United States Germany Philippines Canada Thailand Indonesia United Kingdom France Australia Brazil South Korea Vietnam Malaysia Singapore Mexico Italy Russia China Japan Spain Poland Sweden Netherlands Chile Finland Taiwan Argentina New Zealand Hong Kong Hungary Colombia Norway Peru India Denmark Portugal Belgium Austria Switzerland United Arab Emirates Ireland Turkey Romania Puerto Rico Czech Republic Venezuela Israel Greece Ukraine Bulgaria South Africa Brunei Darussalam Lithuania Egypt Estonia Ecuador Costa Rica Panama Slovakia Serbia Croatia Cambodia Honduras Uruguay Myanmar Algeria Kuwait El Salvador Qatar Pakistan Morocco Guatemala Slovenia Bolivia Iceland Latvia Dominican Republic Paraguay Bahrain Jamaica Iraq Tunisia French Polynesia Reunion Bangladesh Trinidad and Tobago Luxembourg Laos Jordan Belarus Guam Oman Saudi Arabia Mongolia Nigeria Bahamas Iran Cyprus Sri Lanka Kazakhstan Malta Martinique Mauritius Nicaragua Suriname Lebanon Nepal Guadeloupe North Macedonia Fiji U.S. Virgin Islands Albania Libya Moldova Bosnia and Herzegovina Maldives Palestinian Territory Kenya Macao Barbados Isle of Man Georgia Sudan Syria Madagascar Seychelles New Caledonia Yemen Faroe Islands Bermuda Cameroon Haiti Senegal Botswana Dominica Guyana Mozambique Aruba Cayman Islands Montenegro Azerbaijan Grenada Cuba Ghana Saint Kitts and Nevis Northern Mariana Islands Kyrgyzstan Curacao Armenia Afghanistan Uganda Belize Cote D'Ivoire Uzbekistan Liechtenstein Tanzania French Guiana Namibia Bhutan Zimbabwe Antigua and Barbuda Greenland Aland Islands Zambia Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Somalia Djibouti Burkina Faso Democratic Republic of the Congo British Virgin Islands Mayotte Angola Guernsey Togo Gibraltar Jersey Ethiopia Rwanda Andorra American Samoa Kosovo Palau Malawi Benin Gabon Sint Maarten Mauritania Cabo Verde Niger Monaco Turks and Caicos Islands Papua New Guinea Republic of the Congo Mali Gambia Equatorial Guinea Anguilla Micronesia Saint Barthelemy Lesotho Saint Martin United States Minor Outlying Islands Eswatini Samoa Tajikistan Caribbean Netherlands Saint Pierre and Miquelon Burundi San Marino Vanuatu Marshall Islands Nauru Cook Islands Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Guinea-Bissau Liberia Wallis and Futuna Chad British Indian Ocean Territory Falkland Islands Turkmenistan Montserrat Comoros Solomon Islands Tonga Sierra Leone North Korea Timor-Leste Sri Lanka Flag Meaning & Details 1,768 VISITORS FROM HERE! Sri Lanka Flag Flag Information yellow with two panels the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange the other larger panel depicts a yellow lion holding a sword on a maroon rectangular field that also displays a yellow bo leaf in each corner the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels the lion represents Sinhalese ethnicity, the strength of the nation, and bravery the sword demonstrates the sovereignty of the nation the four bo leaves - symbolizing Buddhism and its influence on the country - stand for the four virtues of kindness, friendliness, happiness, and equanimity orange signifies Sri Lankan Tamils, green Sri Lankan Moors, and maroon the Sinhalese majority yellow denotes other ethnic groups also referred to as the Lion Flag
Learn more about Sri Lanka »
Source: CIA - The World Factbook