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COUNTRY/REGION RATIO DATE FLAG WAS LAST ADOPTION DATE OF
MODIFIED COAT OF ARMS
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Abkhazia 23 July 1992 23 July 1992
Afghanistan 1:2 27 January 2003 2 December 1992
Aland Islands 7 April 1954 1569
Albania 5:7 7 April 1992 21 October 1998
Alderney December 1906 17945
Algeria 2:3 3 July 1962 1 November 1976
American Samoa 27 April 1960 17 October 1960
Andorra 2:3 1866 1969
Angola 2:3 11 November 1975 25 August 1992
Anguilla 30 May 1990 30 May 1990
Antigua Barbuda 2:3 27 February 1967 16 February 1967
Argentina 1:2 25 February 1818 12 March 1813
Armenia 1:2 24 August 1990 24 August 1990
Artsakh 2 June 1992 31 December 1991
Aruba 18 March 1976 15 November 1955
Australia 1:2 22 May 1909 19 September 1912
Austria 2:3 27 April 1984 27 April 1984
Azerbaijan 1:2 5 February 1991 27 February 1993
Azores 2 April 1979 31 March 1980
Bahamas 1:2 10 July 1973 7 December 1971
Bahrain 3:5 19 August 1972 1971
Bangladesh 3:5 13 January 1972 28 February 1971
Barbados 2:3 30 November 1966 21 December 1965
Belarus 1:2 7 June 1995 7 June 1995
Belgium 13:15 13 September 1831 17 May 1837
Belize 2:3 21 September 1981 21 September 1981
Benin 2:3 1 August 1990 1 August 1991
Bermuda 1:2 4 October /1910 4 October 1910
Bhutan 2:3 1969 1980
Bolivia 2:3 14 July 1888 14 July 1888
Bonaire 15 December 1981 6 September 1986
Bosnia and Hercegovina 1:2 4 February 1998 20 May 1998
Botswana 2:3 30 September 1966 25 January 1966
Bougainville 1 September 1975 unknown
Brazil 7:10 11 May 1992 11 May 1992
British Antarctic Terr. 1:2 21 April 1998 1 August 1963
Br. Indian Ocean Terr. 1:2 8 November 1990 2 August 1990
British Virgin Islands 1:2 15 November 1960 15 November 1960
Brunei 1:2 29 September 1959 29 September 1959
Bulgaria 2:3 27 November 1990 31 July 1997
Burkina Faso 2:3 4 August 1984 1 August 1997
Burundi 3:5 28 June 1967 1966
Cambodia 2:3 30 June 1993 21 September 1993
Cameroon 2:3 20 May 1975 1984
Canada 1:2 15 February 1965 12 July 1994
Canary Is 10 August 1982 10 August 1982
Cape Verde 4:7 25 September 1992 25 October 1992
Cayman Is 1:2 25 January 1999 14 May 1958
Central African Rep. 2:3 1 December 1958 17 May 1963
Chad 2:3 6 November 1959 11 August 1970
Chatham May 1989 unknown
Chechnya 2 November 1991 2 November 1991
Chile 2:3 18 October 1817 24 June 1834
China 2:3 1 October 1949 20 September 1950
Christmas Is 1:2 April 1986 unknown
Colombia 2:3 26 November 1861 6 August 1955
Comoros 2:3 3 October 1996 1 October 1978
Congo 2:3 10 June 1991 10 June 1991
Congo (Dem. Rep.) 2:3 17 May 1997 June 1997
Cook Is 1:2 4 August 1979 1979
Costa Rica 2:3 21 October 1964 21 October 1964
Côte d'Ivoire 2:3 4 December 1959 26 June 1964
Croatia 1:2 21 December 1990 21 December 1990
Cuba 1:2 20 May 1902 24 April 1906
Curaçao 2 July 1984 24 July 1964
Cyprus 3:5 16 August 1960 16 August 1960
Czech Republic 30 March 1920 7 March 1990
Denmark 28:37 1625 16 November 1972
Djibouti 2:3 27 June 1977 27 June 1977
Dominica 1:2 3 November 1990 21 July 1961
Dominican Republic 2:3 6 November 1844 12 June 1896
Ecuador 1:2 7 November 1900 5 December 1900
Egypt 2:3 4 October 1984 4 October 1984
El Salvador 27 September 1972 27 December 1972
Equatorial Guinea 2:3 21 August 1979 21 August 1979
Eritrea 1:2 5 December 1995 24 May 1993
Estonia 7:11 7 August 1990 16 October 1990
Ethiopia 1:2 6 February 1996 6 February 1996
Falkland Is 1:2 27 September 1948 11 March 1952
Faroe Is 5 June 1959 1819
Fiji 1:2 10 October 1970 4 July 1908
Finland 11:18 29 May 1918 26 May 1978
France 2:3 20 May 1794 no coat of arms
French Guiana 2:3 unknown 22 September 1901
French Polynesia 2:3 23 November 1984 23 November 1984
French Southern &
Antarctic Territories 2:3 4 September 1958 4 September 1978
Gabon 2:3 9 August 1960 15 July 1963
Gambia 2:3 18 February 1965 18 November 1964
Georgia 3:5 14 November 1990 11 December 1990
Germany 3:5 9 May 1949 20 January 1950
Ghana 2:3 28 February 1966 4 March 1957
Gibraltar 8 November 1982 10 July 1502
Greece 2:3 22 December 1978 7 June 1975
Greenland 21 June 1985 1 May 1989
Grenada 3:5 7 February 1974 6 December 1973
Guadeloupe unknown unknown
Guam 9 February 1948 4 July 1917
Guatemala 5:8 26 December 1997 26 December 1997
Guernsey 30 April 1985 1279
Guinea 2:3 10 November 1958 23 December 1993
Guinea Bissau 1:2 24 September 1973 1973
Guyana 1:2 26 May 1966 21 January 1966
Haiti 3:5 25 February 1986 25 February 1986
Herm 1984 1953
Honduras 1:2 18 January 1949 16 February 1866
Hong Kong 1 July 1997 1 July 1997
Hungary 2:3 1 October 1957 3 July 1990
Iceland 18:25 17 June 1944 17 June 1944
India 2:3 22 July /1947 26 January 1950
Indonesia 2:3 17 August 1945 1 February 1950
Iran 4:7 29 July 1980 10 May 1980
Iraq 2:3 13 January 1991 14 January 1991
Ireland 1:2 29 December 1937 9 November 1945
Isle of Man 27 August 1971 12 July 1996
Israel 8:11 12 November 1948 11 November 1949
Italy 2:3 19 June 1946 5 May 1948
Jamaica 1:2 6 August 1962 6 August 1962
Japan 2:3 13 August 1999 21 October 1926 (royal emblem)
Jersey 7 April 1981 1279
Jordan 1:2 16 April 1928 25 May 1946
Kazakhstan 1:2 4 June 1992 4 June 1992
Kenya 2:3 12 December 1963 15 October 1963
Kiribati 1:2 12 July 1979 1 May 1937
Korea (North) 1:2 8 September 1948 8 September 1948
Korea (South) 2:3 25 January 1950 15 August 1949
Kuwait 1:2 1 January 1961 1963
Kyrgyzstan 3 March 1992 14 January 1994
Laos 2:3 2 December 1975 14 August 1991
Latvia 1:2 27 February 1990 27 February 1990
Lebanon 2:3 7 December 1943 7 December 1943
Lesotho 2:3 19 January 1987 4 December 1966
Liberia 10:19 26 July 1847 16 July 1847
Libya 1:2 19 November 1977 19 November 1977
Liechtenstein 3:5 18 September 1982 4 June 1957
Lithuania 1:2 20 March 1989 20 September 1991
Luxembourg 3:5 16 August 1972 16 August 1972
Macao 31 March 1993 31 March 1993
Macedonia 1:2 5 October 1995 31 December 1946
Madagascar 2:3 21 October 1958 24 March 1993
Madeira 12 September 1978 28 September 1978
Malawi 2:3 6 July 1964 30 June 1964
Malaysia 1:2 16 September 1963 16 September 1988
Maldives 2:3 25 July 1965 1965
Mali 2:3 1 March 1961 22 September 1960
Malta 2:3 21 September 1964 28 October 1988
Marquesas 14 December 1980 unknown
Marshall Is 10:19 1 May 1979 1979
Martinique 4 August 1766 4 August 1766
Mauritania 2:3 22 March 1959 3 August 1960
Mauritius 2:3 9 January 1968 25 August 1906
Mexico 4:7 16 September 1968 16 September 1968
Micronesia 10:19 30 November 1978 10 May 1979
Moldova 1:2 12 May 1990 3 November 1990
Monaco 4:5 4 April 1881 15 March 1858
Mongolia 2:3 12 February 1992 15 January 1992
Montserrat 1:2 25 January 1999 10 April 1909
Morocco 2:3 17 November 1915 14 August 1957
Mozambique 2:3 1 May 1983 30 November 1990
Myanmar 5:9 3 January 1974 18 September 1988
Namibia 2:3 21 March 1990 21 March 1990
Nauru 1:2 31 January 1968 31 January 1968
Nepal 4:3 12 December 1962 16 December 1962
Netherland Antilles 1 January 1986 1 January 1986
Netherlands 2:3 19 February 1937 10 July 1907
New Zealand 1:2 12 June 1902 11 July 1957
Nicaragua 3:5 27 August 1971 21 August 1823
Niger 6:7 23 November 1959 1 December 1962
Nigeria 1:2 1 October 1960 1 October 1978
Niue 15 October 1975 unknown
Norfolk Is 17 January 1980 21 October 1980
North Cyprus 13 March 1984 15 November 1984
Northern Marianas 1995 1995
Norway 8:11 17 July 1821 19 December 1992
Oman 1:2 18 November 1995 23 July 1985
Pakistan 2:3 14 August 1947 23 March 1956
Palau 5:8 1 January 1981 1 January 1981
Palestine 15 November 1988 15 November 1988
Panama 2:3 20 December 1903 4 June 1904
Papua New Guinea 3:4 1 July 1971 12 March 1971
Paraguay 3:5 27 November 1842 1842
Peru 2:3 25 February 1825 25 February 1825
Philippines 1:2 16 September 1997 4 July 1946
Pitcairn 1:2 2 April 1984 4 November 1969
Poland 2:3 9 February 1990 9 February 1990
Portugal 2:3 30 June 1911 30 June 1911
Puerto Rico 24 July 1952 8 August 1952
Qatar 11:28 9 July 1971 1978
Reunion 20 December 1996 unknown
Romania 2:3 27 December 1989 24 September 1992
Russia 2:3 26 December 1991(?) 30 November 1993
Rwanda 2:3 25 October 2001 25 October 2001
Sabah 6 December 1985 1985
St Helena 1:2 4 October 1984 4 October 1984
St Kitts Nevis 2:3 19 September 1983 16 February 1967 (motto changed 19 September 1983)
St Lucia 2:3 22 February 1979 1 March 1967
St Maarten 13 June 1985 17 November 1982
St Pierre & Miquelon unknown unknown
St Vincent & Grenadines 2:3 12 October 1985 12 November 1912
San Marino 3:4 6 April 1862 6 April 1862
Sao Tome & Principe 1:2 5 November 1975 1977
Sark 1938 1790
Saudi Arabia 19 November 1980 22 September 1932
Senegal 2:3 20 August 1960 December 1965
Seychelles 1:2 18 June 1996 18 June 1996
SGSI 25 January 1999 14 February 1992
Shetland 1969 17 June 1975
Sierra Leone 2:3 27 April 1961 1 December 1960
Singapore 2:3 3 December 1959 26 November 1959
Slovakia 2:3 1 September 1992 1 March 1990
Slovenia 1:2 27 June 1991 20 July 1994
Solomon Is 1:2 18 November 1977 7 July 1978
Somalia 2:3 12 October 1954 10 October 1956
Somaliland 14 October 1996 1991
South Africa 2:3 27 April 1994 27 April 2000
Spain 2:3 19 December 1981 19 December 1981
Sri Lanka 5:9 7 September 1978 22 May 1972
Sudan 1:2 20 May 1970 1970
Surinam 2:3 25 November 1975 25 November 1975
Swaziland 2:3 30 October 1967 30 April 1968
Sweden 5:8 22 June 1906 15 May 1908
Switzerland 1:1 12 December 1889 1815
Syria 2:3 29 March 1980 1980
Taiwan 2:3 8 October 1928 16 March 1895
Tajikistan 1:2 24 November 1992 28 December 1993
Tanzania 2:3 30 June 1964 30 June 1964
Thailand 2:3 28 September 1917 1910
Togo 2:3 27 April 1960 April 1980
Tokelau 1989 unknown
Tonga 1:2 4 November 1875 1862
Torres Strait Is 29 May 1992 unknown
Trinidad & Tobago 3:5 31 August 1962 9 August 1962
Tunisia 2:3 3 January 1999 2 September 1989
Turkey 2:3 5 June 1936 1927
Turkmenistan 1:2 24 January 2001 19 February 1992
Turks & Caicos Is 1:2 7 November 1968 28 September 1965
Tuvalu 1:2 11 April 1997 3 December 1976
Uganda 9 October 1962 21 September 1962
Ukraine 2:3 3 September 1996 3 September 1996
United Kingdom 1:2 1 January 1801 20 June 1837
United Arab Emirates 1:2 2 December 1971 1973
United States of America 10:19 4 July 1960 7 July 1884
US Virgin Is 17 May 1921 1990
Uruguay 2:3 11 July 1830 26 October 1908
Uzbekstan 18 November 1991 2 July 1992
Vanuatu 3:5 18 February 1980 30 July 1980
Vatican 1:1 8 June 1929 7 June 1929
Venezuela 2:3 19 February 1954 15 April 1953
Vietnam 2:3 30 November 1955 21 July 1956
Wake Is 4 July 1976 unknown
Wallis & Futuna 1985 unknown
Western Sahara 27 February 1976 June 1991
Western Samoa 1:2 24 February 1949 1 January 1962
Yemen 2:3 22 May 1990 22 May 1990
Yugoslavia 1:2 27 April 1992 29 December 1993
Zambia 2:3 1996 19 February 1965
Zimbabwe 1:2 18 April 1980 21 September 1981