Flag of Papua New Guinea
The flag of Papua New Guinea, adopted in 1971 and flown in a 3:4 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|
| Capital | Port Moresby |
| Proportions | 3:4 |
| Adopted | 1971 |
| Emoji | 🇵🇬 |
| Code | PG · PNG |
Colours of the flag of Papua New Guinea
The flag of Papua New Guinea uses 3 colours: black, red, yellow. 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 Papua New Guinea
The flag of Papua New Guinea — officially Independent State of Papua New Guinea — is flown in a 3:4 ratio. Papua New Guinea sits in Oceania, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1971. Papua New Guinea has its capital at Port Moresby and a population of about 10.8 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 PG. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Papua New Guinea
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