Flag of Mexico
The flag of Mexico, adopted in 1968 and flown in a 4:7 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Mexico |
|---|---|
| Capital | Mexico City |
| Proportions | 4:7 |
| Adopted | 1968 |
| Emoji | 🇲🇽 |
| Code | MX · MEX |
Colours of the flag of Mexico
The flag of Mexico uses 3 colours: green, red, 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 Mexico
Mexico 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 Mexico
The flag of Mexico — officially United Mexican States — is flown in a 4:7 ratio. Mexico 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 1968. Mexico has its capital at Mexico City and a population of about 131.9 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 MX. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Mexico
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