List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign

Hassanal Bolkiah, the current longest-reigning monarch

Margrethe II of Denmark, 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 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

Hassanal Bolkiah is currently the longest-reigning monarch, having been Sultan of Brunei 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 2 February 2023 T 04:44 (UTC)
1	Hassanal Bolkiah	Brunei	15 July 1946	76 years, 202 days	5 October 1967	55 years, 120 days
2	Margrethe II	Denmark	16 April 1940	82 years, 292 days	14 January 1972	51 years, 19 days
3	Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III	Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)	6 July 1939	83 years, 211 days	25 January 1972	51 years, 8 days
4	Carl XVI Gustaf	Sweden	30 April 1946	76 years, 278 days	15 September 1973	49 years, 140 days
5	Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi	Fujairah (United Arab Emirates)	22 February 1949	73 years, 345 days	18 September 1974	48 years, 137 days
6	Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III	Ajman (United Arab Emirates)	1 January 1931	92 years, 32 days	6 September 1981	41 years, 149 days
7	Mswati III	Eswatini	19 April 1968	54 years, 289 days	25 April 1986	36 years, 283 days
8	Hans-Adam II	Liechtenstein	14 February 1945	77 years, 353 days	13 November 1989	33 years, 81 days
9	Harald V	Norway	21 February 1937	85 years, 346 days	17 January 1991	32 years, 16 days
10	Letsie III	Lesotho	17 July 1963	59 years, 200 days	7 February 1996	31 years, 66 days
11	Mizan Zainal Abidin	Terengganu (Malaysia)	22 January 1962	61 years, 11 days	15 May 1998	24 years, 263 days
12	Abdullah II	Jordan	30 January 1962	61 years, 3 days	7 February 1999	23 years, 360 days
13	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	Bahrain	28 January 1950	73 years, 5 days	6 March 1999	23 years, 333 days
14	Mohammed VI	Morocco	21 August 1963	59 years, 165 days	23 July 1999	23 years, 194 days
15	Syed Sirajuddin	Perlis (Malaysia)	17 May 1943	79 years, 261 days	17 April 2000	22 years, 291 days
16	Henri	Luxembourg	16 April 1955	67 years, 292 days	7 October 2000	22 years, 118 days
17	Sharafuddin Idris Shah	Selangor (Malaysia)	11 December 1945	77 years, 53 days	22 November 2001	21 years, 72 days
18	Norodom Sihamoni	Cambodia	14 May 1953	69 years, 264 days	14 October 2004	18 years, 111 days
19	Albert II	Monaco	14 March 1958	64 years, 325 days	6 April 2005	17 years, 302 days
20	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	15 July 1949	73 years, 202 days	4 January 2006	17 years, 29 days
21	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	Bhutan	21 February 1980	42 years, 346 days	9 December 2006	16 years, 55 days
22	Muhriz	Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia)	14 January 1948	75 years, 19 days	29 December 2008	14 years, 35 days
23	Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla	Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates)	1 October 1952	70 years, 124 days	2 January 2009	14 years, 31 days
24	Ibrahim Ismail	Johor (Malaysia)	22 November 1958	64 years, 72 days	23 January 2010	13 years, 10 days
25	Muhammad V	Kelantan (Malaysia)	6 October 1969	53 years, 119 days	13 September 2010	12 years, 142 days
26	Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi	Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)	10 February 1956	66 years, 357 days	27 October 2010	12 years, 98 days
27	Tupou VI	Tonga	12 July 1959	63 years, 205 days	18 March 2012	10 years, 321 days
28	Francis	Vatican City	17 December 1936	86 years, 47 days	13 March 2013	9 years, 326 days
29	Willem-Alexander	Netherlands	27 April 1967	55 years, 281 days	30 April 2013	9 years, 278 days
30	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Qatar	3 June 1980	42 years, 244 days	25 June 2013	9 years, 222 days
31	Philippe	Belgium	15 April 1960	62 years, 293 days	21 July 2013	9 years, 196 days
32	Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah	Perak (Malaysia)	27 November 1956	66 years, 67 days	29 May 2014	8 years, 249 days
33	Felipe VI	Spain	30 January 1968	55 years, 3 days	19 June 2014	8 years, 228 days
34	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	31 December 1935	87 years, 33 days	23 January 2015	8 years, 10 days
35	Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)	Thailand	28 July 1952	70 years, 189 days	13 October 2016	6 years, 112 days
36	Mahmud Sallehuddin	Kedah (Malaysia)	30 April 1942	80 years, 278 days	11 September 2017	5 years, 144 days
37	Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah	Pahang (Malaysia)	30 July 1959	63 years, 187 days	15 January 2019	4 years, 18 days
38	Naruhito	Japan	23 February 1960	62 years, 344 days	1 May 2019	3 years, 277 days
39	Haitham bin Tarik Al Said	Oman	11 October 1954	68 years, 114 days	11 January 2020	3 years, 22 days
40	Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait	25 June 1937	85 years, 222 days	29 September 2020	2 years, 126 days
41	Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)	11 March 1961	61 years, 328 days	13 May 2022	265 days
42	Charles III	Antigua and Barbuda	14 November 1948	74 years, 80 days	8 September 2022	147 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