Timeline of national flags explained

This article contains a list of the flags and/or modifications made on the flags of current sovereign nations.

States with limited recognition

Country	Before 1900	1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s					Current	Country
Abkhazia	1866																					1921					1931		1935	1937	1938						1951																					1992																				Abkhazia
Kosovo																																																													1999					2008												Kosovo
Northern Cyprus																																																						1984																								Northern Cyprus
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic																																																		1976																												Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Somaliland													1903																								1950	1952				1960															1991			1994																		Somaliland
South Ossetia																																																										1992																				South Ossetia
Transnistria																														1937	1938	1940																						1992																				Transnistria
Country	Before 1900																																																																		Current	Country
	1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s

See also

• Timeline of national independence
• Timeline of U.S. state flags
• List of sovereign states by date of current flag adoption

Notes and References

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