Flag of Chad

What the flag means

• 🔵Blue — the sky, hope and the south
• 🟡Yellow — the sun and the Sahara
• 🔴Red — progress, unity and sacrifice

Design set by: ⁨Constitution de la République du Tchad (2023), article 8⁩ · Adopted 1959

Highlights

• 🏞️ Lake Chad's broad shores
• 🏜️ Ennedi's rock spires
• 🐘 Zakouma's wildlife
• 🎨 Prehistoric rock art
• 🌅 Sahara and Sahel scenery

Quick facts

Region

Africa · Middle Africa

Population

21,003,705 people (2025)

Area

1,284,000 km²

Capital

N'Djamena

Languages

Arabic, French

Currency

Central African CFA franc (XAF)

Organizations

United Nations, African Union

Neighboring countries

• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Libya
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Sudan

Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.

Symbols in History (1)

Coats of arms and emblems whose historic seat lies within this country’s present-day territory.

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  Palm Tree Flag of Kanem

  Kanem, around Lake Chad (today Chad and north-eastern Nigeria) · Flag / banner

  OriginThe flag comes from the sea chart drawn in Majorca in 1339 by Angelino Dulcert, where it marks Kanem, the state that ruled the lands around Lake Chad. It belongs to the earliest group of cases in which a European chart gave a flag to a kingdom south of the Sahara. The drawing shown here is a modern redrawing of that chart emblem, not a surviving banner.

  DescriptionA single green palm stands on a white field, set well over toward the right-hand side. Its thick trunk rises straight from the lower part of the field without reaching the bottom edge, and about halfway up it opens into a crown of fronds that reach out in every direction, each leaf cut into sharp saw-like teeth. The flag is straight along its right side and narrows to a single point at the left; the tree fills almost the whole height of the field, while the tapering left half is left empty, and apart from the palm the white ground carries nothing at all. The palm is the tree of the oases and date groves along the caravan routes across the Sahara, and here it stands in for a whole country on its own.

  Image source: Wikimedia Commons — Kanem flag from dulcerta 1339-pt.svg