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List of national anthems

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A national anthem is a generally patriotic song that is often appointed as an official national song by the government, though some have become one through common usage. During the 19th and 20th centuries, with the rise of the national state, most countries have adopted a national anthem, which can exist beside other commonly sung patriotic songs.

CountryAnthem 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)
AnguillaGod Save the Queen
Antigua and BarbudaFair Antigua, We Salute Thee
ArgentinaOid, Mortales (Hear, O Mortals!)
ArmeniaMer Hayrenik (Our Fatherland)
ArubaAruba Deshi Tera (Aruba Precious Country)
AustraliaAdvance Australia Fair
Formerly: God Save the Queen
AustriaLand der Berge, Land am Strome (Land of Mountains, Land of Streams)
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 Ereserikia
BelarusYoung Belarus
BelgiumLa Brabaçonne (The Song of Brabant)
BelizeLand of the Free
BeninL'Aube Nouvelle (The Dawn of a New Day)
BermudaGod Save the Queen
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)
BrazilBrazil's anthem, entitled Hino Nacional Brasileiro
BruneiYa Allah lanjutkan la usia Duli tuanku (Oh God, Long Live Our Majesty the Sultan)
BulgariaGorda Starra planeena (Proudly Rise the Balkan Peaks)
Burkina FasoUne Seule Nuit (One Single Night)
BurundiBurundi bwacu (Beloved Burundi)
CambodiaNokoreach
CameroonChant de Ralliement
CanadaO Canada
Canary IslandsMarcha Real
CataloniaEls Segadors
Cayman IslandsBeloved Isles Cayman
Central African RepublicLa Renaissance
ChadLa Tchadienne
ChileDulce Patria, recibe los votos (Dear Homeland, Accept Our Devotion)
Himno Nacional
ChinaThe March of the Volunteers
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)
Cote d'IvoireL'Abidjanaise (Song of Abidjan)
CroatiaLijepa nasa Domovino (Our Beautiful Homeland)
CubaLa Bayamesa (The Bayamo Song)
CyprusOde to Freedom
Czech RepublicKde domov muj
DenmarkRoyal: Kong Kristian (King Christian)
Civil: Der er et yndigt land (There Is A Lovely Land)
DominicaIsle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
Dominican RepublicQuisqueyanos valientes (Valiant Sons of Quisqueye)
East GermanyAuferstanden aus Ruinen (Risen from Ruins)
East TimorFoho Ramelau (Ramelau Mountain)
EcuadorSalve, Oh Patria (We Salute You Our Homeland)
EgyptBilady, Bilady, Bilady (My Homeland, My Homeland, My Homeland)
El SalvadorSaludemos la Patria orgilosos (Salute the Proud Motherland)
Equatorial GuineaCaminemos Pisando la Senda de Nuestra Inmensa Felicidad (Let's Walk Down The Path Of Our Immense Happiness)
EstoniaMu Isamaa, Mu Onn Ja Room (My Native Land, My Pride and Joy)
EthiopiaWhedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia)
Faeroe IslandsTú alfagra land mitt (O Faeroe Islands, My Dearest Treasure)
Falkland IslandsGod Save the Queen
FijiGod Bless Fiji
FinlandMaamme (Our Land)
Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaToday Over Macedonia
FranceLa Marseillaise
French GuianaLa Marseillaise
French PolynesiaLa Marseillaise
GabonLa Concorde
The GambiaFor The Gambia Our Homeland
GeorgiaDideba zetsit kurthelus (Praise Be To The Heavenly Bestower of Blessings)
GermanyDeutchland Uber Alles (Germany Over All)
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (Unity, Right, and Liberty)
Das Lied der Deutschen 3rd strophe
GhanaGod Bless Our Homeland Ghana
GibraltarGod Save The Queen
GreeceHymnos pro tin Elphtherian (Hymn to Freedom)
Greenlandnangmineq erinllik
GrenadaHail Grenada
GuadeloupeLa Marseillaise
GuamStand Ye Guamanians
GuatemalaGuatemala Feliz (Guatemala, Be Praised!)
GuineaLiberté
Guinea-BissauEsta é a Nossa Pátrai Bem Amada
GuyanaDear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Palms
HaitiLa Dessalinienne
HondurasTu banders 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
IraqLand of Two Rivers
The Royal Salute
Ireland, Republic ofAmhrán na bhFiann (The Soldier's Song)
Ireland, NorthernA Londonderry Air
IsraelHatikvah (The Hope)
ItalyFratelli d'Italia
Inno di Mameli (Mameli's Hymn)
JamaicaJamaica, Land We Love
JapanKimi Ga Yo Wa (君が代 May 1,000 Years of Happy Reign Be Yours)
JordanAs-salam al-malaki al-urdoni (Long Live the King!)
KenyaEe Mungu Nguvu Yetu (Oh God of All Creation)
KiribatiTeirake kaini Kiribati (Stand Kiribati)
Korea, NorthPatriotic Song
Korea, SouthAegukka
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 Motherland)
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)
MaltaInnu Malti (Hymn of Malta)
Man, Isle ofArrane Ashoonagh Dy Vannin
Marshall IslandsForever Marshall Islands
MartiniqueLa Marseillaise
MauritiusMotherland
MayotteLa Marseillaise
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
MontserratGod Save the Queen
MontenegroOhamo, Hamo (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 Soverign)
NetherlandsWilhelmus van Nassouwe (William of Nassau)
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, Républica 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 Portugesa (The Portuguese she one)
Puerto RicoLa Borinqueña
ReunionLa Marseillaise
RomaniaDesteaptate, romane (Wake up, Romanian) Trei culori (Three Colours)
RussiaThe Patriotic Song
God Save the Tsar
RwandaRwanda rwacu (Our Rwanda)
St. HelenaGod Save the Queen
St. Kitts and NevisOh Land of Beauty
St. LuciaSons and Daughters of St. Lucia
St. Pierre and MiquelonLa Marseillaise
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 Our Beloved King)
ScotlandGod Save the Queen
The Flower of Scotland
Scotland the Brave
For A That And A That
SenegalPincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons (Pluck Your Koras, Strike the Balafons)
SerbiaBoze Pravde (God of Justice)
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 (God Bless Africa)
Die Stem van Suid Afrika (The Call of South Africa)
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
SyriaHomat el Diyar (Guardians of the Homeland)
TaiwanSan Min Chu I (The Rights of the People) The Flag Raising Song
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
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 Sovetskovo Soyuza (Hymn of the Soviet Union)
The Internationale
United KingdomGod Save the Queen
United StatesThe Star-Spangled Banner
My Country, Tis of Thee
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 Troops are Advancing)
Virgin Islands (UK)God Save the Queen
Virgin Islands (US)Virgin Islands March
WalesHen Wlad Fy Nhadau
Wallis and FutunaLa Marseillaise
YemenUnited Republic
YugoslaviaHej Slaveni (O Slavs)
ZambiaStand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free
ZimbabweKalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe (Blessed Be The Land of Zimbabwe)
God Bless Africa

See also Anthem, National flag