is saved as a weak flag on your device, and it leaves the list once you answer it right on the first try twice in a row. A good routine is to play the Daily 10 each day for new flags and then clear your weak flags from time to time. Questions where you used a hint don’t count as first-try correct, so they come back at the end of the round.

Flag quiz FAQ

How many flags are in the quiz?

There are 195 national flags, split into five regions: 45 in Asia, 45 in Europe, 54 in Africa, 35 in the Americas and 16 in Oceania. You can play all of them, one region, or the 51 well-known countries.

Which flags are the hardest?

Near-identical pairs cause the most mistakes: Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco, Ireland and Côte d’Ivoire, and Australia and New Zealand. Small island nations in the Caribbean and the Pacific are also tricky, simply because they are less familiar.

Why does it say Türkiye and not Turkey?

Türkiye is the name the country asked the United Nations to use in 2022, and it is now the official English short name. Turkey is still widely understood, so it appears next to it in small type. Czechia, Eswatini and Cabo Verde are similar cases.

Is my progress saved?

Yes, on your own device. Your records, weak flags and an unfinished round are stored in your browser, so you can close the page and pick up later with Continue. There is no sign-in, and nothing is sent anywhere.

Does it work on a Chromebook, iPad or phone?

Yes. It runs in any modern browser and every answer can be given by tapping. The flag images are small, and only the flags you need are loaded. Sound effects are off until you turn them on.

A short history of national flags

Flags have long served as signs for armies, ships and ruling families. The idea of one flag standing for a whole nation spread with sea travel, when ships began flying the colors of their home country, and most of today’s national flags were adopted when a country became independent or changed its system of government. That is why so many flags carry stories of independence, religion or landscape in their colors and symbols, and why neighboring countries with a shared past often have similar designs. Japan’s flag, for instance, was fixed by law in 1999 as a red disc on a white field in the proportion 2:3. If a flag catches your eye, its country’s official website or embassy is a good place to read what the colors mean.

Flags of the world by region (195 countries)

All the flags in this quiz, with each country’s capital.

Asia (45 countries)

Europe (45 countries)

Africa (54 countries)

Americas (35 countries)

Oceania (16 countries)