Flag of Indonesia
Two equal horizontal bands, red over white, in 2:3 proportions.
What Does the Flag of Indonesia Mean?
The flag is called Sang Saka Merah-Putih, “the sacred red and white”. Red stands for courage and white for purity. The colours are traced back to the banners of the Majapahit Empire, and the flag was raised when independence was proclaimed on August 17, 1945.
Main colours: redwhite
Flags That Look Like Indonesia’s
Monaco. Monaco is also red over white, but squarer (4:5 rather than 2:3).
Poland. Poland reverses the colours: white over red.
Singapore. Singapore is red over white too, with a white crescent and five stars in the red band.
Key Facts About Indonesia
| Official name | Republic of Indonesia |
|---|---|
| Capital | Jakarta |
| Continent | Asia (South-Eastern Asia) |
| Land area | 1,904,569 km² — #14 of 195 |
| Languages | Indonesian |
| Currency | Indonesian rupiah |
| Flag colours | red, white |
| Flag proportions | 2:3 (height:width) |
| Flag adopted | August 17, 1945 |
| ISO 3166-1 codes | ID / IDN / 360 |
Which Countries Border Indonesia?
Indonesia shares a land border with 3 countries:
Malaysia — capital Kuala Lumpur
Papua New Guinea — capital Port Moresby
Timor-Leste — capital Dili
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Other Countries in Asia
AfghanistanKabul
ArmeniaYerevan
AzerbaijanBaku
BahrainManama
BangladeshDhaka
BhutanThimphu
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
CambodiaPhnom Penh
ChinaBeijing
GeorgiaTbilisi
IndiaNew Delhi
IranTehran
IraqBaghdad
IsraelJerusalem
JapanTokyo
JordanAmman
KazakhstanAstana
KuwaitKuwait City
KyrgyzstanBishkek
LaosVientiane
LebanonBeirut- MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
MaldivesMalé
MongoliaUlan Bator
MyanmarNaypyidaw
NepalKathmandu
North KoreaPyongyang
OmanMuscat
PakistanIslamabad
PalestineRamallah
PhilippinesManila
QatarDoha
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh- SingaporeSingapore
South KoreaSeoul
Sri LankaColombo
SyriaDamascus
TajikistanDushanbe
ThailandBangkok- Timor-LesteDili
TurkeyAnkara
TurkmenistanAshgabat
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
UzbekistanTashkent
VietnamHanoi
YemenSana'a
Flag of Indonesia: FAQ
What does the flag of Indonesia look like?
Two equal horizontal bands, red over white, in 2:3 proportions.
What colours are on the flag of Indonesia?
The main colours are red, white.
When was the flag of Indonesia adopted?
The current flag was adopted on August 17, 1945.
What is the capital of Indonesia?
The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta.
Which flags look like the flag of Indonesia?
Monaco is also red over white, but squarer (4:5 rather than 2:3). Poland reverses the colours: white over red. Singapore is red over white too, with a white crescent and five stars in the red band.
Data Sources
Country names, capitals, area, languages, currencies and borders: the world-countries dataset (ODbL), based on ISO 3166-1 and ISO 4217. Flag image: public domain, via flagcdn.com. Flag colours and proportions are measured from the image.