Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Its colour palette includes blue, yellow, and white.
Current flag
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 1:2 height: width
- Adopted
- 1998
Flag design
- Layout
- Complex layout
- Symbols
- Star – In the field
- Shapes
- Triangle – In the field
- Colours
- Blue, yellow, and white
A diagonal line of stars on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s flag
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s flag has a blue field, a large yellow triangle and a diagonal row of white stars. The top and bottom stars are cut by the edges, making the line appear to continue beyond the flag.
The design was imposed in 1998 as a neutral state emblem after agreement on a common flag had not been reached. The triangle is often read as a reference to the country’s shape and its three constituent peoples, while the stars evoke Europe; those readings are interpretations of the design, not a full legal blazon.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Sarajevo
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- BA
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- BIH
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 070
- Top-level domain
- .ba
- Area
- 51,129 km²
- Population
- 3,140,095 (2025)
- Currency
- BAM
- Calling code
- +387
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Bosnia and Herzegovina (1844–)
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.
