Flag of Portugal
The flag has 2 vertical bands from hoist to fly: green · red.
Current flag
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Portugal
Flag facts
- Adopted
- 1911
Flag design
The flag has 2 vertical bands from hoist to fly: green · red.
- Layout
- Vertical bands
- Number of bands
- 2
- Details
- Unequal-width bands
- Symbols
- Coat of arms – Centre
- Colours
- Green and red
Sources
Flag comparisons
What does Portugal's flag mean?
Portugal's flag has a green field at the hoist and a larger red field at the fly. On their boundary stands the national arms: a shield over a golden armillary sphere. The sphere, an astronomical and navigational instrument, refers to Portugal's maritime and exploration history.
The shield bears five smaller blue shields and seven golden castles in a red border. These figures have several historical and legendary interpretations, so their firmest meaning is their long place in Portuguese state heraldry. The present republican flag was adopted in 1911 after the monarchy fell in 1910.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Portugal
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Lisbon
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- PT
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- PRT
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 620
- Top-level domain
- .pt
- Area
- 92,391 km²
- Population
- 10,804,871 (2025)
- Currency
- EUR
- Calling code
- +351
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Portugal (1667–)
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.
