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Africa Flag Quiz

Can you name all 54 African flags? Play multiple choice, type the answers, or go expert.

Africa: 54 flags

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About the Africa flag quiz

Africa has more countries than any other continent, and its flags share a lot of colours. Many use the Pan-African green, yellow and red, inspired by Ethiopia, the continent's oldest independent state. Others in the north use the Pan-Arab red, white, black and green.

That shared palette is what makes this quiz hard. Mali, Senegal, Guinea and Cameroon use the same three colours in different orders, and stars, shields and stripes are the only clues.

Quick tips

  • Mali is plain; Senegal adds a green star; Guinea reverses the order.
  • Niger's orange disc and nearly square shape set it apart from India.
  • South Africa's six-colour Y design is one of the easiest to remember.

Want to study first? Every flag is on our African flags page, with names, capitals and what each design means.

How to play

  1. Choose your difficulty. Easy gives you four answers, Hard asks you to type the country (with suggestions) and Expert takes the suggestions away.
  2. Pick how many questions you want: a quick round of 10, or all 54 flags. Turn on the timer if you want to race the clock.
  3. Answer each flag. Get it wrong and we'll show you the right answer and its capital, so you learn as you play.
  4. At the end, review the flags you missed and practise them until they stick.

Want a different challenge? Switch the mode to Find the flag: we show you a country's name and you pick its flag from four options.

Flags people mix up in this quiz

Flag of MaliMaliFlag of SenegalSenegalFlag of GuineaGuineaFlag of CameroonCameroon

Mali is a plain green, yellow, red vertical tricolour. Senegal adds a green star in the middle. Guinea reverses the order to red, yellow, green. Cameroon is green, red, yellow with a yellow star in the centre.

Flag of BoliviaBoliviaFlag of GhanaGhanaFlag of LithuaniaLithuaniaFlag of EthiopiaEthiopia

Bolivia is red, yellow, green. Ghana uses the same order with a black star. Lithuania is yellow, green, red. Ethiopia is green, yellow, red with a blue disc and star.

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

All 54 countries in this quiz

Frequently asked questions

How many African flags are there?

There are 54 countries in Africa, and this quiz includes all of them. Western Sahara and other territories appear when you turn on territories.

Why do so many African flags look alike?

Many newly independent countries adopted the Pan-African colours of green, yellow and red in the 1950s and 1960s, often inspired by Ethiopia and Ghana.

What's the best way to learn African flags?

Start with one region at a time, use the flashcards on the African flags page, then come back to the quiz and replay the flags you missed.

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