How many flags can you identify in a row?
Each round shows one of the 197 national flags and four countries to choose from. The wrong answers are chosen to be plausible, from flags with a similar design or countries on the same continent, but only one answer is ever right. Keep the streak going as long as you can.
How to play
- A national flag fills the board, with four country names below it. Pick the country the flag belongs to.
- A correct answer is revealed, adds one to your streak and brings up the next round automatically.
- One wrong answer ends the run, and the right answer is highlighted. There is no timer; press Finish to end a run early.
- Where other flags look like the right one, one or two of the wrong answers are those countries; the rest come from the same continent. Flags that differ only in shade or proportions (Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco, and Luxembourg and the Netherlands) are never offered together, so every round has one clear answer. All 197 flags come up once, in shuffled order, before any repeats.
- Your result is saved in this browser. Once enough people have played a game, the results also show how your score ranks, and you can copy or share an image of your result, or replay.
Tips for playing
When two options share the same colours, stop looking at the colours and find what differs: the order of the stripes, an emblem or star, a crescent, or the shade of blue. After a run, the answer review shows which flag caught you.
All 197 flags and their closest look-alikes
Show all 197 flags
Africa (54)
| Flag | Country | Flags that look most alike |
|---|---|---|
 | Algeria | — |
 | Angola | Egypt |
 | Benin | Republic of the Congo |
 | Botswana | Somalia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Argentina |
 | Burkina Faso | Belarus, Gambia, Bolivia, Niger |
 | Burundi | — |
 | Cameroon | — |
 | Cape Verde | Micronesia, Somalia, Kosovo, Nauru |
 | Central African Republic | — |
 | Chad | Andorra, Moldova, Belgium, France, Romania (never offered together) |
 | Comoros | — |
 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Somalia |
 | Djibouti | — |
 | Egypt | Yemen, Iraq, Sudan, Angola |
 | Equatorial Guinea | Iran, Kuwait |
 | Eritrea | — |
 | Eswatini | Cambodia |
 | Ethiopia | — |
 | Gabon | Sierra Leone |
 | Gambia | India, Hungary, Niger, Burkina Faso |
 | Ghana | Bolivia, India, Niger, Burkina Faso |
 | Guinea | — |
 | Guinea-Bissau | — |
 | Ivory Coast | Nigeria |
 | Kenya | Malawi, South Sudan |
 | Lesotho | Uzbekistan |
 | Liberia | — |
 | Libya | — |
 | Madagascar | — |
 | Malawi | Kenya |
 | Mali | Senegal, Mexico, Portugal, Belgium |
 | Mauritania | Maldives |
 | Mauritius | Rwanda |
 | Morocco | China, Vietnam, Türkiye, Tunisia |
 | Mozambique | — |
 | Namibia | — |
 | Niger | India, Hungary, Tajikistan, Gambia |
 | Nigeria | Saudi Arabia, Ivory Coast, Ireland, Italy |
 | Republic of the Congo | Benin, Mali |
 | Rwanda | Mauritius, Ukraine |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | Guyana |
 | Senegal | Mali, Mexico, Portugal, Italy |
 | Seychelles | — |
 | Sierra Leone | Gabon |
 | Somalia | Micronesia, Kosovo, Nauru, Saint Lucia |
 | South Africa | — |
 | South Sudan | Kenya |
 | Sudan | Yemen, Iraq, Egypt |
 | Tanzania | — |
 | Togo | — |
 | Tunisia | Morocco, China, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan |
 | Uganda | — |
 | Zambia | Saudi Arabia |
 | Zimbabwe | — |
Asia (49)
| Flag | Country | Flags that look most alike |
|---|---|---|
 | Afghanistan | — |
 | Armenia | — |
 | Azerbaijan | Uzbekistan |
 | Bahrain | Malta, Tonga, Türkiye, China |
 | Bangladesh | Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Dominica |
 | Bhutan | — |
 | Brunei | — |
 | Cambodia | North Korea, Eswatini |
 | China | Morocco, Türkiye, Vietnam, Tunisia |
 | Cyprus | Japan, South Korea |
 | Georgia | Japan |
 | India | Hungary, Niger, Tajikistan, Gambia |
 | Indonesia | Singapore, Monaco (never offered together) |
 | Iran | Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait |
 | Iraq | Yemen, Egypt, Sudan |
 | Israel | — |
 | Japan | South Korea, Cyprus, Georgia |
 | Jordan | Palestine |
 | Kazakhstan | Somalia, Micronesia, Kosovo, Nauru |
 | Kuwait | Equatorial Guinea, Iran |
 | Kyrgyzstan | Vietnam, Morocco, China, Tunisia |
 | Laos | — |
 | Lebanon | Austria |
 | Malaysia | — |
 | Maldives | Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Türkiye |
 | Mongolia | — |
 | Myanmar | Lithuania |
 | Nepal | — |
 | North Korea | Cambodia, Costa Rica |
 | Oman | Belarus |
 | Pakistan | Saudi Arabia |
 | Palestine | Jordan |
 | Philippines | Liechtenstein |
 | Qatar | — |
 | Saudi Arabia | Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Zambia, Brazil |
 | Singapore | Indonesia, Monaco |
 | South Korea | Japan, Cyprus |
 | Sri Lanka | — |
 | Syria | United Arab Emirates |
 | Taiwan | Samoa, Tonga, China, Türkiye |
 | Tajikistan | Hungary, India, Niger, Gambia |
 | Thailand | Russia |
 | Timor-Leste | China, Türkiye, Morocco, Vietnam |
 | Türkiye | China, Morocco, Vietnam, Tunisia |
 | Turkmenistan | Saudi Arabia |
 | United Arab Emirates | Syria |
 | Uzbekistan | Lesotho, Azerbaijan |
 | Vietnam | Morocco, Kyrgyzstan, China, Türkiye |
 | Yemen | Iraq, Egypt, Sudan |
Europe (45)
| Flag | Country | Flags that look most alike |
|---|---|---|
 | Albania | Morocco, Vietnam, China, Tunisia |
 | Andorra | Romania, Chad, Moldova |
 | Austria | Latvia, Switzerland, Denmark, Lebanon |
 | Belarus | Burkina Faso, Oman |
 | Belgium | Mali, Romania, Chad |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Barbados, Micronesia, Somalia, Kosovo |
 | Bulgaria | Lithuania |
 | Croatia | Netherlands, Paraguay, Luxembourg |
 | Czechia | Chile, Poland, Russia, Slovenia |
 | Denmark | Latvia, Türkiye, Switzerland, Tunisia |
 | Estonia | — |
 | Finland | — |
 | France | Italy, Moldova, Peru, Romania |
 | Germany | — |
 | Greece | — |
 | Hungary | India, Niger, Tajikistan, Gambia |
 | Iceland | Nicaragua, Honduras, Somalia, Botswana |
 | Ireland | Italy, Nigeria |
 | Italy | Mexico, France, Ireland, Mali |
 | Kosovo | Somalia, Palau, Micronesia, Saint Lucia |
 | Latvia | Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Türkiye |
 | Liechtenstein | Haiti, Philippines, Samoa, Taiwan |
 | Lithuania | Myanmar, Bulgaria |
 | Luxembourg | Paraguay, Croatia, Netherlands (never offered together) |
 | Malta | Bahrain, Tonga |
 | Moldova | Romania, Chad, Andorra, France |
 | Monaco | Singapore, Indonesia (never offered together) |
 | Montenegro | Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, China |
 | Netherlands | Paraguay, Croatia, Luxembourg (never offered together) |
 | North Macedonia | Vietnam |
 | Norway | Austria, Latvia |
 | Poland | Chile, Czechia, Tonga, Slovakia |
 | Portugal | Mali, Senegal |
 | Romania | Andorra, Moldova, Belgium, France, Chad (never offered together) |
 | Russia | Slovenia, Slovakia, Czechia, Thailand |
 | San Marino | — |
 | Serbia | — |
 | Slovakia | Russia, Slovenia, Poland |
 | Slovenia | Russia, Slovakia, Czechia |
 | Spain | — |
 | Sweden | Nauru, Palau, Kosovo, Somalia |
 | Switzerland | Tunisia, Latvia, Morocco, Vietnam |
 | Ukraine | Rwanda |
 | United Kingdom | — |
 | Vatican City | — |
North America (23)
| Flag | Country | Flags that look most alike |
|---|---|---|
 | Antigua and Barbuda | — |
 | Bahamas | — |
 | Barbados | Palau, Kosovo, Saint Lucia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
 | Belize | — |
 | Canada | Peru |
 | Costa Rica | North Korea |
 | Cuba | — |
 | Dominica | Bangladesh |
 | Dominican Republic | — |
 | El Salvador | Nicaragua, Argentina, Honduras, Botswana |
 | Grenada | — |
 | Guatemala | Saint Lucia, Somalia, Micronesia, Kosovo |
 | Haiti | Liechtenstein |
 | Honduras | Nicaragua, Argentina, El Salvador, Botswana |
 | Jamaica | — |
 | Mexico | Italy, Mali, Senegal |
 | Nicaragua | El Salvador, Honduras, Argentina, Botswana |
 | Panama | — |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — |
 | Saint Lucia | Somalia, Micronesia, Kosovo, Palau |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | Albania, Morocco, China, Vietnam |
 | United States | — |
South America (12)
| Flag | Country | Flags that look most alike |
|---|---|---|
 | Argentina | El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Botswana |
 | Bolivia | Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger, Gambia |
 | Brazil | Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh |
 | Chile | Poland, Czechia |
 | Colombia | Ecuador, Venezuela |
 | Ecuador | Colombia, Venezuela |
 | Guyana | Sao Tome and Principe |
 | Paraguay | Netherlands, Luxembourg, Croatia |
 | Peru | Switzerland, Tunisia, Denmark, Canada |
 | Suriname | — |
 | Uruguay | — |
 | Venezuela | Colombia, Ecuador |
Oceania (14)
| Flag | Country | Flags that look most alike |
|---|---|---|
 | Australia | New Zealand, Tuvalu, Fiji, Micronesia |
 | Fiji | New Zealand, Australia, Tuvalu, Micronesia |
 | Kiribati | — |
 | Marshall Islands | Somalia, Micronesia, Kosovo, Nauru |
 | Micronesia | Somalia, Nauru, Kosovo, Saint Lucia |
 | Nauru | Micronesia, Somalia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan |
 | New Zealand | Australia, Tuvalu, Fiji, Micronesia |
 | Palau | Kosovo, Somalia, Micronesia, Saint Lucia |
 | Papua New Guinea | — |
 | Samoa | Taiwan, Tonga, China, Morocco |
 | Solomon Islands | — |
 | Tonga | China, Türkiye, Morocco, Vietnam |
 | Tuvalu | New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Micronesia |
 | Vanuatu | — |
Look-alikes compare the colour layout of every pair of flags, closest first. Up to two of the listed countries can appear as wrong answers; a dash means no flag is close enough, and that round’s wrong answers come from the same continent.
Frequently asked questions
How are the wrong answers chosen?
Each round has one right answer and three wrong ones. Where other flags look like the right one, one or two of the wrong answers are those countries, found by comparing the layout and colours of every pair of the 197 flags; the rest come from the same continent as the right answer.
Can two options have identical flags?
No. Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco, and Luxembourg and the Netherlands differ only in shade or proportions, so they never appear in the same round.
How many flags are in the game?
197, one for each country in the world map quiz, including Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan and Vatican City. They come up in shuffled order, and none repeats until all have appeared.
What happens if I pick the wrong country?
The run ends, the right answer is highlighted and your streak is saved. Press Replay to start a new run.
Which flags look most alike?
By the game’s colour-layout measure, these groups of three are each other’s closest matches: Australia, New Zealand and Tuvalu; Chile, Czechia and Poland; Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela; Cyprus, Japan and South Korea; Egypt, Iraq and Yemen; Equatorial Guinea, Iran and Kuwait; Hungary, India and Niger; Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Closer still are Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco, and Luxembourg and the Netherlands, which the game never offers together.
How look-alike flags are found
Every flag is drawn at the same size, and each small area of it is sorted into a colour family: red, maroon, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, black or grey. Two flags count as alike when most areas fall into the same family, which picks out shared layouts such as tricolours, crosses and stars on blue.
Pairs that match almost everywhere cannot be told apart without seeing them side by side, so the game never offers them together: Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco, and Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Sources
Source: Wikimedia Commons · Retrieved September 2026
Bundled SVG flags in each flag’s official proportions: the current national flag Wikidata lists for each country, drawn from Wikimedia Commons. All are public domain except the flag of Oman, used under the Open Government Licence – Oman 1.0. Country names and accepted aliases follow the same 197-entry list as our world map quiz. This is a versioned collection, not a daily update.
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