$716.3 million
note: full customs integration with France, which collects and
rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market
system through customs union with France (2005)
Mongolia
$1.889 billion f.o.b. (2007)
Montenegro
$171.3 million (2003)
Montserrat
$700,000 (2001)
Morocco
$12.75 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Mozambique
$2.412 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Namibia
$2.919 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Nauru
$64,000 f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Nepal
$830 million f.o.b.; note - does not include unrecorded border
trade with India (2006)
Netherlands
$456.8 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
$3.71 billion f.o.b. (2006)
New Caledonia
$1.341 billion f.o.b. (2006)
New Zealand
$27.35 billion (2007 est.)
Nicaragua
$2.313 billion f.o.b.; note - includes free trade zones
(2007 est.)
Niger
$428 million f.o.b. (2006)
Nigeria
$61.79 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Niue
$201,400 (2004)
Norfolk Island
$1.5 million f.o.b. (FY91/92)
Northern Mariana Islands
$NA
Norway
$140.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Oman
$23.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Pakistan
$18.12 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Palau
$5.882 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Panama
$9.312 billion f.o.b.; note - includes the Colon Free Zone
(2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea
$4.686 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Paraguay
$5.463 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Peru
$27.96 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Philippines
$49.32 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
$NA
Poland
$144.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Portugal
$51.5 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico
$46.9 billion f.o.b. (2001)
Qatar
$42.02 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Romania
$40.32 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Russia
$355.5 billion (2007 est.)
Rwanda
$184 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Saint Helena
$19 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
$84 million (2006)
Saint Lucia
$288 million (2006)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
$5.5 million f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$193 million (2006)
Samoa
$131 million f.o.b. (2006)
San Marino
$1.291 billion (2004)
Sao Tome and Principe
$9 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia
$226.7 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Senegal
$1.65 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Serbia
$8.824 billion (2007 est.)
Seychelles
$395 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone
$216 million f.o.b. (2006)
Singapore
$302.7 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Slovakia
$57.53 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Slovenia
$27.06 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands
$237 million f.o.b. (2006)
Somalia
$300 million f.o.b. (2006)
South Africa
$76.19 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Spain
$256.7 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka
$8.135 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Sudan
$8.879 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Suriname
$1.391 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Svalbard
$197.6 million (2004)
Swaziland
$1.926 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Sweden
$170.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Switzerland
$200.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Syria
$11.14 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Taiwan
$246.5 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
$1.606 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Tanzania
$2.227 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Thailand
$151.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste
$10 million; note - excludes oil (2005 est.)
Togo
$702 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Tokelau
$0 (2002)
Tonga
$22 million f.o.b. (2006)
Trinidad and Tobago
$13.39 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Tunisia
$15.15 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Turkey
$115.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan
$7.567 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
$169.2 million (2000)
Tuvalu
$1 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Uganda
$1.686 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Ukraine
$49.84 billion (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates
$178.9 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
United Kingdom
$442.2 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
United States
$1.148 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Uruguay
$5.063 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan
$8.05 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Vanuatu
$40 million f.o.b. (2006)
Venezuela
$69.17 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Vietnam
$48.56 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands
$4.234 billion (2001)
Wallis and Futuna
$47,450 f.o.b. (2004)
West Bank
$301 million f.o.b.; (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
Western Sahara
$NA
World
$13.89 trillion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Yemen
$7.311 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Zambia
$4.594 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe
$1.52 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
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@2079 Debt - external
Afghanistan
$8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia;
Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development
Banks (2004)
Albania
$1.55 billion (2004)
Algeria
$3.957 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
American Samoa
$NA
Andorra
$NA
Angola
$8.357 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Anguilla
$8.8 million (1998)
Antigua and Barbuda
$359.8 million (June 2006)
Argentina
$135.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Armenia
$1.372 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Aruba
$478.6 million (2005 est.)
Australia
$826.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Austria
$752.5 billion (30 June 2007)
Azerbaijan
$2.439 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bahamas, The
$342.6 million (2004 est.)
Bahrain
$7.858 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bangladesh
$21.23 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Barbados
$668 million (2003)
Belarus
$7.347 billion (31 December 2007)
Belgium
$1.313 trillion (30 June 2007)
Belize
$1.2 billion (June 2005 est.)
Benin
$1.2 billion (2007)
Bermuda
$160 million (FY99/00)
Bhutan
$713.3 million (2006)
Bolivia
$4.495 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
$6.734 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Botswana
$408 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Brazil
$229.4 billion (31 December 2007)
British Virgin Islands
$36.1 million (1997)
Brunei
$0 (2005)
Bulgaria
$34.88 billion (30 June 2007)
Burkina Faso
$1.33 billion (2007)
Burma
$7.022 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Burundi
$1.2 billion (2003)
Cambodia
$3.89 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Cameroon
$2.554 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Canada
$758.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Cape Verde
$325 million (2002)
Cayman Islands
$70 million (1996)
Central African Republic
$1.153 billion (2007 est.)
Chad
$1.6 billion (2005 est.)
Chile
$57.6 billion (31 December 2007)
China
$363 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Colombia
$41.39 billion (30 June 2007)
Comoros
$232 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$10 billion (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
$5 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands
$141 million (1996 est.)
Costa Rica
$7.416 billion (30 June 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire
$13.79 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Croatia
$46.3 billion (30 June 2007)
Cuba
$16.79 billion (convertible currency); another $15-20 billion
owed to Russia (31 December 2007 est.)
Cyprus
$26.97 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Czech Republic
$74.7 billion (31 December 2007)
Denmark
$492.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Djibouti
$428 million (2006)
Dominica
$213 million (2004)
Dominican Republic
$10.21 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ecuador
$17.12 billion (31 December 2007)
Egypt
$29.2 billion (30 June 2007)
El Salvador
$9.574 billion (December 2007)
Equatorial Guinea
$338 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Eritrea
$311 million (2000 est.)
Estonia
$24.82 billion (30 June 2007)
Ethiopia
$2.621 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
$NA
Faroe Islands
$64 million (1999)
Fiji
$127 million (2004 est.)
Finland
$271.2 billion (30 June 2007)
France
$4.396 trillion (30 June 2007)
French Polynesia
$NA
Gabon
$4.895 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gambia, The
$628.8 million (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip
$NA
Georgia
$4.5 billion (2007)
Germany
$4.489 trillion (30 June 2007)
Ghana
$4.891 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Gibraltar
$NA
Greece
$86.72 billion (31 December 2007)
Greenland
$25 million (1999)
Grenada
$347 million (2004)
Guam
$NA
Guatemala
$5.908 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guernsey
$NA
Guinea
$3.351 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
$941.5 million (2000 est.)
Guyana
$1.2 billion (2002)
Haiti
$1.475 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Honduras
$3.411 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Hong Kong
$588 billion (2007 est.)
Hungary
$125.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Iceland
$3.073 billion (2002)
India
$149.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Indonesia
$140 billion (31 December 2007)
Iran
$20.68 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Iraq
$100.9 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ireland
$1.841 trillion (30 June 2007)
Isle of Man
$NA
Israel
$89.95 billion (31 December 2007)
Italy
$996.3 billion (31 December 2007)
Jamaica
$9.657 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Japan
$1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)
Jersey
$NA
Jordan
$8.133 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kazakhstan
$96.36 billion (31 December 2007)
Kenya
$6.713 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kiribati
$10 million (1999 est.)
Korea, North
$12.5 billion (2001 est.)
Korea, South
$220.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Kosovo
according to the national bank of Serbia, Kosovo's external
debt was around $1.2 billion; Kosovo was willing to accept around
$900 million (2007)
Kuwait
$33.62 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
$2.966 billion (30 June 2007)
Laos
$3.179 billion (2006)
Latvia
$33.53 billion (31 December 2007)
Lebanon
$31.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Lesotho
$689 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Liberia
$3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Libya
$4.837 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Liechtenstein
$0 (2001)
Lithuania
$27.19 billion (31 December 2007)
Luxembourg
$NA
Macau
$0 (2006)
Macedonia
$3.967 billion (31 December 2007)
Madagascar
$4.6 billion (2002)
Malawi
$894 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Malaysia
$53.09 billion (31 December 2007)
Maldives
$482 million (2006 est.)
Mali
$2.8 billion (2002)
Malta
$188.8 million (2005)
Marshall Islands
$86.5 million (FY99/00 est.)
Mauritania
NA
Mauritius
$2.149 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mayotte
$NA
Mexico
$179.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of
$60.8 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova
$3.3 billion (31 December 2007)
Monaco
$18 billion (2000 est.)
Mongolia
$1.438 billion (2007)
Montenegro
$650 million (2006)
Montserrat
$8.9 million (1997)
Morocco
$19.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Mozambique
$4.189 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Namibia
$1.003 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nauru
$33.3 million (2002)
Nepal
$3.07 billion (March 2006)
Netherlands
$2.277 trillion (30 June 2007)
Netherlands Antilles
$2.68 billion (2004)
New Caledonia
$79 million (1998 est.)
New Zealand
$51.44 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Nicaragua
$3.341 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niger
$2.1 billion (2003 est.)
Nigeria
$8.007 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Niue
$418,000 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island
$NA
Northern Mariana Islands
$NA
Norway
$469.1 billion; note - Norway is a net external creditor (30
June 2007)
Oman
$5.297 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Pakistan
$38.8 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Palau
$0 (FY99/00)
Panama
$10.45 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea
$1.646 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Paraguay
$3.492 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Peru
$32.83 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Philippines
$61.78 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Poland
$169.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Portugal
$461.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Puerto Rico
$NA
Qatar
$33.09 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Romania
$74.54 billion (31 December 2007)
Russia
$356.5 billion (31 December 2007)
Rwanda
$1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Saint Helena
$NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis
$314 million (2004)
Saint Lucia
$257 million (2004)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
$NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$223 million (2004)
Samoa
$177 million (2004)
San Marino
$NA
Sao Tome and Principe
$318 million (2002)
Saudi Arabia
$58.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Senegal
$2.19 billion (31 December 2007)
Serbia
$26.24 billion (includes debt for Montenegro and Kosovo)
(2007 est.)
Seychelles
$1.059 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sierra Leone
$1.61 billion (2003 est.)
Singapore
$25.59 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Slovakia
$36.63 billion (31 December 2007)
Slovenia
$40.42 billion (30 June 2007)
Solomon Islands
$166 million (2004)
Somalia
$3 billion (2001 est.)
South Africa
$39.78 billion (31 December 2007)
Spain
$1.084 trillion (30 June 2007 est.)
Sri Lanka
$12.2 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Sudan
$29.42 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Suriname
$504.3 million (2005 est.)
Swaziland
$524 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Sweden
$598.2 billion (30 June 2006)
Switzerland
$1.34 trillion (30 June 2007)
Syria
$6.633 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Taiwan
$97.85 billion (31 December 2007)
Tajikistan
$1.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tanzania
$4.382 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Thailand
$59.52 billion (31 December 2007)
Togo
$2 billion (2005)
Tonga
$80.7 million (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago
$2.869 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Tunisia
$19.27 billion (December 2007)
Turkey
$247.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Turkmenistan
$1.4 billion to $5 billion (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
$NA
Tuvalu
$NA
Uganda
$1.498 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Ukraine
$69.04 billion (31 December 2007)
United Arab Emirates
$61.68 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
United Kingdom
$10.45 trillion (30 June 2007)
United States
$12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)
Uruguay
$11.42 billion (31 December 2007)
Uzbekistan
$3.927 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vanuatu
$81.2 million (2004)
Venezuela
$43.33 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Vietnam
$21.83 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Virgin Islands
$NA
Wallis and Futuna
$3.67 million (2004)
West Bank
$NA
Western Sahara
$NA
World
$51.78 trillion
note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt,
both public and private (2004 est.)
Yemen
$6.044 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zambia
$2.596 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Zimbabwe
$5.155 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
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@2080 Fiscal year
Afghanistan
21 March - 20 March
Albania
calendar year
Algeria
calendar year
American Samoa
1 October - 30 September
Andorra
calendar year
Angola
calendar year
Anguilla
1 April - 31 March
Antigua and Barbuda
1 April - 31 March
Argentina
calendar year
Armenia
calendar year
Aruba
calendar year
Australia
1 July - 30 June
Austria
calendar year
Azerbaijan
calendar year
Bahamas, The
1 July - 30 June
Bahrain
calendar year
Bangladesh
1 July - 30 June
Barbados
1 April - 31 March
Belarus
calendar year
Belgium
calendar year
Belize
1 April - 31 March
Benin
calendar year
Bermuda
1 April - 31 March
Bhutan
1 July - 30 June
Bolivia
calendar year
Bosnia and Herzegovina
calendar year
Botswana
1 April - 31 March
Brazil
calendar year
British Virgin Islands
1 April - 31 March
Brunei
1 April - 31 March
Bulgaria
calendar year
Burkina Faso
calendar year
Burma
1 April - 31 March
Burundi
calendar year
Cambodia
calendar year
Cameroon
1 July - 30 June
Canada
1 April - 31 March
Cape Verde
calendar year
Cayman Islands
1 April - 31 March
Central African Republic
calendar year
Chad
calendar year
Chile
calendar year
China
calendar year
Christmas Island
1 July - 30 June
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
1 July - 30 June
Colombia
calendar year
Comoros
calendar year
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
calendar year
Congo, Republic of the
calendar year
Cook Islands
1 April - 31 March
Costa Rica
calendar year
Cote d'Ivoire
calendar year
Croatia
calendar year
Cuba
calendar year
Cyprus
calendar year
Czech Republic
calendar year
Denmark
calendar year
Djibouti
calendar year
Dominica
1 July - 30 June
Dominican Republic
calendar year
Ecuador
calendar year
Egypt
1 July - 30 June
El Salvador
calendar year
Equatorial Guinea
calendar year
Eritrea
calendar year
Estonia
calendar year
Ethiopia
8 July - 7 July
European Union
NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1 April - 31 March
Faroe Islands
calendar year
Fiji
calendar year
Finland
calendar year
France
calendar year
French Polynesia
calendar year
Gabon
calendar year
Gambia, The
calendar year
Gaza Strip
calendar year
Georgia
calendar year
Germany
calendar year
Ghana
calendar year
Gibraltar
1 July - 30 June
Greece
calendar year
Greenland
calendar year
Grenada
calendar year
Guam
1 October - 30 September
Guatemala
calendar year
Guernsey
calendar year
Guinea
calendar year
Guinea-Bissau
calendar year
Guyana
calendar year
Haiti
1 October - 30 September
Holy See (Vatican City)
calendar year
Honduras
calendar year
Hong Kong
1 April - 31 March
Hungary
calendar year
Iceland
calendar year
India
1 April - 31 March
Indonesia
calendar year
Iran
21 March - 20 March
Iraq
calendar year
Ireland
calendar year
Isle of Man
1 April - 31 March
Israel
calendar year
Italy
calendar year
Jamaica
1 April - 31 March
Japan
1 April - 31 March
Jersey
1 April - 31 March
Jordan
calendar year
Kazakhstan
calendar year
Kenya
1 July - 30 June
Kiribati
NA
Korea, North
calendar year
Korea, South
calendar year
Kuwait
1 April - 31 March
Kyrgyzstan
calendar year
Laos
1 October - 30 September
Latvia
calendar year
Lebanon
calendar year
Lesotho
1 April - 31 March
Liberia
calendar year
Libya
calendar year
Liechtenstein
calendar year
Lithuania
calendar year
Luxembourg
calendar year
Macau
calendar year
Macedonia
calendar year
Madagascar
calendar year
Malawi
1 July - 30 June
Malaysia
calendar year
Maldives
calendar year
Mali
calendar year
Malta
calendar year
Marshall Islands
1 October - 30 September
Mauritania
calendar year
Mauritius
1 July - 30 June
Mayotte
calendar year
Mexico
calendar year
Micronesia, Federated States of
1 October - 30 September
Moldova
calendar year
Monaco
calendar year
Mongolia
calendar year
Montenegro
calendar year
Montserrat
1 April - 31 March
Morocco
calendar year
Mozambique
calendar year
Namibia
1 April - 31 March
Nauru
1 July - 30 June
Nepal
16 July - 15 July
Netherlands
calendar year
Netherlands Antilles
calendar year
New Caledonia
calendar year
New Zealand
1 April - 31 March
note: this is the fiscal year for tax purposes
Nicaragua
calendar year
Niger
calendar year
Nigeria
calendar year
Niue
1 April - 31 March
Norfolk Island
1 July - 30 June
Northern Mariana Islands
1 October - 30 September
Norway
calendar year
Oman
calendar year
Pakistan
1 July - 30 June
Palau
1 October - 30 September
Panama
calendar year
Papua New Guinea
calendar year
Paraguay
calendar year
Peru
calendar year
Philippines
calendar year
Pitcairn Islands
1 April - 31 March
Poland
calendar year
Portugal
calendar year
Puerto Rico
1 July - 30 June
Qatar
1 April - 31 March
Romania
calendar year
Russia
calendar year
Rwanda
calendar year
Saint Helena
1 April - 31 March
Saint Kitts and Nevis
calendar year
Saint Lucia
1 April - 31 March
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
calendar year
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
calendar year
Samoa
June 1 - May 31
San Marino
calendar year
Sao Tome and Principe
calendar year
Saudi Arabia
calendar year
Senegal
calendar year
Seychelles
calendar year
Sierra Leone
calendar year
Singapore
1 April - 31 March
Slovakia
calendar year
Slovenia
calendar year
Solomon Islands
calendar year
Somalia
NA
South Africa
1 April - 31 March
Spain
calendar year
Sri Lanka
calendar year
Sudan
calendar year
Suriname
calendar year
Swaziland
1 April - 31 March
Sweden
calendar year
Switzerland
calendar year
Syria
calendar year
Taiwan
calendar year
Tajikistan
calendar year
Tanzania
1 July - 30 June
Thailand
1 October - 30 September
Timor-Leste
calendar year
Togo
calendar year
Tokelau
1 April - 31 March
Tonga
1 July - 30 June
Trinidad and Tobago
1 October - 30 September
Tunisia
calendar year
Turkey
calendar year
Turkmenistan
calendar year
Turks and Caicos Islands
calendar year
Tuvalu
calendar year
Uganda
1 July - 30 June
Ukraine
calendar year
United Arab Emirates
calendar year
United Kingdom
6 April - 5 April
United States
1 October - 30 September
Uruguay
calendar year
Uzbekistan
calendar year
Vanuatu
calendar year
Venezuela
calendar year
Vietnam
calendar year
Virgin Islands
1 October - 30 September
Wallis and Futuna
calendar year
West Bank
calendar year
Western Sahara
calendar year
Yemen
calendar year
Zambia
calendar year
Zimbabwe
calendar year
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@2081 Flag description
Afghanistan
three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), red,
and green, with the national emblem in white centered on the red
band and slightly overlapping the other two bands; the center of the
emblem features a mosque with pulpit and flags on either side, below
the mosque are numerals for the solar year 1298 (1919 in the
Gregorian calendar, the year of Afghan independence from the UK);
this central image is circled by a border consisting of sheaves of
wheat on the left and right, in the upper-center is an Arabic
inscription of the Shahada (Muslim creed) below which are rays of
the rising sun over the Takbir (Arabic expression meaning "God is
great"), and at bottom center is a scroll bearing the name
Afghanistan
Akrotiri
the flag of the UK is used
Albania
red with a black two-headed eagle in the center
Algeria
two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a
red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the
two-color boundary
note: the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of
Islam (the state religion)
American Samoa
blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is
based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and
white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying
two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a war club known as a
"Fa'alaufa'i" (upper; left talon), and a coconut fiber fly whisk
known as a "Fue" (lower; right talon); the combination of symbols
broadly mimics that seen on the US Great Seal and reflects the
relationship between the United States and American Samoa
Andorra
three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and
red with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; the
coat of arms features a quartered shield
note: similar to the flags of Chad and Romania, which do not have a
national coat of arms in the center, and the flag of Moldova, which
does bear a national emblem
Angola
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a
centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half
a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle)
Anguilla
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half
of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an
interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy
water below
Antigua and Barbuda
red, with an inverted isosceles triangle based
on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal
bands of black (top), light blue, and white, with a yellow rising
sun in the black band
Argentina
three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white,
and light blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun
with a human face known as the Sun of May
Armenia
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, and orange
Aruba
blue, with two narrow, horizontal, yellow stripes across the
lower portion and a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the
upper hoist-side corner
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
the flag of Australia is used
Australia
blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side
quadrant known as the Commonwealth or Federation Star, representing
the federation of the colonies of Australia in 1901; the star
depicts one point for each of the six original states and one
representing all of Australia's internal and external territories;
on the fly half is a representation of the Southern Cross
constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four
larger, seven-pointed stars
Austria
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red
Azerbaijan
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and
green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in
red band
Bahamas, The
three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold,
and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist
side