Cambodia
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewFirst adopted in 1948 and readopted on 24 September 1993. Blue represents Liberty, Cooperation and Brotherhood (the King); red represents Bravery (the Nation); Angkor Wat represents Integrity, Justice and Heritage. It is one of only four national flags in the world to feature a building, alongside those of Portugal, San Marino, and Spain.
Referenced, not verified: a secondary work states this, and the document that constitutes the flag has not been read for this entry. What the marks mean.
Colors and meaning
Symbolism and history(r1)
A white silhouette of Angkor Wat, the temple complex that is Cambodia's defining national monument, sits on a red band between blue bands; it is one of only four national flags to feature a building.
Most similar flags
The 6 closest of the 194 other national flags, ranked by a similarity index computed from the flag images themselves. The number is that index, 0–100 — not a claim that the two flags are “X% identical”.
Laos85the same horizontal band layout; near-identical colour proportions.
Liechtenstein85the same horizontal band layout; near-identical colour proportions.
Cuba84the same horizontal band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
Haiti82the same horizontal band layout; near-identical colour proportions.
Croatia79the same horizontal band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
Netherlands79the same horizontal band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
Computed at build time: each flag is rasterised to 64x48, and the score is 0.55 × colour overlap + 0.45 × structure. A different weighting would rank these differently. How the index works.
References — not verification
(r1) Referenced to Flag of Cambodia (Wikipedia (English)) on 2026-07-17. States the adoption year, which colors the flag has, what the colors mean and the symbolism and history on this page. The passage it states them in is quoted at the top of this entry.
Further reading: Flag of Cambodia on Wikipedia
