Flag of Sri Lanka
Its colour palette includes yellow, green, orange, and red.
Current flag
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Sri Lanka
Flag facts
- Legal basis
- Constitution of Sri Lanka, Article 6 and Second Schedule
Flag design
- Layout
- Complex layout
- Symbols
- Animal – Centre and Plant – In the field
- Colours
- Yellow, green, orange, and red
Sources
What does the flag of Sri Lanka mean?
Sri Lanka's golden lion holds a sword on maroon, accompanied by four bo leaves and green-orange bands for the island's communities.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Sri Lanka
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Colombo
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- LK
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- LKA
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 144
- Top-level domain
- .lk
- Area
- 65,610 km²
- Population
- 21,756,000 (2025)
- Currency
- LKR
- Calling code
- +94
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Sri Lanka (1593–)
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.