Flag of Belgium
Three equal-width vertical bands.
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Belgium
Flag facts
Flag design
Three equal-width vertical bands.
- Layout
- Vertical bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Colours
- Black, yellow, and red
Belgium’s vertical black, yellow and red
Belgium’s national flag has vertical black, yellow and red bands, with black at the hoist. The colours come from the arms of the former Duchy of Brabant: a gold lion on a black field, with red claws and tongue.
The tricolour became associated with Belgian independence in 1830. Its vertical layout may recall other European tricolours, but the colours and heraldic origin are specifically Belgian. Germany’s flag uses the same black family of colours in a different order and horizontal arrangement.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Belgium
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Brussels
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- BE
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- BEL
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 056
- Top-level domain
- .be
- Area
- 30,510 km²
- Population
- 11,941,781 (2025)
- Currency
- EUR
- Calling code
- +32
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Belgium (1482–)
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.
