United States Canada Singapore United Kingdom Malaysia Australia France Germany India Hong Kong Indonesia Russia Brazil Japan Thailand Spain Philippines Netherlands Pakistan Italy New Zealand Sweden Belgium Poland Taiwan Argentina Portugal Greece Romania Vietnam Ireland Switzerland Bangladesh Hungary Turkey Finland Czech Republic Venezuela Ukraine Norway South Korea Serbia Croatia Myanmar Mexico United Arab Emirates Sri Lanka South Africa China Cambodia Denmark Saudi Arabia Bulgaria Chile Egypt Slovenia Israel Puerto Rico Austria Colombia Slovakia Nigeria Mauritius Lithuania Algeria Morocco Peru Costa Rica Dominican Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina Nepal Malta Guam Oman Estonia Uruguay Macao Kenya Albania El Salvador Ecuador Brunei Darussalam Bolivia Lebanon Jordan Laos Kazakhstan Belarus Cote D'Ivoire Qatar Georgia Latvia Honduras Kuwait Papua New Guinea Iraq Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Panama Botswana Kyrgyzstan Tanzania Luxembourg Mongolia Iceland Bahrain Cyprus Madagascar Ghana North Macedonia Suriname French Polynesia Armenia Moldova Cuba Togo Libya Guatemala Azerbaijan Djibouti Jamaica Syria Montenegro Senegal Afghanistan Uganda Cameroon Nicaragua Maldives Rwanda Palestinian Territory Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Andorra Fiji Paraguay Sudan Guyana Uzbekistan Namibia Barbados Yemen Zimbabwe Zambia Reunion Jersey Angola Democratic Republic of the Congo Belize Cabo Verde Guernsey Cayman Islands New Caledonia Curacao Bermuda Bahamas Burkina Faso Haiti Mozambique Mali American Samoa Martinique Iran North Korea Somalia Marshall Islands Mauritania Gibraltar Isle of Man Bhutan Kosovo Guadeloupe Tajikistan Seychelles Niger Malawi Dominica U.S. Virgin Islands Liberia Northern Mariana Islands Aruba Monaco Republic of the Congo Caribbean Netherlands French Guiana Netherlands Antilles Gabon Solomon Islands Benin British Virgin Islands Timor-Leste Turks and Caicos Islands Antigua and Barbuda Guinea-Bissau Guinea Comoros Lesotho Greenland Liechtenstein Chad Turkmenistan Vanuatu Eswatini Mayotte Saint Lucia Burundi Faroe Islands Gambia Saint Kitts and Nevis South Sudan United States Minor Outlying Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sao Tome and Principe Sint Maarten Palau Samoa Tonga Aland Islands Anguilla Kiribati Falkland Islands Grenada Sierra Leone San Marino Saint Martin Central African Republic Niue Tuvalu Montserrat Vatican City Micronesia Cook Islands Eritrea Svalbard Nauru Pitcairn Islands British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Saint Barthelemy French Southern and Antarctic Lands Norfolk Island Saint Helena Tokelau Wallis and Futuna Sri Lanka Flag Meaning & Details 8,540 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