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Most nation-states have anthems, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism";^[1] most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A hymn can become a national anthem by a provision in the state's constitution, by a law enacted by its legislature, or simply by tradition.^[2] A royal anthem is a patriotic song similar to a national anthem, but it specifically praises or prays for a monarch or royal dynasty. Such anthems are usually performed at public appearances by the monarch or during other events of royal importance.^[3] Some states use the royal anthem as the national anthem, such as the anthem of Jordan.

There are multiple claimants to the position of oldest national anthem.^[4] Among the national anthems, the first to be composed was the Dutch national anthem the "Wilhelmus", which was written between 1568 and 1572.^[5] The Japanese anthem, "Kimigayo", employs the oldest lyrics of any national anthem, taking its words from the "Kokin Wakashū", which was first published in 905, yet these words were not set to music until 1880.^[6] The first anthem to be officially adopted as such was the Spanish anthem "Marcha Real", in 1770; its origins remain unclear, being suggested to have sixteenth century Venetian origins, or even to have been composed by king Frederick the Great himself; it is also one of the few national anthems that has never had official lyrics.^[7] Anthems became increasingly popular among European states in the 18th century.^[8] For example, the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" was first performed under the title "God Save the King" in 1745.^[9] The French anthem "La Marseillaise" was written half a century later in 1792, and adopted in 1795.^[10]

National anthems are usually written in the most common language of the state, whether de facto or official. States with multiple national languages may offer several versions of their anthem. For instance, Switzerland's national anthem has different lyrics for each of the country's four official languages: French, German, Italian, and Romansh.^[11] One of New Zealand's two national anthems is commonly sung with the first verse in Māori ("Aotearoa") and the second in English ("God Defend New Zealand"). The tune is the same but the lyrics have different meanings. South Africa's national anthem is unique in that it is two different songs put together with five of the country's eleven official languages being used, in which each language comprises a stanza.^[12]

Anthems of UN member states and observer states

Only United Nations member states and observer states are included in this table.^[13][14] National anthems of sovereign states which are not UN members or observers are listed in a separate table below. An English translation of the title is provided in parentheses where appropriate.

Nation	National anthem	Date adopted	Lyricist	Composer	Audio	Source
Afghanistan	"Millī Surūd" ("National Anthem")	2006	Abdul Bari Jahani	Babrak Wassa	"Millī Surūd"
Albania	"Betimi mbi Flamur" ("The Pledge on the Flag")	1912	Aleksandër Stavre Drenova	Ciprian Porumbescu	"Himni i Flamurit"	[15]
Algeria	"Kassaman" ("We Pledge")	1962	Moufdi Zakaria	Mohamed Fawzi	"Kassaman"	[16]
Andorra	"El Gran Carlemany" ("The Great Charlemagne")	1914	Enric Marfany Bons	Juan Benlloch y Vivó	"El Gran Carlemany"	[17]
Angola	"Angola Avante" ("Forward Angola")	1975	Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro	Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas	"Angola Avante"
Antigua and Barbuda	"Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee"[note 1]	1981	Novelle Hamilton Richards	Walter Garnet Picart Chambers	"Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee"
Argentina	"Himno Nacional Argentino" ("Argentine National Anthem")	1813	Vicente López y Planes	Blas Parera	"Himno Nacional Argentino"
Armenia	"Mer Hayrenik" ("Our Fatherland")	1918, 1991	Mikael Nalbandian	Barsegh Kanachyan	"Mer Hayrenik"
Australia	"Advance Australia Fair"[note 1]	1984	Peter Dodds McCormick	Peter Dodds McCormick	"Advance Australia Fair"
Austria	"Land der Berge, Land am Strome" ("Land of Mountains, Land on the River")	1947	Paula von Preradović	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Johann Holzer	"Land der Berge, Land am Strome"
Azerbaijan	"Azərbaycan marşı" ("Azerbaijan's Anthem")	1918	Ahmed Javad	Uzeyir Hajibeyov	"Azərbaycan Dövlət Himni"
Bahamas	"March On, Bahamaland"[note 1]	1973	Timothy Gibson	Timothy Gibson	"March On, Bahamaland"
Bahrain	"Bahrainona" ("Our Bahrain")	1971	Mohamed Sudqi Ayyash	unknown	"Our Bahrain"
Bangladesh	"Amar Shonar Bangla" ("My Golden Bengal")	1972	Rabindranath Tagore	Rabindranath Tagore	"Amar Shonar Bangla"
Barbados	"National Anthem of Barbados"	1966	Irving Burgie	C. Van Roland Edwards	"In Plenty and In Time of Need"
Belarus	"My Belarusy" ("We, the Belarusians")[note 2]	1955	Michael Klimovich	Nestar Sakalowski	"My Belarusy"
Belgium	The "Brabançonne"	1830	Jenneval (Louis-Alexandre Dechet)	François Van Campenhout	"The Brabançonne"
Belize	"Land of the Free"	1981	Samuel Alfred Haynes	Selwyn Walford Young	"Land of the Free"
Benin	"L'Aube Nouvelle" ("The Dawn of a New Day")	1960	Gilbert Jean Dagnon	Gilbert Jean Dagnon	"L'Aube Nouvelle"
Bhutan	"Druk tsendhen" ("The Thunder Dragon Kingdom")	1953	Dasho Gyaldun Thinley	Aku Tongmi
Bolivia	"Himno Nacional de Bolivia" ("National Anthem of Bolivia")	1852	José Ignacio de Sanjinés	Leopoldo Benedetto Vincenti	"Himno Nacional de Bolivia"
Bosnia and Herzegovina	"Državna himna Bosne i Hercegovine" ("The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina")	1999	Awaiting official approval[18]	Dušan Šestić
Botswana	"Fatshe leno la rona" ("Blessed Be This Noble Land")	1966	Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete	Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete	"Fatshe leno la rona"
Brazil	"Hino Nacional Brasileiro" ("Brazilian National Anthem")	1831	Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada	Francisco Manuel da Silva	"Hino Nacional Brasileiro"
Brunei	"Allah Peliharakan Sultan" ("God Bless the Sultan")	1951	Pengiran Haji Mohamed Yusuf bin Abdul Rahim	Besar bin Sagap	"Allah Peliharakan Sultan"
Bulgaria	"Mila Rodino" ("Dear Motherland")	1964	Tsvetan Radoslavov	Tsvetan Radoslavov	"Mila Rodino"
Burkina Faso	"Une Seule Nuit" ("One Single Night")	1984	Thomas Sankara	Thomas Sankara
Burundi	"Burundi Bwacu" ("Our Burundi")	1962	Jean-Baptiste Ntahokaja and others	Marc Barengayabo
Cambodia	"Nokor Reach" ("Royal Kingdom")	1941	Samdach Chuon Nat	F. Perruchot and J. Jekyll	"Nokoreach"
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 (French), Dr Bernard Fonlon (English)	René Djam Afame	"O Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancêtres"
Canada	"Ô Canada" ("O Canada") [note 1]	1980	Adolphe-Basile Routhier (French); Robert Stanley Weir (English)	Calixa Lavallée	"O Canada"
Cape Verde	"Cântico da Liberdade" ("Song of Freedom")	1996	Amílcar Spencer Lopes	Adalberto Higino Tavares Silva	"Cântico da Liberdade"
Central African Republic	"La Renaissance" ("The Rebirth")	1960	Barthélémy Boganda	Herbert Pepper	"La Renaissance"
Chad	"La Tchadienne" ("People of Chad")	1960	Louis Gidrol and others	Paul Villard
Chile	"Himno Nacional de Chile" ("National Anthem of Chile")	1828 (de facto) 1941 (de jure)	Eusebio Lillo	Ramón Carnicer	"Himno Nacional de Chile"
China	"Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ" ("March of the Volunteers")	1949 (provisional) 1982 (official) 2004 (constitutional)	Tian Han	Nie Er	"Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ"
Colombia	"Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia" ("National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia")	1886	Rafael Núñez	Oreste Sindici	"Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia"
Comoros	"Udzima wa ya Masiwa" ("The Union of the Great Islands")	1978	Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane	Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane and Kamildine Abdallah	"Udzima wa ya Masiwa"
Democratic Republic of the Congo	"Debout Congolais" ("Arise Congolese")	1960, 1997	Joseph Lutumba	Simon-Pierre Boka di Mpasi Londi	"Debout Congolais"
Republic of the Congo	"La Congolaise" ("The Congolese")	1959, 1991	Jacques Tondra and Georges Kibanghi	Jean Royer and Joseph Spadilière	"La Congolaise"
Costa Rica	"Himno Nacional de Costa Rica" ("National Anthem of Costa Rica")	1853	José María Zeledón Brenes	Manuel María Gutiérrez	"Himno Nacional de Costa Rica"
Croatia	"Lijepa naša domovino" ("Our Beautiful Homeland")[note 3]	1972	Antun Mihanović	Josip Runjanin	"Lijepa naša domovino"
Cuba	"El Himno de Bayamo" ("The Anthem of Bayamo")	1902	Perucho Figueredo	Perucho Figueredo	"El Himno de Bayamo"
Cyprus	"Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían" ("Hymn to Liberty")[note 4][note 5]	1960	Dionýsios Solomós	Nikolaos Mantzaros	"Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían"
Czech Republic	"Kde domov můj" ("Where My Home is")[note 6]	1918	Josef Kajetán Tyl	František Škroup	"Kde domov můj"
Denmark	"Kong Christian stod ved højen mast" ("King Christian stood by the lofty mast")[note 7]	1780	Johannes Ewald	Unknown	"Kong Christian stod ved højen mast"	[19]
Djibouti	"Djibouti"	1977	Aden Elmi	Abdi Robleh	"Djibouti"
Dominica	"Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour"	1978	Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond	Lemuel McPherson Christian	"Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour"
Dominican Republic	"Himno Nacional" ("National Anthem")	1934	Emilio Prud'Homme	José Rufino Reyes y Siancas	"Himno Nacional"
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	"Salve, Oh Patria"
Egypt	"Bilady, Bilady, Bilady" ("My Country, My Country, My Country")	1979	Mohamed Younis Al-Qady (adapted from a speech by Mustafa Kamil)	Sayed Darwish	"Bilady, Bilady, Bilady"
El Salvador	"Himno Nacional de El Salvador" ("National Anthem of El Salvador")	1879	Juan José Cañas	Juan Aberle	"Himno Nacional de El Salvador"
Equatorial Guinea	"Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad" ("Let Us Tread the Path of our Immense Happiness")	1968	Atanasio Ndongo Miyone	Ramiro Sánchez Lopes
Eritrea	"Ertra, Ertra, Ertra" ("Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea")	1993	Solomon Tsehaye Beraki	Isaac Abraham Meharezghi and Aron Tekle Tesfatsion	"Ertra, Ertra, Ertra"
Estonia	"Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm" ("My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy")	1920	Johann Voldemar Jannsen	Fredrik Pacius	"Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm"
Ethiopia	"Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya" ("March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia")	1992	Dereje Melaku Mengesha	Solomon Lulu Mitiku	"Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya"
Fiji	"Meda Dau Doka" ("God Bless Fiji")	1970	Michael Francis Alexander Prescott	Charles Austin Miles	"Meda Dau Doka"
Finland	Swedish: "Vårt Land" Finnish:"Maamme" ("Our Land")	1917	Johan Ludvig Runeberg (Swedish) Paavo Cajander (Finnish)	Fredrik Pacius	"Maamme"
France	"La Marseillaise" ("The Song of Marseille")	1795	Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle	Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle	"La Marseillaise"
Gabon	"La Concorde" ("Concord")	1960	Georges Aleka Damas	Georges Aleka Damas	"La Concorde"
The Gambia	"For The Gambia Our Homeland"	1965	Virginia Julie Howe	Jeremy Frederick Howe	"For The Gambia Our Homeland"
Georgia	"Tavisupleba" ("Freedom")	2004	David Magradze	Zakaria Paliashvili	"Tavisupleda"
Germany	"Lied der Deutschen" ("Song of the Germans")[a]	1922	August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben	Joseph Haydn	"Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
Ghana	"God Bless Our Homeland Ghana"	1957	Michael Kwame Gbordzoe	Philip Gbeho	"God Bless Our Homeland Ghana"
Greece	"Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían" ("Hymn to Liberty")[note 4]	1865	Dionýsios Solomós	Nikolaos Mantzaros	"Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían"
Grenada	"Hail Grenada"	1974	Irva Merle Baptiste	Louis Arnold Masanto	"Hail Grenada"
Guatemala	"Himno Nacional de Guatemala" ("National Anthem of Guatemala")	1896	José Joaquín Palma	Rafael Álvarez Ovalle	"Himno Nacional de Guatemala"
Guinea	"Liberté" ("Liberty")	1958	Unknown	Kodofo Moussa	"Liberté"
Guinea-Bissau	"Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada" ("This Is Our Beloved Country")	1974	Amílcar Cabral	Xiao He	"Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada"
Guyana	"Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains"	1966	Archibald Leonard Luker	Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter	"Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains"
Haiti	"La Dessalinienne" ("Song of Dessalines")	1904	Justin Lhérisson	Nicolas Geffrard	"La Dessalinienne"
Honduras	"Himno Nacional de Honduras" ("National Anthem of Honduras")	1915	Augusto Constancio Coello	Carlos Hartling	"Himno Nacional de Honduras"
Hungary	"Himnusz" ("Hymn")	1844	Ferenc Kölcsey	Ferenc Erkel	"Himnusz"
Iceland	"Lofsöngur" ("Hymn")	1944	Matthías Jochumsson	Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson	"Lofsöngur"
India	"Jana Gana Mana" ("Hail the ruler of all minds")	1950	Rabindranath Tagore	Rabindranath Tagore	"Jana Gana Mana"
Indonesia	"Indonesia Raya" ("Great Indonesia")	1945	Wage Rudolf Soepratman	Wage Rudolf Soepratman	"Indonesia Raya"
Iran	"Soroud-e Melli-e Jomhouri-e Eslami-e Iran" ("National Anthem of Iran")	1990	multiple	Hassan Riyahi	"Mehre Khâvarân"
Iraq	"Mawtini" ("My Homeland")	2004	Ibrahim Touqan	Mohammed Flayfel	"Mawtini"
Ireland	"Amhrán na bhFiann" ("The Soldier's Song")	1926	Peadar Kearney (English) Liam Ó Rinn (Irish)	Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney	"Amhrán na bhFiann"
Israel	"HaTikvah" ("The Hope")	1948 (de facto) 2004 ("de jure")	Naftali Herz Imber	Samuel Cohen	"HaTikvah"
Italy	"Il Canto degli Italiani" ("The Song of the Italians")	1946 (de facto) 2017 ("de jure")	Goffredo Mameli	Michele Novaro	"Il Canto degli Italiani"
Ivory Coast	"L'Abidjanaise" ("Song of Abidjan")	1960	Mathieu Ekra, Joachim Bony and Pierre Marie Coty	Pierre Marie Coty and Pierre Michel Pango	"L'Abidjanaise"
Jamaica	"Jamaica, Land We Love"[note 1]	1962	Hugh Sherlock	Robert Lightbourne	"Jamaica, Land We Love"
Japan	"Kimigayo" ("His Majesty's Reign")[20]	1880 (de facto) 1999 ("de jure")	Traditional Waka poem from the Kokin Wakashū (first published in 905)	Yoshiisa Oku and Akimori Hayashi; usually credited to Hiromori Hayashi	"Kimi ga Yo"	[21]
Jordan	"Al-salam Al-malaki Al-urdoni" ("The Royal Anthem of Jordan")	1946	Abdul Monem Al-Refai	Abdul Qader al-Taneer	"Al-salam Al-malaki Al-urdoni"
Kazakhstan	"Meniñ Qazaqstanım" ("My Kazakhstan")	2006	Zhumeken Nazhimedenov (with modifications by Nursultan Nazarbayev)	Shamshi Kaldayakov	"Meniñ Qazaqstanım"
Kenya	"Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu" ("Oh God of All Creation")	1963	Graham Hyslop, G. W. Senoga-Zake, Thomas Kalume, Peter Kibukosya, and Washington Omondi	The Anthem Commission	"Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"
Kiribati	"Teirake Kaini Kiribati" ("Stand up, Kiribati")	1979	Urium Tamuera Ioteba	Urium Tamuera Ioteba
North Korea	"Aegukka" ("The Patriotic Song")	1947	Pak Seyŏng	Kim Wŏn'gyun	"Aegukka"
South Korea	"Aegukga" ("The Patriotic Song")	1948	An Chang-ho	Ahn Eak-tae	"Aegukga"
Kuwait	"Al-Nasheed Al-Watani" ("National Anthem")	1978	Ahmad Meshari Al-Adwani	Ibrahim Al-Soula	"Al-Nasheed Al-Watani"
Kyrgyzstan	"Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Mamlekettik Gimni" ("National Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic")	1992	Djamil Sadykov and Eshmambet Kuluev	Nasyr Davlesov and Kalyi Moldobasanov	"Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Mamlekettik Gimni"
Laos	"Pheng Xat Lao" ("National Anthem of Laos")	1947	Sisana Sisane	Thongdy Sounthonevichit	"Pheng Xat Lao"
Latvia	"Dievs, svētī Latviju!" ("God Bless Latvia")	1920	Kārlis Baumanis	Kārlis Baumanis	"Dievs, svētī Latviju!"
Lebanon	"Lebanese National Anthem"	1927	Rashid Nakhle	Wadih Sabra	"Lebanese National Anthem"
Lesotho	"Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona" ("Lesotho, Land of Our Fathers")	1966	François Coillard	Ferdinand-Samuel Laur	—
Liberia	"All Hail, Liberia, Hail!"	1847	Daniel Bashiel Warner	Olmstead Luca	"All Hail, Liberia, Hail!"
Libya	"Libya, Libya, Libya"	2011	Al Bashir Al Arebi	Mohammed Abdel Wahab
Liechtenstein	"Oben am jungen Rhein" ("Up on the young Rhine")	1963	Jakob Josef Jauch	unknown	"Oben am jungen Rhein"
Lithuania	"Tautiška giesmė" ("National Song")	1919	Vincas Kudirka	Vincas Kudirka	"Tautiška giesmė"
Luxembourg	"Ons Heemecht" ("Our Homeland")	1895	Michel Lentz	Jean Antoine Zinnen	"Ons Hémécht"
Macedonia	"Denes nad Makedonija" ("Today Over Macedonia")	1992 ("de jure")	Vlado Maleski	Todor Skalovski
Madagascar	"Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô!" ("Oh, Beloved Land of our Ancestors")	1958	Pastor Rahajason	Norbert Raharisoa	"Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô!"
Malawi	"Mulungu dalitsa Malaŵi" ("God Bless Malawi")	1964	Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka	Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka	"Mulungu dalitsa Malaŵi"
Malaysia	"Negaraku" ("My Country")	1957	multiple	Pierre-Jean de Béranger	"Negaraku"
Maldives	"Gaumii salaam" ("National Salute")	1972	Muhammad Jameel Didi	Pandit Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva	"Gaumii salaam"
Mali	"Pour l'Afrique et pour toi, Mali" ("For Africa and for You, Mali")	1962	Seydou Badian Kouyate	Banzumana Sissoko
Malta	"L-Innu Malti" ("The Maltese Hymn")	1964	Dun Karm Psaila	Robert Samut	"L-Innu Malti"
Marshall Islands	"Forever Marshall Islands"	1991	Amata Kabua	Amata Kabua	"Forever Marshall Islands"
Mauritania	"National anthem of Mauritania"	2017	unknown	Rageh Daoud
Mauritius	"Motherland"	1968	Jean Georges Prosper	Philippe Gentil (M.B.E. Esq.)	"Motherland"
Mexico	"Himno Nacional Mexicano" ("Mexican National Anthem")	1854 (de facto) 1943 ("de jure")	Francisco González Bocanegra	Jaime Nunó	"Himno Nacional Mexicano"
Micronesia	"Patriots of Micronesia"	1991	unknown	traditional German song (Ich hab' mich ergeben)	"Patriots of Micronesia"
Moldova	"Limba noastră" ("Our Language")	1994	Alexei Mateevici	Alexandru Cristea	"Limba noastră"
Monaco	"Hymne Monégasque" ("Monégasque Anthem")	1848	Louis Notari	Charles Albrecht	"Hymne Monégasque"
Mongolia	"Mongol ulsiin töriin duulal" ("National Anthem of Mongolia")	1950	Tsendiin Damdinsüren	Bilegiin Damdinsüren and Luvsanjambyn Mördorj	"Mongol ulsiin töriin duulal"
Montenegro	"Oj, svijetla majska zoro" ("O, Bright Dawn of May")	2004	folk song	Žarko Mirković[22]	"Oj, svijetla majska zoro"
Morocco	"Hymne Chérifien" ("Anthem of Morocco")	1956	Ali Squalli Houssaini	Léo Morgan	"Hymne Chérifien"
Mozambique	"Pátria Amada" (Beloved Homeland")	2002	Salomão J. Manhiça and Mia Couto	Justino Sigaulane Chemane
Myanmar	"Kaba Ma Kyei" ("Till the End of the World")	1948	Saya Tin	Saya Tin	"Kaba Ma Kyei"
Namibia	"Namibia, Land of the Brave"	1991	Axali Doëseb	Axali Doëseb	"Namibia, Land of the Brave"
Nauru	"Nauru Bwiema" ("Song of Nauru")	1968	Margaret Hendrie	Laurence Henry Hicks	—
Nepal	"Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka" ("A Garland of Hundred Flowers")[23]	2007	Byakul Maila[24]	Amber Gurung
Netherlands	"Wilhelmus" ("William")	1568 (de facto), 1932 (de jure)	Philips of Marnix, or Dirck Coornhert or Petrus Dathenus	Adrianus Valerius	"The Wilhelmus"
New Zealand	"God Defend New Zealand"[note 1]	1940 (national hymn)[note 8] 1977 (national anthem)[note 8]	Thomas Bracken (English version)[note 8] Thomas H. Smith (Māori version)[note 8]	John Joseph Woods[note 8]	"God Defend New Zealand"
Nicaragua	"Salve a ti, Nicaragua" ("Hail to Thee, Nicaragua")	1918	Salomón Ibarra Mayorga	Luis A. Delgadillo	"Salve a ti, Nicaragua"
Niger	"La Nigérienne" ("The Nigerien")	1961	Maurice Albert Thiriet	Robert Jacquet and Nicolas Abel François Frionnet
Nigeria	"Arise, O Compatriots"	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	"Arise O compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey"
Norway	"Ja, vi elsker dette landet" ("Yes, We Love This Country")[note 9]	1864[note 10]	Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson	Rikard Nordraak	"Ja, vi elsker dette landet"
Oman	"Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani"	1932	Rashid bin Uzayyiz Al Khusaidi	James Frederick Mills, arranged by Bernard Ebbinghaus
Pakistan	"Qaumī Tarāna" ("National Anthem")	1954	Hafeez Jullundhri	Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla	"Qaumī Tarāna"
Palau	"Belau rekid" ("Our Palau")	1980	multiple	Ymesei O. Ezekiel
Palestine	"Fida'i" ("My Country")	1996	Said Al Muzayin	Ali Ismael	"Fida'i"
Panama	"Himno Istmeño" ("Hymn of the Isthmus")	1925	Jeronimo de la Ossa	Santos Jorge	"Himno Istmeño"
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	Francisco José Debali	"Paraguayos, República o Muerte"
Peru	"Himno Nacional del Perú" ("National Anthem of Peru")	1821	José de la Torre Ugarte y Alarcón	Jose Bernardo Alcedo	"Himno Nacional del Perú"
Philippines	"Lupang Hinirang" ("Chosen Land")	1898	José Palma	Julián Felipe	"Lupang Hinirang"
Poland	"Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" "Poland Is Not Yet Lost")[note 11]	1926	Józef Wybicki	unknown	"Mazurek Dąbrowskiego"
Portugal	"A Portuguesa" ("The Portuguese")	1911	Henrique Lopes de Mendonça	Alfredo Keil	"A Portuguesa"
Qatar	"As Salam al Amiri" ("Peace to the Amir")	1996	Sheikh Mubarak bin Saïf al-Thani	Abdul Aziz Nasser Obaidan	"As Salam Al Amiri"
Romania	"Deșteaptă-te, române!" ("Awaken Thee, Romanian")	1990	Andrei Mureşanu	Anton Pann and Gheorghe Ucenescu	"Deşteaptă-te, române!"
Russia	"Gosudarstvenny Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii" ("State Hymn of the Russian Federation")	2000	Sergey Mikhalkov	Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov	"Gosudarstvenny Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii"
Rwanda	"Rwanda Nziza" ("Beautiful Rwanda")	2002	Faustin Murigo	Jean-Bosco Hashakimana	"Rwanda Nziza"
Saint Kitts and Nevis	"O Land of Beauty!"[note 1]	1983	Kenrick Georges	Kenrick Georges	"O Land of Beauty!"
Saint Lucia	"Sons and Daughters of Saint Lucia"	1979	Charles Jesse	Leton Felix Thomas
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	"Saint Vincent, Land so beautiful"	1979	Phyllis Punnett	Joel Bertram Miguel
Samoa	"The Banner of Freedom"	1962	Sauni Iiga Kuresa	Sauni Iiga Kuresa	—
San Marino	"Inno Nazionale della Repubblica" ("The National Anthem of the Republic")	1894	No official lyrics	Federico Consolo	"Inno Nazionale della Repubblica"
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	"As-Salam Al Malaki"
Senegal	"Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons" ("Strum your Koras, Strike the Balafons")	1960	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Herbert Pepper	"Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons"
Serbia	"Bože pravde" ("God of Justice")	1882 (de facto) 2006 (de jure)	Jovan Đorđević	Davorin Jenko	"Bože pravde"
Seychelles	"Kosta seywa" ("Join together all Seychellois")	1996	David François Marc André and George Charles Robert Payet	David François Marc André and George Charles Robert Payet
Sierra Leone	"High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free"	1961	Clifford Nelson Fyle	John Akar
Singapore	"Majulah Singapura" ("Onward Singapore")	1965	Zubir Said	Zubir Said	"Majulah Singapura"
Slovakia	"Nad Tatrou sa blýska" ("Lightning Over the Tatras")[note 6]	1918	Janko Matúška	folk tune	"Nad Tatrou sa blýska"
Slovenia	"Zdravljica" ("A Toast")[note 12]	1989	France Prešeren	Stanko Premrl	"Zdravljica"
Solomon Islands	"God Save Our Solomon Islands"[note 1]	1978	Panapasa Balekana and Matila Balekana	Panapasa Balekana
Somalia	"Qolobaa Calankeed" ("Praise to the Flag")	2012	Abdullahi Qarshe	Abdullahi Qarshe
South Africa	"National anthem of South Africa"[note 13]	1997	Enoch Sontonga and C. J. Langenhoven	Enoch Sontonga and Marthinus Lourens de Villiers	"National Anthem of South Africa"
South Sudan	"South Sudan Oyee!"	2011	Students and teachers of Juba University, 2011[25]	Students and teachers of Juba University, 2011[25]
Spain	"La Marcha Real" ("The Royal March")	1770	none	unknown	"La Marcha Real"
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")	1956	Sayyed Ahmed Mohammed Salih	Ahmad Murjan	"Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan"
Suriname	"God zij met ons Suriname" ("God Be With Our Suriname")	1959	Cornelis Atses Hoekstra and Henry de Ziel	Johannes Corstianus de Puy
Swaziland	"Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati" ("O Lord our God of the Swazi")	1968	Andrease Enoke Fanyana Simelane	David Kenneth Rycroft
Sweden	"Du gamla, Du fria" ("Thou Ancient, Thou Free")[note 14]	19th century (de facto, never officially adopted)	Richard Dybeck	folk tune	"Du gamla, Du fria"
Switzerland	"Schweizerpsalm" ("Swiss Psalm")	1961 (de facto) 1981 ("de jure")	Leonhard Widmer (German), Charles Chatelanat (French), Camillo Valsangiacomo (Italian), and Flurin Camathias (Romansch)	Alberich Zwyssig	"Schweizerpsalm"
Syria	"Humāt ad-Diyār" ("Guardians of the Homeland")	1936	Khalil Mardam Bey	Mohammed Flayfel and Ahmad Salim Flayfel	"Humāt ad-Diyār"
Tajikistan	"Surudi Milli" ("National Anthem")	1991	Gulnazar Keldi	Suleiman Yudakov	"Surudi Milli"
Tanzania	"Mungu ibariki Afrika" ("God Bless Africa")	1961	collectively	Enoch Sontonga	"Mungu ibariki Afrika"
Thailand	"Phleng Chat" ("National Song")[note 15]	1939	Luang Saranupraphan	Peter Feit	"Phleng Chat"
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")	1875	Uelingatoni Ngū Tupoumalohi	Carl Gustav Schmitt	"Ko e fasi ʻo e tuʻi ʻo e ʻOtu Tonga"
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 Abdel Wahab	"Humat al-Hima"
Turkey	"İstiklâl Marşı" ("The March of Independence")	1921	Mehmet Akif Ersoy	Osman Zeki Üngör	"İstiklâl Marşı"
Turkmenistan	"Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gimni" ("The State Anthem of Independent and Neutral Turkmenistan")	2008	collectively	Veli Mukhatov	"Türkmenbaşyň guran beýik binasy"
Tuvalu	"Tuvalu mo te Atua" ("Tuvalu for the Almighty")[note 1]	1978	Afaese Manoa	Afaese Manoa	—
Uganda	"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty"	1962	George Wilberforce Kakoma	George Wilberforce Kakoma	"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty"
Ukraine	"Shche ne vmerla Ukraina" ("Ukraine's Glory Has Not Perished")	1917	Pavlo Chubynsky	Mykhaylo Verbytsky	"Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy"
United Arab Emirates	"Ishy Biladi" ("Long Live my Homeland")	1971	Arif Al Sheikh Abdullah Al Hassan	Saad Abdel Wahab	"Ishy Biladi"
United Kingdom	"God Save the Queen"	1745	Henry Carey	unknown	"God Save the Queen"
United States	"The Star-Spangled Banner"[note 16]	1931	Francis Scott Key	John Stafford Smith	"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Uruguay	"Himno Nacional" ("National Anthem")	1848	Francisco Acuña de Figueroa	Francisco José Debali	"Himno Nacional"
Uzbekistan	"O`zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi" ("National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan")	1991	Abdulla Aripov	Mutal Burhanov	"O`zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi"
Vanuatu	"Yumi, Yumi, Yumi" ("We, We, We")	1980	François Vincent Ayssav	François Vincent Ayssav	"Yumi, Yumi, Yumi"
Vatican City	"Marche Pontificale" ("Pontifical Anthem and March")	1949	Antonio Allegra	Charles Gounod	"Marche Pontificale"
Venezuela	"Gloria al Bravo Pueblo" ("Glory to the Brave People")	1881	Vicente Salias	Juan José Landaeta	"Gloria al Bravo Pueblo"
Vietnam	"Tiến Quân Ca" ("Marching Song")	1945	Văn Cao	Văn Cao	"Tiến Quân Ca"
Yemen	"National anthem of Yemen"	1990	Abdallah Abdulwahab Noman	Ayoob Tarish	"National anthem of Yemen"
Zambia	"Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free"	1964	collectively	Enoch Sontonga	"National anthem of Zambia"
Zimbabwe	"Simudzai Mureza WeZimbabwe" ("O Lift High The Banner Of Zimbabwe")	1994	Solomon Mutswairo	Fred Changundega	"Blessed be the land of Zimbabwe"

Anthems of other states and territories

This table includes anthems of de facto sovereign states which are not members or observers of the United Nations. Many of them have received little or no recognition from the international community; some are widely considered to be part of one of the countries listed above.

Territory	Territorial anthem	Date adopted	Lyrics writer	Officially known as	Music writer	Audio
Abkhazia	"Aiaaira" ("Victory")	1992	Genady Alamiya	"State Anthem of the Republic of Abkhazia"	Valera Çkaduwa
Artsakh	"Azat u ankakh Artsakh" ("Free and independent Artsakh")	1992	Vardan Hakobyan	"Unofficial State Anthem of the Republic of Artsakh"	Armen Nasibyan	"Azat u anakh Artsakh"
Kosovo	"Europe"[26]	2008	No lyrics[26]	"State Anthem of the Republic of Kosovo"	Mendi Mengjiqi[26]	"Europe"
Northern Cyprus	"İstiklâl Marşı" ("Independence March")	1921	Mehmet Akif Ersoy	"The Turkish Cypriot State Anthem"	Zeki Üngör	"İstiklâl Marşı"
Somaliland	"Samo ku waar"	1991	Hassan Sheikh Mumin	"Somaliland"	Hassan Sheikh Mumin
South Ossetia	"Respublikæ Hussar Irystony Paddzahadon Gimn" ("National Anthem of South Ossetia")	1995	Totraz Kokaev	"Respwlikæ Hwßar İrisânı Pađzahadân Ģimń"	Felix Alborov
Republic of China (Taiwan)	"San Min Chu-i" ("Three Principles of the People")[note 17]	1937 (de facto) 1943 (de jure)	Sun Yat-sen	"National Anthem of the Republic of China"[note 18]	Ch'eng Mao-yün	"San Min Chu I"
Transnistria	"My slavim tebia, Pridnestrovie" ("We glorify you, Pridnestrovie")	1992	Boris Parmenov, Vitaly Pishenko, Nicholas Bozhko	"Mı slavim tebia Prîdnestrâviē"	Boris Alexandrov	"My slavim tebia"
Western Sahara	"Yā Banīy As-Saharā" ("O Sons of the Sahara")	1979	unknown	"Western Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republican Anthem"	unknown	—

See also

• Anthem of Europe


• Anthems of the autonomous communities of Spain


• List of anthems of non-sovereign countries, regions and territories


• List of historical national anthems


• List of U.S. state songs


• Olympic Hymn


• Royal anthem


• Earth anthem

Notes

General

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Specific

External links

• NationalAnthems.us makes it easy to find information about world anthems, and promotes the exchange of information about anthems.


• National anthems of the world, performed by the United States Navy Band