| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2004–present | National flag and civil ensign | Current version adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5 |
 | 2004–present | State flag (historical) | The flag displays the national emblem in a banner form, flag was adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5 |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1993–present | Presidential standard | The State Emblem charged in the center on a dark red field. Ratio: 5:6 |
 | ?–present | Defence Minister | White flag with the national flag in canton and a circular badge showing the stylized Columns of Gediminas on a red field in the center. Ratio: 1:2 |
 | 1998–present | Police flag | White flag with a blue bend crossing the flag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right, the police badge in the middle, and silver laurels near all the sides. Ratio: 1:1 |
 | ?–present | Customs flag | Golden flag with the logo of Customs Department in the middle, surrounding by silver laurels and caduceus. Ratio: 1:1 |
 | 1994–present | Border Guard flag | White flag with a green bend crossing the flag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right, the insignia of the State Border Guard Service in the middle, and golden laurels near all the sides. Ratio: 1:1 |
 | ?–present | Flag of the Dignitary Protection Service | Dark red with the emblem of the Dignitary Protection Service in the middle. Ratio: 3:5 |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
  | ?–present | Flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces | Dark red flag with Vytis (obverse) or Columns of Gediminas (reverse) on the red disc and surrounding by the wreath of laurels. Ratio: 5:6 |
 | 2005–present | Army Flag | Red flag with the stylized Columns of Gediminas. Ratio: 1:2 |
  | 2004–present | Flag of Army Command | Dark red flag with Vytis (obverse) or a mace (reverse) in center, an oak-leaf garland parallel to all the sides on the inside, and a Columns of Gediminas in each corner. Ratio: 5:6 |
 | 1992–present | Air Force Flag | White flag charged with the national flag in the canton and with stylized azure wings and double cross of Jogaila family in lower right quarter. The cross of Jogaila family is white bordered with two black bends. Ratio: 1:2 |
 | 1927–1940 | Naval ensign | Lithuanian tricolor with a red shield containing a Jagiellonian Double Cross. Ratio: 1:2 |
 | 1992–present | Naval ensign | White with a dark blue St. George-style cross throughout and the Lithuanian tricolor in the canton. Ratio: 1:2 |
 | 1927–1940 | Naval jack | Green bordered red field with yellow double cross of Jogaila family in the canton. |
 | 1992–2004 | Naval jack | White with a circular badge showing the stylized Columns of Gediminas on a red field, with a dark blue anchor behind the badge. Ratio: 1:2 |
| | 2004–present | Naval jack | Identical to a historical state flag of Lithuania. Ratio: 3:5 |
 | 2020–present | Special Operations Force flag | Green flag with the Jagiellonian Double Cross. |
 | 1992–present | The Flag of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces | White flag with the national tricolour in the canton and three six-pointed stars set in a raising diagonal in the fly half. The stars are six-pointed segmented with black lines and with white border fimbriated with red |
 | 1992–present | Chief of Staff's Flag | Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces, but with two stars only. |
 | 1992–present | Commander Naval Armed Forces | Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces, but with a single star only. |
 | ?–present | Brigade Commander's flag | Pennat consisting of the national flag at hoist and tapering swallow-tailed white part at fly, continuing two red stars (of the same shape as in the previous flags) next to each other. Ratio: 1:5 |
 | ?–present | Division Commander | Same as Brigade Commander's flag, but with single star. Ratio: 1:5 |
 | ?–present | Group Commander | Same as Brigade Commander's flag, but without the stars. Ratio: 1:5 |
 | ?–present | Masthead Pennant | Rectangular pennant with swallow-tail, national tricolour at hoist (1:4) and blue fly. Total flag ratio: 1:20 |
 | 1991–present | Flag of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Force | Green flag with the emblem of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Force in the center. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 15th century | Royal Banner of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (modern reconstruction) | |
 | 16th century | Supposed appearance of the royal (military) banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania | |
 | 17th century | Royal Banner of Poland–Lithuania | |
 | 1917 | Flag used during the Vilnius Conference | |
 | 1918 | Flag of the Kingdom of Lithuania (German client state; modern reconstruction) | |
 | 1918–1940 | State flag and civil ensign of Republic of Lithuania | Ratio: 2:3 |
 | 1920–1922 | Flag of The Republic of Central Lithuania (Polish puppet state) | A red flag with White Eagle and Vytis (Pogonia) in the middle. |
 | 1988–2004 | State flag and civil ensign | Ratio: 1:2 |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1918–1919 | Soviet puppet state from 1918 to 1919 (Lithuanian SSR and Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia) | A plain red flag |
 | 1940–1941 | Soviet occupation from 3 July 1940 until 22 June 1941 (Lithuanian SSR) | A red flag with LIETUVOS TSR and the hammer and sickle in the canton. |
 | 1940–1941, 1944–1955 | Flag of the Soviet Union | A plain red flag with a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in the canton. Modified in 1955. |
| | 1944–1953 | Soviet occupation from 1944 (Lithuanian SSR) | |
  | 1953–1988 | Flag of the Lithuanian SSR | A flag based Soviet flag with additional white and green strips. It did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side, like any other flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union. |
Each county of Lithuania has adopted a flag, each of them conforming to a pattern: a blue rectangle, with ten instances of the Cross of Vytis appearing in gold, acts as a fringe to the central feature of the flag, which is chosen by the county itself. Most of the central designs were adapted from the counties' coat of arms.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2004–present | Alytus County | |
 | 2004–present | Kaunas County | |
 | 2004–present | Klaipėda County | |
 | 2004–present | Marijampolė County | |
 | 2004–present | Panevėžys County | |
 | 2004–present | Šiauliai County | |
 | 2004–present | Tauragė County | |
 | 2004–present | Telšiai County | |
 | 2004–present | Utena County | |
 | 2004–present | Vilnius County |
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