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, 351 days | 5 October 1967 | 56 years, 269 days |
2 | Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III | Sharjah (part of United Arab Emirates) | 6 July 1939 | 84 years, 360 days | 25 January 1972 | 52 years, 157 days |
3 | Carl XVI Gustaf | Sweden | 30 April 1946 | 78 years, 61 days | 15 September 1973 | 50 years, 289 days |
4 | Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi | Fujairah (part of United Arab Emirates) | 22 February 1949 | 75 years, 129 days | 18 September 1974 | 49 years, 286 days |
5 | Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III | Ajman (part of United Arab Emirates) | 1 January 1931 | 93 years, 181 days | 6 September 1981 | 42 years, 298 days |
6 | Mswati III | Eswatini[a] | 19 April 1968 | 56 years, 72 days | 25 April 1986 | 38 years, 66 days |
7 | Hans-Adam II | Liechtenstein | 14 February 1945 | 79 years, 137 days | 13 November 1989 | 34 years, 230 days |
8 | Harald V | Norway | 21 February 1937 | 87 years, 130 days | 17 January 1991 | 33 years, 165 days |
9 | Letsie III | Lesotho | 17 July 1963 | 60 years, 349 days | 7 February 1996[b] | 32 years, 215 days[b] |
10 | Mizan Zainal Abidin | Terengganu (part of Malaysia) | 22 January 1962 | 62 years, 160 days | 15 May 1998 | 26 years, 46 days |
11 | Abdullah II | Jordan | 30 January 1962 | 62 years, 152 days | 7 February 1999 | 25 years, 144 days |
12 | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 28 January 1950 | 74 years, 154 days | 6 March 1999 | 25 years, 116 days |
13 | Mohammed VI | Morocco | 21 August 1963 | 60 years, 314 days | 23 July 1999 | 24 years, 343 days |
14 | Syed Sirajuddin | Perlis (part of Malaysia) | 17 May 1943 | 81 years, 44 days | 17 April 2000 | 24 years, 74 days |
15 | Henri | Luxembourg | 16 April 1955 | 69 years, 75 days | 7 October 2000 | 23 years, 267 days |
16 | Sharafuddin Idris Shah | Selangor (part of Malaysia) | 11 December 1945 | 78 years, 202 days | 22 November 2001 | 22 years, 221 days |
17 | Norodom Sihamoni | Cambodia | 14 May 1953 | 71 years, 47 days | 14 October 2004 | 19 years, 260 days |
18 | Albert II | Monaco | 14 March 1958 | 66 years, 108 days | 6 April 2005 | 19 years, 85 days |
19 | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Dubai (part of United Arab Emirates) | 15 July 1949 | 74 years, 351 days | 4 January 2006 | 18 years, 178 days |
20 | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Bhutan | 21 February 1980 | 44 years, 130 days | 9 December 2006 | 17 years, 204 days |
21 | Muhriz | Negeri Sembilan (part of Malaysia) | 14 January 1948 | 76 years, 168 days | 29 December 2008 | 15 years, 184 days |
22 | Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla | Umm al-Quwain (part of United Arab Emirates) | 1 October 1952 | 71 years, 273 days | 2 January 2009 | 15 years, 180 days |
23 | Ibrahim Iskandar | Johor (part of Malaysia)[c] | 22 November 1958 | 65 years, 221 days | 23 January 2010 | 14 years, 159 days |
24 | Muhammad V | Kelantan (part of Malaysia) | 6 October 1969 | 54 years, 268 days | 13 September 2010 | 13 years, 291 days |
25 | Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi | Ras al-Khaimah (part of United Arab Emirates) | 10 February 1956 | 68 years, 141 days | 27 October 2010 | 13 years, 247 days |
26 | Tupou VI | Tonga | 12 July 1959 | 64 years, 354 days | 18 March 2012 | 12 years, 104 days |
27 | Francis | Vatican City | 17 December 1936 | 87 years, 196 days | 13 March 2013 | 11 years, 109 days |
28 | Willem-Alexander | Netherlands | 27 April 1967 | 57 years, 64 days | 30 April 2013 | 11 years, 61 days |
29 | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Qatar | 3 June 1980 | 44 years, 27 days | 25 June 2013 | 11 years, 5 days |
30 | Philippe | Belgium | 15 April 1960 | 64 years, 76 days | 21 July 2013 | 10 years, 345 days |
31 | Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah | Perak (part of Malaysia) | 27 November 1956 | 67 years, 216 days | 29 May 2014 | 10 years, 32 days |
32 | Felipe VI | Spain | 30 January 1968 | 56 years, 152 days | 19 June 2014 | 10 years, 11 days |
33 | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Saudi Arabia | 31 December 1935 | 88 years, 182 days | 23 January 2015 | 9 years, 159 days |
34 | Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) | Thailand | 28 July 1952 | 71 years, 338 days | 13 October 2016 | 7 years, 261 days |
35 | Mahmud Sallehuddin | Kedah (part of Malaysia) | 30 April 1942 | 82 years, 61 days | 11 September 2017 | 6 years, 293 days |
36 | Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah | Pahang (part of Malaysia) | 30 July 1959 | 64 years, 336 days | 15 January 2019 | 5 years, 167 days |
37 | Naruhito | Japan | 23 February 1960 | 64 years, 128 days | 1 May 2019 | 5 years, 60 days |
38 | Haitham bin Tarik Al Said | Oman | 11 October 1954 | 69 years, 263 days | 11 January 2020 | 4 years, 171 days |
39 | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Abu Dhabi (part of United Arab Emirates) | 11 March 1961 | 63 years, 111 days | 13 May 2022 | 2 years, 48 days |
40 | Charles III | Antigua and Barbuda | 14 November 1948 | 75 years, 229 days | 8 September 2022 | 1 year, 296 days |
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41 | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | 27 September 1940 | 83 years, 277 days | 16 December 2023 | 197 days |
42 | Frederik X | Denmark | 26 May 1968 | 56 years, 35 days | 14 January 2024 | 168 days |