Flags
Country flags and other flags
Subgroups
All “Flags” emoji
About Flags
Flags is the most systematic group in the standard: 268 entries built from regional indicator pairs rather than from separate drawings. Every flag follows the same mechanism, which is why the group grows without needing new artwork for each country.
What you will find in this group
Most entries are country and region flags, each with the place name in its Unicode name. A small number are non-geographic: a rainbow flag, a pirate flag and a few others that carry their own meaning.
Subdivision entries exist for a handful of regions. They follow the same pattern as national flags and depend on the same font support.
How flags are built
A flag is written as two regional indicator characters, one per letter of the region code. The system combines them and draws the flag; if it cannot, it shows the two letters instead.
That is why flags sometimes fail where other emoji work. The mechanism is uniform, but it requires support at the font level rather than a single drawing.
How these emoji are used
Flags mark nationality, travel plans and support. They are common in trip posts, in sports contexts and in greetings sent from abroad.
Non-geographic flags are used the way any other symbol is: they stand for what they depict, and the surrounding text sets the context.
Cross-platform notes
Flag support is uneven. Some desktop systems do not render them at all and show the letter pair instead, so a message built only from flags can become unreadable.
For anything important, write the country name next to the flag.
Emoji copy and paste
Flags holds 268 symbols, and every one of them is ready for emoji copy and paste: pick the entry you need, copy the symbol or its code point, then paste it into whatever you are writing.
On a phone the system keyboard is often the fastest route, but a browser tab is easier when you want a specific variant — skin tone, gender or hair color — that the keyboard buries three taps deep.
Frequently Asked Questions
- QHow many flags are listed?
- There are 268 entries on EmojiAll, including country flags, regional flags, a few subdivisions and several non-geographic flags.
- QWhy do I see letters instead of a flag?
- Your system does not support regional indicator pairs, so it falls back to the two-letter code. The characters are correct; the font simply cannot draw them.
- QAre the flags politically neutral?
- EmojiAll lists the flags defined by the Unicode standard and uses the official names. The listing is descriptive and does not take a position on any territory.
- QCan I copy a flag into a document?
- Yes. Each page gives the code point and the entities, but remember that the rendering depends on the reader’s system.