List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign

Hassanal Bolkiah, the current longest-reigning monarch

Margrethe II, the current longest-reigning and only female monarch

This is a list of currently enthroned 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 Darussalam since 5 October 1967. He became the longest-reigning monarch upon the death of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on 8 September 2022.

List

Rank	Monarch	State	Born	Current age	Acceded	Years reigned
Reigns as of 7 May 2024 T 22:26 (UTC)
1	Hassanal Bolkiah	Brunei	15 July 1946	77 years, 297 days	5 October 1967	56 years, 215 days
2	Margrethe II	Denmark	16 April 1940	84 years, 21 days	14 January 1972	52 years, 114 days
3	Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III	Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)	6 July 1939	84 years, 306 days	25 January 1972	52 years, 103 days
4	Carl XVI Gustaf	Sweden	30 April 1946	78 years, 7 days	15 September 1973	50 years, 235 days
5	Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi	Fujairah (United Arab Emirates)	22 February 1949	75 years, 75 days	18 September 1974	49 years, 232 days
6	Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III	Ajman (United Arab Emirates)	1 January 1931	93 years, 127 days	6 September 1981	42 years, 244 days
7	Mswati III	Eswatini	19 April 1968	56 years, 18 days	25 April 1986	38 years, 12 days
8	Hans-Adam II	Liechtenstein	14 February 1945	79 years, 83 days	13 November 1989	34 years, 176 days
9	Harald V	Norway	21 February 1937	87 years, 76 days	17 January 1991	33 years, 111 days
10	Letsie III	Lesotho	17 July 1963	60 years, 295 days	7 February 1996	32 years, 161 days
11	Mizan Zainal Abidin	Terengganu (Malaysia)	22 January 1962	62 years, 106 days	15 May 1998	25 years, 358 days
12	Abdullah II	Jordan	30 January 1962	62 years, 98 days	7 February 1999	25 years, 90 days
13	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	Bahrain	28 January 1950	74 years, 100 days	6 March 1999	25 years, 62 days
14	Mohammed VI	Morocco	21 August 1963	60 years, 260 days	23 July 1999	24 years, 289 days
15	Syed Sirajuddin	Perlis (Malaysia)	17 May 1943	80 years, 356 days	17 April 2000	24 years, 20 days
16	Henri	Luxembourg	16 April 1955	69 years, 21 days	7 October 2000	23 years, 213 days
17	Sharafuddin Idris Shah	Selangor (Malaysia)	11 December 1945	78 years, 148 days	22 November 2001	22 years, 167 days
18	Norodom Sihamoni	Cambodia	14 May 1953	70 years, 359 days	14 October 2004	19 years, 206 days
19	Albert II	Monaco	14 March 1958	66 years, 54 days	6 April 2005	19 years, 31 days
20	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	15 July 1949	74 years, 297 days	4 January 2006	18 years, 124 days
21	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	Bhutan	21 February 1980	44 years, 76 days	9 December 2006	17 years, 150 days
22	Muhriz	Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia)	14 January 1948	76 years, 114 days	29 December 2008	15 years, 130 days
23	Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla	Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates)	1 October 1952	71 years, 219 days	2 January 2009	15 years, 126 days
24	Ibrahim Ismail	Johor (Malaysia)	22 November 1958	65 years, 167 days	23 January 2010	14 years, 105 days
25	Muhammad V	Kelantan (Malaysia)	6 October 1969	54 years, 214 days	13 September 2010	13 years, 237 days
26	Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi	Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)	10 February 1956	68 years, 87 days	27 October 2010	13 years, 193 days
27	Tupou VI	Tonga	12 July 1959	64 years, 300 days	18 March 2012	12 years, 50 days
28	Francis	Vatican City	17 December 1936	87 years, 142 days	13 March 2013	11 years, 55 days
29	Willem-Alexander	Netherlands	27 April 1967	57 years, 10 days	30 April 2013	11 years, 7 days
30	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Qatar	3 June 1980	43 years, 339 days	25 June 2013	10 years, 317 days
31	Philippe	Belgium	15 April 1960	64 years, 22 days	21 July 2013	10 years, 291 days
32	Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah	Perak (Malaysia)	27 November 1956	67 years, 162 days	29 May 2014	9 years, 344 days
33	Felipe VI	Spain	30 January 1968	56 years, 98 days	19 June 2014	9 years, 323 days
34	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	31 December 1935	88 years, 128 days	23 January 2015	9 years, 105 days
35	Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)	Thailand	28 July 1952	71 years, 284 days	13 October 2016	7 years, 207 days
36	Mahmud Sallehuddin	Kedah (Malaysia)	30 April 1942	82 years, 7 days	11 September 2017	6 years, 239 days
37	Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah	Pahang (Malaysia)	30 July 1959	64 years, 282 days	15 January 2019	5 years, 113 days
38	Naruhito	Japan	23 February 1960	64 years, 74 days	1 May 2019	5 years, 6 days
39	Haitham bin Tarik Al Said	Oman	11 October 1954	69 years, 209 days	11 January 2020	4 years, 117 days
40	Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait	25 June 1937	86 years, 317 days	29 September 2020	3 years, 221 days
41	Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)	11 March 1961	63 years, 57 days	13 May 2022	1 year, 360 days
42	Charles III	Antigua and Barbuda	14 November 1948	75 years, 175 days	8 September 2022	1 year, 242 days
		Australia
		Bahamas
		Belize
		Canada
		Grenada
		Jamaica
		New Zealand
		Papua New Guinea
		Saint Kitts and Nevis
		Saint Lucia
		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
		Solomon Islands
		Tuvalu
		United Kingdom

See also

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