Flag of Vatican City
The flag of Vatican City, adopted in 1929 and flown in a 1:1 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Vatican City |
|---|---|
| Capital | Vatican City |
| Proportions | 1:1 |
| Adopted | 1929 |
| Emoji | 🇻🇦 |
| Code | VA · VAT |
Colours of the flag of Vatican City
The flag of Vatican City uses 2 colours: yellow, 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.
About the flag of Vatican City
The flag of Vatican City — officially Vatican City State — is flown in a 1:1 ratio. Vatican City sits in Europe, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1929. Vatican City has its capital at Vatican City and a population of about 764, 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 VA. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Vatican City
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