Flag of Benin
The flag of Benin, adopted in 1990 and flown in a 2:3 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Benin |
|---|---|
| Capital | Porto-Novo |
| Proportions | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1990 |
| Emoji | 🇧🇯 |
| Code | BJ · BEN |
Colours of the flag of Benin
The flag of Benin uses 3 colours: green, red, yellow. 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 Benin
Benin is genuinely easy to mix up with 1 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 Benin
The flag of Benin — officially Republic of Benin — is flown in a 2:3 ratio. Benin sits in Africa, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1990. Benin has its capital at Porto-Novo and a population of about 14.8 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 BJ. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Benin
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