Countries That Start With U: List With Flags

Countries That Start With U

9 countries and territories start with U. Seven are UN member states, and the US Minor Outlying Islands and US Virgin Islands are territories. Flags are below.

#	Country	Capital	Population
1	Uganda	Kampala	47,123,531
2	Ukraine	Kyiv	41,167,335
3	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	9,890,400
4	United Kingdom	London	67,326,569
5	United States	Washington, D.C.	340,110,988
6	Uruguay	Montevideo	3,444,263
7	US Minor Outlying Islands (territory)	—	190
8	US Virgin Islands (territory)	Charlotte Amalie	87,146
9	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	34,915,100

Flags of countries starting with U

Notes on countries that start with U

The best-known U country is the United States, whose flag has 13 stripes and 50 stars. The United Kingdom flies the Union Jack, and the United Arab Emirates combines the Pan-Arab colors in a red vertical band and three horizontal stripes.

Ukraine in Eastern Europe has a blue and yellow bicolor, and Uzbekistan in Central Asia has blue, white and green stripes with a crescent and stars. Uganda in East Africa flies a crowned crane within a circle on its flag. Uruguay in South America has the Sun of May and nine stripes.

The US Virgin Islands and the US Minor Outlying Islands are US territories.

Fun fact: Uganda's flag is a rare example of a national flag with an animal, the grey crowned crane.

Countries That Start With U

Flags of countries starting with U

Notes on countries that start with U

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