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Sovereign-state flags in 1959

Sovereign states

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Afghanistan
 
Albania
 
Andorra (until mid-1959)
 
Andorra (from mid-1959)
 
Argentina
 
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Australia
 
Austria
 
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Belgium
 
Bhutan
 
Bolivia
 
Brazil
 
Bulgaria
 
Burma
 
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Cambodia
 
Canada
 
Ceylon
 
Chile
 
People's Republic of China
 
Republic of China
 
Colombia
 
Costa Rica
 
Cuba (until 1 January)
 
Cuba (from 1 January)
 
Czechoslovakia
 
Denmark
 
Dominican Republic
 
Ecuador
 
El Salvador
 
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Ethiopia
 
Eritrea
 
Finland
 
France
 
East Germany (until 1 October)
 
East Germany (from 1 October)
 
West Germany
 
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Ghana
 
Greece
 
Guatemala
 
Guinea
 
Haiti
 
Honduras
 
Hungary
 
Iceland
 
India
 
Indonesia
 
Iran
 
Iraq (from 1 January)
 
Ireland
 
Israel
 
Italy
 
Japan
 
Jordan
 
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
 
North Korea
 
South Korea
 
Laos
 
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Lebanon
 
Liberia
 
Libya
 
Liechtenstein
 
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Luxembourg
 
Malaya
 
Mexico
 
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Monaco
 
Mongolia
 
Morocco
 
Muscat and Oman
 
Nepal
 
Netherlands
 
New Zealand
 
Nicaragua
 
Norway
 
Pakistan
 
Panama
 
Paraguay
 
Paraguay
 
Peru
 
Philippines
 
Poland
 
Portugal
 
Romania
 
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
 
San Marino
 
Saudi Arabia
 
South Africa
 
South Maluku
 
Soviet Union
 
Spain
 
Sudan
 
Sweden
 
Switzerland
 
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Thailand
 
Tunisia (until 1 June)
 
Tunisia (from 1 June)
 
Turkey
 
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
United Arab Republic
 
United Kingdom
 
United States (until 4 July)
 
United States (from 4 July)
 
Uruguay
 
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Vatican City
 
Venezuela
 
North Vietnam
 
South Vietnam
 
Yemen
 
Yugoslavia

Colonies, concessions, possessions, protectorates, mandates and territories

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Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
 
Christmas Island (Australia)
 
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
 
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
 
Nauru (Australia)
 
Norfolk Island (Australia)
 
Papua and New Guinea (Australia)
 
Belgian Congo (Belgium)
 
Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)
 
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
 
Åland Islands (Finland)
 
Clipperton Island (France)
 
French Algeria (France)
 
French Cameroon (until 31 December; France)
 
French Community (France)
 
French Comoros (France)
 
French Guiana (France)
 
French Polynesia (France)
 
French Somaliland (France)
 
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)
 
Gambier Islands (France)
 
Guadeloupe (France)
 
Malagasy Republic (France)
 
Martinique (France)
 
New Caledonia (France)
 
New Hebrides (France)
 
Réunion (France)
 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
 
Togo (France)
 
Wallis and Futuna (France)
 
Somaliland (Italy)
 
Netherlands Antilles (until 19 November; Netherlands)
 
Netherlands Antilles (from 19 November; Netherlands)
 
New Guinea (Netherlands)
 
Suriname (until mid-1959; Netherlands)
 
Suriname (from mid-1959; Netherlands)
 
Cook Islands (New Zealand)
 
Niue (New Zealand)
 
Ross Dependency (New Zealand)
 
Tokelau 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 Angola (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Cape Verde (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)
 
Portuguese India (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Macau (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Mozambique (Portugal)
 
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Timor (Portugal)
 
South West Africa (South Africa)
 
Ceuta (Spain)
 
Fernando Pó (from 30 June; Spain)
 
Ifni (Spain)
 
Río Muni (from 30 June; Spain)
 
Spanish Guinea (until 30 June; Spain)
 
Spanish Sahara (Spain)
 
Aden (United Kingdom)
 
Bahamas (United Kingdom)
 
Bahrain (United Kingdom)
 
Basutoland (United Kingdom)
 
Bechuanaland (United Kingdom)
 
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
 
British Cameroons (United Kingdom)
 
British Guiana (United Kingdom)
 
British Honduras (United Kingdom)
 
British Somaliland (United Kingdom)
 
British Western Pacific Territories (United Kingdom)
 
Brunei (until 29 September; United Kingdom)
 
Brunei (from 29 September; United Kingdom)
 
Canton and Enderbury Islands ​(United Kingdom and United States)
 
Cyprus (United Kingdom)
 
Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Fiji (United Kingdom)
 
Gambia (United Kingdom)
 
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
 
Guernsey (United Kingdom)
 
Herm (United Kingdom)
 
Hong Kong (until 29 July; United Kingdom)
 
Hong Kong (from 29 July; United Kingdom)
 
Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
 
Jersey (United Kingdom)
 
Kenya (United Kingdom)
 
Kuwait (United Kingdom)
 
Maldive Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Malta (United Kingdom)
 
Mauritius (United Kingdom)
 
Nigeria (United Kingdom)
 
North Borneo (United Kingdom)
 
Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Qatar (United Kingdom)
 
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (United Kingdom)
 
Saint Helena (United Kingdom)
 
Sarawak (United Kingdom)
 
Sark (United Kingdom)
 
Seychelles (United Kingdom)
 
Sierra Leone (United Kingdom)
 
Sikkim (India)
 
Singapore ​(until 3 December; United Kingdom)
 
Singapore ​(from 3 December; United Kingdom)
 
South Orkney Islands (United Kingdom)
 
South Shetland Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Swaziland (United Kingdom)
 
Tanganyika (United Kingdom)
 
Tonga (United Kingdom)
 
Trucial States (United Kingdom)
 
Uganda (United Kingdom)
 
West Indies Federation (United Kingdom)
 
Zanzibar (United Kingdom)
 
Alaska (until 3 January; United States)
 
American Samoa (until 4 July; United States)
 
American Samoa (from 4 July; United States)
 
Baker Island (until 4 July; United States)
 
Baker Island (from 4 July; United States)
 
Corn Islands (until 4 July; United States)
 
Corn Islands (from 4 July; United States)
 
Guam (United States)
 
Hawaii (until 21 August; United States)
 
Howland Island (until 4 July; United States)
 
Howland Island (from 4 July; United States)
 
Jarvis Island (until 4 July; United States)
 
Jarvis Island (from 4 July; United States)
 
Johnston Atoll (until 4 July; United States)
 
Johnston Atoll (from 4 July; United States)
 
Kingman Reef (until 4 July; United States)
 
Kingman Reef (from 4 July; United States)
 
Midway Atoll (until 4 July; United States)
 
Midway Atoll (from 4 July; United States)
 
Navassa Island (until 4 July; United States)
 
Navassa Island (from 4 July; United States)
 
Palmyra Atoll (until 4 July; United States)
 
Palmyra Atoll (from 4 July; United States)
 
Panama Canal Zone (United States)
 
Petrel Islands (until 4 July; United States)
 
Petrel Islands (from 4 July; United States)
 
Puerto Rico (United States)
 
Quita Sueno Bank (until 4 July; United States)
 
Quita Sueno Bank (from 4 July; United States)
 
Roncador Bank (until 4 July; United States)
 
Roncador Bank (from 4 July; United States)
 
Serrana Bank (until 4 July; United States)
 
Serrana Bank (from 4 July; United States)
 
Serranilla Bank (until 4 July; United States)
 
Serranilla Bank (from 4 July; United States)
 
Swan Islands (until 4 July; United States)
 
Swan Islands (from 4 July; United States)
 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (until 4 July; United States)
 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (from 4 July; United States)
 
United States Virgin Islands (United States)
 
Wake Island (until 4 July; United States)
 
Wake Island (from 4 July; United States)

Australian states

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New South Wales
 
Queensland
 
South Australia
 
Tasmania
 
Victoria
 
Western Australia

Canadian states

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Alberta
 
British Columbia
 
Manitoba
 
New Brunswick
 
Newfoundland
 
Northwest Territories
 
Nova Scotia
 
Ontario
 
Prince Edward Island
 
Quebec
 
Saskatchewan
 
Yukon Territory

Sovereign U.S. states

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Alabama
 
Alaska (from 3 January)
 
Arizona
 
Arkansas
 
California
 
Colorado
 
Connecticut
 
Delaware
 
Florida
 
Georgia
 
Hawaii (from 21 August)
 
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

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Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli
 
San Juan
 
Sumatra
 
Suvadive Islands (from January 3, 1959)
 
Tibet

International organizations

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Comecon
 
East African High Commission
 
European Coal and Steel Community
 
European Union
 
Federation of Vexillological Associations (from mid-1959)
 
League of Arab States
 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 
Red Crescent
 
Red Cross
 
Red Lion and Sun
 
Red Magen David
 
Scout Movement
 
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
 
United Nations

Other culturals

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Buddhism
 
Esperanto
 
Pan-African Flag
 
Romani
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