Flag of British Virgin Islands
The flag of British Virgin Islands, adopted in 1960 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 | British Virgin Islands |
|---|---|
| Capital | Road Town |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1960 |
| Emoji | 🇻🇬 |
| Code | VG · VGB |
Colours of the flag of British Virgin Islands
The flag of British Virgin Islands uses 5 colours: blue, red, white, green, 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 British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands is genuinely easy to mix up with 3 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 British Virgin Islands
The flag of British Virgin Islands — officially Virgin Islands — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. British Virgin Islands sits in North America, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1960. British Virgin Islands has its capital at Road Town and a population of about 40 thousand, 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 VG. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on British Virgin Islands
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