National Anthem Lyricists & Composers
| Countries Name | National Anthem Lyricist | National Anthem Composer |
|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan
|
Abdul Bari Jahani | Babrak Wasa |
 Albania
|
Aleksander Stavre Drenova | Ciprian Porumbescu |
 Algeria
|
Mufdi Zakariah | Mohamed Fawzi |
 American Samoa
|
Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo | Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga |
 Andorra
|
Joan Benlloch i Vivó | Enric Marfany Bons |
 Angola
|
Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro | Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Minga |
 Anguilla
|
Henry Carey | Thomas Arne |
 Antigua And Barbuda
|
novelle Hamilton Richards | Walter Garnet Picart Chambers |
 Argentina
|
Vicente López y Planes | Blas Parera |
 Armenia
|
Mikael Nalbandian | Barsegh Kanachyan |
 Aruba
|
Juan Chabaya ‘Padu’ Lampe | Rufo Inocencio Wever |
 Australia
|
Peter Dodds McCormick | Peter Dodds McCormick |
 Austria
|
Paula von Preradović | Johann Holzer or Wolfgang Mozart |
 Azerbaijan
|
Andrease Enoke Fanyana Simelane | David Kenneth Rycroft |
 Bahamas
|
Timothy Gibson | Timothy Gibson |
 Bahrain
|
Mohamed Sudqi Ayyash | Ahmed AlJumairi |
 Bangladesh
|
Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore |
 Barbados
|
Irving Burgie | C. Van Roland Edwards |
 Belarus
|
Mikhas Klimkovich, Uladzimir Karyzna | Nester Sakalouski |
 Belgium
|
Louis-Alexandre Dechet | François van Campenhout |
 Belize
|
Samuel Alfred Haynes | Selwyn Walford Young |
 Benin
|
Father Gilbert Jean Dagnon | Father Gilbert Jean Dagnon |
 Bermuda
|
Bette Johns | Bette Johns |
 Bhutan
|
Gyaldun Dasho Thinley Dorji | Aku Tongmi |
 Bolivia
|
José Ignacio de Sanjinés | Leopoldo Benedetto Vincenti |
 Bosnia And Herzegovina
|
not mentioned | Dušan Šestić |
 Botswana
|
Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete | Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete |
 Bouvet Island
|
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 Brazil
|
Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada | Francisco Manoel da Silva |
 British Indian Ocean Territory
|
Peter Emberley | Peter Emberley |
 Brunei Darussalam
|
Hubert Obdulio “Lio” Booi | Hubert Obdulio “Lio” Booi |
 Bulgaria
|
Georgi Agura | Emanuil Manolov |
 Burkina Faso
|
Thomas Sankara | Thomas Sankara |
 Burundi
|
Jean-Baptiste Ntahokaja | Marc Barengayabo |
 Cabo Verde
|
Amilcar Spencer Lopes | Adalberto Higino Tavares Silva |
 Cambodia
|
Chuon Nat | F. Perruchot, J. Jekyll |
 Cameroon
|
René Djam Afame, Samuel Minkio Bamba, Moïse Nyatte Nko’o (French) Dr. Benard Nsokika Fonlon (English) | René Djam Afame |
 Canada
|
Adolphe-Basile Routhier (French), Robert Stanley Weir (English) | Calixa Lavallée |
 Cayman
|
Leila Ross-Shier | Leila Ross-Shier |
 Central African Republic
|
Barthélémy Boganda | Herbert Pepper |
 Chad
|
Louis Gidrol and students at St. Paul’s School | Paul Villard |
 Chile
|
Eusebio Lillo Robles,Bernardo de Vera y Pintado | Ramón Carnicer y Battle |
 China
|
Yan Fu | Bo Tong |
 Christmas Island
|
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 Cocos Islands
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 Colombia
|
Rafael Núñez | Oreste Sindici |
 Comoros
|
Saïd Hachim Sidi Abdérémane | Saïd Hachim Sidi Abdérémane, Kamildine Abdallah |
 Cook Islands
|
Pa Tepaeru Terito Ariki | Sir Tom Davis |
 Costa Rica
|
José María Zeledón Brenes | Manuel María Gutiérrez |
 Croatia
|
Antun Mihanović | Josip Runjanin |
 Cuba
|
Pedro Figueredo | Pedro Figueredo |
 Curaçao
|
Guillermo Rosario, Mae Henriquez, Enrique Muller, Betty Doran | Friar Candidus Nouwens |
 Cyprus
|
Dionysios Solomos | Nikolaos Mantzaros |
 Czechia
|
Josef Kajetán Tyl | Frantisek Jan Škroup |
 Côte D'Ivoire
|
Mathieu Ekra, Joachim Bony, Pierre Marie Coty | Pierre Marie Coty, Pierre Michel Pango |
 Democratic Republic Of The Congo
|
Joseph Lutumba | Simon-Pierre Boka Di Mpasi Londi |
 Denmark
|
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger | Hans Ernst Krøyer |
 Djibouti
|
Aden Elmi | Abdi Robleh |
 Dominica
|
Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond | Lemuel McPherson Christian |
 Dominican Republic
|
Emilio Prud’homme | José Reyés |
 Ecuador
|
Juan León Mera | Antonio Neumane |
 Egypt
|
Mohammad Younis-al Qadi | Sayed Darwish |
 El Salvador
|
Juan José Cañas | Juan Aberle |
 Equatorial Guinea
|
Juan José Cañas | Juan Aberle |
 Eritrea
|
Solomon Tsehaye Beraki | Isaac Abraham Meharezgi,Aron Tekle Tesfatsion |
 Estonia
|
Johann Voldemar Jannsen | Friedrich Pacius |
 Eswatini
|
Andrease Enoke Fanyana Simelane | David Kenneth Rycroft |
 Ethiopia
|
Dereje Melaku Mengesha | Solomon Lulu |
 Falkland Islands
|
Christopher Lanham | Christopher Lanham |
 Faroe Islands
|
Símun av Skarði | Petur Alberg |
 Fiji
|
Michael Francis Alexander Prescott | Charles Austin Miles,adapted by Michael Francis Alexander Prescott |
 Finland
|
Johan Ludvig Runeberg Swedish,Paavo Eemil Kajander,Finnish | Fredrik Pacius |
 France
|
Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle | Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
 French Guiana
|
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
 French Polynesia
|
Maeva Bougues, Irmine Tehei, Angèle Terorotua, Johanna Nouveau, Patrick Amaru, Louis Mamatui, Jean-Pierre et Pierre Célestin | Jean Paul Berlier |
 French Southern Territories
|
Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle | Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
 Gabon
|
Georges Aleka Damas | Georges Aleka Damas |
 Gambia
|
Virginia Julia Howe | traditional.adapted by Jeremy Frederic Howe |
 Georgia
|
Dawit Magradse | Zakaria Paliashvili |
 Germany
|
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben | Joseph Haydn |
 Ghana
|
Emmanuel Pappoe-Thompson | Philip Gbeho |
 Gibraltar
|
Peter Emberle | Peter Emberle |
 Greece
|
Dionysios Solomos | Nikolaos Mantzaros |
 Greenland
|
Henning Jakob Henrik Lund | Jonathan Petersen |
 Grenada
|
Irva Merle Baptiste | Louis Arnold Masanto |
 Guadeloupe
|
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
 Guam
|
Ramon Manalisay Sablan | Ramon Manalisay Sablan |
 Guatemala
|
José Joaquín Palma | Rafael Alvarez Ovalle |
 Guernsey
|
George Deighton | Domenico Santangelo, |
 Guinea
|
unknown | Kodofo Moussa |
 Guinea-Bissau
|
Amilcar Lopes Cabral | Xiao He |
 Guyana
|
Archibald Leonard Luker | Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter |
 Himi
|
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 Haiti
|
Oswald Durand | Occide Jeanty |
 Holy See (Vatican City State)
|
Raffaello Lavagna | Charles-François Gounod |
 Honduras
|
Augusto Constancio Coello | Carlos Hartling |
 Hong Kong
|
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 Hungary
|
Ferenc Kölcsey | Ferenc Erkel |
 Iceland
|
Matthías Jochumsson | Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson |
 India
|
Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore |
 Indonesia
|
Wage Rudolf Soepratman | Wage Rudolf Soepratman |
 Iran
|
M. Nallathamby ,Tamil | Hassan Riahi |
 Iraq
|
إبراهيم طوقان Ibrahim Touqa | Mohammad Flayfel |
 Ireland
|
Peadar Kearney (English)Liam Ó Rinn (Irish) | Patrick Heeney, Peadar Kearney |
 Isle Of Man
|
William Henry Gill, John J. Kneen, | William Henry Gill |
 Israel
|
Naftali Herz Imber | Shmuel Cohen,arranger |
 Italy
|
Goffredo Mameli | Michele Novaro |
 Jamaica
|
Hugh Braham Sherlock | Robert Charles Lightbourne,Mapletoft Poulle |
 Japan
|
unknown | Yoshiisa Oku and Akimori Hayashi |
 Jersey
|
Gerard Le Feuvre, | Gerard Le Feuvre |
 Jordan
|
Abdul-Mone’m Al-Rifai’ | Abdul-Qader Al-Taneer |
 Kazakhstan
|
Zhumeken Nazhimedenov, Nursultan Nazarbayev | Shamshi Kaldayakov |
 Kenya
|
Cynthia Ryan | Cynthia Ryan |
 Kiribati
|
Urium Tamuera Ioteba | Urium Tamuera Ioteba |
 Kuwait
|
Ahmad Mushari Al-Adwani | Ibrahim Nasir Al-Soula |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
Djamil Sadykov, Eshmambet Kuluev | Nasyr Davles, Kalyi Moldobasanov |
 Laos
|
Sisana Sisane | Dr. Thongdy Sounthonevichit |
 Latvia
|
Kārlis Baumanis | Kārlis Baumanis |
 Lebanon
|
Rachid Nakh | Wadih Sabra |
 Lesotho
|
François Coillard | Ferdinand-Samuel Laur |
 Liberia
|
François Coillard | Ferdinand-Samuel Laur |
 Libya
|
Mahmoud El-Sheri | Abdalla Shams El-Din |
 Liechtenstein
|
Jakob Joseph Jauch | unknown |
 Lithuania
|
Vincas Kudirka | Vincas Kudirka |
 Luxembourg
|
Michel Lentz | Jean-Antoine Zinnen |
 Macao
|
Tian Han | Nie Er |
 Madagascar
|
Pasteur Rahajason | norbert Raharisoa |
 Malawi
|
Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka | Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka |
 Malaysia
|
collectively, led by Tunku Abdul Rahman | Pierre Jean de Beranger |
 Maldives
|
Mohamed Jameel Didi | Pandit Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva) |
 Mali
|
Seydou Badian Kouyaté | Banzoumana Sissoko |
 Malta
|
Dun Karm Psaila | Robert Sammut |
 Marshall Islands
|
Amata Kabua | Samuel Langrine |
 Martinique
|
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
 Mauritania
|
Baba Ould Cheikh | Baba Ould Cheikh |
 Mauritius
|
Jean Georges Prosper | Philippe Gentil |
 Mayotte
|
Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane | Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane |
 Mexico
|
Francisco González Bocanegra | Jaime Nunó Roca |
 Micronesia
|
unknown | Amata Kabua |
 Moldova
|
Emilian Bukov, Ivan Bodarev | Ştefan Neaga 1945 version,Eduard Lazarev (1980 revision |
 Monaco
|
Louis notari | Charles Albrecht |
 Mongolia
|
Tsendiin Damdinsüren, Zewegmiddiin Gaitaw, Tshuilyn Tshimid | Bilegiin Damdinsüren, Luvsanjambyn Mördorj |
 Montenegro
|
Sekula Drljević | Zarko Mikovic |
 Montserrat
|
George Irish | George Irish |
 Morocco
|
Ali Squalli Houssain | Léo Morgan |
 Mozambique
|
Salomão J. Manhiça | unknown |
 Myanmar
|
Saya Tin | Saya Tin |
 Namibia
|
Axali Doeseb | Axali Doeseb |
 Nauru
|
Margaret Hendrie | Laurence Henry Hicks |
 Nepal
|
Pradeep Kumar Rai | Ambar Gurung |
 Netherlands
|
Philips van Marnix van Sint Aldegonde | Adriaen Valerius |
 New Caledonia
|
Chorale Melodia, Edouard “Gulaan” Wamedjo (Nengone) | Chorale Melodia |
 New Zealand
|
Thomas Bracken,English,Thomas Henry Smith Māori | John Joseph Woods |
 Nicaragua
|
Salomón Ibarra Mayorga | Gabriel José Bolaños |
 Niger
|
Maurice Albert Thiriet | Robert Jacquet.Nicolas Abel François Frionnet |
 Nigeria
|
Lilian Jean Williams | Frances Benda |
 Niue
|
Unknown | Unknown |
 Norfolk Island
|
John Prindle Scott | John Prindle Scott |
 North Korea
|
Pak Seyŏng | 김원균 Kim Wŏn’gyun |
 North Macedonia
|
Vlado Maleski | Тодор Скаловски Todor Skalovski |
 Northern Mariana Islands
|
David Kapileo Taulamwaar Peter, 1976 (Chamorro lyrics: Jose and Joaqin Pangelinan, 1940s) | Wilhelm Ganzhorn |
 Norway
|
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson | Rikard nordraak |
 Oman
|
Rashid bin Uzayyiz Al Khusaidi | James Frederick Mills,Bernard Ebbinghaus (arranger) |
 Pakistan
|
Hafeez Jullandhuri | Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla |
 Palau
|
collectively | Ymesei O. Ezekiel |
 Palestine
|
Said Al Muzayin | Ali Ismael |
 Panama
|
Jerónimo de la Ossa | Santos A. Jorge |
 Papua New Guinea
|
Thomas Shacklady | Thomas Shacklady |
 Paraguay
|
Francisco Esteban Acuña de Figueroa | Remberto Giménez |
 Peru
|
José de la Torre Ugarte | José Bernardo Alzedo |
 Philippines
|
collectively | Julian Felipe |
 Pitcairn Islands
|
Frederick M. LEHMAN | Frederick M. LEHMAN |
 Poland
|
Józef Wybicki | traditional |
 Portugal
|
Pedro of Bragança | Pedro of Bragança |
 Puerto Rico
|
Manuel Fernández Juncos, | Félix Astol Artés, 18 |
 Qatar
|
Sheikh Mubarak bin Saïf al-Tha | Abdul Aziz Nasser Obaidan |
 Republic Of The Congo
|
Joseph Lutumba | Simon-Pierre Boka Di Mpasi Londi |
 Romania
|
Deșteaptă-te, române | Ciprian Porumbescu |
 Russian Federation
|
Vasiliy Zhukovsky | Mikhail Glinka |
 Rwanda
|
Faustin Murigo | Jean-Bosco Hashakaimana |
 Réunion
|
Georges Fourcade | Jules Fossy |
 Saint Barthélemy
|
Isabelle Massart Déravin | Michael Valenti |
 Saint Helena, Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha
|
Dave Mitchell | Dave Mitchell |
 Saint Kitts And Nevis
|
Kenrick Anderson Georges | Kenrick Anderson Georges |
 Saint Lucia
|
Charles Jesse | Leton Felix Thomas |
 Saint Martin
|
Gerard Kemps | Gerard Kemps |
 Saint Pierre And Miquelon
|
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
 Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
|
Phyllis Joyce McClean Punnett | Joel Bertram Miguel |
 Samoa
|
Sauni Iiga Kuresa | Sauni Iiga Kuresa |
 San Marino
|
not mentioned | Federico Consolo |
 Sao Tome And Principe
|
not mentioned | Federico Consolo |
 Saudi Arabia
|
Ibrahim Khafaji | Abdul Rahman Al-Khateeb |
 Senegal
|
Léopold Sédar Senghor | Herbert Pepper |
 Serbia
|
Jovan Đorđević | Davorin Jenko |
 Seychelles
|
collectively | Pierre Dastros-Géze |
 Sierra Leone
|
Clifford Nelson Fyle | John Joseph Akar |
 Singapore
|
Zubir Said | Zubir Said |
 Sint Eustatius
|
Pieter A. van den Heuvel | Jan Morks |
 Sint Maarten (Dutch Part)
|
Gerard Kemps | Gerard Kemps |
 Slovakia
|
Janko Matúška | Janko Matúška |
 Slovenia
|
Ali Mire Awale | Stanko premrl |
 Solomon Islands
|
Panapasa Balekana | Panapasa Balekana |
 Somalia
|
Ali Mire Awale,Yuusuf Xaaji Aadan Cilmi Qabille | Ali Mire Awale,Yuusuf Xaaji Aadan Cilmi Qabille |
 South Africa
|
Enoch Sontonga | Enoch Sontonga |
 South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands
|
Alan B. Campbell Orchestra | Alan B. Campbell Orchestra |
 South Korea
|
Yun Ch’i-Ho, An Ch’ang-Ho | Ahn Eaktay |
 South Sudan
|
Unknown | Mido Samuel and students from Juba University |
 Spain
|
Unknown | Unknown |
 Sri Lanka
|
Ananda Samarkone,Sinhala | Ananda Samarkone |
 Sudan
|
Sayed Ahmad Muhammad Sali | Ahmad Murja |
 Suriname
|
Cornelis Atses Hoekstra | Johannes Corstianus de Puy |
 Svalbard And Jan Mayen
|
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson | Rikard Nordraak |
 Sweden
|
Henry de Ziel | traditional |
 Switzerland
|
Andrease Enoke Fanyana Simelane | David Kenneth Rycroft |
 Syrian Arab Republic
|
Khalil Mardam Bey | Mohammad Salim Flayfel,Ahmad Salim Flayfel |
 Taiwan, Province Of China
|
Sun Yat-sen | Cheng Maoyun |
 Tajikistan
|
Abulkasim Lakhuti | Suleiman Yudakov |
 Tanzania, United Republic Of
|
collectively | Enoch Sontonga |
 Thailand
|
Luang Saranuprapan | Phra Jenduriyang Peter Feit |
 Timor-Leste
|
Francisco Borja da Costa, | Afonso Redentor Araújo |
 Togo
|
Alex Casimir-Dosseh | Alex Casimir-Dosseh |
 Tokelau
|
Eric Lemuelu Falima | Eric Lemuelu Falima |
 Tonga
|
Prince Uelingatoni Ngū Tupoumalohi | Karl Gustavus Schmitt |
 Trinidad And Tobago
|
Patrick Stanislaus Castagne | Patrick Stanislaus Castagne |
 Tunisia
|
Mustafa Sadik Al-Rafii, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi | Mohamad Abdel Wahab |
 Turkey
|
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy | Zeki Üngör |
 Turkmenistan
|
collectively | Veli Mukhatov |
 Turks And Caicos Islands
|
Dr. Rev. Conrad Howell | Dr. Rev. Conrad Howell |
 Tuvalu
|
Afaese Manoa | Afaese Manoa |
 Uganda
|
George Wilberforce Kakomoa | George Wilberforce Kakomoa |
 Ukraine
|
Pavel Tychina,Микола Бажан,Mikola Bazhan | Anton Dmitriyevich Lyebyedinyec |
 United Arab Emirates
|
Mohamad Abdel Wahab | Mohamad Abdel Wahab |
 United Kingdom
|
Henry Carey | Thomas Arne |
 United States
|
Joseph Hopkinson | Philip Phile |
 United States Minor Outlying Islands
|
Francis Scott Key | John Stafford Smith |
 Uruguay
|
Francisco Esteban Acuña de Figueroa | Francisco José Debali |
 Uzbekistan
|
Timur Fattah,Turab Tula | Mutal Burhanov |
 Vanuatu
|
rançois Vincent Ayssav | rançois Vincent Ayssav |
 Venezuela
|
Vicente Salias | Juan José Landaeta |
 Vietnam
|
Nguyen Văn Cao | Nguyen Văn Cao |
 Virgin Islands, British
|
Ayana Hull | Ayana Hull and Kareem-Nelson Hull |
 Virgin Islands, U.S.
|
Collectively | Sam Williams and Alton Adams, |
 Wallis And Futuna
|
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
 Western Sahara
|
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 Yemen
|
Abdallah Abdulwahab Noman | Ayoob Tarish |
 Zambia
|
collectively | Enoch Sontonga |
 Zimbabwe
|
Solomon Mutswairo | Fred Changundega |
 Åland Islands
|
John Grandell | Johan Fridolf Hagfors |