Flag of Pakistan
A dark green field with a white vertical band at the hoist, and a white crescent and five-pointed star in the green.
What Does the Flag of Pakistan Mean?
Green represents the Muslim majority and the white band the religious minorities. The crescent stands for progress and the star for light and knowledge.
Main colours: blackwhite
Key Facts About Pakistan
| Official name | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Capital | Islamabad |
| Continent | Asia (Southern Asia) |
| Land area | 881,912 km² — #33 of 195 |
| Languages | English, Urdu |
| Currency | Pakistani rupee |
| Flag colours | black, white |
| Flag proportions | 2:3 (height:width) |
| Flag adopted | August 11, 1947 |
| ISO 3166-1 codes | PK / PAK / 586 |
Which Countries Border Pakistan?
Pakistan shares a land border with 4 countries:
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Other Countries in Asia
AfghanistanKabul
ArmeniaYerevan
AzerbaijanBaku
BahrainManama
BangladeshDhaka
BhutanThimphu
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
CambodiaPhnom Penh
ChinaBeijing
GeorgiaTbilisi
IndiaNew Delhi
IndonesiaJakarta
IranTehran
IraqBaghdad
IsraelJerusalem
JapanTokyo
JordanAmman
KazakhstanAstana
KuwaitKuwait City
KyrgyzstanBishkek
LaosVientiane
LebanonBeirut
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
MaldivesMalé
MongoliaUlan Bator
MyanmarNaypyidaw
NepalKathmandu
North KoreaPyongyang
OmanMuscat
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 Pakistan: FAQ
What does the flag of Pakistan look like?
A dark green field with a white vertical band at the hoist, and a white crescent and five-pointed star in the green.
What colours are on the flag of Pakistan?
The main colours are black, white.
When was the flag of Pakistan adopted?
The current flag was adopted on August 11, 1947.
What is the capital of Pakistan?
The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad.
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.