When was Peru’s flag adopted?
The Peruvian Geographical Institute records 1825 as its adoption year.
Flag of Peru
Three equal-width vertical bands.
Current flag
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Peru
Flag facts
- Adopted
- 1825
Flag design
Three equal-width vertical bands.
- Layout
- Vertical bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Colours
- Red and white
Sources
A plain flag and an arms-bearing version
Peru is commonly represented by a red-white-red vertical triband. A version carrying the national coat of arms is also used in official contexts, so the presence of the emblem is a useful clue to the flag’s setting.
Frequently asked questions
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Peru
- Continent
- South America
- Capital
- Lima
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- PE
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- PER
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 604
- Top-level domain
- .pe
- Area
- 1,285,220 km²
- Population
- 34,576,665 (2025)
- Currency
- PEN
- Calling code
- +51
Historical flags: Peru (1542–)
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.
