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List of national anthems

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a country's government as their state's official national song.

During the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, with the rise of the national state, most countries adopted a national anthem, which in some cases coexists with other commonly sung patriotic songs.

The names of nations that no longer exist, or are not independent states but nevertheless have official anthems, are italicized. Dependencies are only listed if they have an anthem separate or in addition to their mother country.

Country Anthem Title
AfghanistanSououd-e-Melli
AlbaniaHymni i Flamurit (Hymn to the Flag)
AlgeriaKassaman (We Pledge)
American SamoaAmerika Samoa
AndorraEl Gran Carlemany (The Great Charlemagne)
AngolaAngola Avante (Forward Angola)
Antigua and BarbudaFair Antigua, We Salute Thee
ArgentinaOid, Mortales (Hear, O Mortals!)
ArmeniaMer Hayrenik (Our Fatherland)
ArubaAruba Dushi Tera (Aruba Precious Country)
AustraliaAdvance Australia Fair
AustriaLand der Berge, Land am Strome (Land of Mountains, Land of Streams)
The BahamasMarch On, Bahamaland
BahrainBahrainona (Our Bahrain)
Balearic IslandsLa Balanguera
BangladeshAmar Sonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal)
BarbadosIn Plenty and In Time of Need
Basque CountryEusko Abendaren Ereserkia (Anthem of the Basque Homeland)
BelarusMy Bielarusy
BelgiumLa Brabançonne (The Song of Brabant)
BelizeLand of the Free
BeninL'Aube Nouvelle (The Dawn of a New Day)
BhutanDruk tsendhen (The Thunder Dragon Kingdom)
BoliviaBolivianos, el hado propicio (Bolivians, A Favourable Destiny)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaIntermeco, Formerly: Jedna i Jedina (One and Only)
BotswanaFatshe leno la rona (Blessed Be This Noble Land)
BrazilHino Nacional Brasileiro (Brazilian National Anthem)
BruneiAllah Peliharakan Sultan (God Bless the Sultan)
BulgariaMila Rodino (Dear native land)
Burkina FasoUne Seule Nuit (One Single Night)
BurundiBurundi bwacu (Beloved Burundi)
CambodiaNokoreach
CameroonChant de Ralliement (Rallying Song)
CanadaO Canada
CataloniaEls Segadors (The Reapers)
Cayman IslandsBeloved Isles Cayman
Central African RepublicLa Renaissance (The Rebirth)
ChadLa Tchadienne
ChileDulce Patria, recibe los votos (Dear Homeland, Accept Our Devotion)
China, People's Republic ofThe March of the Volunteers
China, Republic ofThree Principles of the People (official), The Flag Raising Song (used internationally)
China (Qing Dynasty)Gong Jin'ou (Cup of Solid Gold)
China (other) See: Historical Chinese anthems
ColombiaOh Gloria inmarcesible (Oh Unfading Glory!)
ComorosUdzima wa ya Masiwa (The Union of the Great Islands)
Congo, Democratic Republic ofDebout Kongolaise (Arise Congolese)
Congo, Republic ofLa Congolaise
Cook IslandsGod Defend New Zealand
Costa RicaNoble patria, tu hermosa bandera (Noble Fatherland, Your Beautiful Flag)
Côte d'IvoireL'Abidjanaise (Song of Abidjan)
CroatiaLijepa nasa Domovino (Our Beautiful Homeland)
CubaLa Bayamesa (The Bayamo Song)
CyprusOde to Freedom
Czech RepublicKde domov muj (Where is My Home?)
DenmarkRoyal: Kong Kristian (King Christian)
Civil: Der er et Yndigt Land (There is a Lovely Land)
DjiboutiNational anthem of Djibouti
DominicaIsle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
Dominican RepublicQuisqueyanos valientes (Valiant Sons of Quisqueye)
East GermanyAuferstanden aus Ruinen (Risen from Ruins)
East TimorPátria (Fatherland)
EcuadorSalve, Oh Patria (We Salute You Our Homeland)
EgyptBilady, Bilady, Bilady (My Homeland, My Homeland, My Homeland)
El SalvadorSaludemos la Patria orgullosos (Proudly Salute the Fatherland)
Equatorial GuineaCaminemos Pisando la Senda de Nuestra Inmensa Felicidad (Let's Walk Down The Path Of Our Immense Happiness)
EstoniaMu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm (My Native Land, My Pride and Joy)
EthiopiaWhedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia)
Faroe IslandsTú alfagra land mitt (O Faeroe Islands, My Dearest Treasure)
FijiGod Bless Fiji
FinlandMaamme/Vårt land (Our Land)
FlandersDe Vlaamse Leeuw (The Flemmish Lion)
FranceLa Marseillaise
GabonLa Concorde (Concord)
The GambiaFor The Gambia Our Homeland
GeorgiaDideba zetsit kurtheuls (Praise Be To The Heavenly Bestower of Blessings)
GermanyDas Lied der Deutschen, 3rd stanza (Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit)
GhanaGod Bless Our Homeland Ghana
GibraltarGibraltar Anthem
GreeceImnos pros tin Eleftherian (Hymn to Freedom)
GreenlandNangmineq erinllik
GrenadaHail Grenada
GuamStand Ye Guamanians
GuatemalaGuatemala Feliz (Guatemala, Be Praised!)
GuineaLiberté (Freedom)
Guinea-BissauEsta é a Nossa Pátrai Bem Amada (This Is Our Beloved Country)
GuyanaDear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains
HaitiLa Dessalinienne
HondurasTu bandera es un lampo de cielo (Your Flag Is A Heavenly Light)
HungaryIsten áldd meg a magyart (God Bless the Hungarians)
IcelandLofsöngur (Song of Praise)
IndiaJana-Gana-Mana (Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People)
IndonesiaIndonesia Raya (Great Indonesia)
IranSorood-e Jomhoori-e Eslami
Imperial Salute
IraqArdulfurataini Watan (Land of Two Rivers)
The Royal Salute
Ireland, Republic ofAmhrán na bhFiann (The Soldier's Song)
IsraelHatikvah (The Hope)
ItalyFratelli d'Italia
Inno di Mameli (Mameli's Hymn)
JamaicaJamaica, Land We Love
JapanKimi Ga Yo (君が代 May 1,000 Years of Happy Reign Be Yours)
JordanAs-salam al-malaki al-urdoni (Long Live the King!)
KazakhstanAnthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan
KenyaEe Mungu Nguvu Yetu (Oh God of All Creation)
KiribatiTeirake kaini Kiribati (Stand Kiribati)
Korea, NorthPatriotic Song
Korea, SouthAegukka (애국가 Love the Country)
LaosPheng Xat Lao (Hymn of the Lao People)
LatviaDievs, Sveti Latviju (God Bless Latvia)
LebanonKoullouna Lilouataan Lil Oula Lil Alam (All Of Us! For Our Country, For Our Flag and Glory)
LesothoLesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona
LiberiaAll Hail, Liberia Hail
LibyaAllahu Akbar (God Is Greatest!)
LiechtensteinOben am jungen Rhein (High Above the Young Rhine)
LithuaniaTautiska Giesme (The National Song)
LuxembourgOns Hémécht (Our Homeland)
Republic of MacedoniaToday Over Macedonia
MadagascarRy Tanindraza nay malala ô (Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland)
MalawiMlungu salitsani malawi (Oh God Bless Our Land Of Malawi)
MalaysiaNegara Ku (My Country)
MaldivesGavmii mi ekuverikan matii tibegen kuriime salaam (In National Unity Do We Salute Our Nation)
MaliPour L'Afriquue et pour toi, Mali (For Africa and for You, Mali)
MaltaL-Innu Malti (The Maltese Hymn)
Man, Isle ofArrane Ashoonagh Dy Vannin
Marshall IslandsForever Marshall Islands
MauritiusMotherland
MexicoMexicanos, al grito de guerra (Mexicans, to the War Cry)
Federated States of MicronesiaPatriots of Micronesia
MoldovaLimba Noastra (Our Tongue)
MonacoHymne Monégasque
MongoliaBügd Nairamdakh Mongol
MontenegroOnamo, Namo (There, Over There)
MoroccoHymne Cherifien
MozambiqueViva, Viva a FRELIMO (Long Live FRELIMO)
MyanmarGba Majay Bma (We Shall Love Burma)
NamibiaNamibia, Land of the Brave
NauruNauru Bwiema (Nauru Our Homeland)
NepalRas Triya Gaan (May Glory Crown You, Courageous Sovereign)
NetherlandsWilhelmus van Nassouwe (William of Nassau)
Netherlands AntillesBeautiful Islands
New ZealandGod Defend New Zealand, God Save the Queen
NicaraguaSalve a ti, Nicaragua (Hail to You, Nicaragua)
NigerLa Nigerienne
NigeriaArise Oh Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey
NorwayJa, vi elsker dette landet (Yes, We Love This Country)
OmanThe Sultan's Anthem
PakistanPak sarzamin shad bad (Blessed Be The Sacred Land)
PanamaHimno Istemño (Isthmus Hymn)
Papua New GuineaO Arise, All You Sons
ParaguayParaguayos, República o Muerte
PeruSomos libres, seámoslo siempre (We Are Free, Let Us Remain So Forever)
PhilippinesLupang Hinirang (Beloved Land)
Pitcairn IslandsGod Save The Queen
PolandMazurek Dabrowskiego (Dabrowski's Mazurka)
PortugalA Portuguesa (The Portuguese)
Puerto RicoLa Borinqueña
Republika SrpskaBoze Pravde (God the Righteous)
RomaniaDeşteaptă-te, române (Wake up, Romanian), Trei culori (Three Colours)
RussiaHymn of the Russian Federation, formerly The Patriotic Song and God Save the Tsar
RwandaRwanda rwacu (Our Rwanda)
St. Kitts and NevisOh Land of Beauty
St. LuciaSons and Daughters of St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesSt Vincent Land So Beautiful
SamoaThe Banner of Freedom
Sao Tomé and PrincipeIndependência total (Total Independence)
Saudi ArabiaAash Al Maleek (Long Live the King)
ScotlandOfficially none. The Flower of Scotland, Scotland the Brave, and Scots Wha Hae'' among others, may be used on occasions that call for one.
SenegalPincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons (Pluck Your Koras, Strike the Balafons)
SerbiaBoze Pravde (God the Righteous)
Serbia and MontenegroHej Sloveni (Hey, Slavs)
Sierra LeoneHigh We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free
SingaporeMajulah Singapura (May Singapore Progress)
SlovakiaNad Tatrou sa blyská (Storm Over the Tatras)
SloveniaZdravljica (A Toast) Naprej zastava slave (Go ahead, the Flag of Glory)
Solomon IslandsGod Save Our Solomon Islands
South AfricaNkosi Sikelel iAfrica & Die Stem van Suid Afrika (God Bless Africa & The Call of South Africa combined)
SpainMarcha Real (Royal March)
Sri LankaSri Lanka Matha
SudanNahnu Djundulla Djundulwatan (We Are the Army of God and of Our Land)
SurinameGod zij met ons Suriname (God Be With Our Suriname)
SwazilandOh God, Bestower of the Blessings of the Swazi
SwedenCivil: Du gamla, Du fria (Thou ancient, Thou free, Thou mountainous North)
Royal: Ur svenska hjärtans djup en gång
SwitzerlandSwiss Psalm (Schweizerpsalm, cantique suisse)
SyriaHomat el Diyar (Guardians of the Homeland)
TaiwanSee 'Republic of China'
TanzaniaMungu ibariki Afrika (God Bless Africa)
ThailandCivil: Phleng Chat
Royal: Phleng Sansasoen Phra Barami
TogoSalut à toi, pays de nos aïeux (Hail to thee, land of our forefathers)
TongaKoe Fasi Oe Tui Oe Otu Tonga
Trinidad and TobagoForged From The Love of Liberty
TunisiaAla Khallidi (Oh Make Eternal) Himat Al Hima (Defender of the Homeland)
TurkeyIstiklâl Marsi (The March of Independence)
TurkmenistanIndependent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem
Turks and Caicos IslandsGod Save the Queen
TuvaluTuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvalu for the Almighty)
UgandaOh Uganda, Land of Beauty
UkraineShche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Died Yet)
Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsGimn Sovetskogo Soyuza (Hymn of the Soviet Union)
The Internationale
United KingdomOfficially none. However God Save the Queen is traditionally used as if it were the national anthem.
United StatesThe Star-Spangled Banner
UruguayOrientales, la Patria o la tumba (Uruguayans, the Fatherland or Death!)
VanuatuYumi, Yumi, Yumi (We, We, We)
Vatican CityInno e Marcia Pontificale (Hymn and Pontifical March)
VenezuelaGloria al bravo pueblo (Glory to the Brave Nation)
VietnamTien Quan Ca (The March to the Front)
Virgin Islands (US)Virgin Islands March
WalesHen Wlad Fy Nhadau
YemenUnited Republic
YugoslaviaHej Sloveni (Hey, Slavs)
ZambiaStand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free
ZimbabweKalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe (Blessed Be The Land of Zimbabwe), Formerly: Ishe Komborera Africa (God Bless Africa)

See also: Anthem, National flag