Flag of Bangladesh
The flag of Bangladesh, adopted in 1972 and flown in a 3:5 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Capital | Dhaka |
| Proportions | 3:5 |
| Adopted | 1972 |
| Emoji | 🇧🇩 |
| Code | BD · BGD |
Colours of the flag of Bangladesh
The flag of Bangladesh uses 2 colours: green, red. 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 Bangladesh
Bangladesh is genuinely easy to mix up with 2 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 Bangladesh
The flag of Bangladesh — officially People's Republic of Bangladesh — is flown in a 3:5 ratio. Bangladesh sits in Asia, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1972. Bangladesh has its capital at Dhaka and a population of about 175.7 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 BD. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Bangladesh
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