Flag of the Bahamas
Three equal-width horizontal bands and a triangle at the hoist.
Current flag
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Bahamas
Flag facts
- Adopted
- 1973
Flag design
Three equal-width horizontal bands and a triangle at the hoist.
- Layout
- Horizontal bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Shapes
- Triangle – Hoist side
- Colours
- Blue, yellow, and black
Sources
The black hoist triangle on the Bahamas flag
The Bahamas flag has aquamarine, gold and aquamarine horizontal bands, with a black triangle at the hoist. The triangle points into the bands, creating a strong directional shape rather than a separate canton.
The Flag and Coat of Arms Act defines the design but does not give a detailed symbolic key for each colour or element.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Bahamas
- Continent
- North and Central America
- Capital
- Nassau
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- BS
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- BHS
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 044
- Top-level domain
- .bs
- Area
- 13,940 km²
- Population
- 403,033 (2025)
- Currency
- BSD
- Calling code
- ++1-242
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Bahamas (1648–)
Images are ordered by the years listed in the collection. A listed year may not be the flag’s official adoption year.
About historical flags
Vexilla's historical flag collection includes former flags associated with present-day countries and territories, as well as flags of states, empires, and other authorities that historically governed them.
A flag's inclusion in a country's historical collection does not necessarily mean that the country was independent at the time or that the flag was its own national flag.
The years shown are based on historical records in the dataset and do not always indicate the date of official adoption. The collection is not exhaustive, and historical usage, territorial coverage, and interpretations may vary.