Country flag emojis use pairs of Regional Indicator
Symbols matching ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. For example, the US flag uses Regional Indicator U + S.
Subdivision flags like England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ use tag sequences with ISO 3166-2 codes.
Flag Emojis โ Complete Collection
Flag emojis bring national identity, pride, and international context to digital conversations. This comprehensive collection includes country flags ๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฏ๐ต๐ง๐ท, territory flags, pride flags ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ, subdivision flags ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ, and special symbol flags ๐๐ฉ๐ด๐ณ๏ธ. Flag emojis are among the most culturally significant emoji categories, used in sports events, travel posts, national holidays, international business, language learning, and cultural celebrations worldwide.
Country flag emojis are technically constructed from pairs of Regional Indicator Symbols that map to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. For example, the Indian flag ๐ฎ๐ณ combines Regional Indicator I and Regional Indicator N (the ISO code "IN" for India). This clever encoding system means that new country or territory flags can be added without requiring new Unicode characters โ just new valid combinations. The system covers every UN-recognized sovereign state, plus territories, dependencies, and special regions.
Every flag emoji card below includes the flag, country or territory name, region, and a one-click copy and paste button. Flag emojis pair beautifully with Travel Emojis for vacation posts, Food Emojis for cuisine content, and Activity Emojis for international sports coverage. Browse our full Emoji Search tool for cross-category exploration.
All Flag Emojis
๐ณ๏ธ
White Flag
Surrender, peace
๐ด
Black Flag
Pirate, dark
๐
Checkered Flag
Racing finish
๐ฉ
Triangular Flag
Red flag, warning
๐
Crossed Flags
Japan celebration
๐ดโโ ๏ธ
Pirate Flag
Jolly Roger
๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Rainbow Flag
LGBTQ+ pride
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Transgender Flag
Trans pride
๐ฆ๐ซ
Afghanistan
AF โ South Asia
๐ฆ๐ฑ
Albania
AL โ Europe
๐ฉ๐ฟ
Algeria
DZ โ North Africa
๐ฆ๐ธ
American Samoa
AS โ Oceania
๐ฆ๐ฉ
Andorra
AD โ Europe
๐ฆ๐ด
Angola
AO โ Africa
๐ฆ๐ฌ
Antigua & Barbuda
AG โ Caribbean
๐ฆ๐ท
Argentina
AR โ South America
๐ฆ๐ฒ
Armenia
AM โ West Asia
๐ฆ๐บ
Australia
AU โ Oceania
๐ฆ๐น
Austria
AT โ Europe
๐ฆ๐ฟ
Azerbaijan
AZ โ West Asia
๐ง๐ธ
Bahamas
BS โ Caribbean
๐ง๐ญ
Bahrain
BH โ Middle East
๐ง๐ฉ
Bangladesh
BD โ South Asia
๐ง๐ง
Barbados
BB โ Caribbean
๐ง๐พ
Belarus
BY โ Europe
๐ง๐ช
Belgium
BE โ Europe
๐ง๐ฟ
Belize
BZ โ Central America
๐ง๐ฏ
Benin
BJ โ West Africa
๐ง๐น
Bhutan
BT โ South Asia
๐ง๐ด
Bolivia
BO โ South America
๐ง๐ฆ
Bosnia & Herzegovina
BA โ Europe
๐ง๐ผ
Botswana
BW โ Southern Africa
๐ง๐ท
Brazil
BR โ South America
๐ง๐ณ
Brunei
BN โ Southeast Asia
๐ง๐ฌ
Bulgaria
BG โ Europe
๐ง๐ซ
Burkina Faso
BF โ West Africa
๐ง๐ฎ
Burundi
BI โ East Africa
๐ฐ๐ญ
Cambodia
KH โ Southeast Asia
๐จ๐ฒ
Cameroon
CM โ Central Africa
๐จ๐ฆ
Canada
CA โ North America
๐จ๐ป
Cape Verde
CV โ West Africa
๐จ๐ซ
Central African Rep.
CF โ Central Africa
๐น๐ฉ
Chad
TD โ Central Africa
๐จ๐ฑ
Chile
CL โ South America
๐จ๐ณ
China
CN โ East Asia
๐จ๐ด
Colombia
CO โ South America
๐ฐ๐ฒ
Comoros
KM โ East Africa
๐จ๐ฌ
Congo - Brazzaville
CG โ Central Africa
๐จ๐ฉ
Congo - Kinshasa
CD โ Central Africa
๐จ๐ท
Costa Rica
CR โ Central America
๐ญ๐ท
Croatia
HR โ Europe
๐จ๐บ
Cuba
CU โ Caribbean
๐จ๐พ
Cyprus
CY โ Europe
๐จ๐ฟ
Czechia
CZ โ Europe
๐ฉ๐ฐ
Denmark
DK โ Europe
๐ฉ๐ฏ
Djibouti
DJ โ East Africa
๐ฉ๐ฒ
Dominica
DM โ Caribbean
๐ฉ๐ด
Dominican Republic
DO โ Caribbean
๐ช๐จ
Ecuador
EC โ South America
๐ช๐ฌ
Egypt
EG โ North Africa
๐ธ๐ป
El Salvador
SV โ Central America
๐ฌ๐ถ
Equatorial Guinea
GQ โ Central Africa
๐ช๐ท
Eritrea
ER โ East Africa
๐ช๐ช
Estonia
EE โ Europe
๐ช๐น
Ethiopia
ET โ East Africa
๐ซ๐ฏ
Fiji
FJ โ Oceania
๐ซ๐ฎ
Finland
FI โ Europe
๐ซ๐ท
France
FR โ Europe
๐ฌ๐ฆ
Gabon
GA โ Central Africa
๐ฌ๐ฒ
Gambia
GM โ West Africa
๐ฌ๐ช
Georgia
GE โ West Asia
๐ฉ๐ช
Germany
DE โ Europe
๐ฌ๐ญ
Ghana
GH โ West Africa
๐ฌ๐ท
Greece
GR โ Europe
๐ฌ๐ฉ
Grenada
GD โ Caribbean
๐ฌ๐น
Guatemala
GT โ Central America
๐ฌ๐ณ
Guinea
GN โ West Africa
๐ฌ๐พ
Guyana
GY โ South America
๐ญ๐น
Haiti
HT โ Caribbean
๐ญ๐ณ
Honduras
HN โ Central America
๐ญ๐ฐ
Hong Kong
HK โ East Asia
๐ญ๐บ
Hungary
HU โ Europe
๐ฎ๐ธ
Iceland
IS โ Europe
๐ฎ๐ณ
India
IN โ South Asia
๐ฎ๐ฉ
Indonesia
ID โ Southeast Asia
๐ฎ๐ท
Iran
IR โ Middle East
๐ฎ๐ถ
Iraq
IQ โ Middle East
๐ฎ๐ช
Ireland
IE โ Europe
๐ฎ๐ฑ
Israel
IL โ Middle East
๐ฎ๐น
Italy
IT โ Europe
๐ฏ๐ฒ
Jamaica
JM โ Caribbean
๐ฏ๐ต
Japan
JP โ East Asia
๐ฏ๐ด
Jordan
JO โ Middle East
๐ฐ๐ฟ
Kazakhstan
KZ โ Central Asia
๐ฐ๐ช
Kenya
KE โ East Africa
๐ฐ๐ผ
Kuwait
KW โ Middle East
๐ฐ๐ฌ
Kyrgyzstan
KG โ Central Asia
๐ฑ๐ฆ
Laos
LA โ Southeast Asia
๐ฑ๐ป
Latvia
LV โ Europe
๐ฑ๐ง
Lebanon
LB โ Middle East
๐ฑ๐พ
Libya
LY โ North Africa
๐ฑ๐ฎ
Liechtenstein
LI โ Europe
๐ฑ๐น
Lithuania
LT โ Europe
๐ฑ๐บ
Luxembourg
LU โ Europe
๐ฒ๐ด
Macao
MO โ East Asia
๐ฒ๐ฌ
Madagascar
MG โ East Africa
๐ฒ๐ผ
Malawi
MW โ East Africa
๐ฒ๐พ
Malaysia
MY โ Southeast Asia
๐ฒ๐ป
Maldives
MV โ South Asia
๐ฒ๐ฑ
Mali
ML โ West Africa
๐ฒ๐น
Malta
MT โ Europe
๐ฒ๐ฝ
Mexico
MX โ North America
๐ฒ๐ณ
Mongolia
MN โ East Asia
๐ฒ๐ช
Montenegro
ME โ Europe
๐ฒ๐ฆ
Morocco
MA โ North Africa
๐ฒ๐ฟ
Mozambique
MZ โ East Africa
๐ฒ๐ฒ
Myanmar
MM โ Southeast Asia
๐ณ๐ฆ
Namibia
NA โ Southern Africa
๐ณ๐ต
Nepal
NP โ South Asia
๐ณ๐ฑ
Netherlands
NL โ Europe
๐ณ๐ฟ
New Zealand
NZ โ Oceania
๐ณ๐ฎ
Nicaragua
NI โ Central America
๐ณ๐ช
Niger
NE โ West Africa
๐ณ๐ฌ
Nigeria
NG โ West Africa
๐ฐ๐ต
North Korea
KP โ East Asia
๐ฒ๐ฐ
North Macedonia
MK โ Europe
๐ณ๐ด
Norway
NO โ Europe
๐ด๐ฒ
Oman
OM โ Middle East
๐ต๐ฐ
Pakistan
PK โ South Asia
๐ต๐ธ
Palestine
PS โ Middle East
๐ต๐ฆ
Panama
PA โ Central America
๐ต๐ฌ
Papua New Guinea
PG โ Oceania
๐ต๐พ
Paraguay
PY โ South America
๐ต๐ช
Peru
PE โ South America
๐ต๐ญ
Philippines
PH โ Southeast Asia
๐ต๐ฑ
Poland
PL โ Europe
๐ต๐น
Portugal
PT โ Europe
๐ต๐ท
Puerto Rico
PR โ Caribbean
๐ถ๐ฆ
Qatar
QA โ Middle East
๐ท๐ด
Romania
RO โ Europe
๐ท๐บ
Russia
RU โ Europe/Asia
๐ท๐ผ
Rwanda
RW โ East Africa
๐ธ๐ฆ
Saudi Arabia
SA โ Middle East
๐ธ๐ณ
Senegal
SN โ West Africa
๐ท๐ธ
Serbia
RS โ Europe
๐ธ๐ฌ
Singapore
SG โ Southeast Asia
๐ธ๐ฐ
Slovakia
SK โ Europe
๐ธ๐ฎ
Slovenia
SI โ Europe
๐ธ๐ด
Somalia
SO โ East Africa
๐ฟ๐ฆ
South Africa
ZA โ Southern Africa
๐ฐ๐ท
South Korea
KR โ East Asia
๐ธ๐ธ
South Sudan
SS โ East Africa
๐ช๐ธ
Spain
ES โ Europe
๐ฑ๐ฐ
Sri Lanka
LK โ South Asia
๐ธ๐ฉ
Sudan
SD โ North Africa
๐ธ๐ช
Sweden
SE โ Europe
๐จ๐ญ
Switzerland
CH โ Europe
๐ธ๐พ
Syria
SY โ Middle East
๐น๐ผ
Taiwan
TW โ East Asia
๐น๐ฟ
Tanzania
TZ โ East Africa
๐น๐ญ
Thailand
TH โ Southeast Asia
๐น๐ฌ
Togo
TG โ West Africa
๐น๐น
Trinidad & Tobago
TT โ Caribbean
๐น๐ณ
Tunisia
TN โ North Africa
๐น๐ท
Tรผrkiye
TR โ Europe/Asia
๐น๐ฒ
Turkmenistan
TM โ Central Asia
๐บ๐ฌ
Uganda
UG โ East Africa
๐บ๐ฆ
Ukraine
UA โ Europe
๐ฆ๐ช
United Arab Emirates
AE โ Middle East
๐ฌ๐ง
United Kingdom
GB โ Europe
๐บ๐ธ
United States
US โ North America
๐บ๐พ
Uruguay
UY โ South America
๐บ๐ฟ
Uzbekistan
UZ โ Central Asia
๐ป๐ช
Venezuela
VE โ South America
๐ป๐ณ
Vietnam
VN โ Southeast Asia
๐พ๐ช
Yemen
YE โ Middle East
๐ฟ๐ฒ
Zambia
ZM โ Southern Africa
๐ฟ๐ผ
Zimbabwe
ZW โ Southern Africa
๐ช๐บ
European Union
EU โ Europe
๐บ๐ณ
United Nations
UN โ International
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
England
GB-ENG โ UK
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Scotland
GB-SCT โ UK
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Wales
GB-WLS โ UK
How Flag Emojis Work ๐ณ๏ธ
Flag emojis use an ingenious encoding system within Unicode. Country flags are formed by combining two Regional Indicator Symbol characters that correspond to a country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. The letter "A" through "Z" each have a Regional Indicator counterpart (U+1F1E6 through U+1F1FF). When two Regional Indicators are placed together and form a valid country code, platforms render them as a single flag image. For example, ๐ซ๐ท France uses Regional Indicator F (U+1F1EB) plus Regional Indicator R (U+1F1F7), matching the ISO code "FR".
Subdivision flags like ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England, ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland, and ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales use a different mechanism called tag sequences. These start with the black flag emoji ๐ด followed by hidden tag characters that spell out an ISO 3166-2 subdivision code, ending with a cancel tag. This system was designed to be extensible for future subdivision flags. Understanding this technical foundation helps developers and content creators work with flag emojis effectively across different platforms and technology systems.
Popular Country Flags ๐
The most frequently used country flag emojis reflect global population, internet usage, and cultural influence. The USA flag ๐บ๐ธ, Indian flag ๐ฎ๐ณ, UK flag ๐ฌ๐ง, and Japanese flag ๐ฏ๐ต consistently rank among the most-used flags worldwide. In South America, the Brazilian flag ๐ง๐ท and Argentine flag ๐ฆ๐ท dominate, especially during football events. European flags like Germany ๐ฉ๐ช, France ๐ซ๐ท, Spain ๐ช๐ธ, and Italy ๐ฎ๐น are heavily used in travel and cuisine content.
Asian flags including South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท, China ๐จ๐ณ, Thailand ๐น๐ญ, and Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ reflect the massive digital populations of these nations. Middle Eastern flags like Saudi Arabia ๐ธ๐ฆ, UAE ๐ฆ๐ช, and Turkey ๐น๐ท appear frequently in travel and business contexts. African flags such as Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ, South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ, Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช, and Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ represent the continent's growing digital presence. Flag emojis serve as instant cultural identifiers โ a single emoji communicates nationality, heritage, travel destination, or team allegiance without any text needed.
Pride & Special Flags ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Pride flag emojis represent identity, community, and inclusion in digital spaces. The rainbow flag ๐ณ๏ธโ๐, officially called "Rainbow Flag" in Unicode, represents LGBTQ+ pride and community. It was added to Unicode in 2016 as a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence combining ๐ณ๏ธ White Flag + ๐ Rainbow. The transgender flag ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ was added in 2020, combining ๐ณ๏ธ White Flag + โง๏ธ Transgender Symbol, representing transgender pride and visibility.
Special-purpose flags include ๐ Checkered Flag (racing finish lines, motorsport), ๐ฉ Triangular Flag (marking, "red flag" in dating culture), ๐ Crossed Flags (Japanese celebration), ๐ด Black Flag (pirate culture, anarchism), and ๐ณ๏ธ White Flag (surrender, peace). The pirate flag ๐ดโโ ๏ธ combines ๐ด Black Flag with โ ๏ธ Skull and Crossbones. These special flags carry rich cultural meaning beyond their literal definitions and are widely used in social media reactions, memes, and symbolic communication.
Flags in Social Media & Sports โฝ
Flag emojis play a crucial role in social media culture and international sports content. During major events like the FIFA World Cup, Olympics, and Cricket World Cup, flag emoji usage spikes dramatically as fans rally around their national teams. Sports commentators, news outlets, and fan accounts use flag emojis in match previews (๐ง๐ท vs ๐ฉ๐ช), score updates, and celebration posts. The combination of flag + sport emoji (e.g., ๐ฎ๐ณ๐, ๐ง๐ทโฝ, ๐บ๐ธ๐) creates instantly recognizable content tags.
Travel influencers add country flags to destination posts, creating visual travel logs in their feeds and stories. Food bloggers use flags to identify cuisine origins โ ๐ฎ๐น๐ Italian pizza, ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฃ Japanese sushi, ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ Mexican tacos. Language learners include flags in study posts and flashcards. Businesses use flag emojis to indicate market availability, shipping regions, and multilingual support. On platforms like X (Twitter) and Instagram, flag emojis in display names signal nationality, diaspora identity, or solidarity with causes and communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Over 250 flag emojis exist in Unicode, covering every
UN-recognized country plus territories, dependencies, and special regions like the EU, UN, and UK
subdivisions.
The rainbow flag ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ represents LGBTQ+ pride, and the
transgender flag ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ represents the transgender community. These are formed using Zero Width Joiner
sequences with the white flag emoji.
Windows historically displays country flags as two-letter
country codes rather than flag images. This is a platform design choice by Microsoft. Flags display
correctly as images on iOS, Android, macOS, and most other operating systems.
Click the Copy button on any flag emoji card on this page.
The flag emoji is instantly copied to your clipboard and ready to paste into WhatsApp, Instagram, X
(Twitter), email, or any application.
Country & Pride Flags in Multiple Languages
Show your pride and heritage. Learn the meaning of the US flag emoji in Spanish (bandera de estados unidos), the Indian flag in Hindi (เคญเคพเคฐเคคเฅเคฏ เคเคเคกเคพ เคเคฎเฅเคเฅ), or the rainbow flag in Japanese (่น่ฒใฎๆใฎ็ตตๆๅญ). EmojiCircle provides the definitive collection of national and pride flag emojis.
- Search for country flag emoji meaning in Hindi and English
- Best pride emojis ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ to show support globally