🇬🇮

Flag of Gibraltar

Europe

Download SVG

Quick Facts

Capital
Gibraltar
Flag adopted
1982
Population
38,000
Area
6 km²
Languages
English
Currency
Gibraltar pound (£) — GIP
Demonym
Gibraltar
Government
parliamentary democracy
Subregion
Southern Europe
Driving side
Right
Timezones
UTC+01:00

Religions

  • Roman Catholic 72.1%
  • Church of England 7.7%
  • None 7.1%
  • Protestant 3.8%
  • Muslim 3.6%
  • Jewish 2.4%
  • Hindu 2%
  • Other 1.1%
  • Unspecified 0.1%

Gibraltar is a dependent territory of United Kingdom.

🇬🇮 Gibraltar Territory
🇬🇧 United Kingdom Sovereign

About This Flag

The flag of Gibraltar consists of two horizontal bands — a wider white band on top and a narrower red band below, in roughly 2:1 proportion — with a red three-towered castle centered on the white band and a single gold key hanging from the central tower down into the red band. The design is drawn directly from the Royal Warrant issued by Isabella I of Castile on July 10, 1502, which granted Gibraltar its coat of arms.

The banner version was officially adopted on November 8, 1982.

What the colors & design mean

The red castle represents the Rock of Gibraltar and its fortifications — a central element of Gibraltar's identity since the Moorish period. The gold key symbolizes Gibraltar's strategic role as the "Key to the Mediterranean," commanding the strait between Europe and Africa. Red and white are the colors of the Castilian arms granted by Queen Isabella.

white red yellow

Pattern: Horizontal Stripes, Complex Design

Bordering countries (1)

🇪🇸 Spain

Fun Facts

  • Gibraltar's coat of arms is among the oldest still in continuous use anywhere — its design dates to the original 1502 Royal Warrant from Queen Isabella I of Castile.
  • Gibraltar is unusual among British Overseas Territories in not using the standard blue ensign format; its banner uses the territory's own heraldry instead.
  • The flag was officially adopted on November 8, 1982, by a decree from the Governor — just weeks before the frontier with Spain, closed since 1969, was reopened to pedestrians.
  • The three castle towers in the flag are rendered as masoned (showing individual blocks), a heraldic convention preserved from the 1502 grant.

Similar looking flags

These flags share similar colors and patterns:

🇵🇫 French Polynesia · Territory 🇮🇲 Isle of Man · Territory 🇯🇪 Jersey · Territory 🇦🇼 Aruba · Territory 🇬🇱 Greenland · Territory

Other United Kingdom Territories

🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇬🇬 Guernsey

More Europe Flags

🇦🇱 Albania · 🇦🇩 Andorra · 🇦🇹 Austria · 🇧🇾 Belarus · 🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 🇭🇷 Croatia

View all Europe flags →

Test Your Knowledge!

Identify country flags in our quiz.

Play Flag Quiz