Flag of Argentina
The flag of Argentina, adopted in 1861 and flown in a 5:8 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Argentina |
|---|---|
| Capital | Buenos Aires |
| Proportions | 5:8 |
| Adopted | 1861 |
| Emoji | 🇦🇷 |
| Code | AR · ARG |
Colours of the flag of Argentina
The flag of Argentina uses 3 colours: blue, white, orange. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
Flags often confused with Argentina
Argentina is genuinely easy to mix up with 4 other flags. Compare them side by side here — the difference is usually a ratio, a shade, or the order of two bands.
About the flag of Argentina
The flag of Argentina — officially Argentine Republic — is flown in a 5:8 ratio. Argentina sits in South America, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1861. Argentina has its capital at Buenos Aires and a population of about 45.9 million, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇦🇷, produced from the regional indicator letters for AR. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Argentina
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