Original texts, translations, and performances. What nations chose as their main song — and why.
National Anthem
Hymn to the Flag
The Pledge
The Great Charlemagne
Angola Forward
Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee
Argentine National Anthem
Our Fatherland
Advance Australia Fair
Federal Hymn of the Republic of Austria
March of Azerbaijan
March On, Bahamaland
Our Bahrain
My Golden Bengal
In Plenty and In Time of Need
We, the Belarusians
The Brabanconne
Land of the Free
The New Dawn
The Thunder Dragon Kingdom
National Anthem of Bolivia
National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina
This Land of Ours
Brazilian National Anthem
God Bless the Sultan
Dear Motherland
A Single Night
Our Burundi
Royal Kingdom
O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Ancestors
O Canada
Song of Freedom
The Renaissance
The Chadian Song
National Anthem of Chile
March of the Volunteers
National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia
The Union of the Islands
National Anthem of Costa Rica
Our Beautiful Homeland
The Bayamo Song
Hymn to Liberty
Where Is My Home
Stand Up, Congolese
There Is a Lovely Land
Djibouti
Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
Dominican National Anthem
Hail, Oh Homeland
Bilady, Bilady, Bilady
National Anthem of El Salvador
Let Us Tread the Paths of Our Great Happiness
Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea
My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy
Oh God, Bestower of the Blessings of the Swazi
March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia
God Bless Fiji
Our Land
La Marseillaise
The Concord
For The Gambia Our Homeland
Freedom
Deutschlandlied
God Bless Our Homeland Ghana
Hail Grenada
National Anthem of Guatemala
Liberty
This Is Our Beloved Homeland
Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains
The Song of Dessalines
National Anthem of Honduras
Hymn
Jana Gana Mana
National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran
My Homeland
The Soldier's Song
Hatikvah
The Song of the Italians
The Song of Abidjan
Jamaica, Land We Love
Kimigayo
The Royal Anthem
My Kazakhstan
Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu
Stand Up, Kiribati
Europe
National Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic
Hymn of the Lao People
God, Bless Latvia!
All of Us, for Our Country
Lesotho, Land of Our Fathers
All Hail, Liberia, Hail!
Libya, Libya, Libya
High Above the Young Rhine
The National Song
Our Homeland
Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland!
God Bless Malawi
My Country
National Salute
Mali
The Maltese Hymn
Forever Marshall Islands
National Anthem of Mauritania
Motherland
Mexican National Anthem
Patriots of Micronesia
Our Language
Monegasque Anthem
National Anthem of Mongolia
Oh, Bright Dawn of May
Cherifian Anthem
Beloved Homeland
Till the End of the World, Myanmar
Namibia, Land of the Brave
Nauru, Our Homeland
Made of Hundreds of Flowers
The William
God Defend New Zealand
Hail to Thee, Nicaragua
The Nigerien
Arise, O Compatriots
Patriotic Song
Today Over Macedonia
Yes, We Love This Country
The Sultan's Anthem
The National Anthem
Our Palau
Hymn of the Isthmus
O Arise, All You Sons
Paraguayan National Anthem
National Anthem of Peru
Chosen Land
Dąbrowski's Mazurka
The Portuguese
Peace to the Amir
The Congolese
Awaken, Romanian!
Beautiful Rwanda
O Land of Beauty!
Sons and Daughters of Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent, Land So Beautiful
The Banner of Freedom
National Anthem of the Republic
Total Independence
Saudi National Anthem
Pluck Your Koras, Strike the Balafons
God of Justice
Join Together All Seychellois
High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free
Onward Singapore
Lightning Over the Tatras
A Toast
God Save Our Solomon Islands
Every Nation Has Its Own Flag
National Anthem of South Africa
Aegukga
South Sudan Oyee!
Royal March
Mother Sri Lanka
We Are the Army of God and of Our Land
God Be with Our Suriname
Thou Ancient, Thou Free
Swiss Psalm
Guardians of the Homeland
National Anthem of the Republic of China
God Bless Africa
Fatherland
Hail to Thee, Land of Our Forefathers
Song of the King of the Tongan Islands
Forged from the Love of Liberty
Defenders of the Homeland
Independence March
State Anthem of Independent, Neutral Turkmenistan
Tuvalu for the Almighty
Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty
Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished
Long Live My Nation
God Save the King
The Star-Spangled Banner
National Anthem of Uruguay
State Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan
We, We, We
Pontifical Anthem and March
Glory to the Brave People
Marching Song of the Army
Repeat, O World, My Song
Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free
Blessed be the Land of Zimbabwe