10 Countries of the World that Share Same Flag Colours, Ivory Coast, Ireland Make List

10 Countries of the World that Share Same Flag Colours, Ivory Coast, Ireland Make List

Countries around the world are identified with their flags and people sometimes get confused when some nations have similar flag colours.

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Legit.ng brings you 10 countries that fall under this category.

1. Romania and Chad

The national flag of Romania is a tricolour with vertical stripes. The flag has the colours blue, yellow and red. It is similar to that of Chad which consists of colours blue, gold and red.

2. Ivory Coast and Ireland

The flag of Ivory Coast has three equal vertical bands of orange, white, and green. The green, white and orange are also present in the flag of Ireland.

You can tell the two flags apart by where their green or orange stripe is located.

10 countries of the world that share same flag colours, Africa makes list
Ivory Coast (L) and Ireland flags (R) share the same colours. Photo credit: Education Images/Universal Images Group, Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
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3 Colombia and Ecuador

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Colombia and Ecuador share the same flag colours. Both flags have colour yellow, blue and red.

The flag of Ecuador, however, has a depiction of the country's coat of arms at the center while the Columbian flag has none.

10 countries of the world that share same flag colours, Africa makes list
Colombia and Ecuador flags are undoubtedly beautiful. Photo credit: Sebastian Barros/NurPhoto, Tim de Waele
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4. Yemen and Syria

The flags of Yemen and Syria consist of colours red, white, and black. You can tell both flags apart because that of Syria has two stars that are green in colour.

10 countries of the world that share same flag colours, Africa makes list
Syria has five-pointed stars on its flag while Yemen has none. Photo credit: Sergei Bobylev/TASS, Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency
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5. Indonesia/Monaco

The flags of Indonesia and Monaco both have colours red and white. The present bicolour design for Monaco's flag was adopted on April 4, 1881.

10 countries of the world that share same flag colours, Africa makes list
Indonesia and Monaco flags have the same colours. Photo credit: Ferdi Awed/INA Photo Agency/Universal Images Group, Quinn Rooney
Source: Getty Images

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In other news, Canada has emerged the best country in the world after beating Switzerland to take the number one slot.

Canada has a population of 37.6 million and a GDP of $1.74 trillion (N664,680,000,000,000).

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The North American country has a reputation for welcoming immigrants. Justin Trudeau is the current prime minister of Canada.

Number two on the list is Japan. The country has a population of 126 million people and it is one of the world's most literate and technically advanced nations in the world.

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Tunde Ososanya Tunde Ososanya, a former senior editor, is a graduate of Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. He's passionate about what he does and finds fulfilment in informing the people. Ososanya is the author of Later Tonight: a Collection of Short Stories.

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