Flag of the Republic of the Congo
Its colour palette includes green, yellow, and red.
Current flag
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Republic of the Congo
Flag facts
Flag design
- Layout
- Diagonal bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Unequal-width bands
- Colours
- Green, yellow, and red
The diagonal yellow band on the Republic of the Congo’s flag
The flag of the Republic of the Congo has a green triangle at the hoist, a yellow diagonal band and a red triangle at the fly. Unlike a standard tricolour, its three colours form angled fields across the flag.
The Constitution defines the flag's geometry and colours but does not assign a separate meaning to each colour. The diagonal arrangement, rather than the palette alone, is its most distinctive feature.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Republic of the Congo
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Brazzaville
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- CG
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- COG
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 178
- Top-level domain
- .cg
- Area
- 342,000 km²
- Population
- 6,484,437 (2025)
- Currency
- XAF
- Calling code
- +242
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Republic of the Congo (1891–)
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.
