Template:Country data United States

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Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`United States`	Main article name (United States)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the United States.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the United States.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1776`		`Flag of the United States (1776–1777).svg`
`1777`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1777-1795).svg`
`1795`		`Flag of the United States (1795–1818).svg`
`1818`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1818-1819).svg`
`1819`	File:Flag of the United States (1819–1820).svg	`Flag of the United States (1819-1820).svg`
`1820`		`Flag of the United States (1820-1822).svg`
`1822`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1822-1836).svg`
`1836`	File:Flag of the United States (1836–1837).svg	`Flag of the United States (1836-1837).svg`
`1837`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1837-1845).svg`
`1845`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1845-1846).svg`
`1846`		`Flag of the United States (1846-1847).svg`
`1847`		`Flag of the United States (1847-1848).svg`
`1848`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1848-1851).svg`
`1851`	File:Flag of the United States (1851–1858).svg	`Flag of the United States (1851-1858).svg`
`1858`	File:Flag of the United States (1858–1859).svg	`Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg`
`1859`		`Flag of the United States (1859-1861).svg`
`1861`	File:Flag of the United States (1861–1863).svg	`Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg`
`1863`	File:Flag of the United States (1863–1865).svg	`Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg`
`1865`	File:Flag of the United States (1865–1867).svg	`Flag of the United States (1865-1867).svg`
`1867`	File:Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg	`Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg`
`1877`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1877-1890).svg`
`1890`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1890-1891).svg`
`1891`		`Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg`
`1896`	File:Flag of the United States (1896–1908).svg	`Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg`
`1908`		`Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg`
`1912`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg`
`1959`	40px	`Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg`
`1960`	40px	`Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg`
`coast guard-1915`		`Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915-1953).png`
`marines-1914`		`Flag of the United States Marine Corps (1914-1939).png`
`marines`		`Flag of the United States Marine Corps.svg`
`coast guard`	File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg	`Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg`
`navy`	40px	`Flag of the United States Navy (official).svg`
`air force`	40px	`Flag of the United States Air Force.svg`
`space force`		`Flag of the United States Space Force.svg`
`army`	File:Flag of the United States Army.svg	`Flag of the United States Army.svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flag country\|alias}}` output
`USA` (view)	USA	United States
`US` (view)	US	United States
`United States of America` (view)	Template:Country data United States of America	Template:Country data United States of America
`U.S.` (view)	Template:Country data U.S.	Template:Country data U.S.

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|United States}} → United States
{{flag icon|United States}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United States|1776}} → United States
{{flag icon|United States|1776}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|USA}} →
{{flag country|USA}} → United States
{{flag|USA}} → USA

Military ensigns

This nation's naval flag is the same as its national flag, so Template:Naval produces the following:

{{naval|United States}} → United States Navy

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|United States}} → 23x15px United States Air Force
{{flag icon|United States|air force}} → 23x15px

This template includes a space force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Space force:

{{space force|United States}} → Template:Space force
{{flag icon|United States|space force}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

{{marines|United States}} → File:Flag of the United States Marine Corps.svg United States Marine Corps
{{flag icon|United States|marines}} →

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|United States}} → 23x20px United States Navy
{{flag icon|United States|navy}} → 23x15px

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|United States}} → United States Coast Guard
{{flag icon|United States|coast guard}} →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|United States}} → United States Army
{{flag icon|United States|army}} →

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data United States in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data United States

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 "description": "This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flag icon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.",
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} </templatedata>

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