Countries with a Red Flag & Yellow Star 2026

This is the complete set of sovereign UN-member states whose flag features a red field — or prominently red primary area — bearing yellow stars as the central design element. China and Vietnam are the two archetypal pure red-field-yellow-star flags; Burkina Faso and Grenada are included because their yellow stars sit exclusively on the red portions of their flags. No other sovereign flag places a yellow star on a red field as its primary design.

China

★★★★★

Vietnam

★

Burkina Faso

★

Grenada

★★★★★★★

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4 countries(complete set — no sovereign nation was omitted)

Country	Since	Stars	Star description	Details
China	1949	5	5 yellow stars on entirely red field	A large yellow five-pointed star flanked by four smaller yellow stars arranged in an arc, all in the upper-hoist canton of a wholly red field. Adopted on 27 September 1949, three days before the proclamation of the People's Republic, and first raised at Tiananmen Square on 1 October 1949. Known in Chinese as Wǔxīng Hóngqí — 'Five-Star Red Flag'. Red represents the Communist Revolution; the large star symbolises the Communist Party of China; the four smaller stars represent the four social classes united under its leadership — the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie — each with one point aimed at the centre of the large star, symbolising unity. Designed by Zeng Liansong, selected from nearly 3,000 submissions.
Vietnam	1955	1	1 large yellow star centred on entirely red field	A single large gold five-pointed star precisely centred on a completely red field. One of the world's most immediately recognisable flags — the boldest possible expression of the red-field-yellow-star design. The flag was first used by the Việt Minh during the resistance against Japanese and French occupation, and was adopted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) in 1955. It became the flag of the reunified Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976. Red symbolises the revolution, the blood of those who fought for independence, and the spirit of the Vietnamese people; the gold star represents the five main groups of Vietnamese society — workers, peasants, soldiers, intellectuals, and traders — one for each point. Designed by Nguyễn Hữu Tiến.
Burkina Faso	1984	1	1 yellow star at midpoint of red (top) and green (bottom) bicolour	A single yellow five-pointed star sits precisely at the midpoint between a red upper half and a green lower half — meaning the star straddles both bands but is anchored visually to the red. Adopted on 4 August 1984 when President Thomas Sankara renamed Upper Volta to Burkina Faso ('Land of Upright People') as part of a revolutionary programme. Red represents the revolution and the blood of the independence struggle; green represents the country's agricultural and natural wealth; the yellow star is the guiding light of the revolution and the country's bright future. The design is widely believed to have been inspired by the flag of the Viet Cong — the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam — which was itself a red-and-blue field with a central yellow star, reflecting Sankara's deep admiration for the Vietnamese anti-colonial resistance.
Grenada	1974	7	7 yellow stars on red border and red central disc	Seven yellow five-pointed stars arranged exclusively on the red portions of the flag: three in the top red border, three in the bottom red border, and one on a red circular disc at the centre. The flag's inner field is divided diagonally into yellow and green triangles, but all stars sit on red. Adopted on 7 February 1974 upon independence from the United Kingdom. Red represents the courage, vitality, and harmony of the Grenadian people; yellow symbolises the sun and the wisdom of the people; green represents the island's fertile vegetation and agriculture. A stylised nutmeg pod appears on the hoist-side triangle — Grenada is one of the world's top nutmeg producers and is known as the 'Isle of Spice'. The six border stars represent Grenada's six parishes; the central disc star represents the capital, Saint George's. Designed by Anthony C. George.

Notable near-misses — yellow star not on a red field:

🇨🇲Cameroon— Yellow star sits in the red vertical band, but the primary field is a green-red-yellow tricolour

🇨🇩DR Congo— Yellow star in upper-hoist corner of a blue field; the red is a diagonal stripe, not the primary background

🇨🇫Central African Rep.— Yellow star in hoist corner above a 4-colour striped field; red vertical stripe is not the primary area

🇸🇸South Sudan— Yellow star is inside a blue triangle, not on the red horizontal band

🇸🇷Suriname— Yellow star is centred on a white band, not on the red field

🇲🇿Mozambique— Star sits on a red triangle at the hoist, but only as part of a complex emblem

🏴USSR (historical)— Red field + yellow hammer-and-sickle + yellow star — no longer a sovereign state (dissolved 1991)

🇰🇵North Korea— Red star (not yellow) on a blue-white-red-white-blue striped field

🇦🇴Angola— Yellow star is part of an emblem on a red-and-black bicolour, not a standalone yellow star on red

🇹🇯Tajikistan— Seven yellow stars sit on the white middle band, not on the red portion

🇹🇻Tuvalu— Nine yellow stars on a light blue field — not red at all

🇨🇻Cape Verde— Ten yellow stars on a blue field with coloured stripes — not a red field