A blue disc depicting a starry sky containing 27 stars, spanned by a curved white band inscribed with the national motto, placed within a yellow rhombus over a green field.
The yellow rhombus and green background originated in the imperial flag, in which they represented the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and the House of Braganza, respectively.[1] The blue circle represents the sky and stars over Rio de Janeiro on the morning of 15 November 1889, as viewed by a hypothetical observer external to the celestial sphere. Each star represents a federative unit as defined by law, and new stars are included or removed with the creation or fusion of states.[2] The lone star above the white band is Spica (α Virginis) and represents the state of Pará, which had the largest amount of land north of the Equator in 1889.[3]
Government flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1907–1947
Presidential standard of the United States of Brazil (1907–1947)
1947–1968
Presidential standard of the United States of Brazil (1947–1968)
Badge moved to centre
1968–1971
Presidential standard of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1968–1971)
Stars in ring increased and country renamed to Federative Republic
1971–1992
Presidential standard of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1971–1992)
Vice presidential standard of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1971–1992)
1992–
Vice presidential standard
Yellow rectangle (ratio 2:3) with 21 blue stars arranged in a cross dividing the flag into four equal quadrants, with the coat of arms in the middle of the upper hoist quadrant.[7]
Flag of the Minister of Defense
Yellow swallowtail flag with 21 blue stars arranged in a cross dividing the flag into four quadrants, five in each arm and one in the center; in the upper hoist quadrant star of the coat of arms.[8]
Rectangular flag bearing the coat of arms of the Aeronautics Command on a sky blue field crossed from the upper hoist corner to the bottom fly by a large blue stripe.
Vertical tricolor of dark blue, gold, and red, with the corporation's coat of arms in the center and the emblems of the 31st (in the blue band) and 12th (in the red band) Volunteer Corps of the Fatherland.
Flag of the Military Police of Paraná State
Rectangular flag bearing the coat of arms of the Military Police on a dark blue field.
Thirteen horizontal green and yellow stripes; in the canton, 21 white stars on a blue field.
1889–1960
Flag of Brazil
A blue disc depicting a starry sky (with 21 stars) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.
1960–1968
A blue disc depicting a starry sky (with 22 stars) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.
1968–1992
A blue disc depicting a starry sky (with 23 stars) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.
^Catarin, Cristiano. "Bandeiras e significados" [Flags and meanings]. HISTORIANET (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
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