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    Africa flags quiz

    Name the country from its flag, for all 54 countries of Africa. Wrong options come from the same region and, where one exists, from a flag that is known to look similar, so close attention pays off. The full set of flags is below if you want to study first.

    How the flags quiz works

    Each question shows a national flag in its official proportions, so a square or unusually long flag is itself a clue. You choose from four countries: the answer, up to three neighbours in the same region, and, if the flag has a well-known lookalike, usually that lookalike too, from our guide to similar flags. One point per correct answer; the streak counts correct answers in a row.

    Two pairs are never offered against each other: Romania and Chad, and Indonesia and Monaco. On a screen, the only differences are a shade of blue or the flag’s proportions, which is not a fair test of knowledge.

    Commonly confused flags in Africa

    3 of the ten pairs in our lookalike guideinvolve a flag from Africa. The clue below each is the most dependable way to tell them apart.

    Flags with almost the same colours

    These pairs have the closest measured palettes in Africa, after excluding the pairs above. They share colours, not necessarily layout, so check stripe direction, emblems and stars.

    Colours of the flags of Africa

    Red is in 42 of the 54 flags (78%). 6 flags use just two main colours. Flags without red: Algeria, Botswana, Djibouti, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Tanzania.

    ColourFlagsShareExamples
    Red4278%Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon…
    Green4176%Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon…
    White2546%Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic…
    Blue2546%Botswana, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros…
    Yellow2444%Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros…
    Black1426%Angola, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Libya…
    Orange36%Ivory Coast, Niger, Zambia

    Counted from colours measured on each flag image, where the colour covers at least 3% of the flag. Small details in emblems and coats of arms are not counted; dark reds such as Qatar’s maroon count as red, and light blues as blue.

    Study grid: all 54 flags of Africa

    Grouped by region, the same groups the quiz uses for its wrong options. Select a flag for its meaning, history and downloads. Short design notes for each flag are on flags of Africa.

    Central Africa

    East Africa

    North Africa

    Southern Africa

    West Africa