What proportions does the federal flag use?
The federal flag order specifies a height-to-length ratio of 3:5.
Flag of Germany
Three equal-width horizontal bands.
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Germany
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 3:5 height: width
Flag design
Three equal-width horizontal bands.
- Layout
- Horizontal bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Colours
- Black, red, and yellow
Sources
Black, red and gold in Germany’s democratic tradition
Germany’s federal flag has three equal horizontal bands of black, red and gold. The colours have a longer history in German democratic movements, including the liberal and national movement of the nineteenth century.
The 1919 Weimar Constitution made black-red-gold the colours of the republic; after the Nazi period, the Basic Law again named black, red and gold as the federal flag in 1949.
Frequently asked questions
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Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Germany
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Berlin
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- DE
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- DEU
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 276
- Top-level domain
- .de
- Area
- 357,021 km²
- Population
- 83,491,249 (2025)
- Currency
- EUR
- Calling code
- +49
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Germany (1400–)
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