Flag of United Kingdom: Country Facts & Flag Quiz
🇬🇧 This is the flag of United Kingdom, a country in Europe with its capital at London. Below: quick facts, the flag families of the region, and quizzes to practise it.
At a glance
- Country: United Kingdom
- Flag: 🇬🇧
- Capital: London
- Continent: Europe
- Population: ~66,971,395
- Area: 243,610 km²
- Currency: GBP
- ISO code: GB
Where to place it among Europe flags
Flags are far easier to learn in groups than one at a time, because most were adopted from a shared tradition rather than designed in isolation. Several design families cut across the world map: the Pan-African colours of red, gold and green; the Pan-Arab palette of red, white, black and green; the off-centre Nordic cross; the plain three-band tricolour; and the Union Jack canton left over from empire.
When you meet an unfamiliar flag, the fastest route is to ask which family it belongs to before trying to memorise it as a picture. That collapses most of the world into a handful of patterns, and turns near-identical pairs into a single distinguishing detail rather than two whole designs.
United Kingdom sits in Europe alongside 45 other countries. Learning its flag next to theirs — rather than mixed in with the whole world — is what makes a regional quiz so much more efficient than a global shuffle.
Practice spotting it
The Flag to Country Quiz shows you a flag and asks for the nation, which is recognition. Country to Flag runs the harder direction and is the one that actually sticks.
For this region try the Europe flags quiz, and when you want the hardest version on the site, Lookalike Flags pairs designs that differ by one detail. See also the country profile for United Kingdom and the capital of United Kingdom.
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the 🇬🇧 flag?
🇬🇧 is the flag of United Kingdom, a country in Europe whose capital is London.
Where is United Kingdom?
In Europe, one of 46 countries on that continent. It covers 243,610 square kilometres with a population of about 66,971,395.
How do I learn flags faster?
Learn the design families before individual flags, work one continent at a time rather than shuffling the whole world, and review only the flags you missed.
More flags to learn
Every country's flag page is listed on the blog, and the Flag to Country Quiz covers them all.
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