Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina, adopted in 1998 and flown in a 1:2 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|
| Capital | Sarajevo |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1998 |
| Emoji | 🇧🇦 |
| Code | BA · BIH |
Colours of the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina uses 3 colours: blue, yellow, white. 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina — officially Bosnia and Herzegovina — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. Bosnia and Herzegovina sits in Europe, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1998. Bosnia and Herzegovina has its capital at Sarajevo and a population of about 3.1 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 BA. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Bosnia and Herzegovina
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