Flag of Lithuania
Three equal-width horizontal bands.
Current flag
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Lithuania
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
- Yellow, green, and red
Sources
- Proportion: Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania – State flag
Lithuania’s yellow-green-red tricolour
Lithuania’s national flag has equal horizontal bands of yellow, green and red. The tricolour emerged as a national symbol during the independence movement of the early twentieth century and returned with the restoration of independence.
Common explanations connect yellow with sunlight and prosperity, green with nature and hope, and red with courage and sacrifice. The official flag guidance establishes the design; these colour meanings are traditional interpretations rather than a single legal formula.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Lithuania
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Vilnius
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- LT
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- LTU
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 440
- Top-level domain
- .lt
- Area
- 65,200 km²
- Population
- 2,888,774 (2025)
- Currency
- LTL
- Calling code
- +370
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Lithuania (1587–)
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.
