North American flags

All 23 flags of North America, with their names and capitals. Hide the names to test yourself, then take the quiz.

Flag families in North America

North America's flags fall into three groups. Canada, the United States and Mexico each have designs of their own. In Central America, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala keep the blue and white stripes of the Federal Republic of Central America, which existed from 1823 to 1841.

The Caribbean has the widest variety. Most island nations adopted their flags at independence between the 1960s and 1980s, and many used diagonal bands, triangles and stars. Cuba's flag dates from 1902 and has a red triangle with a single white star.

How to learn them

Start with the Central American flags, which share a layout, then learn the Caribbean flags one island at a time.

Flags people mix up in this quiz

Blue, white, blue from the old Central American federation. Honduras has five blue stars. Nicaragua and El Salvador have different coats of arms in the centre. Guatemala's stripes are vertical and light blue.

See every pair in our guide to flags that look alike.

Territories and other flags in North America

Know them all? Prove it in the North America flag quiz or the full flags of the world quiz.