Sovereign-state flags in 1945

Sovereign states

Afghanistan

Albania

Andorra

Argentina

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

Australia

Allied-occupied Austria (from 27 April)

Azad Hind (until 18 August)

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

Belgium

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burma (until 19 August)

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

Cambodia (13 March to 16 October)

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Czechoslovakia (from 8 May)

Denmark (from 5 May)

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

Ethiopia

Finland

France

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

Flensburg Government (until 9 May)

Allied-occupied Germany (from 9 May)

Greece

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia (from 17 August)

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Italy

Japan (until 15 August)

Allied-occupied Japan (from 15 August)

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

Korea (from 15 August)

Laos (8 April to 12 October)

Laos (12 to 24 October)

Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

Lebanon

Liberia

Liechtenstein

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

Luxembourg

Mexico

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

Monaco

Mongolia (until 10 June)

Mongolia (from 10 June)

Nepal

Netherlands (from 5 May)

Newfoundland

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Norway

Panama

Paraguay

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines (until 17 August)

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

San Marino

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Soviet Union

Spain (until 11 October)

Spain (from 11 October)

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

Thailand (until 7 September)/Siam (from 7 September)

Tibet

Tripura

Turkey

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Vatican City

Venezuela

Vietnam (11 March to 12 June)

Vietnam (12 June to 25 August)

Republic of Vietnam (from 25 August)

Yemen

Yugoslavia

Colonies, concessions, possessions, protectorates, mandates and territories

Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)

Nauru (from 21 August; Australia)

New Guinea (from 15 August; Australia)

Norfolk Island (Australia)

Papua (from 15 August; Australia)

Belgian Congo (Belgium)

Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)

Faroe Islands (from 13 May; Denmark)

Greenland (from 5 May; Denmark)

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Egypt and United Kingdom)

Åland (Finland)

Adélie Land (France)

Clipperton Island (France)

French Algeria (France)

French Cameroon (France)

French Chad (France)

French Equatorial Africa (France)

Fezzan-Ghadames (France)

French Guiana (France)

French India (France)

French Indochina (France)

French Madagascar (France)

French Morocco (France)

French Oceania (France)

French Somaliland (France)

French Togoland (France)

French Tunisia (France)

French West Africa (France)

Gambier Islands (France)

Guadeloupe (France)

Guangzhouwan (18 August-20 November; Japan)

Inini (France)

Martinique (until 1 January; France)

Martinique (from 1 January; France)

New Caledonia (France)

New Hebrides (until 29 September; France)

New Hebrides (from 29 September; France)

Réunion (France)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)

Wallis and Futuna (France)

Bohemia and Moravia (until 8 May; Germany)

Greenland (until 5 May; Denmark)

Christmas Island (until October 1945; Japan)

East Indies (until 15 August; Japan)

Gilbert Islands (until 21 August; Japan)

Guangzhouwan (until 18 August; Japan)

Hankou (until 1945; Japan)

Hong Kong (until 30 August; Japan)

Karafuto (Japan)

Korea (until 2 September; Japan)

Kwantung (until 14 August; Japan)

Malaya (until 12 September; Japan)

Nauru (until 21 August; Japan)

New Guinea (until 15 August; Japan)

North Borneo (until 12 September; Japan)

Singapore (until 12 September; Japan)

Solomon Islands (until 8 September; Japan)

South Seas Mandate (Japan)

Taiwan (until 25 October; Japan)

Tientsin (until 15 August; Japan)

Wake Island (until 4 September; Japan)

Curaçao and Dependencies (Netherlands)

Dutch East Indies (15 to 17 August; Netherlands)

Surinam (Netherlands)

Cook Islands (New Zealand)

Niue (New Zealand)

Ross Dependency (New Zealand)

Union Islands (New Zealand)

Western Samoa (New Zealand)

Bouvet Island (Norway)

Jan Mayen (Norway)

Peter I Island (Norway)

Queen Maud Land (Norway)

Svalbard (Norway)

Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Portugal)

Portuguese Cape Verde (Portugal)

Portuguese Macau (Portugal)

Portuguese East Africa (Portugal)

Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)

Portuguese India (Portugal)

Portuguese Timor (from 15 August; Portugal)

Portuguese West Africa (Portugal)

Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)

South West Africa (South Africa)

North Korea (from 24 August; Soviet Union)

Ceuta (Spain)

Ifni (until 11 October; Spain)

Ifni (from 11 October; Spain)

Spanish Guinea (until 11 October; Spain)

Spanish Guinea (from 11 October; Spain)

Spanish Morocco (until 11 October; Spain)

Spanish Morocco (from 11 October; Spain)

Spanish Sahara (until 11 October; Spain)

Spanish Sahara (from 11 October; Spain)

Tangier (until 11 October; Spain)

Aden (United Kingdom)

Bahamas (United Kingdom)

Bahrain (United Kingdom)

Barbados (United Kingdom)

Basutoland (United Kingdom)

Bechuanaland (United Kingdom)

Bermuda (United Kingdom)

Bhutan (United Kingdom)

British Cameroons (United Kingdom)

British Guiana (United Kingdom)

British Honduras (United Kingdom)

British Leeward Islands (United Kingdom)

British Somaliland (United Kingdom)

British Togoland (United Kingdom)

British Western Pacific Territories (from 21 August; United Kingdom)

British Windward Islands (United Kingdom)

Brunei (from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Burma (from 19 August; United Kingdom)

Ceylon (United Kingdom)

Cyprus (United Kingdom)

Cyrenaica (from 13 May; United Kingdom)

Eritrea (United Kingdom)

Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)

Faroe Islands (until 13 May; United Kingdom)

Federated Malay States (from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Gambia (United Kingdom)

Gibraltar (United Kingdom)

Gold Coast (United Kingdom)

Guernsey (from 9 May; United Kingdom)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands (United Kingdom)

Hong Kong (from 30 August; United Kingdom)

India (United Kingdom)

Isle of Man (United Kingdom)

Italian Somaliland (United Kingdom)

Jamaica (United Kingdom)

Jersey (from 9 May; United Kingdom)

Johor (from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Kedah (from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Kelantan (from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Kenya (United Kingdom)

South Korea (from 9 September; United States)

South Korea (from 9 September; United States)

Kuwait (United Kingdom)

Maldives (United Kingdom)

Malta (United Kingdom)

Mauritius (United Kingdom)

Muscat and Oman (United Kingdom)

Nigeria (United Kingdom)

North Borneo (from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Northern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)

Nyasaland (United Kingdom)

Palestine (United Kingdom)

Perlis (from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Qatar (United Kingdom)

Saint Helena (United Kingdom)

Sarawak (from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Sark (United Kingdom)

Seychelles (United Kingdom)

Sierra Leone (United Kingdom)

Sikkim (United Kingdom)

Somalia (United Kingdom)

South Orkney Islands (United Kingdom)

Southern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)

South Shetland Islands (United Kingdom)

Straits Settlements ​(from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Swaziland (United Kingdom)

Tanganyika (United Kingdom)

Terengganu (from 12 September; United Kingdom)

Transjordan (United Kingdom)

Trinidad and Tobago (United Kingdom)

Tripolitania (United Kingdom)

Trucial States (United Kingdom)

Uganda (United Kingdom)

Zanzibar (United Kingdom)

Alaska (United States)

American Samoa (United States)

Baker Island (United States)

Corn Islands (United States)

Guam (United States)

Hawaii (United States)

Howland Island (United States)

Jarvis Island (United States)

Johnston Atoll (United States)

Kingman Reef (United States)

Luxembourg (30 October to 2 November; United States)

Midway Atoll (United States)

Navassa Island (United States)

Palmyra Atoll (United States)

Panama Canal Zone (United States)

Petrel Islands (United States)

Philippines (from 17 August; United States)

Puerto Rico (United States)

Quita Sueno Bank (United States)

Roncador Bank (United States)

Serrana Bank (United States)

Serranilla Bank (United States)

Swan Islands (United States)

United States Virgin Islands (United States)

Wake Island (from 4 September; United States)

Australian states

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Canadian states

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon Territory

Sovereign U.S. states

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Other entities

Azerbaijan (from November 1945)

Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (until 16 August)

Croatia (until 15 May)

East Turkestan

Italian Social Republic (until 25 April)

Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (until 15 August)

Manchukuo (until 18 August)

Mengjiang (until 19 August)

Slovakia (until 4 April)

Tangier (from 11 October)

International organizations

League of Arab States (from 8 March)

Red Crescent (from 16 March)

Red Cross (from 14 March)

Red Lion and Sun (from 31 May)

United Nations (from 24 October)

Other culturals

Buddhism

Esperanto

Pan-African Flag

Romani