The Oldest Flags in the World 

The United States of America did NOT start out with 50 stars. We didn't get that design until 1960, several years after Hawaii was made the fiftieth state in the union.

The oldest royal family in the world is also the Japanese imperial family, and the oldest company in the world is also in Japan.

日章旗は源平合戦の時源氏が軍旗で使ってたけどそんな歴史あったんだ

The Japanese flag is probably the number one flag that can be drawn the fastest in the world.

2:00 That isn't the Republic of China... that's the People's Republic of China, and that flag came to use in late 1949/early 1950

日本なんだね。凄い。😀

Japan, the land of the rising sun. I am proud to be Japanese.

日本って良い意味でも悪い意味でも昔からのものを永久に使い続けるという習慣があるのかもね。

As a Mongolian, in 1940s our flag had a socialist star on top of the "Soyombo". In 1991, after the democratic revolution, the socialist star was removed.

The flags of Portugal and Turkey should've been higher ranked Ottomans used various banners instead of a standard flag and the one resembling the current Turkish flag was already common in the Middle Ages, same case with Portugal

この動画のおかげで自分の国の国旗をもっと大切にしていこうと思わされました。

日本人よ謙虚であれ

Japão extraordinário 😍👏👏

The flag of The Netherlands was introduced in 1572 but changed from colors orange, white, blue to in the 17th century to red, white and blue.

I'm proud as a Japanese. And the Japanese flag has the simplest design in the world.🌎

701? Wow!!

It is simple, easy to understand, and impossible to misread. Japan is the No. 1 country that came up with such a wonderful design more than 1,000 years ago!

The name of Japan is written as 日本 in Japanese language. 日 = the Sun, 本 = origin. We can see the word 日本 in a document written in the 8th century. Probably the word has been used since the second half of the 7th century. The document says a flag of an image of the Sun was used for Emperor's event in 701. Its design detail is unwritten on the document. Traditionally Japanese draw the Sun as a perfect circle. But we don't know the color of the Sun on the flag was red or other in the event. 雲峰寺 Unpoji Buddhism temple has the design 🇯🇵 flag that was used in 1056. It's the oldest flag that we can see today.

ダントツで日本が最古なのは驚いた

The oldest record on the document is 701, but it seems that it was used before that, and it was mainly used at the time of the festival. However, it was only in 1870 that it was officially enacted as the Japanese national flag in line with the concept of the Western national flag. Until then, the flag of each clan was used instead of the national flag when fighting foreign countries.

Belarus's flag is also incorrect, the design was introduced in 2012 however there was a similar design without the ornament on the left with a soviet symbol which was introduced in 1951.

The Polish flag was used for the first time on May 3, 1792, during the celebration of the May 3 constitution. If it is not going to be during the celebration, at least give 1807 when the Duchy of Warsaw used this flag was a national flag!

Thank you ♥

Great info! Just wondering how this video was made? What tool was used?

The Chinese flag with 5stars is designed in 1949 not 1921

The Dutch flag is (much) older than the French flag, even though many think it's the other way around. Glad this video got it right.

I did not expect Egypt to be that early

The Japanese have outperformed us all

Hay varios fallos para empezar la bandera más nueva del mundo es la de Honduras que fue cambiada en 2022, la bandera de Haití fue adoptada en 1986 y la de liechstentein en 1936 por los juegos Olímpicos al haber confusión entre su bandera de Haití y la de liechstentein , liechstentein procedió a colocar una corona en su bandera.

Türkiye'nin bayrağı ilk defa 1844'te Osmanlı Dönemi'nde padişah Abdülmecid tarafından yıldızı 8 uçlu ve hilali daha kaba tasarlanmıştır, Cumhuriyet Dönemi'nde de 1936 yılında ise hilali daha zarif ve yıldızı 5 uçlu olacak bir şekilde tekrar tasarlanarak ve günümüzde de kullanılmakta olan resmi bayrağı oluşmuştur. Bayrak ilk kez 1793'te değil 1844'te tasarlanmıştır ve şu anda kullanılan ise 1936'da kanuna geçmiştir. Osmanlı'nın 1793'teki bayrağı kırmızı arkaplanın üzerinde yeşil bir dairenin içerisindeki üç hilal bulunan bayraktır.

赤と白のタッグの凄さ

Japan is the oldest country in the world. The national flag has also been in use for more than 1,000 years.

The Hinomaru🇯🇵 has been around since 701, the time of Emperor Monmu. However, it has been used as a national flag since 1854, when it signed a treaty with the United States.

actually, Liechtenstein's flag had no crown until 1936 when Haiti and Liechtenstein realised they had the same flag

The historical state flag of Russia is considered to be a white-blue-red banner, which was hoisted on the first Russian ship "Eagle" during the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich in 1668.

How do you do number animation, bro?

Japan changed their red tint. France barely changes their red and blue colors every 5 years from the presidents' decision. The USA didn't start with 50 stars. Georgia changed their flag from their black, white and pale maroon one before WW2 to their present-day one after WW2. This is also missing a ton of countries, like the oceanian ones, except New Zealand and Australia.

2:06 btw this is not the flag of the Czech Republic but of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic previously used a different flag and after 1993 gave Czechoslovakia a flag which today is taken as the Czech flag

日の丸が一位で嬉しいわ😄

We didn’t start using the US flag with 50 states until 1960s. A kid made it to welcome the islander states then and it was admitted a bit after, correct me if I’m wrong, it was 1967. And Vietnam’s flag, the iconic red bg and yellow star was adopted in 1945 when North Vietnam became Russian communist. South Vietnam used a yellow bg and three red stripes, but after communism ended the og flag took over in about 1975. Already watching into 1881 and still didn’t see Vietnam

About the Greek Flag: in 1822 the (first) flag of Greece was different from today's flag (as seen on this video) - was a white cross on a blue background. The modern Greek Flag 🇬🇷 with the white cross on the blue background and the nine blue & white stripes was adopted as the Flag of the Greek state in 1978. Until then, it was the Flag of the Greek Navy.

Hope ya know that The truth is that Japan's flag was different that period and The oldest flag is Denmark's flag

Very cool ☺

The current South Korean flag was made in 1948 and the 1882 flag was the Korean Empire flag

4:20 France changed the tone of the blue in 2020

Faltó la bandera de República Dominicana, está entre 1842 a 1845.

My country that is 105 years old, currently is the country with 4th oldest flag in the world, lol

Some flags have been updated over the time, as I know for instance these ones: USA, Honduras, Venezuela.

Proud to live in Japan🇯🇵 Our First Emperor (Which we call Tenno) is told to have lived in 2600 years ago;)

Hola, alguien sabe cómo se llama el programa para hacer esas barras comparativas??

Austrian Flag is one of the oldest flags in the world. Proud of it.

I don't know why they still don't use purple or pink colors on flags to this day, originally nobody used them because the pigment was basically non-existent or prohibitively expensive to produce so only the cheapest pigments were feasible to use on flags. Nowadays there are no restrictions on colors and yet even the newest flags use the same old limited palettes from centuries ago.

Kanada 🇨🇦 tak młodą flagę posiada? Dzięki za informacje 🌹

Can anyone tell at what minute the Indonesian flag is? I watched it 2 times, but couldn't find it🙁. It doesn't seem to appear.

ただこのデザインはマジで良い

Japan has a war flag which they used in 1940-1945 or something like that and France changed their flag tones

I think the Dutch flag is a bit incorrect, its a old flag indeed tho but it first appeared in around the 1580’s when the 80 year war started, tho its still the first flag to use red white and blue tricolor

I'm very happy to see Nepal flag It's first used in 1743 ..279 years old wow 🔥🔥

Scotland: you forgot me?

There’s so much wrong with this that it’s too long a list of corrections.😂

Errgh.... This is a cool video and animation but it has some issues... That mexican flag wasn't used in 1810 but in 1975. That United States flag wasn't used until 1960. The current german flag started duty in 1949, we all know how it looked 4 years before thanks to our moustache friend. So... You add Mexico's 1975 flag as from 1810, and United States' 1960 flag as 1777, but the Union Jack is counted in 1801 even if the first version was used since 1606... Okay. :D

The Australian flag is incorrect. It changed in 1911. There used to be 6 points on the star below the Union Jack, ever since ACT became a state (1911), it got its seventh point.

Why did you skip Lithuania?

this beat goes hard

🇯🇵 is legend

About Czech and Slovakia flag. Czech Republic definitely had their flag first. Because Czechoslovakia was dissolved in 1992, Slovakia from that time has a new flag. But Czech keep the flag from Czechoslovakia. I mean, I am none geography tip, but Czech and Slovekia flag must be wrong🇨🇿🇸🇰

Malaysia: where am I to in this video?

Cyprus is way older than 1960 because a football team in Cyprus APOEL was made in 1926

You can tell when the Spanish Empire started crumbling, then the British Empire, then the Soviet Union. Fascinating.

Albania 🇦🇱 one of the oldest! ❤️

South Sudan was founded on 2010-2011 (somewhere around there) so it would technically be only 13-12 years old

Is New Zealand there

Actually Polish flag first time was used in 1807 in Duchy of Warsaw not in 1831.

La bandera de México tuvo muchos cambios antes de tener su forma actual. Y la de Italia no pudo comenzar en esa fecha, ya que en esos años Italia aún no era un país sino una mezcla de diferentes estados.

The Danish Flag According to legend, in June 1219, the Danish flag fell from the sky during the Battle of Lundani against the Estonian forces of Valdemar II. Founded in 1854. The national flag of Japan, according to legend, was given to Minamoto Yoriyoshi by Emperor Goreizan in 1056, and passed down to the Takeda family from Yoriyoshi's third son, Shinra Saburo Yoshimitsu. Founded in 1870, changed a bit in 1999.

Albania flag 😍😍😍😍😍. The best flag in the world!

A bandeira do Brasil atual foi mudada várias vezes até chegar nas 27 estrelas, a ultima alteração foi nos anos 90, não em 1889

PROUD TO BE NEPALI ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

La de argentina se le añadió un sol al medio en 1818 y la chilena es de 1817 (no ha sufrido cambios desde entonces)

Excuse me, is there Malaysian flag? I couldn't find it.

Половина из них не правильно 1916 году Азербайджана не было Это были турецкие татары Без роду и племени и флага

我が国、ニッポン。流石です。

German flag was first used 1832 at Hambacher Fest not 1848.

As an American, the USA flag is misplaced.in 1777 the flag should have had about 13 stars, or the British flag. It was first used around the 1900’a

The Indonesian flag was set on October 28, 1928, however, the use of the red and white flag has long flown in Indonesia since the reign of the kingdom. It is known that the red and white flag was first used by the Singasari kingdom on the Indonesian island of Java during the war in 1292.

In terms of "first used," the Japanese flag dates from 1854.

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Los colores de España son de 1785 pero la actual bandera con el escudo de 1980 hace que sea nueva.

The flag of Bangladesh 🇧🇩 should be include. You most deserve ulike

Think it’s a bit weird when it comes to the Union Jack 🇬🇧 because that’s when we all came together as the United Kingdom be interesting to see how far back our individual flags go like 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The fact that he skipped my country Altho its older than some of these just makes me sad

4:57 This is my Country (Austria) 🇦🇹 and its more than onethousendtwenty years old (1020)

The flag of hungary in ist presents from, was established in 1848. Why did you miss that? That flag of Szlovákia is 1992. It did not exist 1848. Hungary was part of the Highlands

There was not South Korea in 1882. South Korea was established in 1947 by US.

Thank you for including Philippines

NZ flag was made in 1902 1 year after Australias but very nice vid.

Al renkli zemin üzerinde beyaz hilâl ve yıldız ile oluşmuş bayrak ilk olarak 1844 yılında Abdülmecit dönemindeki Tanzimat sürecinde kabul edilmiş, Cumhuriyet döneminde 29 Mayıs 1936'da 2994 Sayılı Türk Bayrağı Kanunu ile Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin ulusal bayrağı olarak kanunlaşmıştır.

So you are saying south sudan’s flag is older than the country itself

The scotch flag was the first one to be adopted in 1222 so Denmark should go 3rd because Denmark has a normal cross not a Scandinavian cross in 1219

The Polish Flag wasnt used in 1831 for the first it was other country, (Duchy Of Warsaw)