List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign

This is a list of 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 the longest-reigning existing 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]
List
[edit]Rank | Monarch | State | Country | Born | Current age | Acceded | Years reigned |
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Reigns as of 29 March 2025 T 22:04 (UTC) | |||||||
1 | Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | 15 July 1946 | 78 years, 257 days | 5 October 1967 | 57 years, 175 days | |
2 | Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 6 July 1939 | 85 years, 266 days | 25 January 1972 | 53 years, 63 days |
3 | Carl XVI Gustaf | Sweden | 30 April 1946 | 78 years, 333 days | 15 September 1973 | 51 years, 195 days | |
4 | Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi | Fujairah | United Arab Emirates | 22 February 1949 | 76 years, 35 days | 18 September 1974 | 50 years, 192 days |
5 | Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III | Ajman | 1 January 1931 | 94 years, 87 days | 6 September 1981 | 43 years, 204 days | |
6 | Mswati III | Eswatini[a] | 19 April 1968 | 56 years, 344 days | 25 April 1986 | 38 years, 338 days | |
7 | Hans-Adam II | Liechtenstein | 14 February 1945 | 80 years, 43 days | 13 November 1989 | 35 years, 136 days | |
8 | Harald V | Norway | 21 February 1937 | 88 years, 36 days | 17 January 1991 | 34 years, 71 days | |
9 | Letsie III | Lesotho | 17 July 1963 | 61 years, 255 days | 7 February 1996[b] | 33 years, 121 days[b] | |
10 | Mizan Zainal Abidin | Terengganu | Malaysia | 22 January 1962 | 63 years, 66 days | 15 May 1998 | 26 years, 318 days |
11 | Abdullah II | Jordan | 30 January 1962 | 63 years, 58 days | 7 February 1999 | 26 years, 50 days | |
12 | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 28 January 1950 | 75 years, 60 days | 6 March 1999 | 26 years, 23 days | |
13 | Mohammed VI | Morocco | 21 August 1963 | 61 years, 220 days | 23 July 1999 | 25 years, 249 days | |
14 | Syed Sirajuddin | Perlis | Malaysia | 17 May 1943 | 81 years, 316 days | 17 April 2000 | 24 years, 346 days |
15 | Henri | Luxembourg | 16 April 1955 | 69 years, 347 days | 7 October 2000 | 24 years, 173 days | |
16 | Sharafuddin Idris Shah | Selangor | Malaysia | 11 December 1945 | 79 years, 108 days | 22 November 2001 | 23 years, 127 days |
17 | Norodom Sihamoni | Cambodia | 14 May 1953 | 71 years, 319 days | 14 October 2004 | 20 years, 166 days | |
18 | Albert II | Monaco | 14 March 1958 | 67 years, 15 days | 6 April 2005 | 19 years, 357 days | |
19 | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 15 July 1949 | 75 years, 257 days | 4 January 2006 | 19 years, 84 days |
20 | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Bhutan | 21 February 1980 | 45 years, 36 days | 9 December 2006 | 18 years, 110 days | |
21 | Muhriz | Negeri Sembilan | Malaysia | 14 January 1948 | 77 years, 74 days | 29 December 2008 | 16 years, 90 days |
22 | Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla | Umm al-Quwain | United Arab Emirates | 1 October 1952 | 72 years, 179 days | 2 January 2009 | 16 years, 86 days |
23 | Ibrahim Iskandar | Johor | Malaysia[c] | 22 November 1958 | 66 years, 127 days | 23 January 2010 | 15 years, 65 days |
24 | Muhammad V | Kelantan | Malaysia | 6 October 1969 | 55 years, 174 days | 13 September 2010 | 14 years, 197 days |
25 | Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi | Ras al-Khaimah | United Arab Emirates | 10 February 1956 | 69 years, 47 days | 27 October 2010 | 14 years, 153 days |
26 | Tupou VI | Tonga | 12 July 1959 | 65 years, 260 days | 18 March 2012 | 13 years, 11 days | |
27 | Francis | Vatican City | 17 December 1936 | 88 years, 102 days | 13 March 2013 | 12 years, 16 days | |
28 | Willem-Alexander | Netherlands | 27 April 1967 | 57 years, 336 days | 30 April 2013 | 11 years, 333 days | |
29 | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Qatar | 3 June 1980 | 44 years, 299 days | 25 June 2013 | 11 years, 277 days | |
30 | Philippe | Belgium | 15 April 1960 | 64 years, 348 days | 21 July 2013 | 11 years, 251 days | |
31 | Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah | Perak | Malaysia | 27 November 1956 | 68 years, 122 days | 29 May 2014 | 10 years, 304 days |
32 | Felipe VI | Spain | 30 January 1968 | 57 years, 58 days | 19 June 2014 | 10 years, 283 days | |
33 | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Saudi Arabia | 31 December 1935 | 89 years, 88 days | 23 January 2015 | 10 years, 65 days | |
34 | Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) | Thailand | 28 July 1952 | 72 years, 244 days | 13 October 2016 | 8 years, 167 days | |
35 | Mahmud Sallehuddin | Kedah | Malaysia | 30 April 1942 | 82 years, 333 days | 11 September 2017 | 7 years, 199 days |
36 | Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah | Pahang | 30 July 1959 | 65 years, 242 days | 15 January 2019 | 6 years, 73 days | |
37 | Naruhito | Japan | 23 February 1960 | 65 years, 34 days | 1 May 2019 | 5 years, 332 days | |
38 | Haitham bin Tariq Al Said | Oman | 11 October 1954 | 70 years, 169 days | 11 January 2020 | 5 years, 77 days | |
39 | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 11 March 1961 | 64 years, 18 days | 13 May 2022 | 2 years, 320 days |
40 | Charles III | Antigua and Barbuda | 14 November 1948 | 76 years, 135 days | 8 September 2022 | 2 years, 202 days | |
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41 | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | 27 September 1940 | 84 years, 183 days | 16 December 2023 | 1 year, 103 days | |
42 | Frederik X | Denmark | 26 May 1968 | 56 years, 307 days | 14 January 2024 | 1 year, 74 days |
See also
[edit]- List of current monarchs of sovereign states
- List of current heads of state and government
- List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
- List of longest-reigning monarchs
- List of shortest-reigning monarchs
- Lists of state leaders by age
Notes
[edit]- ^ The country was formerly named the Kingdom of Swaziland until 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b Letsie III first reigned during 12 November 1990 – 25 January 1995, was deposed, then returned to the throne on 7 February 1996. Length-of-reign calculation includes both tenures.
- ^ Ibrahim Iskandar is also the currently-reigning Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and has reigned for 1 year, 57 days (since 31 January 2024).
References
[edit]- ^ "Sultan of Brunei becomes world's longest-serving monarch after Elizabeth II's passing". Arab News. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth II has died". BBC News. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-25.