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Flags with a cross

19 of the 196 national flags here have a cross in the design.

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  • Flag of Australia
  • Flag of Denmark
  • Flag of Dominica
  • Flag of Dominican Republic
  • Flag of Fiji
  • Flag of Finland
  • Flag of Georgia
  • Flag of Greece
  • Flag of Iceland
  • Flag of Malta
  • Flag of New Zealand
  • Flag of Norway
  • Flag of Serbia
  • Flag of Slovakia
  • Flag of Sweden
  • Flag of Switzerland
  • Flag of Tonga
  • Flag of Tuvalu
  • Flag of United Kingdom

What the list shows

19 of the 196 national flags here have a cross in the design. That is 10% of the flags in this list, counting a cross of any kind, including a Nordic cross and the small cross inside an emblem. The list is the 196 states the United Nations recognises as members or observers, plus Kosovo; territories are left out because most of them share their parent's flag.

By continent: Europe 11 of 46, Oceania 5 of 14, North America 2 of 22, Asia 1 of 47. Europe has the most (11), and Oceania has the highest share (36% of its flags).

Colours and layout

Colours on these flags: white on 18, red on 16, blue on 13, yellow on 4. For comparison, red is on 77% of all 196 flags and white on 69%.

Layout: 0 of these 19 are built from stripes (0 horizontal, 0 vertical) and 19 are not. Across all 196 flags the stripe share is 42%.

Other symbols alongside

10 of the 19 have no other symbol at all. The ones that share space with another symbol most often pair it with diagonal cross (5), star (4), coat of arms (4).

Capitals of the first few, to place them: Australia (Canberra), Denmark (Copenhagen), Dominica (Roseau), Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo), Fiji (Suva), and so on down the list. The shortest names here are Fiji, Malta and Tonga.

How the labels were made: colours are measured from the flag image (a colour counts if it covers at least 0.6% of the flag, edges excluded, so a small emblem can add a colour), and symbols were labelled by hand. A flag with a detailed coat of arms can legitimately appear under several symbols. If a flag looks mislabelled, the corrections link on the about page is the way to say so.

How the flags are labelled. Images are from the open-source flag-icons set (MIT). Colours are measured from each image; symbols are labelled by hand. Names follow the source lists and do not imply any judgment on the status of any territory. Sources and limits.

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