This is a list of currently reigning monarchs sorted by length of service.
This list includes monarchs who do not reign over entire nations, such as Muhammad V of Kelantan, but does not include former monarchs and pretenders, such as Simeon II of Bulgaria, ex officio monarchs such as Emmanuel Macron who in his capacity as President of France is also Co-Prince of Andorra, monarchs without physical territories such as the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, constituent monarchs such as the traditional African rulers, or monarchs whose position is unofficial, such as Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama.
Hassanal Bolkiah is currently the longest-reigning monarch, having been Sultan of Brunei since 5 October 1967. [1] He became the longest-reigning monarch upon the death of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on 8 September 2022. [2]
Rank | Monarch | State | Born | Current age | Acceded | Years reigned |
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1 | Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | 15 July 1946 | 77 years, 356 days | 5 October 1967 | 56 years, 274 days |
2 | Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III | Sharjah (part of United Arab Emirates) | 6 July 1939 | 84 years, 365 days | 25 January 1972 | 52 years, 162 days |
3 | Carl XVI Gustaf | Sweden | 30 April 1946 | 78 years, 66 days | 15 September 1973 | 50 years, 294 days |
4 | Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi | Fujairah (part of United Arab Emirates) | 22 February 1949 | 75 years, 134 days | 18 September 1974 | 49 years, 291 days |
5 | Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III | Ajman (part of United Arab Emirates) | 1 January 1931 | 93 years, 186 days | 6 September 1981 | 42 years, 303 days |
6 | Mswati III | Eswatini [a] | 19 April 1968 | 56 years, 77 days | 25 April 1986 | 38 years, 71 days |
7 | Hans-Adam II | Liechtenstein | 14 February 1945 | 79 years, 142 days | 13 November 1989 | 34 years, 235 days |
8 | Harald V | Norway | 21 February 1937 | 87 years, 135 days | 17 January 1991 | 33 years, 170 days |
9 | Letsie III | Lesotho | 17 July 1963 | 60 years, 354 days | 7 February 1996 [b] | 32 years, 220 days [b] |
10 | Mizan Zainal Abidin | Terengganu (part of Malaysia) | 22 January 1962 | 62 years, 165 days | 15 May 1998 | 26 years, 51 days |
11 | Abdullah II | Jordan | 30 January 1962 | 62 years, 157 days | 7 February 1999 | 25 years, 149 days |
12 | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 28 January 1950 | 74 years, 159 days | 6 March 1999 | 25 years, 121 days |
13 | Mohammed VI | Morocco | 21 August 1963 | 60 years, 319 days | 23 July 1999 | 24 years, 348 days |
14 | Syed Sirajuddin | Perlis (part of Malaysia) | 17 May 1943 | 81 years, 49 days | 17 April 2000 | 24 years, 79 days |
15 | Henri | Luxembourg | 16 April 1955 | 69 years, 80 days | 7 October 2000 | 23 years, 272 days |
16 | Sharafuddin Idris Shah | Selangor (part of Malaysia) | 11 December 1945 | 78 years, 207 days | 22 November 2001 | 22 years, 226 days |
17 | Norodom Sihamoni | Cambodia | 14 May 1953 | 71 years, 52 days | 14 October 2004 | 19 years, 265 days |
18 | Albert II | Monaco | 14 March 1958 | 66 years, 113 days | 6 April 2005 | 19 years, 90 days |
19 | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Dubai (part of United Arab Emirates) | 15 July 1949 | 74 years, 356 days | 4 January 2006 | 18 years, 183 days |
20 | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Bhutan | 21 February 1980 | 44 years, 135 days | 9 December 2006 | 17 years, 209 days |
21 | Muhriz | Negeri Sembilan (part of Malaysia) | 14 January 1948 | 76 years, 173 days | 29 December 2008 | 15 years, 189 days |
22 | Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla | Umm al-Quwain (part of United Arab Emirates) | 1 October 1952 | 71 years, 278 days | 2 January 2009 | 15 years, 185 days |
23 | Ibrahim Iskandar | Johor (part of Malaysia) [c] | 22 November 1958 | 65 years, 226 days | 23 January 2010 | 14 years, 164 days |
24 | Muhammad V | Kelantan (part of Malaysia) | 6 October 1969 | 54 years, 273 days | 13 September 2010 | 13 years, 296 days |
25 | Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi | Ras al-Khaimah (part of United Arab Emirates) | 10 February 1956 | 68 years, 146 days | 27 October 2010 | 13 years, 252 days |
26 | Tupou VI | Tonga | 12 July 1959 | 64 years, 359 days | 18 March 2012 | 12 years, 109 days |
27 | Francis | Vatican City | 17 December 1936 | 87 years, 201 days | 13 March 2013 | 11 years, 114 days |
28 | Willem-Alexander | Netherlands | 27 April 1967 | 57 years, 69 days | 30 April 2013 | 11 years, 66 days |
29 | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Qatar | 3 June 1980 | 44 years, 32 days | 25 June 2013 | 11 years, 10 days |
30 | Philippe | Belgium | 15 April 1960 | 64 years, 81 days | 21 July 2013 | 10 years, 350 days |
31 | Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah | Perak (part of Malaysia) | 27 November 1956 | 67 years, 221 days | 29 May 2014 | 10 years, 37 days |
32 | Felipe VI | Spain | 30 January 1968 | 56 years, 157 days | 19 June 2014 | 10 years, 16 days |
33 | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Saudi Arabia | 31 December 1935 | 88 years, 187 days | 23 January 2015 | 9 years, 164 days |
34 | Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) | Thailand | 28 July 1952 | 71 years, 343 days | 13 October 2016 | 7 years, 266 days |
35 | Mahmud Sallehuddin | Kedah (part of Malaysia) | 30 April 1942 | 82 years, 66 days | 11 September 2017 | 6 years, 298 days |
36 | Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah | Pahang (part of Malaysia) | 30 July 1959 | 64 years, 341 days | 15 January 2019 | 5 years, 172 days |
37 | Naruhito | Japan | 23 February 1960 | 64 years, 133 days | 1 May 2019 | 5 years, 65 days |
38 | Haitham bin Tarik Al Said | Oman | 11 October 1954 | 69 years, 268 days | 11 January 2020 | 4 years, 176 days |
39 | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Abu Dhabi (part of United Arab Emirates) | 11 March 1961 | 63 years, 116 days | 13 May 2022 | 2 years, 53 days |
40 | Charles III | Antigua and Barbuda | 14 November 1948 | 75 years, 234 days | 8 September 2022 | 1 year, 301 days |
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41 | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | 27 September 1940 | 83 years, 282 days | 16 December 2023 | 202 days |
42 | Frederik X | Denmark | 26 May 1968 | 56 years, 40 days | 14 January 2024 | 173 days |