The Oldest National Flags Still in Use

A handful of designs have survived centuries essentially unchanged, which makes them among the oldest continuously used symbols anywhere.

#	Country	Capital	Detail
1	Austria	Vienna	1230
2	Netherlands	Amsterdam	1572
3	Denmark	Copenhagen	1625
4	France	Paris	1794
5	United Kingdom	London	1801
6	Chile	Santiago	1817
7	Norway	Oslo	1821
8	Peru	Lima	1825
9	Uruguay	Montevideo	1830
10	Belgium	Brussels	1831
11	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	1844
12	Liberia	Monrovia	1847
13	Bolivia	Sucre	1851
14	Argentina	Buenos Aires	1861
15	Colombia	Bogotá	1861
16	San Marino	City of San Marino	1862
17	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	1866
18	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	1866
19	Japan	Tokyo	1870
20	Guatemala	Guatemala City	1871
21	Tonga	Nuku'alofa	1875
22	Monaco	Monaco	1881
23	Switzerland	Bern	1889
24	Ecuador	Quito	1900
25	Cuba	Havana	1902

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