Flag of Cameroon
The flag has 3 vertical bands from hoist to fly: green · red · yellow.
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Cameroon
Flag facts
Flag design
The flag has 3 vertical bands from hoist to fly: green · red · yellow.
- Layout
- Vertical bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Symbols
- Star – Centre
- Colours
- Green, red, and yellow
Cameroon’s central star and Pan-African colours
Cameroon's flag has vertical green, red and yellow bands with a yellow five-pointed star in the centre of the red band. The centred star is the feature that distinguishes it from other flags using the same Pan-African colours.
The Presidency's flag guide says green represents hope and the country's vegetation, red represents unity and recalls blood shed for freedom, and yellow represents the sun and vitality. It identifies the gold star as the Star of Unity; these are the government's stated interpretations, alongside the Constitution's formal design.
Sources
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Cameroon
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Yaounde
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- CM
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- CMR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 120
- Top-level domain
- .cm
- Area
- 475,440 km²
- Population
- 29,879,337 (2025)
- Currency
- XAF
- Calling code
- +237
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Cameroon (1884–)
Images are ordered by the years listed in the collection. A listed year may not be the flag’s official adoption year.
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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.
