Flag of Azerbaijan

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 1:2.

How to recognise it

Light blue, red and green horizontal bands with a white crescent and eight-pointed star on the red.

Name in the quiz: Azerbaijan
UN member state name: Azerbaijan
ISO 3166-1 code: AZ
Atlas Play pack: Central and South Asia (explorer pack)

Practise the Central and South Asia pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

UzbekistanAzerbaijan: a wide red band in the middle. Uzbekistan: a wide white band with thin red lines, and twelve stars.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Azerbaijan (revision 1373367673) (A horizontal tricolor of bright blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star centred on a red band; proportion 1:2). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/az.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 ddff0e30cc4d…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.