Flag of Micronesia
The flag of Micronesia, adopted in 1979 and flown in a 10:19 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Micronesia |
|---|---|
| Capital | Palikir |
| Proportions | 10:19 |
| Adopted | 1979 |
| Emoji | 🇫🇲 |
| Code | FM · FSM |
Colours of the flag of Micronesia
The flag of Micronesia uses 2 colours: blue, 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 Micronesia
Micronesia 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 Micronesia
The flag of Micronesia — officially Federated States of Micronesia — is flown in a 10:19 ratio. Micronesia sits in Oceania, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1979. Micronesia has its capital at Palikir and a population of about 114 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 FM. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Micronesia
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