Learn country flags
Similar flags compared: pictures and key differences
See commonly confused country flags next to each other. Compare stripe order, symbols and proportions. The pictures are not cropped, so differences in shape remain visible.
Romania and Chad
Both have vertical blue, yellow and red stripes. Chad usually uses a darker blue. Image files and screens can affect how clear this difference looks, so colour alone is a difficult memory aid.
Indonesia, Monaco and Poland
Indonesia and Monaco have red above white. Indonesia’s height-to-width ratio is 2:3; Monaco’s is 4:5, making it less elongated. Poland has white above red.
Ireland and Côte d’Ivoire
From left to right, Ireland reads green–white–orange; Côte d’Ivoire reads orange–white–green. Remember that Ireland starts with green.
Netherlands and Luxembourg
Both have horizontal red, white and blue stripes. Luxembourg uses a lighter blue. Compare the bottom stripe, bearing in mind that screens can make colour differences less obvious.
Guinea and Mali
Guinea starts with red and ends with green. Mali starts with green and ends with red. Both keep yellow in the middle.
Senegal and Cameroon
Senegal has green–yellow–red stripes with a green central star. Cameroon has green–red–yellow stripes with a yellow central star. Check the middle stripe first, then the star.