Flag of North Korea
The flag of North Korea, adopted in 1948 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 | North Korea |
|---|---|
| Capital | Pyongyang |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1948 |
| Emoji | 🇰🇵 |
| Code | KP · PRK |
Colours of the flag of North Korea
The flag of North Korea uses 3 colours: red, 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.
About the flag of North Korea
The flag of North Korea — officially Democratic People's Republic of Korea — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. North Korea sits in Asia, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1948. North Korea has its capital at Pyongyang and a population of about 26.6 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 KP. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on North Korea
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