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Flag Croatia, in 34 editions.
The entry for Croatia published Flag in 34 editions of 34, from 1992 to 2025. The text changed in 13 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 13
- the first edition with it
- 1992
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Flag” (1992 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024red, white, and blue with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and
white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and
and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red
(red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms
arms (red and white checkered)
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
Published as “Flag description”
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian
coat of
Published as “Flag description”
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian
Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
The same text in 6 editions, 2000 to 2005.
Published as “Flag description”
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with
The same text in 3 editions, 2006 to 2008.
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
red, three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue horizontal bands with superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue, superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue blue, superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)
The same text in 5 editions, 2010 to 2014.
Published as “Flag description”
- three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue - the Pan-Slav colors - superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms;
- the coat of arms consists of one main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields) surmounted by five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield;
- the five small shields represent five historic regions, they are (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia
note: the Pan-Slav colors were inspired by the 19th-century flag of Russia
Rewritten: too little of the 2009 text remains to mark the changes.
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue - the Pan-Slav colors - superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms; the coat of arms consists of one main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields) surmounted by five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield; the five small shields represent five historic regions, they are (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia
note:
the Pan-Slav colors were inspired by the 19th-century flag of Russia
Published as “Flag description”
- three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue - the Pan-Slav colors - superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms;
- the coat of arms consists of one main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields) surmounted by five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield;
- the five small shields represent five historic regions, they are (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia
note: the Pan-Slav colors were inspired by the 19th-century flag of Russia
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue - the Pan-Slav colors - superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms; the coat of arms consists of one main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields) surmounted by five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield; the five small shields represent five historic regions, they are (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia
note:
The same text in 9 editions, 2016 to 2024.
Published as “Flag description”
- three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue - the Pan-Slav colors - superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms;
- the coat of arms consists of one main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields) surmounted by five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield;
- the five small shields represent five historic regions (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia
note: the Pan-Slav colors were inspired by the 19th-century flag of Russia
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue - the Pan-Slav colors - superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms; the coat of arms consists of one main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields) surmounted by five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield; the five small shields represent five historic regions, they are regions (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia
note: the Pan-Slav colors were inspired by the 19th-century flag of Russia
- description:
- three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue -- the pan-Slav colors -- with the Croatian coat of arms in the center, which consists of a main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver fields) with five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield
- meaning:
- the small shields represent the five historic regions (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia
- history:
- Russia's 19th-century flag inspired the pan-Slav colors
description: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue - -- the Pan-Slav pan-Slav colors - superimposed by -- with the Croatian coat of arms; the coat of arms in the center, which consists of one a main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields) surmounted by with five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield; shield
meaning: the five small shields represent the five historic regions (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonianote: the Pan-Slav colors were inspired by the history: Russia's 19th-century flag of Russia inspired the pan-Slav colors
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Croatia: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1992–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/croatia/flag.