Flag of Sierra Leone
The flag of Sierra Leone, adopted in 1961 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.
At a glance
| Country | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|
| Capital | Freetown |
| Proportions | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1961 |
| Emoji | 🇸🇱 |
| Code | SL · SLE |
Colours of the flag of Sierra Leone
The flag of Sierra Leone uses 3 colours: green, white, blue. 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 Sierra Leone
The flag of Sierra Leone — officially Republic of Sierra Leone — is flown in a 2:3 ratio. Sierra Leone sits in Africa, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1961. Sierra Leone has its capital at Freetown and a population of about 8.8 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 SL. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Sierra Leone
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