Flag | Country | Religious significance |
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| Armenia (flag) | The color red emblematizes the maintenance of the Christian faith.[7] |
| Andorra (flag) | Includes a bishop's mitre, representing the Bishop of Urgell.[8] |
| Australia (flag) | Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick[9] |
| Cook Islands (flag) | Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick |
| Denmark (flag) | Nordic Cross Flag[10] |
| Dominica (flag) | The cross represents the Trinity[11] |
| Dominican Republic (flag) | A Bible, the color white stands for salvation[12] |
| El Salvador (flag) | Spanish; Castilian: Dios, Unión, Libertad (God, Union, Liberty) |
| Fiji (flag) | Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick, dove |
| Finland (flag) | Nordic Cross Flag |
| Georgia (flag) | Jerusalem cross[13] |
| Greece (flag) | Greek cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy[14] |
| Iceland (flag) | Nordic Cross Flag |
| Ireland (flag) | The green signifies the Roman Catholic majority. The orange signifies the Protestant minority.[15] |
| Liechtenstein (flag) | Christian cross[16] |
| Malta (flag) | George Cross |
| Moldova (flag) | Orthodox Cross |
| Montenegro (flag) | Three crosses on the coat of arms |
| Montserrat (flag) | The flag consists of an Irish figure Erin holding a Christian cross. |
| New Zealand (flag) | Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick |
| Niue (flag) | Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick |
| Norway (flag) | Nordic Cross Flag |
| Portugal (flag) | Compound cross of five quinas, each one charged with five saltire-arranged bezants, representing the five wounds of Christ[17] |
| San Marino (flag) | Cross |
| Serbia (flag) | Serbian cross symbolizes Serbian Orthodoxy[18] |
| Slovakia (flag) | Patriarchal cross[19] |
| Spain (flag) | Christian cross |
| Sweden (flag) | Nordic Cross Flag |
| Switzerland (flag) | Greek cross[20] |
| Tonga (flag) | Greek cross[21] |
| Tuvalu (flag) | Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick |
| United Kingdom (flag) | Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick[22] |
| Vatican City (flag) | The flag consists of two vertical bands, one of gold (hoist side) and one of white with the crossed keys of Saint Peter and the Papal Tiara centered in the white band | |
Religion(s) mentioned | "Dā də bātorāno kor" | Islam |
| "Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee" | Christianity |
| "Land der Berge, Land am Strome" | Christianity |
| "Azərbaycan marşı" | Islam |
| "March On, Bahamaland" | Christianity |
| "Bahrainona" | Islam |
| "In Plenty and In Time of Need" | Christianity |
| "My Belarusy" | Christianity |
| "Land of the Free" | Christianity |
| "Druk tsendhen" | Buddhism |
| "Himno Nacional de Bolivia" | Christianity |
| "Fatshe leno la Rona" | Christianity |
| "Allah Peliharakan Sultan" | Islam |
| "Burundi Bwacu" | Christianity |
| "Nokoreach" | Buddhism |
| "Chant de Ralliement" | Christianity |
| "Ô Canada" | Christianity |
| "La Tchadienne" | Islam |
| "Himno Nacional de Chile" | Christianity |
| "Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia" | Christianity |
| "Udzima wa ya Masiwa" | Islam |
| "Kde Domov Můj?" | Christianity |
| "Der er et Yndigt Land" | Traditional |
| "La Djiboutienne" (en|"The Djiboutian Song") | Islam |
| "Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour" | Christianity |
| "Debout Congolais" | Christianity |
| "Salve, Oh Patria" | Christianity |
| "Himno Nacional de El Salvador" | Christianity |
| "Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm" | Christianity |
| "Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati" | Christianity |
| "God Bless Fiji" | Christianity and Hinduism |
| "La Marseillaise" | Christianity |
| "For The Gambia Our Homeland" | Islam |
| "God Bless Our Homeland Ghana" | Christianity |
| "Tavisupleba" | Christianity |
| "Hail Grenada" | Christianity |
| "Himno Nacional de Guatemala" | Christianity |
| "Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains" | Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism |
| "La Dessalinienne" | Christianity |
| "Himno Nacional de Honduras" | Christianity |
| "Himnusz" | Christianity |
| "Lofsöngur" | Christianity and traditional |
| "Indonesia Raya" | Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism |
| "Sorud-e Melli-e Iran" | Islam |
| "Hatikvah" | Judaism |
| "Il Canto degli Italiani" | Christianity |
| "L'Abidjanaise" | Christianity and Islam |
| "Jamaica, Land We Love" | Christianity |
| "Kimigayo" | Buddhism and Shintoism |
| "As-Salam al-Malaki al-Urduni" | Islam |
| "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu" | Christianity |
| "Teirake Kaini Kiribati" | Christianity |
| "Aegukka" | Buddhism |
| "Aegukga" | Christianity, Confucianism and Buddhism |
| "Al-Nasheed Al-Watani" | Islam |
| "Dievs, svētī Latviju!" | Christianity |
| "an-Našīd al-Waṭanī al-Lubnānī" | Christianity and Islam |
| "Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona" | Christianity |
| "All Hail, Liberia, Hail!" | Christianity |
| "Libya, Libya, Libya" | Islam |
| "Oben am jungen Rhein" | Christianity |
| "Ons Hemecht" | Christianity |
| "Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô!" | Christianity and traditional |
| "Mulungu dalitsa Malaŵi" | Christianity |
| "Gaumii Salaam" | Islam |
| "Le Mali" | Islam |
| "L-Innu Malti" | Christianity |
| "Forever Marshall Islands" | Christianity |
| "Nshyd Wtny Mwrytany" | Islam |
| | "Motherland" | Christianity and Hinduism |
| "Himno Nacional Mexicano" | Christianity |
| "Patriots of Micronesia" | Christianity |
| "Hymne Monégasque" | Christianity |
| "An-Našīd aš-Šarīf" | Islam |
| "Nauru Bwiema" | Christianity |
| "Sayaun Thunga Phulka" | Buddhism and Hinduism |
| "Wilhelmus" | Christianity |
| "God Defend New Zealand and God Save the Queen" | Christianity |
| "Nigeria, We Hail Thee" | Christianity and Islam |
| "Ja, vi Elsker dette Landet" | Christianity |
| "As-Salam as-Sultani" | Islam |
| "Qaumī Tarāna" | Islam |
| "Belau Rekid" | Christianity |
| "Himno Istmeño" | Christianity |
| "O Arise, All You Sons" | Christianity |
| "Paraguayos, República o Muerte" | Christianity |
| "Himno Nacional del Perú" | Christianity |
| "As Salam al Amiri" | Islam |
| "Rwanda Nziza" | Christianity |
| "Deșteaptă-te, Române!" | Christianity |
| "Gosudarstvenny Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsi" | Christianity |
| "O Land of Beauty!" | Christianity |
| "Sons and Daughters of Saint Lucia" | Christianity |
| "Saint Vincent Land so Beautiful | Christianity |
| "O Le Fu'a o Le Sa'olotoga o Samoa" | Christianity |
| "Aash Al Maleek" | Islam |
| "Pincez tous vos koras, frappez les balafons" | Islam |
| "Bože pravde" | Christianity |
| "Koste Seselwa" | Christianity |
| "High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free" | Christianity and Islam |
| "Nad Tatrou sa Blýska" | Christianity |
| "Zdravljica" | Christianity |
| "God Save Our Solomon Islands" | Christianity |
| "Qolobaa Calankeed" | Islam |
| "National Anthem of South Africa" | Christianity |
| "South Sudan Oyee!" | Christianity |
| "Sri Lanka Matha" | Buddhism |
| "Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan" | Islam |
| "God zij met ons Suriname" | Christianity |
| "Du gamla, Du fria" | Christianity |
| "Schweizerpsalm/Cantique Suisse/Salmo Svizzero/Psalm Svizzer" | Christianity |
| "Humat ad-Diyar" | Islam |
| "Three Principles of the People" | Confucianism |
| "Mungu ibariki Afrika" | Christianity and Islam |
| "Salut à Toi, Pays de nos Aïeux" | Christianity |
| "Ko e fasi ʻo e tuʻi ʻo e ʻOtu Tonga" | Christianity |
| "Forged from the Love of Liberty" | Christianity and Hinduism |
| "Humat al-Hima" | Islam |
| "İstiklâl Marşı" | Islam |
| "Tuvalu mo te Atua" | Christianity |
| "Ishy Bilady" | Islam |
| "Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty" | Christianity |
| "Himno Nacional de Uruguay" | Christianity |
| "God Save the King" | Christianity |
| "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Christianity |
| "O‘zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi" | Islam |
| "Yumi, Yumi, Yumi" | Christianity |
| "Inno e Marcia Pontificale" | Christianity |
| "Gloria al Bravo Pueblo" | Christianity |
| "Nashīd al-Yaman al-Watani" | Islam |
| "Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free" | Christianity |
| "National Anthem of Zimbabwe" | Christianity | |
Former national anthems which incorporated religion |
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Country | National anthem | Religion(s) mentioned |
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, until 1984 | "God Save the Queen" | Christianity |
| "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" | Christianity |
, until 1998 | "Jedna si jedina" | Christianity and Islam |
, until 1967 | "God Save the Queen" | Christianity |
| "Gong Jin'ou" | Confucianism |
| "Es Salaam el Gamhoury el Masry" | Christianity and Islam |
| "Ityopp'ya Hoy" | Christianity |
| "He Mele Lahui Hawaii" | Christianity |
| "Sorude Melli" | Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism |
, until 2003 | "Ardh ul-Furatayn" | Islam |
| "Daehan Jeguk Aegukga" | Christianity, Confucianism and Buddhism |
| "Pheng Xat Lao" | Buddhism |
| "Allahu Akbar" | Islam |
| "Mǎnzhōuguó jiàn guógē" | Buddhism and Shinto |
| "Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori" | Christianity |
, until 1991 | "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" | Christianity |
| Untitled | Christianity |
, until 1932 | "Wien Neêrlands Bloed" | Christianity |
| "Ode to Newfoundland" | Christianity |
, until 2024 | "Arise, O Compatriots" | Christianity and Islam |
| "Volkslied van de Oranje Vrijstaat" | Christianity |
| "Hino da Carta" | Christianity |
| "Rise O Voices of Rhodesia" | Christianity |
| "Trăiască Regele" | Christianity |
| "God Save The Tsar!" | Christianity |
Slovakia | "Hej, Slováci" | Christianity |
| "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" | Christianity |
, until 1957 | "God bewaar ons Koningin" | Christianity |
, until 1997 | "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" | Christianity |
, until 1961 | "Rufst du, mein Vaterland" | Christianity |
| "Gyallu" | Buddhism |
| "Volkslied van Transvaal" | Christianity |
| "Inno al Re" | Christianity |
| "Hymne National Voltaïque" | Christianity and Islam |
| "Himna Kraljevine Jugoslavije" | Christianity |
, until 1973 | "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" | Christianity |
, until 1994 | "Ishe Komborera Africa" | Christianity | |
Coat of arms | Country | Religious characteristics |
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| Andorra (coat of arms) | Includes a bishop's mitre, representing the Bishop of Urgell. |
| Armenia (coat of arms) | Mount Ararat with Noah's Ark sitting atop it. |
| Australia (coat of arms) | St George's Cross, Maltese cross |
| Belgium (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority |
| Bulgaria (coat of arms) | The crosses on the four crowns symbolize Bulgarian Orthodoxy |
| Canada (coat of arms) | Cross, Latin: [[A Mari Usque Ad Mare]] ('From Sea to Sea') |
| Cyprus (coat of arms) | Dove |
| Denmark (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority; royal arms also has cross |
| Dominica (coat of arms) | Cross, Apres Bondie C'est La Ter ('After God the Earth') |
| Dominican Republic (coat of arms) | Cross, Bible, Spanish; Castilian: Dios, Patria, Libertad ('God, Fatherland, Liberty') |
| El Salvador (coat of arms) | Spanish; Castilian: Dios, Unión, Libertad (God, Union, Liberty) |
| Fiji (coat of arms) | Cross, Fijian: Rerevaka na kalou ka doka na Tui ('Fear God and honour the Queen'), dove |
| Georgia (coat of arms) | St. George, Bolnisi cross, globus cruciger |
| Grenada (coat of arms) | Cross, 'Ever Conscious of God we Aspire, Build and Advance as One People' |
| Greece (coat of arms) | Greek cross |
| Hungary (coat of arms) | Patriarchal cross
- cross on the distinctive Crown of Saint Stephen
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| Iceland (coat of arms) | Nordic cross |
| Jamaica (coat of arms) | Cross |
| Liechtenstein (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority |
| Lithuania (coat of arms) | Patriarchal cross |
| Luxembourg (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority |
| Malta (coat of arms) | George Cross |
| Moldova (coat of arms) | Cross |
| Monaco (coat of arms) | Cross, Latin: Deo Juvante ('With God's Help') |
| Montenegro (coat of arms) | Cross, globus crucigers |
| Nauru (coat of arms) | 'God's Will First' |
| Netherlands (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority |
| New Zealand (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority |
| Nigeria (coat of arms) | 'Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress' |
| Norway (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority. The Danish axe is a battle weapon from Middle Ages that represents St. Olaf, and thus the conversion of Norway to Christianity. |
| Portugal (coat of arms) | Compound cross of five quinas, each one charged with five saltire-arranged bezants |
| Romania (coat of arms) | Cross |
| Russia (coat of arms) | St. George, globus crucigers |
| Samoa (coat of arms) | Samoan: Faavae i Le Atua Samoa ('Samoa is founded on God'), cross |
| San Marino (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority |
| Serbia (coat of arms) | Serbian cross, globus cruciger |
| Slovakia (coat of arms) | Patriarchal cross |
| Spain (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority |
| Sweden (coat of arms) | Cross, a globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority |
| Switzerland (coat of arms) | Cross |
| Tonga (coat of arms) | Cross, dove, Tonga (Tonga Islands);: Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku Tofiʻa ('God and Tonga are my inheritance') |
| Tuvalu (coat of arms) | Tuvalu: Tuvalu Mo Te Atua ('Tuvalu for the Almighty') |
| Uganda (coat of arms) | For God and My Country |
| United Kingdom (coat of arms) | globus crucigers, 'Dieu et mon droit' ('God and my right'), and on Scottish version, 'In My Defens God Me Defend' (shortened to 'In Defens') |
| United States (seal reverse) | Eye of Providence |
| Vatican City (coat of arms) | The crossed keys of St. Peter and the Papal Tiara |
| Vanuatu (coat of arms) | 'Long God yumi stanap' ('In God we stand') | |
Coat of arms | Country | Religious characteristics |
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| Austria-Hungary (coat of arms) | Globus crucigers, patriarchal cross |
| Belarus (coat of arms) | Pahonia with a double cross |
| Ethiopian Empire (coat of arms) | Cross, globus cruciger, Lion of Judah, St. Michael, Gabriel, Geez: ኢትዮጵያ ታበፅዕ እደዊሃ ሃበ እግዚአብሐር ('Ethiopia Stretches Her Hands unto God'), Geez: ማዓ አንበሳ ዘአማነባደ ይሁዳ ('Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah') |
| Georgia (coat of arms) | St. George |
| German Empire (coat of arms) | A globus cruciger on top of the coat of arms as a Christian symbol of authority |
| Kingdom of Italy (coat of arms) | Cross, globus cruciger |
| Russian Empire (coat of arms) | Cross, St. George, St. Michael, Gabriel, 'Russian: [[Gott mit uns|Съ нами Богъ]]!' ('God is with us!') |
| Kingdom of Yugoslavia (coat of arms) | Globus cruciger, Serbian cross | |
Coat of arms | Country | Religious characteristics |
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| Afghanistan (coat of arms) | Shahadah, mosque, mehrab, Prayer rug |
| Algeria (coat of arms) | Star and crescent |
| Azerbaijan (coat of arms) | Calligraphic representation of the name Allah in the form of an eternal flame, green |
| Bahrain (coat of arms) | five points represent the five pillars of Islam |
| Brunei (coat of arms) | Crescent moon, Malay: الدائمون المحسنون بالهدى (Always in service with God's guidance) |
| Comoros (Seal) | Star and crescent |
| Guinea (coat of arms) | Dove |
| Iraq (coat of arms) | Arabic: الله أكبر (God is Great) |
| Jordan (coat of arms) | Its colours of the eagle signifies the banner of Muhammad, the globe signifies the emergence of Islamic civilisation, Arabic: الراجي من الله التوفيق والعون (Who seeks support and guidance from God) |
| Libya (coat of arms) | Star and crescent |
| Malaysia (coat of arms) | Crescent moon |
| Maldives (Emblem) | Star and crescent |
| Mali (coat of arms) | Great Mosque of Djenné, French: Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi (One People, One Goal, One Faith) |
| Mauritania (seal) | Star and crescent, green |
| Morocco (coat of arms) | Arabic: إن تنصروا الله ينصركم (If you glorify God, he will glorify you) |
| Pakistan (state emblem) | (Faith, Unity, Discipline), Star and crescent, green |
| Senegal (coat of arms) | French: Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi (One People, One Goal, One Faith) |
| Tunisia (coat of arms) | Star and crescent |
| Turkey (coat of arms) | Star and crescent |
| Turkmenistan (emblem) | Rub el Hizb, stars and crescent |
| Uzbekistan (emblem) | Rub el Hizb, star and crescent | |