Flag of Egypt
The flag has 3 horizontal bands from top to bottom: red · white · black.
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Egypt
Flag facts
- Adopted
- 1984
Flag design
The flag has 3 horizontal bands from top to bottom: red · white · black.
- Layout
- Horizontal bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Symbols
- Coat of arms – Centre
- Colours
- Red, white, black, and yellow
Sources
- Adopted: Presidency of Egypt – National Flag
What does Egypt's flag mean?
Egypt's flag has horizontal red, white and black bands, with the golden Eagle of Saladin in the centre of the white band. The colours belong to the Arab Liberation Flag tradition, while the eagle serves as Egypt's state emblem and distinguishes the flag from other red-white-black Arab flags.
In Egypt's official explanations, red is associated with strength, hope and the blood of martyrs. White represents a bright future, and black refers to a difficult past and its end. The present flag was adopted in 1984, combining this colour tradition with the national eagle.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Egypt
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Cairo
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- EG
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- EGY
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 818
- Top-level domain
- .eg
- Area
- 1,001,450 km²
- Population
- 118,365,995 (2025)
- Currency
- EGP
- Calling code
- +20
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Egypt (661–)
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
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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.
