List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign

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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 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.

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No. Name State(s) Born Age Acceded Years reigned
1 Elizabeth II United Kingdom 21 April 1926 94 years, 153 days 6 February 1952 68 years, 228 days
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
2 Jamaica 6 August 1962 58 years, 46 days
3 Barbados[a] 30 November 1966 53 years, 296 days
4 Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei 15 July 1946 74 years, 68 days 5 October 1967 52 years, 352 days
5 Margrethe II Denmark 16 April 1940 80 years, 158 days 14 January 1972 48 years, 251 days
6 Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) 6 July 1939 81 years, 77 days 25 January 1972 48 years, 240 days
7 Elizabeth II The Bahamas 21 April 1926 94 years, 153 days 10 July 1973 47 years, 73 days
8 Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden 30 April 1946 74 years, 144 days 15 September 1973 47 years, 6 days
9 Elizabeth II Grenada 21 April 1926 94 years, 153 days 7 February 1974 46 years, 227 days
10 Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) 25 September 1948 71 years, 362 days 18 September 1974 46 years, 3 days
11 Elizabeth II Papua New Guinea 21 April 1926 94 years, 153 days 16 September 1975 45 years, 5 days
12 Solomon Islands 7 July 1978 42 years, 76 days
13 Tuvalu 1 October 1978 41 years, 356 days
14 Saint Lucia 22 February 1979 41 years, 212 days
15 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 October 1979 40 years, 330 days
16 Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III Ajman (United Arab Emirates) 1931 89 years, 264 days 6 September 1981 39 years, 15 days
17 Elizabeth II Belize 21 April 1926 94 years, 153 days 21 September 1981 39 years, 0 days
18 Antigua and Barbuda 1 November 1981 38 years, 325 days
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983 37 years, 2 days
20 Mswati III Eswatini[b] 19 April 1968 52 years, 155 days 25 April 1986 34 years, 149 days
21 Hans-Adam II Liechtenstein 14 February 1945 75 years, 220 days 13 November 1989 30 years, 313 days
22 Harald V Norway 21 February 1937 83 years, 213 days 17 January 1991 29 years, 248 days
23 Letsie III Lesotho 17 July 1963 57 years, 66 days 7 February 1996[c] 28 years, 298 days[d]
24 Mizan Zainal Abidin Terengganu (Malaysia) 22 January 1962 58 years, 243 days 15 May 1998 22 years, 129 days
25 Abdullah II Jordan 30 January 1962 58 years, 235 days 7 February 1999 21 years, 227 days
26 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Bahrain 28 January 1950 70 years, 237 days 6 March 1999 21 years, 199 days
27 Mohammed VI Morocco 21 August 1963 57 years, 31 days 23 July 1999 21 years, 60 days
28 Syed Sirajuddin Perlis (Malaysia) 17 May 1943 77 years, 127 days 17 April 2000 20 years, 157 days
29 Henri Luxembourg 16 April 1955 65 years, 158 days 7 October 2000 19 years, 350 days
30 Sharafuddin Idris Shah Selangor (Malaysia) 11 December 1945 74 years, 285 days 22 November 2001 18 years, 304 days
31 Norodom Sihamoni Cambodia 14 May 1953 67 years, 130 days 14 October 2004 15 years, 343 days
32 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 7 September 1948 72 years, 14 days 2 November 2004 15 years, 324 days
33 Albert II Monaco 14 March 1958 62 years, 191 days 6 April 2005 15 years, 168 days
34 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 15 July 1949 71 years, 68 days 4 January 2006 14 years, 261 days
35 Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kuwait 16 June 1929 91 years, 97 days 29 January 2006 14 years, 236 days
36 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Bhutan 21 February 1980 40 years, 213 days 9 December 2006 13 years, 287 days
37 Muhriz Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) 14 January 1948 72 years, 251 days 29 December 2008 11 years, 267 days
38 Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) 1 October 1952 67 years, 356 days 2 January 2009 11 years, 263 days
39 Ibrahim Ismail Johor (Malaysia) 22 November 1958 61 years, 304 days 23 January 2010 10 years, 242 days
40 Muhammad V Kelantan (Malaysia) 6 October 1969 50 years, 351 days 13 September 2010 10 years, 8 days
41 Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) 10 February 1956 64 years, 224 days 27 October 2010 9 years, 330 days
42 Tupou VI Tonga 12 July 1959 61 years, 71 days 18 March 2012 8 years, 187 days
43 Francis Vatican City 17 December 1936 83 years, 279 days 13 March 2013 7 years, 192 days
44 Willem-Alexander Netherlands 27 April 1967 53 years, 147 days 30 April 2013 7 years, 144 days
45 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar 3 June 1980 40 years, 110 days 25 June 2013 7 years, 88 days
46 Philippe Belgium 15 April 1960 60 years, 159 days 21 July 2013 7 years, 62 days
47 Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah Perak (Malaysia) 27 November 1956 63 years, 299 days 29 May 2014 6 years, 115 days
48 Felipe VI Spain 30 January 1968 52 years, 235 days 19 June 2014 6 years, 94 days
49 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi Arabia 31 December 1935 84 years, 265 days 23 January 2015 5 years, 242 days
50 Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) Thailand 28 July 1952 68 years, 55 days 13 October 2016 3 years, 344 days
51 Mahmud Sallehuddin Kedah (Malaysia) 30 April 1942 78 years, 144 days 11 September 2017 3 years, 10 days
52 Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Pahang (Malaysia)[e] 30 July 1959 61 years, 53 days 15 January 2019 1 year, 250 days
53 Naruhito Japan 23 February 1960 60 years, 211 days 1 May 2019 1 year, 143 days
54 Haitham bin Tariq Al Said Oman 13 October 1954 65 years, 344 days 11 January 2020 254 days
  1. ^ Barbados plans to remove Elizabeth II as their head of state and become a republic by November 2021.
  2. ^ The country was called the Kingdom of Swaziland until 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ Previously reigned 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 Ri'ayatuddin is also the currently-reigning Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and has reigned for 1 year, 234 days (31 January 2019).

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