Flag of Somalia

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

How to recognise it

A light blue field with one large white star in the centre.

Name in the quiz: Somalia
UN member state name: Somalia
ISO 3166-1 code: SO
Atlas Play pack: North and East Africa (explorer pack)

Practise the North and East Africa pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

MicronesiaSomalia: one big star. Micronesia: four stars in a diamond.
VietnamSomalia: white on light blue. Vietnam: gold on red.
SamoaSomalia: one star on all light blue. Samoa: five stars in a blue canton on red.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Somalia (revision 1376691747) (A single white five-pointed star centered on a blue field; proportion 2:3). 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/so.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 1e520af0c292…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.