Flag of Philippines
The flag of Philippines, adopted in 1998 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 | Philippines |
|---|---|
| Capital | Manila |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1998 |
| Emoji | 🇵🇭 |
| Code | PH · PHL |
Colours of the flag of Philippines
The flag of Philippines uses 4 colours: red, blue, white, 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.
Flags often confused with Philippines
Philippines 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 Philippines
The flag of Philippines — officially Republic of the Philippines — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. Philippines sits in Asia, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1998. Philippines has its capital at Manila and a population of about 116.8 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 PH. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Philippines
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