India Bangladesh Morocco Nigeria Algeria Benin United States Egypt Pakistan Tunisia Laos Cameroon France Indonesia Singapore Iraq Sri Lanka Saudi Arabia Afghanistan Nepal Turkey Jordan Germany Sudan Libya United Kingdom Philippines Netherlands Ghana South Africa Canada Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen Israel Italy Mexico Lebanon Brazil Belgium Haiti Spain Japan Albania Thailand Palestinian Territory Venezuela Kuwait Malaysia Uzbekistan Mauritania Cote D'Ivoire Ethiopia Colombia Romania Madagascar Russia Switzerland Australia Zambia Sweden Oman Finland China Myanmar Poland Argentina Peru Portugal Seychelles Qatar Kenya Czech Republic Iran Austria Tajikistan Ecuador Chile Ireland Georgia Denmark Norway Cambodia Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Togo Bolivia Hungary North Macedonia Serbia Hong Kong Bulgaria Luxembourg Latvia Ukraine Azerbaijan Somalia Greece Vietnam Cuba South Korea Senegal Kosovo Bahrain Tanzania Mongolia Slovakia Cyprus Kyrgyzstan Papua New Guinea Democratic Republic of the Congo Bhutan Jamaica Solomon Islands New Zealand Angola Moldova Taiwan Trinidad and Tobago Slovenia Uganda Maldives Lithuania Croatia Kazakhstan Rwanda Belarus Niger Mozambique American Samoa Gabon Panama Mauritius Burundi Estonia Costa Rica Burkina Faso Mali Chad Guatemala Uruguay El Salvador Bosnia and Herzegovina Samoa Bahamas Paraguay Guinea Djibouti Iceland Montenegro Republic of the Congo Nicaragua Honduras South Sudan Armenia Fiji Reunion Eritrea Malawi Zimbabwe French Polynesia French Guiana Mayotte Namibia Turkmenistan Botswana Timor-Leste Eswatini Brunei Darussalam Monaco Martinique Gibraltar Gambia Suriname Grenada Guyana Malta Liechtenstein Belize Cabo Verde Sierra Leone Barbados Macao Liberia New Caledonia Sint Maarten Western Sahara Equatorial Guinea Guadeloupe Saint Lucia Greenland Isle of Man Antigua and Barbuda Comoros Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Curacao Sao Tome and Principe Lesotho Andorra Saint Kitts and Nevis Marshall Islands British Virgin Islands Aruba Turks and Caicos Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Guinea-Bissau Cook Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands Falkland Islands Anguilla Tokelau Central African Republic Aland Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Guernsey Saint Pierre and Miquelon Bouvet Island Jersey North Korea Kiribati Sri Lanka Flag Meaning & Details 35,617 VISITORS FROM HERE! Sri Lanka Flag Flag Information yellow with two panels the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange the other larger panel depicts a yellow lion holding a sword on a maroon rectangular field that also displays a yellow bo leaf in each corner the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels the lion represents Sinhalese ethnicity, the strength of the nation, and bravery the sword demonstrates the sovereignty of the nation the four bo leaves - symbolizing Buddhism and its influence on the country - stand for the four virtues of kindness, friendliness, happiness, and equanimity orange signifies Sri Lankan Tamils, green Sri Lankan Moors, and maroon the Sinhalese majority yellow denotes other ethnic groups also referred to as the Lion Flag
Learn more about Sri Lanka »
Source: CIA - The World Factbook