Flag of Croatia

What the flag means

• 🔴Red, white, blue — Pan-Slavic colors
• 🛡️Checkerboard (šahovnica) shield crowned by five historical region arms

Design set by: ⁨Zakon o grbu, zastavi i himni Republike Hrvatske te zastavi i lenti predsjednika Republike Hrvatske («Narodne novine», br. 55/90, 26/93, 29/94)⁩ · Adopted 1990

Highlights

• 🏖️ The blue Adriatic coast
• 🏰 The walled city of Dubrovnik
• 💦 Plitvice's turquoise lakes
• ⛵ More than 1,000 lovely islands
• 🍷 Time-honored wine and food

Quick facts

Region

Europe · Southeast Europe

Population

3,876,200 people (2025)

Area

56,594 km²

Capital

Zagreb

Languages

Croatian, Serbian

Currency

Euro (EUR)

Organizations

United Nations, European Union, NATO

Neighboring countries

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Hungary
• Montenegro
• Serbia
• Slovenia

Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.

Symbols in History (2)

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

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  Arms of the Republic of Ragusa

  Republic of Ragusa (today Dubrovnik, Croatia, and the Adriatic coast) · 1358–1808 · republic arms

  OriginA shield of red and silver horizontal bands was used as the arms of the Republic of Ragusa.

  DescriptionThe shield is oval, with alternating red and white (silver) horizontal stripes, and its edge is wrapped in gold scrollwork and green leaves. Above the shield sits a gold crown decorated with a red cap and with white and blue jewels, and a small cross is set at the top of the crown.

  Source: STATUT GRADA DUBROVNIKA (Gradsko vijeće Grada Dubrovnika, 25. veljače 2021.), članak 6. · Grad Dubrovnik – Gradsko vijeće · Image source: Wikimedia Commons — Coat of arms of Ragusa.svg · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Jalapeño

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  Arms of the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia

  The kingdoms of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia · 1868–1918 · composite kingdom arms

  OriginThe composite arms of the 19th-century Triune Kingdom, bringing together the Croatian chequy, the three crowned heads of Dalmatia, and the marten and river of Slavonia.

  DescriptionA shield topped with a gold crown is divided into three parts: in the blue upper left are three crowned gold lion heads set two and one, and the upper right bears a 5×5 chequered pattern of alternating red and white squares. In the blue lower part are a single gold star and a brown marten running along a red band between two white wavy bands.

  Source: Prvi sjedinjeni grb kraljevstava Dalmacije, Hrvatske i Slavonije iz 1610. godine · Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (Nikša Stančić / Dubravka Peić Čaldarović, Rad HAZU, Razred za društvene znanosti 50=516, 2013; Digitalna zbirka HAZU) · Image source: Wikimedia Commons — Coat of arms of the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia.svg