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List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign

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Elizabeth II, the current longest-reigning monarch.
Hassanal Bolkiah, the current longest-reigning male monarch.

This is a list of currently enthroned monarchs sorted by length of service. It 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.

Elizabeth II is currently the longest-reigning monarch, having been Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand since 6 February 1952. She is also the monarch of 12 other Commonwealth realms which have become independent states since 1952; she is therefore listed multiple times in the table below.

List

No. Name State(s) Born Age Acceded Years reigned
1 Elizabeth II United Kingdom 21 April 1926 94 years, 300 days 6 February 1952 69 years, 9 days
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
2 Jamaica 6 August 1962 58 years, 193 days
3 Barbados[a] 30 November 1966 54 years, 77 days
4 Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei 15 July 1946 74 years, 215 days 5 October 1967 53 years, 133 days
5 Margrethe II Denmark 16 April 1940 80 years, 305 days 14 January 1972 49 years, 32 days
6 Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) 6 July 1939 81 years, 224 days 25 January 1972 49 years, 21 days
7 Elizabeth II The Bahamas 21 April 1926 94 years, 300 days 10 July 1973 47 years, 220 days
8 Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden 30 April 1946 74 years, 291 days 15 September 1973 47 years, 153 days
9 Elizabeth II Grenada 21 April 1926 94 years, 300 days 7 February 1974 47 years, 8 days
10 Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) 25 September 1948 72 years, 143 days 18 September 1974 46 years, 150 days
11 Elizabeth II Papua New Guinea 21 April 1926 94 years, 300 days 16 September 1975 45 years, 152 days
12 Solomon Islands 7 July 1978 42 years, 223 days
13 Tuvalu 1 October 1978 42 years, 137 days
14 Saint Lucia 22 February 1979 41 years, 359 days
15 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 October 1979 41 years, 111 days
16 Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III Ajman (United Arab Emirates) 1931 90 years, 45 days 6 September 1981 39 years, 162 days
17 Elizabeth II Belize 21 April 1926 94 years, 300 days 21 September 1981 39 years, 147 days
18 Antigua and Barbuda 1 November 1981 39 years, 106 days
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983 37 years, 149 days
20 Mswati III eSwatini[b] 19 April 1968 52 years, 302 days 25 April 1986 34 years, 296 days
21 Hans-Adam II Liechtenstein 14 February 1945 76 years, 1 day 13 November 1989 31 years, 94 days
22 Harald V Norway 21 February 1937 83 years, 360 days 17 January 1991 30 years, 29 days
23 Letsie III Lesotho 17 July 1963 57 years, 213 days 7 February 1996[c] 29 years, 79 days[d]
24 Mizan Zainal Abidin Terengganu (Malaysia) 22 January 1962 59 years, 24 days 15 May 1998 22 years, 276 days
25 Abdullah II Jordan 30 January 1962 59 years, 16 days 7 February 1999 22 years, 8 days
26 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Bahrain 28 January 1950 71 years, 18 days 6 March 1999 21 years, 346 days
27 Mohammed VI Morocco 21 August 1963 57 years, 178 days 23 July 1999 21 years, 207 days
28 Syed Sirajuddin Perlis (Malaysia) 17 May 1943 77 years, 274 days 17 April 2000 20 years, 304 days
29 Henri Luxembourg 16 April 1955 65 years, 305 days 7 October 2000 20 years, 131 days
30 Sharafuddin Idris Shah Selangor (Malaysia) 11 December 1945 75 years, 66 days 22 November 2001 19 years, 85 days
31 Norodom Sihamoni Cambodia 14 May 1953 67 years, 277 days 14 October 2004 16 years, 124 days
32 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 7 September 1948 72 years, 161 days 2 November 2004 16 years, 105 days
33 Albert II Monaco 14 March 1958 62 years, 338 days 6 April 2005 15 years, 315 days
34 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 15 July 1949 71 years, 215 days 4 January 2006 15 years, 42 days
35 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Bhutan 21 February 1980 40 years, 360 days 9 December 2006 14 years, 68 days
36 Muhriz Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) 14 January 1948 73 years, 32 days 29 December 2008 12 years, 48 days
37 Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) 1 October 1952 68 years, 137 days 2 January 2009 12 years, 44 days
38 Ibrahim Ismail Johor (Malaysia) 22 November 1958 62 years, 85 days 23 January 2010 11 years, 23 days
39 Muhammad V Kelantan (Malaysia) 6 October 1969 51 years, 132 days 13 September 2010 10 years, 155 days
40 Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) 10 February 1956 65 years, 5 days 27 October 2010 10 years, 111 days
41 Tupou VI Tonga 12 July 1959 61 years, 218 days 18 March 2012 8 years, 334 days
42 Francis Vatican City 17 December 1936 84 years, 60 days 13 March 2013 7 years, 339 days
43 Willem-Alexander Netherlands 27 April 1967 53 years, 294 days 30 April 2013 7 years, 291 days
44 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar 3 June 1980 40 years, 257 days 25 June 2013 7 years, 235 days
45 Philippe Belgium 15 April 1960 60 years, 306 days 21 July 2013 7 years, 209 days
46 Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah Perak (Malaysia) 27 November 1956 64 years, 80 days 29 May 2014 6 years, 262 days
47 Felipe VI Spain 30 January 1968 53 years, 16 days 19 June 2014 6 years, 241 days
48 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi Arabia 31 December 1935 85 years, 46 days 23 January 2015 6 years, 23 days
49 Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) Thailand 28 July 1952 68 years, 202 days 13 October 2016 4 years, 125 days
50 Mahmud Sallehuddin Kedah (Malaysia) 30 April 1942 78 years, 291 days 11 September 2017 3 years, 157 days
51 Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (Malaysia)[e] 30 July 1959 61 years, 200 days 15 January 2019 2 years, 31 days
52 Naruhito Japan 23 February 1960 60 years, 358 days 1 May 2019 1 year, 290 days
53 Haitham bin Tariq Al Said Oman 13 October 1954 66 years, 125 days 11 January 2020 1 year, 35 days
54 Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kuwait 25 June 1937 83 years, 235 days 29 September 2020 139 days
Reigns as of 08:49, Monday, February 15, 2021 (UTC)
  1. ^ Barbados plans to remove Elizabeth II as their head of state and become a republic by November 2021.
  2. ^ The country was called the Kingdom of Swaziland until 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ Previously reigned 12 November 1990 – 25 January 1995.
  4. ^ Letsie III first reigned from 12 November 1990 to 25 January 1995, was deposed, and then returned to the throne on 7 February 1996. Length of reign calculation includes both tenures.
  5. ^ Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah is also the currently-reigning Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and has reigned for 2 years, 15 days (31 January 2019).

See also

  • List of longest-reigning monarchs
  • List of shortest-reigning monarchs
  • List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
  • List of oldest living state leaders
  • Records of heads of state
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