The CIA World Factbook Edition 2012 Government

National symbol(s) In 15 editions of 36.

National symbol(s) was published in 15 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2011 to 2025. The 2012 edition carries it in 186 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2012 edition
186
the first edition with it
2011
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “National symbol(s)” (2011 to 2025).

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Africa

40 entries

Algeria

star and crescent; fennec fox

Angola

sable antelope

Benin

leopard

Botswana

zebra

Burkina Faso

white stallion

Burundi

lion

Cameroon

lion

Central African Republic

elephant

Chad

goat (north); lion (south)

Comoros

four stars and crescent

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

leopard

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

lion; elephant

Cote d'Ivoire

elephant

Egypt

golden eagle

Equatorial Guinea

silk cotton tree

Eritrea

camel

Swaziland now Eswatini

lion; elephant

Ethiopia

Abyssinian lion

Gabon

black panther

Gambia, The now The Gambia

lion

Ghana

black star; golden eagle

Kenya

lion

Lesotho

Basotho hat

Liberia

white star

Libya

star and crescent; hawk

Mauritania

star and crescent

Morocco

pentacle symbol; lion

Nigeria

eagle

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

Saint Helena plover (bird)

Senegal

lion

Sierra Leone

lion

Somalia

leopard

South Africa

springbok antelope

South Sudan

African fish eagle

Sudan

secretary bird

Tanzania

Uhuru (Freedom) torch

Tunisia

encircled red star and crescent

Uganda

grey crowned crane

Zambia

African fish eagle

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe bird symbol; African fish eagle

Antarctic Region

1 entry

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

polar bear

Iceland

gyrfalcon

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

lion

Armenia

  • Mount Ararat;
  • eagle;
  • lion

Azerbaijan

flames of fire

Bangladesh

Bengal tiger

Bhutan

thunder dragon known as Druk

China

dragon

Georgia

Saint George; lion

India

Bengal tiger

Japan

red sun disc; chrysanthemum

Kazakhstan

golden eagle

Korea, North now North Korea

red star

Korea, South now South Korea

taegeuk (yin yang symbol)

Kyrgyzstan

gyrfalcon

Maldives

crescent moon

Mongolia

soyombo emblem

Nepal

rhododendron blossom

Pakistan

star and crescent

Russia

bear; double-headed eagle

Sri Lanka

lion

Tajikistan

crown surmounted by seven, five-pointed stars

Turkmenistan

Akhal-Teke horse

Uzbekistan

khumo (mythical bird)

Central America and the Caribbean

19 entries

Anguilla

dolphin

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

blue marlin; flamingo

Barbados

Neptune's trident

Belize

Baird's tapir (a large, browsing, forest-dwelling mammal); keel-billed toucan

Costa Rica

clay-colored robin known as Yiguirro

Dominica

Sisserou parrot

Dominican Republic

palmchat (bird)

El Salvador

turquoise-browed motmot (bird)

Guatemala

quetzal (bird)

Haiti

Hispaniolan trogon (bird)

Honduras

scarlet macaw; white-tailed deer

Jamaica

green-and-black streamertail (bird)

Nicaragua

turquoise-browed motmot (bird)

Panama

harpy eagle

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican spindalis (bird); coqui (frog)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

brown pelican

Saint Lucia

twin pitons (volcanic peaks); Saint Lucia parrot

Saint Martin

brown pelican

Trinidad and Tobago

scarlet ibis (bird of Trinidad); cocrico (bird of Tobago)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

double-headed eagle

Austria

black eagle

Belarus

mounted knight known as Pahonia (the Chaser)

Belgium

lion

Bosnia and Herzegovina

golden lily

Bulgaria

lion

Croatia

red-white checkerboard

Czech Republic now Czechia

double-tailed lion

Denmark

lion; mute swan

Estonia

barn swallow, cornflower

European Union

a circle of 12 stars

Faroe Islands

ram

Finland

lion

France

Gallic rooster

Germany

black eagle

Gibraltar

Barbary macaque

Greece

Greek cross (white cross on blue field; arms equal length)

Guernsey

Guernsey cow; donkey

Holy See (Vatican City)

crossed keys

Hungary

Holy Crown of Hungary (Crown of Saint Stephen); turul (falcon)

Ireland

harp

Isle of Man

triskelion (a motif of three legs)

Italy

white, five-pointed star (Stella d'Italia)

Jersey

Jersey cow

Latvia

white wagtail (bird)

Lithuania

mounted knight known as Vytis (the Chaser)

Luxembourg

lion

Malta

Maltese cross

Moldova

aurochs (a type of wild cattle)

Montenegro

double-headed eagle

Netherlands

lion

Macedonia now North Macedonia

eight-rayed sun

Norway

lion

Poland

white eagle

Portugal

armillary sphere (a spherical astrolabe modeling objects in the sky)

Romania

golden eagle

San Marino

three peaks each displaying a tower

Serbia

double-headed eagle

Slovakia

double-barred cross (Cross of St. Cyril and St. Methodius) surmounting three peaks

Slovenia

Mount Triglav

Spain

Pillars of Hercules

Sweden

three crowns; lion

Switzerland

Swiss cross (white cross on red field; arms equal length)

Ukraine

trident (tryzub)

United Kingdom

  • lion (Britain in general);
  • lion (England);
  • lion, unicorn (Scotland);
  • dragon (Wales);
  • harp (Northern Ireland)

Middle East

13 entries

Cyprus

Cypriot mouflon (wild sheep); white dove

Iran

lion

Iraq

golden eagle

Israel

Star of David

Jordan

eagle

Kuwait

golden falcon

Lebanon

cedar tree

Oman

Khanjar dagger superimposed on two crossed swords

Saudi Arabia

palm tree surmounting two crossed swords

Syria

hawk

Turkey now Turkiye

star and crescent

United Arab Emirates

golden falcon

Yemen

golden eagle

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

red lion

Canada

maple leaf

Mexico

golden eagle

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

16th-century sailing ship

United States

bald eagle

Oceania

14 entries

Australia

  • Southern Cross constellation (five, seven-pointed stars);
  • kangaroo;
  • emu

French Polynesia

outrigger canoe

Guam

coconut tree

Kiribati

frigatebird

New Caledonia

kagu bird

New Zealand

Southern Cross constellation (four, five-pointed stars); kiwi (bird)

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island pine

Northern Mariana Islands

latte stone

Papua New Guinea

bird of paradise

Samoa

Southern Cross constellation (five, five-pointed stars)

Tokelau

tuluma (fishing tackle box)

Tonga

red cross on white field; arms equal length

Vanuatu

boar's tusk

Wallis and Futuna

red saltire (Saint Andrew's Cross) on a white square on a red field

South America

12 entries

Argentina

Sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol)

Bolivia

llama; Andean condor

Brazil

Southern Cross constellation

Chile

huemul (mountain deer); Andean condor

Colombia

Andean condor

Ecuador

Andean condor

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

ram

Guyana

Canje pheasant (hoatzin); jaguar

Paraguay

lion

Peru

vicuna (a camelid related to the llama)

Uruguay

Sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol)

Venezuela

troupial (bird)

Southeast Asia

13 entries

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

chinthe (mythical lion)

Cambodia

Angkor Wat temple; kouprey (wild ox)

Christmas Island

golden bosun bird

Hong Kong

orchid tree flower

Indonesia

garuda (mythical bird)

Laos

elephant

Macau

lotus blossom

Malaysia

tiger

Philippines

Philippine eagle

Singapore

lion

Taiwan

white, 12-rayed sun on blue field

Thailand

garuda (mythical half-man, half-bird figure); elephant

Vietnam

yellow, five-pointed star on red field

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2012, “National symbol(s)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/national-symbol-s/2012.

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