Gallery of country and territory flags in the order of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes edit

Historical country and territory flags, as well as historical ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes edit

Current ISO 3166-3 codes for former countries are in parentheses.

Notes edit

  1. Dissolved on 2010-10-10 into Curaçao, Sint Maarten and three special municipalities of the Netherlands, the ISO code was deleted two months later.
  2. Became de jure independent state from Yugoslavia on 1992-04-07 and joined the UN on 1992-05-22. The exact date when the ISO code was assigned is not known.
  3. Changed name to Myanmar on 1989-06-18, the ISO code was changed six months later.
  4. Changed name to Belarus on 1991-09-19, the ISO name was changed nine months later.
  5. Dissolved on 1993-01-01 into Czech Republic and Slovakia, the ISO code was deleted five months later.
  6. Dissolved on 2006-06-03 into separate countries of Montenegro and Serbia, the ISO code was deleted three months later.
  7. Merged with Kiribati on 1983-09-23, the ISO code was deleted in the following year.
  8. Merged with the Federal Republic of Germany on 1990-10-03, the ISO code was deleted four weeks later.
  9. Changed name to Benin on 1975-11-30, but the ISO code was not changed until two years later.
  10. Became a disputed territory after Spain withdrew, but the ISO name was presumably not changed until only nine years later in 1985.
  11. Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia on 1993-05-24 and joined the UN on 1993-05-28, the ISO code was assigned two months later.
  12. a b It is unknown if Tuvalu got its own ISO code in 1977, a year after separating from the Gilbert Islands or only in 1979 when the Gilbert Islands got independence as Kiribati.
  13. Became de jure independent state from the USSR on 1991-12-26 and joined the UN on 1992-07-31, the ISO code was assigned four weeks later.
  14. Split from the Falkland Islands on 1985-10-03, but the ISO code was not assigned until only eight years later.
  15. Divided into Saint Kitts and Nevis (got independence in 1983) and Anguilla on 1980-12-19, but Anguilla was not assigned its own ISO code and Saint Kitts and Nevis' ISO name was not changed until presumably five years later.
  16. Became de jure independent state from the USSR on 1991-09-06 and joined the UN on 1991-09-17. The ISO codes for Estonia (EE), Latvia (LV) and Lithuania were decided in January 1992, but were not officially assigned until June, when most of the other republics got their codes.
  17. The UN General Assembly awarded Libya's UN seat to the National Transitional Council on 2011-09-16 and the name was shortened from Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to Libya, the ISO name was changed two months later.
  18. Declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 and became de jure independent state while joining the UN on 1993-04-08, the ISO code was assigned three months later.
  19. Officially ceased to exist on June 1991, but the ISO code was not deleted until two years later.
  20. Merged with Panama on 1979-10-01, the ISO code was deleted in the following year.
  21. Became the USSR's successor state when it dissolved on 1991-12-26, the ISO code was assigned six months later.
  22. Changed name to Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha on 2009-09-01, the ISO name was changed five months later. This flag is still in use in the island of Saint Helena alone, while Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha have their own flags.
  23. Dissolved on 1991-12-26 into 10 independent states excluding Belarus and Ukraine, which already had their own ISO codes due to being UN members since 1945 (the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was recognized by the USSR in September 1991). Most of the new countries, including the Baltic states, were assigned their ISO codes on 1992-06-15 and Georgia on 1992-08-28. The code SU was eventually deleted from ISO 3166 on 1992-08-30.
  24. a b Became de jure independent state from the USSR on 1991-12-26 and joined the UN on 1992-03-02, the ISO code was assigned three months later.
  25. Indonesia invaded and annexed East Timor in 1975–1976, the ISO name was changed in the following year.
  26. Changed name to Ukraine on 1991-08-24, the ISO name was changed eight months later.
  27. a b The two Vietnams were merged on 1976-07-02, the ISO code of North Vietnam was deleted in the following year.
  28. a b The two Yemens were merged on 1990-05-22, the ISO code of South Yemen was deleted three months later.
  29. Changed name to Serbia and Montenegro on 2003-02-04, the ISO code was changed five months later.
  30. Changed name to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 1997-05-17, the ISO name was changed two months later.