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List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign

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Elizabeth II, the current longest-reigning 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.

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

# Monarch State Born Current age Acceded Years reigned
Reigns as of 10:55, Monday, June 10, 2024 (UTC)
1 Elizabeth II United Kingdom 21 April 1926 98 years, 50 days 6 February 1952 72 years, 125 days
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
2 Jamaica 6 August 1962 61 years, 309 days
3 Barbados[a] 30 November 1966 57 years, 193 days
4 Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei 15 July 1946 77 years, 331 days 5 October 1967 56 years, 249 days
5 Margrethe II Denmark 16 April 1940 84 years, 55 days 14 January 1972 52 years, 148 days
6 Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) 6 July 1939 84 years, 340 days 25 January 1972 52 years, 137 days
7 Elizabeth II The Bahamas 21 April 1926 98 years, 50 days 10 July 1973 50 years, 336 days
8 Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden 30 April 1946 78 years, 41 days 15 September 1973 50 years, 269 days
9 Elizabeth II Grenada 21 April 1926 98 years, 50 days 7 February 1974 50 years, 124 days
10 Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) 25 September 1948 75 years, 259 days 18 September 1974 49 years, 266 days
11 Elizabeth II Papua New Guinea 21 April 1926 98 years, 50 days 16 September 1975 48 years, 268 days
12 Solomon Islands 7 July 1978 45 years, 339 days
13 Tuvalu 1 October 1978 45 years, 253 days
14 Saint Lucia 22 February 1979 45 years, 109 days
15 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 October 1979 44 years, 227 days
16 Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III Ajman (United Arab Emirates) 1931 93 years, 161 days 6 September 1981 42 years, 278 days
17 Elizabeth II Belize 21 April 1926 98 years, 50 days 21 September 1981 42 years, 263 days
18 Antigua and Barbuda 1 November 1981 42 years, 222 days
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983 40 years, 265 days
20 Mswati III Eswatini[b] 19 April 1968 56 years, 52 days 25 April 1986 38 years, 46 days
21 Hans-Adam II Liechtenstein 14 February 1945 79 years, 117 days 13 November 1989 34 years, 210 days
22 Harald V Norway 21 February 1937 87 years, 110 days 17 January 1991 33 years, 145 days
23 Letsie III Lesotho 17 July 1963 60 years, 329 days 7 February 1996[c] 32 years, 195 days[d]
24 Mizan Zainal Abidin Terengganu (Malaysia) 22 January 1962 62 years, 140 days 15 May 1998 26 years, 26 days
25 Abdullah II Jordan 30 January 1962 62 years, 132 days 7 February 1999 25 years, 124 days
26 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Bahrain 28 January 1950 74 years, 134 days 6 March 1999 25 years, 96 days
27 Mohammed VI Morocco 21 August 1963 60 years, 294 days 23 July 1999 24 years, 323 days
28 Syed Sirajuddin Perlis (Malaysia) 17 May 1943 81 years, 24 days 17 April 2000 24 years, 54 days
29 Henri Luxembourg 16 April 1955 69 years, 55 days 7 October 2000 23 years, 247 days
30 Sharafuddin Idris Shah Selangor (Malaysia) 11 December 1945 78 years, 182 days 22 November 2001 22 years, 201 days
31 Norodom Sihamoni Cambodia 14 May 1953 71 years, 27 days 14 October 2004 19 years, 240 days
32 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 7 September 1948 75 years, 277 days 2 November 2004 19 years, 221 days
33 Albert II Monaco 14 March 1958 66 years, 88 days 6 April 2005 19 years, 65 days
34 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 15 July 1949 74 years, 331 days 4 January 2006 18 years, 158 days
35 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Bhutan 21 February 1980 44 years, 110 days 9 December 2006 17 years, 184 days
36 Muhriz Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) 14 January 1948 76 years, 148 days 29 December 2008 15 years, 164 days
37 Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) 1 October 1952 71 years, 253 days 2 January 2009 15 years, 160 days
38 Ibrahim Ismail Johor (Malaysia) 22 November 1958 65 years, 201 days 23 January 2010 14 years, 139 days
39 Muhammad V Kelantan (Malaysia) 6 October 1969 54 years, 248 days 13 September 2010 13 years, 271 days
40 Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) 10 February 1956 68 years, 121 days 27 October 2010 13 years, 227 days
41 Tupou VI Tonga 12 July 1959 64 years, 334 days 18 March 2012 12 years, 84 days
42 Francis Vatican City 17 December 1936 87 years, 176 days 13 March 2013 11 years, 89 days
43 Willem-Alexander Netherlands 27 April 1967 57 years, 44 days 30 April 2013 11 years, 41 days
44 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar 3 June 1980 44 years, 7 days 25 June 2013 10 years, 351 days
45 Philippe Belgium 15 April 1960 64 years, 56 days 21 July 2013 10 years, 325 days
46 Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah Perak (Malaysia) 27 November 1956 67 years, 196 days 29 May 2014 10 years, 12 days
47 Felipe VI Spain 30 January 1968 56 years, 132 days 19 June 2014 9 years, 357 days
48 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi Arabia 31 December 1935 88 years, 162 days 23 January 2015 9 years, 139 days
49 Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) Thailand 28 July 1952 71 years, 318 days 13 October 2016 7 years, 241 days
50 Mahmud Sallehuddin Kedah (Malaysia) 30 April 1942 82 years, 41 days 11 September 2017 6 years, 273 days
51 Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (Malaysia)[e] 30 July 1959 64 years, 316 days 15 January 2019 5 years, 147 days
52 Naruhito Japan 23 February 1960 64 years, 108 days 1 May 2019 5 years, 40 days
53 Haitham bin Tarik Al Said Oman 13 October 1954 69 years, 241 days 11 January 2020 4 years, 151 days
54 Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kuwait 25 June 1937 86 years, 351 days 29 September 2020 3 years, 255 days
Hassanal Bolkiah, the current longest-reigning male monarch.

Notes

  1. ^ Barbados plans to remove Elizabeth II as their head of state and become a republic by 30 November 2021.[1]
  2. ^ The country was called the Kingdom of Swaziland until 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ Previously reigned during 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 5 years, 131 days (31 January 2019).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Barbados to become a parliamentary republic by November 30". Loop News Barbados. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021. [...] we will make amendments to facilitate that transition to a new president to be sworn in on that day - November 30, 2021.
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