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10 Countries of the World that Share Same Flag Colours between them

Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 2:49 PM by Priscilla Aklorbortu Aba Afful

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

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.

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.

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).

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