Some countries share the same national anthem music, or the exact anthem entirely.
The following is a list of countries that share the same melody, but not the same words.
Country | National anthem | Adopted | Sharing since |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | National anthem of Chile | 1847 | 1851 |
![]() | Bolivianos, el Hado Propicio | 1851 | |
![]() | God Save the King | 1745 [1] | 1920 |
![]() | Oben am jungen Rhein | 1920 [2] | |
![]() | Maamme [α] | 1917 | 1990 |
![]() | Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm | 1920 (1990) [3] | |
![]() | National anthem of South Africa | 1997 | 1997 |
![]() | Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free | 1973 | |
![]() | Mungu ibariki Afrika | 1961 |
The following is a list of countries that have the same national anthem, word for word.
Country | National anthem | Adopted | Same anthem since |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hymn to Liberty [β] | 1865 | 1966 |
![]() | 1966 |
The following is a list of countries that used to share the same melody (not the same words), but were replaced by others later.
Country | Former national anthem | Adopted | Current national anthem | Date replaced | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | Heil dir im Siegerkranz | 1871 | Deutschlandlied | 1922 | The same current anthem of the United Kingdom and Liechtenstein. |
![]() | Rufst du, mein Vaterland | 1840s | Swiss Psalm | 1961 | |
![]() | Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika | 1990 | Namibia, Land of the Brave | 1991 | The same current anthem of Zambia, South Africa and Tanzania. |
![]() | Ishe Komborera Africa | 1980 | Simudzai Mureza wedu WeZimbabwe | 1994 | |
![]() | Poland Is Not Yet Lost | 1927 | Poland Is Not Yet Lost | Still used by Poland | |
![]() | Hej, Slaveni | 1945 | none (country collapsed) | 1991 |
The following is a list of countries that have used the same melody for their national anthem, though not concurrently.
Country | Former national anthem | Adopted | Current national anthem | Date replaced | Note |
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![]() | Aegukga | 1919 | Aegukga | 1948 | Both national anthems used to be sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne. |
![]() | Qaumee Salaam | 1948 | Qaumee Salaam | 1972 | |
![]() | Hej, Slaveni | 1945 | Hej, Slaveni | 1992 | The same current anthem of Poland. |
![]() | Hej, Slaveni | 1992 | Hej, Slaveni | 2006 | |
![]() | Hej, Slováci | 1939 | none (annexed into Czechoslovakia) | 1945 | |
![]() | State Anthem of the Soviet Union | 1944 | none (country collapsed) | 1991 | Still used by Russia. |
![]() | State Anthem of the Russian Federation | 2000 | State Anthem of the Russian Federation |