List of national anthems

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A national anthem is a self-identifying musical symbol of a nation, whether a country (including countries that are part of larger countries), a nation state, a people, or an area with a self-identifying populace who regard themselves as a nation. National anthems may take any form of musical composition, be official, unofficial, or de facto, and a nation may have more than one national anthem. In all cases, however, the general intent is to connect a national with the idea of his or her nation – either in its spirit, or directly through lyrics.

Listed here are national anthems that are currently performed at public events, and are universally recognised as being the appropriate national anthem by the listening public.

[edit] Sovereign states

Nation	National anthem	Date adopted	Lyrics writer	Music writer
Afghanistan	"Milli Tharana" ("National Anthem")	2006	Abdul Bari Jahani	Babrak Wassa
Albania	"Himni i Flamurit" ("Hymn to the Flag")	Unknown	Aleksander Stavre Drenova	Ciprian Porumbescu
Algeria	"Kassaman" ("We Pledge")	1963	Mufdi Zakariah	Mohamed Fawzi
Andorra	"El Gran Carlemany" ("The Great Charlemagne")	1921	Enric Marfany Bons	Juan Benlloch y Vivó
Angola	"Angola Avante" ("Forward Angola")	1975	Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro	Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas
Antigua and Barbuda	"Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee"[note 1]	1967	Novelle Hamilton Richards	Walter Garnet Picart Chambers
Argentina	"Himno Nacional Argentino" ("Argentine National Anthem")	May 11, 1813	Vicente López y Planes	Blas Parera
Armenia	"Mer Hayrenik" ("Our Fatherland")	July 1, 1991	Mikael Nalbandian	Barsegh Kanachyan
Australia	"Advance Australia Fair"[note 1]	April 19, 1984	Peter Dodds McCormick	Peter Dodds McCormick
Austria	"Land der Berge, Land am Strome" ("Land of Mountains, Land on the River")	October 22, 1946	Paula von Preradovic	Johann Holzer
Azerbaijan	"Azərbaycan marşı" ("Azerbaijan's Anthem")	1918	Ahmed Javad	Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Bahamas	"March On, Bahamaland"[note 1]	1973	Timothy Gibson	Timothy Gibson
Bahrain	"Bahrainona" ("Our Bahrain")	1971	Mohamed Sudqi Ayyash	Unknown
Bangladesh	"Amar Shonar Bangla" ("My Golden Bengal")	1972	Rabindranath Tagore	Rabindranath Tagore
Barbados	"In Plenty and In Time of Need"	1966	Irving Burgie	C. Van Roland Edwards
Belarus	"My Belarusy" ("We, the Belarusians")[note 2]	1955	Michael Klimovich	Nestar Sakalowski
Belgium	"La Brabançonne" ("The Song of Brabant")	1860	Jenneval (Louis-Alexandre Dechet)	François Van Campenhout
Belize	"Land of the Free"	1981	Samuel Alfred Haynes	Selwyn Walford Young
Benin	"L'Aube Nouvelle" ("The Dawn of a New Day")	1960	Gilbert Jean Dagnon	Gilbert Jean Dagnon
Bhutan	"Druk tsendhen" ("The Thunder Dragon Kingdom")	1953	Dasho Gyaldun Thinley	Aku Tongmi
Bolivia	"Himno Nacional de la República de Bolivia" ("National Anthem of the Republic of Bolivia")	1851	José Ignacio de Sanjinés	Leopoldo Benedetto Vincenti
Bosnia and Herzegovina	"Državna himna Bosne i Hercegovine" ("National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina")	1999	Unknown	Dušan Šestić
Botswana	"Fatshe leno la rona" ("Blessed Be This Noble Land")	1966	Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete	Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete
Brazil	"Hino Nacional Brasileiro" ("Brazilian National Anthem")	1922	Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada	Francisco Manuel da Silva
Brunei	"Allah Peliharakan Sultan" ("God Bless the Sultan")	1951	Pengiran Haji Mohamed Yusuf bin Abdul Rahim	Awang Haji Besar bin Sagap
Bulgaria	"Mila Rodino" ("Dear Motherland")	1964	Tsvetan Radoslavov	Tsvetan Radoslavov
Burkina Faso	"Une Seule Nuit" ("One Single Night")	1984	Thomas Sankara	Thomas Sankara
Burma	"Kaba Ma Kyei" ("Till the End of the World, Burma")	1947	Saya Tin	Saya Tin
Burundi	"Burundi bwacu" ("Our Burundi")	1962	Jean-Baptiste Ntahokaja and others	Marc Barengayabo
Cambodia	"Nokoreach" ("Royal Kingdom")	1941	Chuon Nat	F. Perruchot and J. Jekyll
Cameroon	"O Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancêtres" ("O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers")	1957	René Djam Afame, Samuel Minkio Bamba, and Moïse Nyatte Nko'o	René Djam Afame
Canada	"O Canada"[note 1]	1980	Adolphe-Basile Routhier (French); Robert Stanley Weir (English)	Calixa Lavallée
Cape Verde	"Cântico da Liberdade" ("Song of Freedom")	1996	Amílcar Spencer Lopes	Adalberto Higino Tavares Silva
Central African Republic	La Renaissance ("The Rebirth")	1960	Barthélémy Boganda	Herbert Pepper
Chad	"La Tchadienne" ("People of Chad")	1960	Louis Gidrol and others	Paul Villard
Chile	"Himno Nacional de Chile" ("National Anthem of Chile")	1828	Eusebio Lillo	Ramón Carnicer
People's Republic of China	"Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ" ("The March of the Volunteers")	1949 (provisional); 1982 (official); 2004 (constitutional)	Tian Han	Nie Er
Colombia	"Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia" ("National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia")	1920	Rafael Núñez	Oreste Sindici
Comoros	"Udzima wa ya Masiwa" ("The Union of the Great Islands")	1978	Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane	Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane and Kamildine Abdallah
Democratic Republic of the Congo	"Debout Congolais" ("Arise Congolese")	1960	Joseph Lutumba	Simon-Pierre Boka di Mpasi Londi
Republic of the Congo	"La Congolaise" ("The Congolese")	1959	Levent Kimbangui	Français Jacques Tondra
Costa Rica	"Himno Nacional de Costa Rica" ("National Anthem of Costa Rica")	1853	José María Zeledón Brenes	Manuel María Gutiérrez
Côte d'Ivoire	"L'Abidjanaise" ("Song of Abidjan")	1960	Mathieu Ekra, Joachim Bony, and Pierre Marie Coty	Pierre Marie Coty and Pierre Michel Pango
Croatia	"Lijepa naša domovino" ("Our Beautiful Homeland")	1991	Antun Mihanović	Josif Runjanin
Cuba	"El Himno de Bayamo" ("The Anthem of Bayamo")	1902	Perucho Figueredo	Perucho Figueredo
Cyprus	"Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían" ("Hymn to Liberty")[note 3]	1865	Dionýsios Solomós	Nikolaos Mantzaros
Czech Republic	"Kde domov můj?" ("Where is My Home?")	1918 (Czechoslovakia); 1993 (Czech Republic)	Josef Kajetán Tyl	František Škroup
Denmark	"Der er et yndigt land" ("There is a Lovely Country")[note 4]	1835	Adam Oehlenschläger	Hans Ernst Krøyer
Djibouti	"Djibouti"	1977	Aden Elmi	Abdi Robleh
Dominica	"Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour"	1967	Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond	Lemuel McPherson Christian
Dominican Republic	"Himno Nacional" ("National Anthem")	1934	Emilio Prud'homme	Jose Rufino Reyes Siancas
East Timor	"Pátria" ("Fatherland")	2002	Francisco Borja da Costa	Afonso de Araujo
Ecuador	"Salve, Oh Patria" ("We Salute You, Our Homeland")	1948	Juan León Mera	Antonio Neumane
Egypt	"Bilady, Bilady, Bilady" ("My Country, My Country, My Country")	1979	Mohamed Younis El Qadr and Sayed Darwish (first 2 lines adapted from a speech by Mustafa Kamil)	Sayed Darwish
El Salvador	"Himno Nacional de El Salvador" ("National Anthem of El Salvador")	1879	Juan José Cañas	Juan Aberle
Equatorial Guinea	"Caminemos pisando la senda" ("Let Us Tread the Path")	1968	Atanasio Ndongo Miyone	Atanasio Ndongo Miyone
Eritrea	"Ertra, Ertra, Ertra" ("Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea")	1993	Solomon Tsehaye Beraki	Isaac Abraham Meharezghi and Aron Tekle Tesfatsion
Estonia	"Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm" ("My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy")	1920	Johann Voldemar Jannsen	Fredrik Pacius
Ethiopia	"Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya" ("March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia")	1992	Dereje Melaku Mengesha	Solomon Lulu Mitiku
Fiji	"Meda Dau Doka" ("God Bless Fiji")	1970	Michael Francis Alexander Prescott	Charles Austin Miles
Finland	"Maamme" ("Our Land")	1867	Johan Ludvig Runeberg	Fredrik Pacius
France	"La Marseillaise" ("The Song of Marseille")	1795	Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle	Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Gabon	"La Concorde" ("The Concord")	1960	Georges Aleka Damas	Georges Aleka Damas
The Gambia	"For The Gambia Our Homeland"	1965	Virginia Julie Howe	Jeremy Frederick Howe
Georgia	"Tavisupleba" ("Freedom")	2004	David Magradze	Zakaria Paliashvili
Germany	"Das Deutschlandlied" (3rd stanza) ("The Germany Song")	1922	August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben	Joseph Haydn
Ghana	"God Bless Our Homeland Ghana"	1957	Michael Kwame Gbordzoe	Philip Gbeho
Greece	"Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían" ("Hymn to Liberty")[note 5]	1865	Dionýsios Solomós	Nikolaos Mantzaros
Grenada	"Hail Grenada"	1974	Irva Merle Baptiste	Louis Arnold Masanto
Guatemala	"Himno Nacional de Guatemala" ("National Anthem of Guatemala")	1896	José Joaquín Palma	Rafael Álvarez Ovalle
Guinea	"Liberté" ("Liberty")	1958	Unknown	Kodofo Moussa
Guinea-Bissau	"Esta é a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada" ("This Is Our Beloved Country")	1974	Amílcar Cabral	Amílcar Cabral
Guyana	"Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains"	1966	Archibald Leonard Luker	Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter
Haiti	"La Dessalinienne" ("Song of Dessalines")	1904	Justin Lhérisson	Nicolas Geffrard
Honduras	"Himno Nacional de Honduras" ("National Anthem of Honduras")	1915	Augusto Constancio Coello	Carlos Hartling
Hungary	"Himnusz" ("Hymn")	1844	Ferenc Kölcsey	Ferenc Erkel
Iceland	"Lofsöngur" ("Hymn")	Unknown	Matthías Jochumsson	Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson
India	"Jana Gana Mana" ("Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People")	1950	Rabindranath Tagore	Rabindranath Tagore
Indonesia	"Indonesia Raya" ("Great Indonesia")	1945	Wage Rudolf Supratman	Wage Rudolf Supratman
Iran	"Soroud-e Melli-e Jomhouri-e Eslami-e Iran" ("National Anthem of Iran")	1990	Multiple	Hassan Riyahi
Iraq	"Mawtini" ("My Homeland")	2004	Ibrahim Touqan	Muhammad Fuliefil
Ireland	"Amhrán na bhFiann" ("The Soldier's Song")	1926	Liam Ó Rinn	Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney
Israel	"HaTikvah" ("The Hope")	1948 (de facto); 2004 (de jure)	Naftali Herz Imber	Samuel Cohen
Italy	"Il Canto degli Italiani" ("The Song of the Italians")	1946 (de facto); 2005 (de jure)	Goffredo Mameli	Michele Novaro
Jamaica	"Jamaica, Land We Love"[note 1]	Unknown	Hugh Sherlock	Robert Lightbourne
Japan	"Kimi ga Yo" ("May Your Reign Last Forever")	1999	Traditional Waka poem from the Heian period	Traditional melody of the Meiji period
Jordan	"Al-salam Al-malaki Al-urdoni" ("The Royal Anthem of Jordan")	1946	Abdul Monem Al-Refai	Abdul Qader al-Taneer
Kazakhstan	"Meniñ Qazaqstanım" ("My Kazakhstan")	2006	Zhumeken Nazhimedenov (with modifications by Nursultan Nazarbayev)	Shamshi Kaldayakov
Kenya	"Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu" ("Oh God of All Creation")	1963	Graham Hyslop, G. W. Senoga-Zake, Thomas Kalume, Peter Kibukosya, and Washington Omondi	Traditional African tune
Kiribati	"Teirake Kaini Kiribati" ("Stand up, Kiribati")	1979	Urium Tamuera Ioteba	Urium Tamuera Ioteba
Kuwait	"Al-Nasheed Al-Watani" ("National Anthem")	1978	Ahmad Meshari Al-Adwani	Ibrahim Al-Soula
Kyrgyzstan	"Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Mamlekettik Gimni" ("National Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic")	1992	Djamil Sadykov and Eshmambet Kuluev	Nasyr Davlesov and Kalyi Moldobasanov
Laos	"Pheng Xat Lao" ("National Anthem of Laos")	1947	Sisana Sisane	Thongdy Sounthonevichit
Latvia	"Dievs, svētī Latviju!" ("God Bless Latvia")	1920	Kārlis Baumanis	Kārlis Baumanis
Lebanon	"Koullouna Lilouataan Lil Oula Lil Alam" ("We are All for Our Nation, for Our Flag and Glory")	1927	Rashid Nakhle	Wadih Sabra
Lesotho	"Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona" ("Lesotho, Land of Our Fathers")	1967	François Coillard	Ferdinand-Samuel Laur
Liberia	"All Hail, Liberia, Hail!"	1847	Daniel Bashiel Warner	Olmstead Luca
Libya	"Allahu Akbar" ("God Is Great")	1969	Egyptian marching song	Egyptian marching song
Liechtenstein	"Oben am jungen Rhein" ("Up Above the Young Rhine")	1963	Jakob Josef Jauch	Unknown
Lithuania	"Tautiška giesmė" ("National Song")	1919	Vincas Kudirka	Vincas Kudirka
Luxembourg	"Ons Hémécht" ("Our Homeland")	1895	Michel Lentz	Jean Antoine Zinnen
Macedonia	"Denes nad Makedonija" ("Today Over Macedonia")[note 6]	1944	Vlado Maleski	Todor Skalovski
Madagascar	"Ry Tanindraza nay malala ô" ("Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland")	Unknown	Norbert Raharisoa	Rahajason
Malawi	"Mlungu dalitsani Malawi" ("God Bless Malawi")	1964	Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka	Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka
Malaysia	"Negaraku" ("My Country")	1957	Multiple	Folk song ("Terang Bulan")
Maldives	"Gaumii salaam" ("National Salute")	1972	Muhammad Jameel Didi	Pandit Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva
Mali	"Pour l'Afrique et pour toi, Mali" ("For Africa and for You, Mali")	1962	Seydou Badian Kouyate	Banzoumana Sissoko
Malta	"L-Innu Malti" ("The Maltese Hymn")	1964	Dun Karm Psaila	Robert Samut
Marshall Islands	"Forever Marshall Islands"	Unknown	Amata Kabua	Amata Kabua
Mauritania	"National Anthem of Mauritania"	1960	Baba Ould Cheikh	Tolia Nikiprowetzky
Mauritius	"Motherland"	Unknown	Jean Georges Prosper	Philippe Gentil
Mexico	"Himno Nacional Mexicano" ("Mexican National Anthem")	1854	Francisco González Bocanegra	Jaime Nunó
Federated States of Micronesia	"Patriots of Micronesia"	1991	Unknown	Traditional German song (Ich hab' mich ergeben)
Moldova	"Limba Noastră" ("Our Language")	1994	Alexei Mateevici	Alexandru Cristea
Monaco	"Hymne Monégasque" ("Monegasque Anthem")	1848	Louis Notari	Théophile Bellando de Castro
Mongolia	"Mongol ulsiin töriin duulal" ("National Anthem of Mongolia")	1950	Tsendiin Damdinsüren	Bilegiin Damdinsüren and Luvsanjyamts Murdorj
Montenegro	"Oj, svijetla majska zoro" ("O, Bright Dawn of May")	2004	Unknown	Unknown
Morocco	"Hymne Cherifien" ("Anthem of Morocco")	1956	Ali Squalli Houssaini	Léo Morgan
Mozambique	"Pátria Amada" ("Lovely Homeland")	2002	Unknown	Unknown
Namibia	"Namibia, Land of the Brave"	1991	Axali Doëseb	Axali Doëseb
Nauru	"Nauru Bwiema" ("Song of Nauru")	1968	Margaret Hendrie	Laurence Henry Hicks
Nepal	"Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka" ("Hundreds of Flowers")	2007	Byakul Maila	Ambar Gurung
Netherlands	"Het Wilhelmus" ("The William")	1932	Unknown	Adrianus Valerius
New Zealand	"God Defend New Zealand"	1940	Thomas Bracken	John Joseph Woods
	"God Save the Queen"[note 7]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Nicaragua	"Salve a ti, Nicaragua" ("Hail to Thee, Nicaragua")	1971	Salomón Ibarra Mayorga	Author is anonymous; musical arrangement by Luis A. Delgadillo
Niger	"La Nigérienne" ("The Nigerians")	1961	Maurice Albert Thiriet	Robert Jacquet and Nicolas Abel François Frionnet
Nigeria	"Arise O Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey"	1978	John A. Ilechukwu, Eme Etim Akpan, B. A. Ogunnaike, Sotu Omoigui, and P. O. Aderibighe	Nigerian Police Band, under the directorship of B. E. Odiase
North Korea	"Aegukka" ("The Patriotic Song")	1947	Pak Seyŏng	Kim Wŏn'gyun
Norway	"Ja, vi elsker dette landet" ("Yes, We Love This Country")[note 8]	1864	Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson	Rikard Nordraak
Oman	"Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani" ("National Anthem of Oman")	1970	Unknown	Unknown
Pakistan	"Qaumī Tarāna" ("National Anthem")	1954	Hafeez Jullundhri	Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla
Palau	"Belau rekid" ("Our Palau")	1980	Multiple	Ymesei O. Ezekiel
Panama	"Himno Istmeño" ("Hymn of the Isthmus")	Unknown	Jeronimo de la Ossa	Santos Jorge
Papua New Guinea	"O Arise, All You Sons"[note 1]	1975	Tom Shacklady	Tom Shacklady
Paraguay	"Paraguayos, República o Muerte" ("Paraguayans, the Republic or Death")	1933	Francisco Acuña de Figueroa	Françoice Dupuis, and Remberto Giménez
Peru	"Himno Nacional del Perú" ("National Anthem of Peru")	1821	José de la Torre Ugarte y Alarcón	Jose Bernardo Alcedo
Philippines	"Lupang Hinirang" ("Chosen Land")	1898	Jose Palma	Julian Felipe
Poland	"Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" ("Dabrowski's Mazurka")	1926	Józef Wybicki	Unknown
Portugal	"A Portuguesa" ("The Portuguese Song")	1910	Henrique Lopes de Mendonça	Alfredo Keil
Puerto Rico	"La Borinqueña"	1952	Félix Astol	Manuel fernando Juncos
Qatar	"As Salam al Amiri" ("National Anthem of Qatar")	1996	Sheikh Mubarak bin Saïf al-Thani	Unknown
Romania	"Deşteaptă-te, române!" ("Awaken Thee, Romanian")	1989	Andrei Mureşanu	Anton Pann and Gheorghe Ucenescu
Russia	"Gosudarstvenny Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii" ("State Hymn of the Russian Federation")	2000	Sergey Mikhalkov	Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov
Rwanda	"Rwanda nziza" ("Beautiful Rwanda")	2002	Unknown	Unknown
Saint Kitts and Nevis	"O Land of Beauty!"[note 1]	1983	Kenrick Georges	Kenrick Georges
Saint Lucia	"Sons and Daughters of Saint Lucia"	1979	Charles Jesse	Leton Felix Thomas
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	"St Vincent Land So Beautiful"	1979	Phyllis Punnett	Unknown
Samoa	"The Banner of Freedom"	1962	Sauni Iiga Kuresa	Sauni Iiga Kuresa
San Marino	"Inno Nazionale della Repubblica" ("National Anthem of the Republic")	1894	Federico Consolo	Federico Consolo
São Tomé and Príncipe	"Independência total" ("Total Independence")	1975	Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo	Manuel dos Santos Barreto de Sousa e Almeida
Saudi Arabia	"As-Salam Al Malaki" ("The Royal Salute")	1950	Ibrahim Khafaji	Abdul Rahman Al-Khateeb
Senegal	"Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons" ("Strum your Koras, Strike the Balafons")	1960	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Herbert Pepper
Serbia	"Bože pravde" ("God of Justice")	2004	Jovan Đorđević	Davorin Jenko
Seychelles	"Koste Seselwa" ("Join together all Seychellois")	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sierra Leone	"High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free"	1961	Clifford Nelson Fyle	John Akar
Singapore	"Majulah Singapura" ("Onward Singapore")	1959	Zubir Said	Zubir Said
Slovakia	"Nad Tatrou sa blýska" ("Lighting Over the Tatras")	1918 (Czechoslovakia); 1993 (Slovakia)	Janko Matúška	Folk tune
Slovenia	"Zdravljica"(7th stanza) ("A Toast")	1989	France Prešeren	Stanko Premrl
Solomon Islands	"God Save Our Solomon Islands"[note 1]	1978	Panapasa Balekana and Matila Balekana	Panapasa Balekana
Somalia	"Somaliyaay toosoo" ("Somalia, Wake Up")	2000	Ali Mire Awale	Ali Mire Awale
South Africa	"National anthem of South Africa"[1][note 9]	1957	Enoch Sontonga and C.J. Langenhoven	Enoch Sontonga and Reverend ML de Villiers
South Korea	"Aegukga" ("The Patriotic Song") (unofficial)	1948	Unknown	Ahn Eak-tae
Spain	"La Marcha Real" ("The Royal March")	1770	Unknown	Unknown
Sri Lanka	"Sri Lanka Matha" ("Mother Sri Lanka")	1951	Ananda Samarakoon	Ananda Samarakoon
Sudan	"Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-Watan" ("We Are the Army of God and of Our Land")	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Suriname	"God zij met ons Suriname" ("God Be With Our Suriname")	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Swaziland	"Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati" ("O Lord our God of the Swazi")	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sweden	"Du gamla, Du fria" ("Thou Ancient, Thou Free")[note 10]	Unknown	Richard Dybeck	Unknown
Switzerland	"Schweizerpsalm" ("Swiss Psalm")	1961 (de facto); 1981 (de jure)	Leonhard Widmer	Alberich Zwyssig
Syria	"Homat el Diyar" ("Guardians of the Homeland")	1936	Khalil Mardam Bey	Mohammed Flayfel
Tajikistan	"Surudi Milli" ("National Anthem")	1991	Gulnazar Keldi	Suleiman Yudakov
Tanzania	"Mungu ibariki Afrika" ("God Bless Africa")	Unknown	Enoch Sontonga	Enoch Sontonga
Thailand	"Phleng Chat" ("National Song")	1939	Luang Saranupraphan	Peter Feit
	"Phleng Sansoen Phra Barami"	1939	Luang Saranupraphan	Peter Feit
Togo	"Salut à toi, pays de nos aïeux" ("Hail to Thee, Land of our Forefathers")	1960	Alex Casimir-Dosseh	Alex Casimir-Dosseh
Tonga	"Ko e fasi ʻo e tuʻi ʻo e ʻOtu Tonga" ("Song of the King of the Tonga Islands")	1874	Uelingatoni Ngū Tupoumalohi	Karl Gustavus Schmitt
Trinidad and Tobago	"Forged from the Love of Liberty"	1962	Patrick Castagne	Patrick Castagne
Tunisia	"Humat Al-Hima" ("Defenders of the Homeland")	1987	Mustafa Sadiq Al-Rafi'i and Aboul-Qacem Echebbi	Mohammed Abdelwahab
Turkey	"İstiklâl Marşı" ("The March of Independence")	1921	Mehmet Akif Ersoy	Osman Zeki Üngör
Turkmenistan	"Türkmenbaşyň guran beýik binasy" ("Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem")	1991	Saparmurat Niyazov	Saparmurat Niyazov
Tuvalu	"Tuvalu mo te Atua" ("Tuvalu for the Almighty")[note 1]	1978	Afaese Manoa	Afaese Manoa
Uganda	"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty"	1963	George Wilberforce Kakoma	George Wilberforce Kakoma
Ukraine	"Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy" ("Ukraine's Glory Has Not Perished")	1917	Pavlo Chubynsky	Mykhaylo Verbytsky
United Arab Emirates	"Ishy Biladi" ("Long Live my Homeland")	1971	Arif Al Sheikh Abdullah Al Hassan	Saad Abdel Wahab
United Kingdom	"God Save the Queen"	1745	Unknown	Unknown
United States	"The Star-Spangled Banner"	1931	Francis Scott Key	John Stafford Smith
Uruguay	"Himno Nacional" ("National Anthem")	1938	Francisco Acuña de Figueroa	Francisco José Debali
Uzbekistan	"O`zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi" ("National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan")	1991	Abdulla Aripov	Mutal Burhanov
Vanuatu	"Yumi, Yumi, Yumi" ("We, We, We")	1980	François Vincent Ayssav	François Vincent Ayssav
Vatican City	"Inno e Marcia Pontificale" ("Pontifical Anthem and March")	1949	Antonio Allegra	Charles Gounod
Venezuela	"Gloria al Bravo Pueblo" ("Glory to the Brave People")	1881	Vicente Salias	Juan José Landaeta
Vietnam	Tiến Quân Ca ("Army March")	1945	Văn Cao	Văn Cao
Yemen	"United Republic"	1990	Abdallah Abdulwahab Noman	Ayoob Tarish
Zambia	"Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free"	Unknown	Multiple	Enoch Sontonga
Zimbabwe	"Simudzai Mureza WeZimbabwe" ("Blessed Be The Land of Zimbabwe")	1994	Solomon Mutswairo	Fred Changundega

[edit] Non-sovereign countries, regions and territories

Nation	National anthem	Date adopted	Lyrics writer	Music writer
Åland Islands	"Ålänningens sång" ("The Ålander's Song")	1922	John Grandell	Johan Fridolf Hagfors
American Samoa	"Amerika Samoa" (American Samoa)	1950	Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo	Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga
Andalusia	"La bandera blanca y verde" ("The white and green flag")	—	Blas Infante	Sevilla José del Castillo Díaz
Anguilla	"God Save the Queen"	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	"God Bless Anguilla" (unofficial)	1981	Alex Richardson	Alex Richardson
Aruba	"Aruba Dushi Tera" ("Aruba Precious Country")	1976	Juan Chabaya Lampe	Rufo Wever
Bermuda	"God Save the Queen"	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bonaire	"Tera di Solo y suave biento" ("Country of Sun and Gentle Breeze")	1964	Unknown	J. B. A. Palm
British Virgin Islands	"God Save the Queen"	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Catalonia[2]	"Els Segadors" ("The Reapers")	1899	Emili Guanyavents	Francesc Alió
Cayman Islands	"God Save the Queen"	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Cook Islands	"Te Atua Mou E" ("God is Truth")	1982	Pa Tepaeru Te Rito Ariki Lady Davis	Thomas Davis
Curaçao	"Himno di Kòrsou" ("Anthem of Curaçao")	1978	Guillermo Rosario, Mae Henriquez, Enrique Muller, and Betty Doran	Frater M. Candidus Nouwens and Errol Colina
England[note 11]	"Land of hope and glory"	Unknown	A. C. Benson	Sir Edward Elgar
Galicia	"Os Pinos" ("The Pinetrees")	1907	Eduardo Pondal	Pascual Veiga
Greenland	"Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit" (You Our Ancient Land)	1916	Henrik Lund	Jonathan Petersen
Kurdistan	Ey Reqîb	1938	Dildar (Yunis Rauf)	Unknown
Montserrat	"God Save the Queen"	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Netherlands Antilles	"Anthem Without a Title"	2000	Zahira Hiliman and Lucille Berry-Haseth	Zahira Hiliman
Newfoundland and Labrador	"Ode to Newfoundland"	1902	Charles Cavendish Boyle	E.R. Krippner
Northern Ireland	"God Save the Queen"	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	"Londonderry Air"[3]	Unknown	Jane Ross	Unknown
Puerto Rico	"La Borinqueña" ("Borinquen")	1903	Lola Rodríguez de Tió	Félix Astol Artés
Republika Srpska	"Moja Republika" ("My Republic")	2008	Mladen Matović	Unknown
Saba	"Saba You Rise From The Ocean"	1985	Unknown	Unknown
Scotland[note 12]	"Flower of Scotland"	Unknown	Roy Williamson[4]	Roy Williamson
	"Scotland the Brave"	Unknown	Cliff Hanley	Cliff Hanley/Robert Wilson
Sicily	"Madreterra" ("Mother earth")	2003	Vincenzo Spampinato	Vincenzo Spampinato
Sint Eustatius	"Golden Rock Anthem"	2004	Pieter van den Heuvel	Unknown
Sint Maarten	"O Sweet Saint Martin's Land"	Unknown	Unknown	G. Kemps
Turks and Caicos Islands	"God Save the Queen"	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
United States Virgin Islands	"Virgin Islands March"	c. 1920 (unofficial); 1963 (official)	Alton Adams	Sam Williams
Valencia	"Himne de València" ("Anthem of Valencia")	1909	Maximilià Thous i Orts	Josep Serrano Simeón
Wales	"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" ("Land of my Fathers")	1856	Evan James	James James

[edit] Regions without generally recognized sovereignty

Nation	National anthem	Date adopted	Lyrics writer	Music writer
Abkhazia	"Aiaaira" ("Victory")	1992	Genady Alamiya	Valera Çkaduwa
Kosovo	"Europe"[5]	2008	No lyrics[5]	Mendi Mengjiqi[5]
Nagorno-Karabakh	"Azat u ankakh Artsakh" ("Free and independent Artsakh")	1992	Vardan Hakobyan	Armen Nasibyan
Palestine	"Biladi" ("My Country")	1996	Said Al Muzayin	Ali Ismael
Republic of China (Taiwan)	"Zhōnghuá Míngúo gúogē" ("National Anthem of the Republic of China")[note 13]	1937 (de facto); 1943 (de jure)	Sun Yat-sen	Ch'eng Mao-yün
South Ossetia	"Respublikæ Hussar Irystony Paddzahadon Gimn|" ("National Anthem of South Ossetia")	1995	Totraz Kokaev	Felix Alborov
Western Sahara	"Yā Banīy As-Saharā" ("O Sons of the Sahara")	1979	unknown	unknown

[edit] Peoples

Nation	National anthem	Date adopted	Lyrics writer	Music writer
Acadians	"Ave Maris Stella" ("Star of the Sea, We Hail Thee")	1884	unknown	-
Québécois	"Gens du pays" ("Countrymen")	1975	Gilles Vigneault	Gilles Vigneault and Gaston Rochon
Tibet[dubious – discuss]	"Gyallu"	1950	Trijang Rinpoche	Unknown

[edit] Historical national anthems

Country	National anthem	Period	Lyrics writer	Music writer
Austria-Hungary	Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser (“God Save Emperor Francis”)	1804–1918	Lorenz Leopold Haschka	Joseph Haydn
Qing Empire	Gong Jin'ou (“Cup of Solid Gold”)	1911–1912	Yan Fu	unknown
China	See also: Historical Chinese anthems
German Democratic Republic	Auferstanden aus Ruinen (“Arisen from Ruins”)	1949–1990	Johannes R. Becher	Hanns Eisler
German Empire	Heil dir im Siegerkranz (“Hail to Thee in Victor's Crown”)	1871–1918	Heinrich Harries	unknown
Korean Empire	Daehan jeguk aegukga (“Patriotic song of the Korean Empire”)	1902–1910?		Franz Eckert
Persia	Salamatih Shah (“Well-Being of the King”)	c1853–1933	unknown	Lemaire
Rhodesia	Rise O Voices of Rhodesia	1974–1979	Mary Bloom	Beethoven
Romania	Trei culori See also: Historical Romanian anthems	1977–1989	Ciprian Porumbescu	Ciprian Porumbescu
Serbia and Montenegro	Hej, Sloveni (“Hey, Slavs”)	1977–2006	Samuel Tomášik	unknown
South Africa	Die Stem van Suid-Afrika	1936-1994	C.J. Langenhoven	Marthinus Lourens de Villiers
Spain	Himno de Riego (“Anthem of Riego”)	1931–1936/1939	José Melchor Gomis	José Melchor Gomis
USSR	The Internationale, National Anthem of the Soviet Union (“Hymn”)	1917–1944, 1944–1991	Eugène Pottier, Sergey Mikhalkov	Pierre De Geyter, Alexander Alexandrov
Yugoslavia	Hej, Sloveni (“Hey, Slavs”)	1977–2006	Samuel Tomášik	unknown
Kingdom of France	Marche Henri IV (“Henry IV's march”)	c.1590-1789 & 1815-1848	unknown	unknown

[edit] See also

• National anthems
• List of anthems
• List of anthems of UN member states
• National flag
• Royal anthem

[edit] External links

• nationalanthems.info

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "God Save the Queen" is also a national anthem of New Zealand and the royal anthem of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Tuvalu.
2. ^ "My Belarusy" was originally adopted by the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
3. ^ "Hymn to Liberty" is also the national anthem of Greece.
4. ^ Denmark's royal anthem is "Kong Kristian" ("King Christian").
5. ^ "Hymn to Liberty" is also the national anthem of Cyprus.
6. ^ "Denes nad Makedonija" was originally adopted by the Socialist Republic of Macedonia.
7. ^ Both "God Defend New Zealand" and "God Save the Queen" are official national anthems of New Zealand.
8. ^ Norway's royal anthem is "Kongesangen".
9. ^ The "National anthem of South Africa" is a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the former anthem "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika/The Call of South Africa".
10. ^ Sweden's royal anthem is "Kungssången".
11. ^ See National anthem of England for further information.
12. ^ See National anthem of Scotland for further information.
13. ^ "National Banner Song" is used as the alternate anthem for Republic of China (Taiwan) at international events such as the Olympic Games.

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