Why is the red disc slightly toward the hoist?
The flag rules place its centre at nine-twentieths of the flag's length from the hoist, so it appears visually centred when the flag is flying.
Flag of Bangladesh
Its colour palette includes green and red.
Current flag
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Bangladesh
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 3:5 height: width
Flag design
- Layout
- Plain field
- Shapes
- Disc – Hoist side
- Colours
- Green and red
Sources
Flag comparisons
A red disc on Bangladesh’s green field
Bangladesh’s flag places a red disc on a green field. The disc is centred vertically but shifted toward the hoist; the flag rules specify its position rather than leaving it to visual guesswork.
The 1971 independence movement used an earlier version with a golden map of Bangladesh inside the disc. The map was removed from the adopted national flag, leaving a simpler design that can be reproduced consistently on both sides. The red disc is commonly associated with the sun and the liberation struggle.
Frequently asked questions
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Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Bangladesh
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Dhaka
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- BD
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- BGD
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 050
- Top-level domain
- .bd
- Area
- 144,000 km²
- Population
- 175,686,899 (2025)
- Currency
- BDT
- Calling code
- +880
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Bangladesh (1352–)
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.
