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Flags of countries that no longer exist: Asia

Flags of countries that no longer exist (Asia): every flag the catalogue has, with its name and its years, by period, the best known first. Free to browse, with the author and licence of each image.

Countries, kingdoms and empires that are no longer on the map, with the flags they flew and their years, sorted by continent and by period.

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Asia (225)

20th and 21st centuries (166)

Qing dynasty · 1889–1912
Republic of Artsakh · 1991–2023
British Raj · 1858–1947
South Vietnam · 1955–1975
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1920–1920
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1920–1921
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1921–1922
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1922–1924
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1924–1927
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1927–1931
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1931–1937
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1937–1940
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1940–1952
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1952–1956
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic · 1956–1991
Empire of Japan · 1868–1947
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic · 1922–1937
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic · …–1922
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic · 1937–1940
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic · 1940–1952
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic · 1952–1990
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic · 1936–1991
North Vietnam · 1945–1976
Dutch East Indies · 1800–1949
Georgian SSR · …–1937
Georgian SSR · 1937–1951
Georgian SSR · 1951–1990
Manchukuo · 1932–1945
French Indochina · 1887–1954
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic · 1924–1991
Republic of China · 1912–1971
South Yemen · 1967–1990
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic · 1922–1936
Mongolian People's Republic · 1940–1992
Korean Empire · 1897–1910
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan · 1996–2001
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan · 1980–1987
Tuvan People's Republic · 1943–1944
Tuvan People's Republic · 1944–1944
First Republic of Armenia · 1918–1920
Yemen Arab Republic · 1962–1990
Emirate of Bukhara · 1785–1920
Far Eastern Republic · 1920–1922
Hyderabad State · 1724–1948
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic · 1918–1924
Kingdom of Iraq · 1921–1958
Tamil Eelam · 1983–2009
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan · 2004–2021
Kingdom of Afghanistan · 1926–1973
Dominion of India · 1947–1950
Kingdom of Hejaz · 1916–1926
Khorezm People's Soviet Republic · 1920–1924
Bukharan People's Soviet Republic · 1920–1924
Chinese Soviet Republic · 1931–1937
Arab Kingdom of Syria · 1920–1920
Federation of Malaya · 1950–1963
Democratic Kampuchea · 1976–1979
Kingdom of Yemen · 1918–1970
Kingdom of Laos · 1947–1975
Emirate of Afghanistan · 1823–1926
French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon · 1923–1946
Dominion of Pakistan · 1947–1956
Pahlavi Iran · 1925–1979
Islamic State of Afghanistan · 1992–2002
Tibet · 1912–1959
British Malaya · 1826–1957
Kingdom of Nepal · 1768–2008
Khmer Republic · 1970–1975
Syrian Arab Republic · 1963–2024
Arab Federation · 1958–1958
Qajar Iran · 1789–1925
Republic of Afghanistan · 1974–1978
Mandatory Iraq · 1920–1932
Republic of Ararat · 1927–1930
Federation of South Arabia · 1962–1967
Commonwealth of the Philippines · 1935–1946
Hatay State · 1938–1939
Second Syrian Republic · 1930–1958
Trucial States · 1820–1971
Mengjiang · 1939–1945
Second East Turkestan Republic · 1944–1946
First Philippine Republic · 1899–1901
British rule in Myanmar · 1824–1948
Bogd Khanate of Mongolia · 1911–1924
Jammu and Kashmir · 1846–1947
Empire of Vietnam · 1945–1945
Chinese Empire · -219–1912
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea · 1919–1945
Wang Jingwei regime · 1940–1945
British North Borneo · 1882–1963
Second Philippine Republic · 1943–1945
Colony of Aden · 1937–1963
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam · 1969–1976
Alawite State · 1922–1936
Kingdom of Sikkim · 1877–1967
Kingdom of Sikkim · 1967–1975
Aden Protectorate · 1869–1963
Republic of Mountainous Armenia · 1921–1921
Ba'athist Iraq · 1963–1991
Ba'athist Iraq · 1992–2004
Rattanakosin Kingdom · 1782–1932
Empire of China · 1915–1916
Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan · 2002–2004
First East Turkestan Republic · 1933–1934
Muscat and Oman · 1820–1970
Dominion of Ceylon · 1948–1972
Federated Malay States · 1895–1946
Republic of South Maluku · 1950–1963
Jabal Druze · 1921–1936
State of Aleppo · 1920–1925
Kingdom of Kurdistan · 1922–1924
State of Syria · 1925–1930
Khanate of Kalat · 1638–1955
Coalition Provisional Authority · 2003–2004
Kingdom of Champasak · 1713–1904
Sultanate of Lahej · 1728–1967
State of Damascus · 1920–1925
Kingdom of Cochin · 1500–1949
Emirate of Asir · 1906–1934
First Republic of South Korea · 1948–1960
Siam · 1350–1939
Turkish Republic of Aras · 1918–1919
Baroda State · 1721–1949
Ternate Sultanate · 1257–1946
Oman proper · 751–1970
Turkestan Autonomy · 1917–1918
First Republic of Iraq · 1959–1963
First Republic of Iraq · …–1959
Indore State · 1732–1948
Jaipur State · 1818–1949
Gwalior State · 1761–1948
Second Republic of South Korea · 1960–1961
First Syrian Republic · 1930–1950
Third Republic of South Korea · 1963–1972
Fourth Republic of South Korea · 1972–1981
Kingdom of Marwar · 1250–1949
Azadistan · 1920–1920
Fifth Republic of South Korea · 1981–1988
Union of Burma (1948–1962) · 1948–1962
Chitral State · 1571–1969
Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura · 1723–1946
Sheikhdom of Kuwait · 1871–1914
Sheikhdom of Kuwait · 1914–1921
Sheikhdom of Kuwait · 1921–1940
Sheikhdom of Kuwait · 1940–1961
Nawanagar State · 1540–1948
Inner Mongolian People's Republic · 1945–1945
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma · 1962–1988
Sachin State · 1791–1948
Swat State · 1849–1969
Sultanate of Tidore · 1450–1904
Kolhapur State · 1707–1949
Siberian Republic · 1918–1918
Kurdish Republic of Lachin · 1992–1992
Kahlur State · 697–1948
Third Republic of the Philippines · 1945–1973
Russia Eastern Outskirts · 1920–1920
Kingdom of Reman · 1810–1902
Bahrain and its Dependencies · 1783–1971
Lebanese Republic under French mandate · 1926–1943
State of Greater Lebanon · 1920–1926
Emirate of Bahrain (1783–1971) · 1820–1932
Emirate of Bahrain (1783–1971) · 1932–1971
Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia · 1921–1936
British Protectorate of Qatar · 1916–1971
Emirate of Qatar · 1847–1971