List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign

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 Nazrin Shah of Perak, but does not include former monarchs and pretenders, such as Michael of Romania, ex officio monarchs such as François Hollande who in his capacity as President of France is also Co-Prince of Andorra, constituent monarchs such as the traditional African rulers, or monarchs whose position is unofficial, such as Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama.

List

Rank	Name	State(s)	Born	Age	Ascended	Years reigned
1.	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand	21 April 1926	98 years, 241 days	6 February 1952	72 years, 316 days
2.	Abdul Halim	Kedah (Malaysia)	28 November 1927	97 years, 20 days	15 July 1958	66 years, 156 days
3.	Elizabeth II	Jamaica	–	–	6 August 1962	62 years, 134 days
4.		Barbados	–	–	30 November 1966	58 years, 18 days
5.	Hassanal Bolkiah	Brunei	15 July 1946	78 years, 156 days	4 October 1967	57 years, 75 days
6.	Qaboos bin Said al Said	Oman	18 November 1940	84 years, 30 days	23 July 1970	54 years, 148 days
7.	Margrethe II	Denmark	16 April 1940	84 years, 246 days	14 January 1972	52 years, 339 days
8.	Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III	Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)	6 July 1939	85 years, 165 days	25 January 1972	52 years, 328 days
9.	Elizabeth II	The Bahamas	–	–	10 July 1973	51 years, 161 days
10.	Carl XVI Gustaf	Sweden	30 April 1946	78 years, 232 days	15 September 1973	51 years, 94 days
11.	Elizabeth II	Grenada	–	–	7 February 1974	50 years, 315 days
12.	Ahmad Shah	Pahang (Malaysia)	24 October 1930	94 years, 55 days	8 May 1974	50 years, 224 days
13.	Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi	Fujairah (United Arab Emirates)	25 September 1948	76 years, 84 days	18 September 1974	50 years, 91 days
14.	Elizabeth II	Papua New Guinea	–	–	16 September 1975	49 years, 93 days
15.		Solomon Islands	–	–	7 July 1978	46 years, 164 days
16.		Tuvalu	–	–	1 October 1978	46 years, 78 days
17.		Saint Lucia	–	–	22 February 1979	45 years, 300 days
18.		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	–	–	27 October 1979	45 years, 52 days
19.	Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi	Ajman (United Arab Emirates)	1931	93 years, 352 days	6 September 1981	43 years, 103 days
20.	Elizabeth II	Belize	–	–	21 September 1981	43 years, 88 days
21.		Antigua and Barbuda	–	–	1 November 1981	43 years, 47 days
22.		Saint Kitts and Nevis	–	–	19 September 1983	41 years, 90 days
23.	Mswati III	Swaziland	19 April 1968	56 years, 243 days	25 April 1986	38 years, 237 days
24.	Akihito	Japan	23 December 1933	90 years, 361 days	7 January 1989	35 years, 346 days
25.	Hans-Adam II	Liechtenstein	14 February 1945	79 years, 308 days	13 November 1989	35 years, 35 days
26.	Harald V	Norway	21 February 1937	87 years, 301 days	17 January 1991	33 years, 336 days
27.	Letsie III	Lesotho	17 July 1963	61 years, 154 days	7 February 1996	28 years, 315 days + 4 years, 74 days
28.	Mizan Zainal Abidin	Terengganu (Malaysia)	22 January 1962	62 years, 331 days	15 May 1998	26 years, 217 days
29.	Abdullah II	Jordan	30 January 1962	62 years, 323 days	7 February 1999	25 years, 315 days
30.	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	Bahrain	28 January 1950	74 years, 325 days	6 March 1999	25 years, 287 days
31.	Mohammed VI	Morocco	21 August 1963	61 years, 119 days	23 July 1999	25 years, 148 days
32.	Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin	Perlis (Malaysia)	17 May 1943	81 years, 215 days	17 April 2000	24 years, 245 days
33.	Henri	Luxembourg	16 April 1955	69 years, 246 days	7 October 2000	24 years, 72 days
34.	Sharafuddin Idris Shah	Selangor (Malaysia)	11 December 1945	79 years, 7 days	22 November 2001	23 years, 26 days
35.	Norodom Sihamoni	Cambodia	14 May 1953	71 years, 218 days	14 October 2004	20 years, 65 days
36.	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)	25 January 1948	76 years, 328 days	3 November 2004	20 years, 45 days
37.	Albert II	Monaco	14 March 1958	66 years, 279 days	6 April 2005	19 years, 256 days
38.	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	15 July 1949	75 years, 156 days	4 January 2006	18 years, 349 days
39.	Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait	16 June 1929	95 years, 185 days	29 January 2006	18 years, 324 days
40.	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	Bhutan	21 February 1980	44 years, 301 days	9 December 2006	18 years, 9 days
41.	Tunku Muhriz	Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia)	14 January 1948	76 years, 339 days	29 December 2008	15 years, 355 days
42.	Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla	Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates)	1 October 1952	72 years, 78 days	2 January 2009	15 years, 351 days
43.	Ibrahim Ismail	Johor (Malaysia)	22 November 1958	66 years, 26 days	23 January 2010	14 years, 330 days
44.	Muhammad V	Kelantan (Malaysia)	6 October 1969	55 years, 73 days	13 September 2010	14 years, 96 days
45.	Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi	Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)	10 February 1956	68 years, 312 days	27 October 2010	14 years, 52 days
46.	Tupou VI	Tonga	12 July 1959	65 years, 159 days	18 March 2012	12 years, 275 days
47.	Francis	Vatican City	17 December 1936	88 years, 1 day	13 March 2013	11 years, 280 days
48.	Willem-Alexander	Netherlands	27 April 1967	57 years, 235 days	30 April 2013	11 years, 232 days
49.	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Qatar	3 June 1980	44 years, 198 days	25 June 2013	11 years, 176 days
50.	Philippe	Belgium	15 April 1960	64 years, 247 days	21 July 2013	11 years, 150 days
51.	Nazrin Shah	Perak (Malaysia)	27 November 1956	68 years, 21 days	29 May 2014	10 years, 203 days
52.	Felipe VI	Spain	30 January 1968	56 years, 323 days	19 June 2014	10 years, 182 days
53.	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	31 December 1935	88 years, 353 days	23 January 2015	9 years, 330 days
54.	Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)	Thailand	28 July 1952	72 years, 143 days	13 October 2016	8 years, 66 days

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 the oldest living state leaders