Countries That Start With N

16 countries and territories start with N, and 11 are UN member states. The rest include Northern Ireland, New Caledonia, Niue and Norfolk Island. All flags are below.

#FlagCountryCapitalPopulation
1Flag of Namibia NamibiaWindhoek2,533,794
2Flag of Nauru NauruYaren District13,650
3Flag of Nepal NepalKathmandu29,164,578
4Flag of Netherlands NetherlandsAmsterdam17,100,715
5Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia (territory)Nouméa278,500
6Flag of New Zealand New ZealandWellington5,307,800
7Flag of Nicaragua NicaraguaManagua5,142,098
8Flag of Niger NigerNiamey21,477,348
9Flag of Nigeria NigeriaAbuja211,400,708
10Flag of Niue Niue (territory)Alofi1,821
11Flag of Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (territory)Kingston2,188
12Flag of North Korea North KoreaPyongyang26,418,204
13Flag of North Macedonia North MacedoniaSkopje1,836,713
14Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland (territory)Belfast1,903,200
15Flag of Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (territory)Saipan47,329
16Flag of Norway NorwayOslo5,627,400

Flags of countries starting with N

Flag of Namibia Namibia Flag of Nauru Nauru Flag of Nepal Nepal Flag of Netherlands Netherlands Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua Flag of Niger Niger Flag of Nigeria Nigeria Flag of Niue Niue Flag of Norfolk Island Norfolk Island Flag of North Korea North Korea Flag of North Macedonia North Macedonia Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Flag of Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands Flag of Norway Norway

Notes on countries that start with N

Nepal has the only national flag that is not a rectangle: two stacked pennants in crimson with a blue border. Norway flies a red flag with a blue-bordered white Nordic cross, and the Netherlands has a red, white and blue horizontal tricolor, one of the oldest in Europe.

In Africa, Nigeria and Niger have similar names but different flags, green-white-green for Nigeria and orange-white-green with an orange disc for Niger. Namibia has a diagonal red band with a gold sun. Nicaragua is in Central America, Nauru is a tiny Pacific island state, and New Zealand shows the Southern Cross on a blue ensign.

North Korea and North Macedonia complete the UN members. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, while New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island and the Northern Mariana Islands are territories.

Fun fact: Nauru is the smallest island nation in the world and the third smallest country by area.

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