Countries That Start With R
5 countries and territories start with R. Four are UN member states: the Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia and Rwanda. Réunion is a French territory.
| # | Flag | Country | Capital | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 6,142,180 |
| 2 |  | Réunion (territory) | Saint-Denis | 889,679 |
| 3 |  | Romania | Bucharest | 19,053,815 |
| 4 |  | Russia | Moscow | 146,119,928 |
| 5 |  | Rwanda | Kigali | 14,569,341 |
Flags of countries starting with R
Notes on countries that start with R
Russia is the largest country in the world and flies a white, blue and red horizontal tricolor. Romania is in southeastern Europe, and its vertical blue, yellow and red flag is almost identical to the flag of Chad.
Two African countries start with R. Rwanda is known as the land of a thousand hills and has a blue, yellow and green flag with a golden sun. The Republic of the Congo is a separate country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a green, yellow and red diagonal flag.
Réunion is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department of France, so it uses the French tricolor.
Fun fact: Russia spans 11 time zones, more than any other country.