Flag of Kuwait
The flag of Kuwait, adopted in 1961 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 | Kuwait |
|---|---|
| Capital | Kuwait City |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1961 |
| Emoji | 🇰🇼 |
| Code | KW · KWT |
Colours of the flag of Kuwait
The flag of Kuwait uses 4 colours: green, red, black, 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 Kuwait
Kuwait 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 Kuwait
The flag of Kuwait — officially State of Kuwait — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. Kuwait sits in Asia, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1961. Kuwait has its capital at Kuwait City and a population of about 4.9 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 KW. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Kuwait
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