United States United Kingdom Canada Australia India Indonesia Singapore Philippines Malaysia New Zealand Ireland Russia South Africa Pakistan Germany Netherlands Thailand Brazil Japan Mexico Romania Spain France Poland Hong Kong United Arab Emirates Hungary South Korea Italy Greece Turkey Argentina Sri Lanka Czech Republic Israel Sweden Norway Denmark Saudi Arabia Belgium Egypt Serbia Vietnam Chile Finland Slovakia Taiwan Croatia Portugal Peru Slovenia Switzerland Lithuania Malta Puerto Rico Colombia Ukraine Venezuela Qatar Kuwait Bulgaria Latvia Cyprus Trinidad and Tobago Lebanon Austria Estonia North Macedonia Maldives Bosnia and Herzegovina Bahrain Jordan Bangladesh Costa Rica Albania Oman Jamaica Brunei Darussalam Ecuador Mauritius Cambodia Iceland Guatemala Nigeria Uruguay Kenya Isle of Man Dominican Republic Panama Georgia China Honduras Barbados Moldova Nepal Bahamas Algeria Morocco Iraq Tunisia Montenegro Palestinian Territory Mongolia Guernsey El Salvador Macao Jersey Guam Luxembourg Namibia Bolivia Belarus Azerbaijan Ghana Belize Armenia Bermuda Myanmar Paraguay Netherlands Antilles Tanzania Sudan Fiji Guyana Botswana Syria Zimbabwe Nicaragua Uganda Kazakhstan Saint Lucia Aruba Cayman Islands Iran Suriname Libya Laos Yemen Ethiopia U.S. Virgin Islands Gibraltar Grenada Uzbekistan Northern Mariana Islands Seychelles Antigua and Barbuda Zambia Senegal Mozambique British Virgin Islands Curacao Bhutan Faroe Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Reunion New Caledonia Dominica Kyrgyzstan Malawi Rwanda Madagascar Eswatini Haiti Angola Turks and Caicos Islands Afghanistan Papua New Guinea Monaco Anguilla American Samoa Cameroon Guadeloupe Micronesia Solomon Islands Tajikistan Samoa Martinique Cote D'Ivoire Vanuatu Cuba Andorra Liechtenstein Falkland Islands Lesotho French Polynesia Cook Islands Palau Democratic Republic of the Congo Eritrea French Guiana Cabo Verde Marshall Islands Tonga Gambia Gabon Greenland Aland Islands Djibouti Somalia Kosovo Timor-Leste Kiribati Niger San Marino Liberia Mayotte Republic of the Congo Saint Helena Mauritania Guinea Caribbean Netherlands Sint Maarten Montserrat Benin Mali Saint Martin Sierra Leone Togo North Korea Burkina Faso Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sri Lanka Flag Meaning & Details 4,686 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