Sovereign-state flags in 1947

Sovereign states

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Afghanistan
 
Albania
 
Andorra
 
Argentina
 
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Australia
 
Austria
 
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Belgium
 
Bima Sultanate
 
Bolivia
 
Brazil
 
Bulgaria (until 6 December)
 
Bulgaria (from 6 December)
 
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Canada
 
Chile
 
China
 
Colombia
 
Costa Rica
 
Cuba
 
Czechoslovakia
 
Denmark
 
Dominican Republic
 
Ecuador
 
Egypt
 
El Salvador
 
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Ethiopia
 
Finland
 
France
 
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Germany
 
Greece
 
Guatemala
 
Haiti
 
Honduras
 
Hungary
 
Hyderabad (from August 15, 1947)
 
Iceland
 
India (from August 15, 1947)
 
Indonesia
 
Iran
 
Iraq
 
Ireland
 
Italy
 
Japan
 
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Lebanon
 
Liberia
 
Liechtenstein
 
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Luxembourg
 
Mexico
 
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Monaco
 
Mongolia
 
Nepal
 
Netherlands
 
Newfoundland
 
New Zealand
 
Nicaragua
 
Norway
 
Pakistan (from August 14, 1947)
 
Panama
 
Paraguay
 
Paraguay
 
Peru
 
Philippines
 
Poland
 
Portugal
 
Romania
 
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
 
San Marino
 
Saudi Arabia
 
Sikkim (from 15 August)
 
South Africa
 
Soviet Union
 
Spain
 
Sweden
 
Switzerland
 
Syria
 
Siam
 
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Tibet
 
Transjordan
 
Trieste
 
Tripura
 
Turkey
 
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
 
United Kingdom
 
United States
 
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
 
Uruguay
 
Vatican City
 
Venezuela
 
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (from July 2, 1947)
 
State of South Vietnam (from July 2, 1947)
 
Yemen
 
Yugoslavia

Colonies, concessions, possessions, protectorates, mandates and territories

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Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
 
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (from 26 December; Australia)
 
Nauru (Australia)
 
New Guinea (Australia)
 
Norfolk Island (Australia)
 
Papua (Australia)
 
Belgian Congo (Belgium)
 
Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)
 
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
 
Greenland (Denmark)
 
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Egypt and United Kingdom)
 
Åland (Finland)
 
Adélie Land (France)
 
Clipperton Island (France)
 
French Algeria (France)
 
French Cameroon (France)
 
French Chad (France)
 
French Comoros (France)
 
French Equatorial Africa (France)
 
Fezzan-Ghadames (France)
 
French Guiana (France)
 
French India (France)
 
French Indochina (France)
 
French Madagascar (France)
 
French Morocco (France)
 
French Oceania (France)
 
French Somaliland (France)
 
French Togoland (France)
 
French Tunisia (France)
 
French West Africa (France)
 
Gambier Islands (France)
 
Guadeloupe (France)
 
Martinique (France)
 
New Caledonia (France)
 
New Hebrides (France)
 
Réunion (France)
 
Saar (from 15 December; France)
 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
 
Wallis and Futuna (France)
 
Karafuto (Japan)
 
South Seas Mandate (until 18 July; Japan)
 
Curaçao and Dependencies (Netherlands)
 
Dutch East Indies (Netherlands)
 
Surinam (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 Cape Verde (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Macau (Portugal)
 
Portuguese East Africa (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)
 
Portuguese India (Portugal)
 
Portuguese Timor (Portugal)
 
Portuguese West Africa (Portugal)
 
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)
 
South West Africa (South Africa)
 
North Korea (Soviet Union)
 
North Korea (Soviet Union)
 
Ceuta (Spain)
 
Spanish Guinea (Spain)
 
Spanish West Africa (Spain)
 
Aden (United Kingdom)
 
Bahamas (United Kingdom)
 
Bahrain (United Kingdom)
 
Barbados (United Kingdom)
 
Basutoland (United Kingdom)
 
Bechuanaland (United Kingdom)
 
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
 
Bhutan (United Kingdom)
 
British Cameroons (United Kingdom)
 
British Guiana (United Kingdom)
 
British Honduras (United Kingdom)
 
British Leeward Islands (United Kingdom)
 
British Somaliland (United Kingdom)
 
British Togoland (United Kingdom)
 
British Western Pacific Territories (United Kingdom)
 
British Windward Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Brunei (United Kingdom)
 
Burma (United Kingdom)
 
Canton and Enderbury Islands ​(United Kingdom and United States)
 
Ceylon (United Kingdom)
 
Cyprus (United Kingdom)
 
Cyrenaica (United Kingdom)
 
Eritrea (United Kingdom)
 
Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Gambia (United Kingdom)
 
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
 
Gold Coast (United Kingdom)
 
Guernsey (United Kingdom)
 
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (until 26 December; United Kingdom)
 
Hong Kong (United Kingdom)
 
India (until 15 August; United Kingdom)
 
Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
 
Israel (United Kingdom)
 
Italian Somaliland (United Kingdom)
 
Jamaica (United Kingdom)
 
Jersey (United Kingdom)
 
Johor (United Kingdom)
 
Kedah (United Kingdom)
 
Kelantan (United Kingdom)
 
Kenya (United Kingdom)
 
Kuwait (United Kingdom)
 
North Borneo (United Kingdom)
 
Malayan Union (United Kingdom)
 
Maldives (United Kingdom)
 
Malta (United Kingdom)
 
Mauritius (United Kingdom)
 
Muscat and Oman (United Kingdom)
 
Nigeria (United Kingdom)
 
North Borneo (United Kingdom)
 
Northern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
 
Nyasaland (United Kingdom)
 
Palestine (United Kingdom)
 
Qatar (United Kingdom)
 
Saint Helena (United Kingdom)
 
Sarawak (United Kingdom)
 
Sark (United Kingdom)
 
Seychelles (United Kingdom)
 
Sierra Leone (United Kingdom)
 
Sikkim (until 15 August; United Kingdom)
 
Singapore ​(United Kingdom)
 
Somalia (United Kingdom)
 
South Orkney Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Southern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
 
South Shetland Islands (United Kingdom)
 
Suez Canal Zone (United Kingdom)
 
Swaziland (United Kingdom)
 
Tanganyika (United Kingdom)
 
Trinidad and Tobago (United Kingdom)
 
Tripolitania (United Kingdom)
 
Trucial States (United Kingdom)
 
Uganda (United Kingdom)
 
Zanzibar (United Kingdom)
 
Alaska (United States)
 
American Samoa (United States)
 
Baker Island (United States)
 
Corn Islands (United States)
 
Guam (United States)
 
Hawaii (United States)
 
Howland Island (United States)
 
Jarvis Island (United States)
 
Johnston Atoll (United States)
 
Kingman Reef (United States)
 
South Korea (United States)
 
South Korea (United States)
 
Midway Atoll (United States)
 
Navassa Island (United States)
 
Palmyra Atoll (United States)
 
Panama Canal Zone (United States)
 
Petrel Islands (United States)
 
Puerto Rico (United States)
 
Quita Sueno Bank (United States)
 
Roncador Bank (United States)
 
Serrana Bank (United States)
 
Serranilla Bank (United States)
 
Swan Islands (United States)
 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (from 18 July; United States)
 
United States Virgin Islands (United States)
 
Wake Island (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
 
Northwest Territories
 
Nova Scotia
 
Ontario
 
Prince Edward Island
 
Quebec
 
Saskatchewan
 
Yukon Territory

Constituent U.S. states

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Alabama
 
Arizona
 
Arkansas
 
California
 
Colorado
 
Connecticut
 
Delaware
 
Florida
 
Georgia
 
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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East Turkestan
 
Sumatra (from Septembner 17, 1947)
 
Tangier

International organizations

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League of Arab States
 
Red Crescent
 
Red Cross
 
Red Lion and Sun
 
United Nations (from 20 October, 1947)

Other culturals

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Buddhism
 
Esperanto
 
Pan-African Flag
 
Romani