Flag of Ukraine
Two equal-width horizontal bands.
Current flag
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Ukraine
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 2:3 height: width
- Adopted
- 1992
Flag design
Two equal-width horizontal bands.
- Layout
- Horizontal bands
- Number of bands
- 2
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Colours
- Blue and yellow
Blue above yellow: Ukraine’s national colours
Ukraine’s flag consists of two equal horizontal bands, blue above yellow. The order matters: blue over yellow is the national design restored with Ukraine’s independence, not a generic two-colour arrangement.
The colours have a history in Ukrainian national symbolism. Blue sky over golden grain is a widespread interpretation, but it is not the only historical explanation. Ukraine’s parliament records the flag’s public raising in 1990 and the later adoption of the state flag in 1992.
Sources
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Ukraine
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Kiev
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- UA
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- UKR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 804
- Top-level domain
- .ua
- Area
- 603,700 km²
- Population
- 38,980,376 (2025)
- Currency
- UAH
- Calling code
- +380
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Ukraine (1119–)
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.
