Flag of Uzbekistan

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

How to recognise it

Light blue, white and green bands with thin red lines between them, and a white crescent with twelve stars at the top hoist.

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

Practise the Central and South Asia pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: 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_Uzbekistan (revision 1374106624) (A horizontal triband of dark blue, white, and green, separated by two narrow red stripes. A white crescent and twelve white five-pointed stars in three rows are situated on the hoist side of the upper azure stripe; 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/uz.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 7e5f772aef32…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.