Flags / Central and South Asia
Flag of Pakistan
Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.
How to recognise it
A dark green field with a white crescent and star, and a white vertical band at the hoist.
- Name in the quiz
- Pakistan
- UN member state name
- Pakistan
- ISO 3166-1 code
- PK
- Atlas Play pack
- Central and South Asia (explorer pack)
Easily confused with
AlgeriaAlgeria: half green, half white, a red crescent. Pakistan: mostly green, a white crescent.
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: Arabic script and a sword. Pakistan: a crescent and star with a white band.
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan: a red strip of carpet patterns. Pakistan: a plain white strip.
TürkiyeTürkiye: on red. Pakistan: on dark green with a white band at the hoist.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Pakistan (revision 1376442808) (A white star and crescent on a dark green field, with a vertical white stripe at the hoist; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/pk.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 5c3aca2076b4…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.