India Russia Brazil Turkey United States Philippines Vietnam Indonesia Poland South Korea Romania Mexico Thailand Ukraine Germany Malaysia Italy United Kingdom Pakistan Serbia Kazakhstan Argentina Chile Egypt Czech Republic Saudi Arabia Iraq France Bulgaria Belarus Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina Spain Canada Colombia Croatia Finland Morocco Algeria Portugal Moldova Slovakia Nepal Lithuania Singapore Peru United Arab Emirates Australia Austria Greece South Africa Albania China Netherlands Taiwan Georgia Hungary Jordan Ecuador Latvia Mauritius Uzbekistan Belgium Estonia North Macedonia Montenegro Kyrgyzstan Sweden Cambodia Dominican Republic Ireland Tunisia Lebanon Costa Rica Armenia Israel Syria Myanmar Venezuela New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago Slovenia Uruguay Guatemala Bolivia Iran Honduras Jamaica Kuwait Paraguay Switzerland Hong Kong Mongolia El Salvador Sri Lanka Brunei Darussalam Norway Laos Oman Nicaragua Puerto Rico Palestinian Territory Qatar Japan Libya Bahrain Panama Maldives Guyana Denmark Cyprus Kenya Yemen Bhutan Suriname Nigeria Bahamas Kosovo Tajikistan Fiji Reunion Sudan Malta Luxembourg Belize Barbados Turkmenistan Guam Afghanistan Saint Lucia Cuba Iceland Namibia Ethiopia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Madagascar Somalia French Polynesia Guadeloupe Zambia Antigua and Barbuda Botswana Ghana Grenada Senegal Angola Aruba Martinique Zimbabwe Cote D'Ivoire Curacao Northern Mariana Islands Mozambique Macao French Guiana Mayotte Haiti Seychelles U.S. Virgin Islands Tanzania Dominica Gabon Mauritania American Samoa Uganda Sint Maarten New Caledonia Papua New Guinea Isle of Man Cameroon Malawi Saint Kitts and Nevis Turks and Caicos Islands Jersey Cayman Islands Democratic Republic of the Congo British Virgin Islands Cabo Verde Micronesia Palau Mali Djibouti Timor-Leste Sierra Leone Samoa Greenland Anguilla Gibraltar Andorra Solomon Islands Eswatini Faroe Islands Saint Martin Togo Benin Guernsey Liberia Bermuda Marshall Islands Lesotho Rwanda Caribbean Netherlands Burkina Faso Republic of the Congo Wallis and Futuna Liechtenstein San Marino Burundi Aland Islands Gambia Niger Kiribati Vanuatu Monaco Cook Islands Eritrea Tonga Nauru Montserrat United States Minor Outlying Islands Guinea Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sao Tome and Principe Chad Saint Barthelemy Comoros Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau Vatican City Norfolk Island Central African Republic Sri Lanka Flag Meaning & Details 5,404 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