Tajikistan
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewAdopted 24 November 1992. Red [is] unity of the nation, as well as victory and sunrise; white [is] purity, morality, the snow and ice of the mountains, and cotton; green [is] the bountiful generosity of nature, fertile valleys, the religion of Islam. The crown represents the Samanid dynasty and the Tajik people [tâj = crown]; the seven stars [reflect] the significance of the number seven in Persian mythology, where it represents perfection and happiness.
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 gold crown, for the Samanid dynasty and the Tajik people (whose name evokes the Persian "tâj", crown), beneath an arc of seven stars - seven signifying perfection and happiness in Persian tradition - centers a red-white-green tricolor, adopted in 1992 after independence from the Soviet Union.
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”.
- Hungary94
the same horizontal band layout; near-identical colour proportions.
- Iran86
the same horizontal band layout; near-identical colour proportions.
- Equatorial Guinea84
the same horizontal band layout; near-identical colour proportions.
- Lebanon80
the same horizontal band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
- State of Palestine79
the same horizontal band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
- Sudan79
the 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 Tajikistan (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 Tajikistan on Wikipedia