Flag of Belarus
Two horizontal bands of unequal width.
Current flag
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Belarus
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 1:2 height: width
Flag design
Two horizontal bands of unequal width.
- Layout
- Horizontal bands
- Number of bands
- 2
- Details
- Unequal-width bands
- Colours
- Red, green, and white
Sources
- Proportion: Belarus Ministry of Labour – State symbols
Belarus’s traditional woven ornament
Belarus’s flag has a broad red upper band, a narrower green lower band and a vertical white panel at the hoist. A red ornamental pattern runs down the white panel, based on traditional Belarusian textile and embroidery designs.
That woven motif is a defining feature of the state flag, not a coat of arms. It connects the modern national design with Belarusian folk craft while the red-and-green field supplies the flag’s large-scale colour pattern.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Belarus
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Minsk
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- BY
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- BLR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 112
- Top-level domain
- .by
- Area
- 207,600 km²
- Population
- 9,085,991 (2025)
- Currency
- BYR
- Calling code
- +375
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Belarus (1587–)
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About historical flags
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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.
