Flag of the Central African Republic
Its colour palette includes blue, white, green, yellow, and red.
Current flag
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Central African Republic
Flag facts
Flag design
Visible design element: Star.
- Layout
- Complex layout
- Symbols
- Star – Canton
- Colours
- Blue, white, green, yellow, and red
A red band joins the colours of the Central African Republic’s flag
The Central African Republic's flag combines four horizontal bands—blue, white, green and yellow—with a red vertical band crossing them and a yellow star in the upper hoist. The red band is the design's central structural feature, linking the horizontal colours rather than leaving them separate.
The Constitution specifies the national flag's appearance, including the red band that crosses the horizontal stripes. It does not assign a single fixed meaning to each colour or to the star.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Central African Republic
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Bangui
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- CF
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- CAF
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 140
- Top-level domain
- .cf
- Area
- 622,984 km²
- Population
- 5,513,282 (2025)
- Currency
- XAF
- Calling code
- +236
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Central African Republic (1903–)
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.
