Flag of Peru
The flag of Peru, adopted in 1825 and flown in a 2:3 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
Colours of the flag of Peru
The flag of Peru uses 2 colours: 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 Peru
Peru 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 Peru
The flag of Peru — officially Republic of Peru — is flown in a 2:3 ratio. Peru sits in South America, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1825. Peru has its capital at Lima and a population of about 34.6 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 PE. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Peru
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