Tunisia
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewOfficially approved in 1831; on 1 June 1959 proclaimed the state flag of the Republic of Tunisia. Red [represents] the blood of martyrs; white symbolizes peace; the white disk symbolizes the radiance of the nation as the sun; the crescent and star represent unity of all Muslims and the Five Pillars of Islam, respectively.
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 disc - the radiance of the nation as the sun - bearing a red crescent and star for the unity of Muslims and the five pillars of Islam, on a red field, a design approved in 1831 under the Beys of Tunis and proclaimed the state flag of the Republic in 1959.
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”.
Switzerland96near-identical colour proportions.
Türkiye96near-identical colour proportions.
Tonga94near-identical colour proportions.
China91near-identical colour proportions.
Kyrgyzstan91near-identical colour proportions.
Morocco91near-identical colour proportions.
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 Tunisia (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 Tunisia on Wikipedia
