Flag of South Africa
The flag of South Africa, adopted in 1994 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 | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Capital | Pretoria |
| Proportions | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1994 |
| Emoji | 🇿🇦 |
| Code | ZA · ZAF |
Colours of the flag of South Africa
The flag of South Africa uses 6 colours: green, red, blue, white, black, orange. 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 South Africa
The flag of South Africa — officially Republic of South Africa — is flown in a 2:3 ratio. South Africa sits in Africa, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1994. South Africa has its capital at Pretoria and a population of about 64.7 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 ZA. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on South Africa
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