Flag of Cyprus
Its colour palette includes white, orange, and green.
Current flag
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Cyprus
Flag facts
- Adopted
- 1960
Flag design
Visible design element: Plant.
- Layout
- Plain field
- Symbols
- Plant – Centre
- Colours
- White, orange, and green
Sources
A map of Cyprus above olive branches
Cyprus’s flag places a copper-coloured map of the island above two crossed green olive branches on a white field. It is unusual among national flags because the country’s outline, rather than an abstract emblem, is the main image.
The copper colour refers to the island’s long association with copper, while the olive branches are a sign of peace. The design was adopted at independence in 1960 and was intended to avoid the use of symbols associated with either of the island’s communities.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Cyprus
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Nicosia
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- CY
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- CYP
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 196
- Top-level domain
- .cy
- Area
- 9,250 km²
- Population
- 1,370,754 (2025)
- Currency
- EUR
- Calling code
- +357
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Cyprus (1192–)
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.