1/3rd of the World’s Countries’ Flags Have Religious Symbols on Them

A few noteworthy facts:

• 64 of the world’s 196 countries (or 32.7%) have religious symbols on their flags
• 48% of the flags with religious symbols have Christian symbols
• 33% of the flags with religious symbols have Islamic symbols
• Only one country in the world has a Jewish symbol: Israel
• The flags for Uruguay and Argentina include the image of a sun believed to be representative of the Incan sun god Inti
• The Mexican flag has the Aztec god Huitzilopochtli as an eagle perched atop a cactus with a snake in its beak

Here’s the full chart:

Learn more by checking out the full write-up by Pew Research.

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