India United States Pakistan Malaysia United Kingdom Indonesia Philippines Ghana Sri Lanka Nigeria Australia Bangladesh Canada Saudi Arabia Belgium South Africa United Arab Emirates Kenya Taiwan Germany Russia Italy Greece Egypt Netherlands Serbia Nepal Singapore China Brazil France Algeria Romania Norway Albania Portugal Israel Sweden Thailand Morocco Spain Iraq Croatia Poland Lebanon Turkey Uganda Tanzania Tunisia Jordan Jamaica Bosnia and Herzegovina Qatar Maldives Ireland Kuwait Iceland Denmark Mexico North Macedonia New Zealand Mauritius Japan Hungary Myanmar Vietnam Bulgaria Oman Finland Cyprus Ethiopia Trinidad and Tobago Switzerland Czech Republic Cambodia Austria Botswana Sudan South Korea Puerto Rico Afghanistan Slovakia Zimbabwe Bahrain Fiji Ukraine Lithuania Slovenia Georgia Rwanda Hong Kong Argentina Cameroon Namibia Colombia Chile Guyana Libya Brunei Darussalam Azerbaijan Yemen Zambia Latvia Palestinian Territory Peru Estonia Iran Mongolia Syria Cote D'Ivoire Malta Montenegro Malawi Venezuela Armenia Suriname Dominican Republic Moldova Gambia Ecuador Djibouti Bahamas Belize Somalia Senegal Laos Costa Rica Papua New Guinea Netherlands Antilles Bhutan Barbados Angola Mozambique Benin Madagascar Sierra Leone Lesotho Saint Lucia Panama Bolivia Luxembourg Haiti Grenada British Virgin Islands Honduras Seychelles Eswatini Eritrea Guam Uzbekistan Antigua and Barbuda Nicaragua Uruguay Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Belarus El Salvador Mauritania Togo Guatemala Burkina Faso Dominica Democratic Republic of the Congo Mali Paraguay Liberia Macao Reunion Kazakhstan Gabon South Sudan Jersey Saint Kitts and Nevis Kyrgyzstan Bermuda U.S. Virgin Islands Isle of Man Cayman Islands Faroe Islands Aruba Martinique Gibraltar Guadeloupe Tonga Cuba Cabo Verde Anguilla Micronesia French Guiana Kiribati Timor-Leste Solomon Islands New Caledonia French Polynesia Guernsey Vanuatu Curacao Greenland Northern Mariana Islands Niger Tajikistan Equatorial Guinea Republic of the Congo Monaco Burundi Samoa Guinea Kosovo American Samoa North Korea Guinea-Bissau Comoros Montserrat Sint Maarten Sao Tome and Principe Marshall Islands Aland Islands San Marino Antarctica Sri Lanka Flag Meaning & Details 4,820 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