The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1990 to 2025 Southeast Asia
Flag Laos, in 36 editions.
The entry for Laos published Flag in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 10
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Flag” (1990 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).
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1990 edition
First publishedThe same text in 1990 and 1991.
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a
large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a
a large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and
red with
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and
and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
Published as “Flag description”
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width),
width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
Published as “Flag description”
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double
(double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue
band
The same text in 10 editions, 2000 to 2009.
Published as “Flag description”
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue
The same text in 2010 and 2011.
Published as “Flag description”
- three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band;
- the red bands recall the blood shed for liberation;
- the blue band represents the Mekong River and prosperity;
- the white disk symbolizes the full moon against the Mekong River, but also signifies the unity of the people under the Pathet Lao, as well as the country's bright future
Rewritten: too little of the 2009 text remains to mark the changes.
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band; the red bands recall the blood shed for liberation; the blue band represents the Mekong River and prosperity; the white disk symbolizes the full moon against the Mekong River, but also signifies the unity of the people under the Pathet Lao, as well as the country's bright future
The same text in 13 editions, 2012 to 2024.
Published as “Flag description”
- three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band;
- the red bands recall the blood shed for liberation;
- the blue band represents the Mekong River and prosperity;
- the white disk symbolizes the full moon against the Mekong River, but also signifies the unity of the people under the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, as well as the country's bright future
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band; the red bands recall the blood shed for liberation; the blue band represents the Mekong River and prosperity; the white disk symbolizes the full moon against the Mekong River, but also signifies the unity of the people under the Pathet Lao, Lao People's Revolutionary Party, as well as the country's bright future
- description:
- three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double-width), and red, with a large white disk centered in the blue band
- meaning:
- red stands for the blood shed for liberation, and blue for the Mekong River and prosperity;
- the white disk represents the full moon over the Mekong River and the unity of the people under the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, as well as the country's bright future
description: three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), (double-width), and red red, with a large white disk centered in the blue band; the band
meaning: red bands recall stands for the blood shed for liberation; the liberation, and blue band represents for the Mekong River and prosperity; the white disk symbolizes represents the full moon against over the Mekong River, but also signifies River and the unity of the people under the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, as well as the country's bright future
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Laos: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/laos/flag.