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 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

No.	Name	State(s)	Born	Age	Acceded	Years reigned
1	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	21 April 1926	94 years, 120 days	6 February 1952	68 years, 195 days
		Canada
		Australia
		New Zealand
2		Jamaica			6 August 1962	58 years, 13 days
3		Barbados			30 November 1966	53 years, 263 days
4	Hassanal Bolkiah	Brunei	15 July 1946	74 years, 35 days	5 October 1967	52 years, 319 days
5	Margrethe II	Denmark	16 April 1940	80 years, 125 days	14 January 1972	48 years, 218 days
6	Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III	Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)	6 July 1939	81 years, 44 days	25 January 1972	48 years, 207 days
7	Elizabeth II	The Bahamas	21 April 1926	94 years, 120 days	10 July 1973	47 years, 40 days
8	Carl XVI Gustaf	Sweden	30 April 1946	74 years, 111 days	15 September 1973	46 years, 339 days
9	Elizabeth II	Grenada	21 April 1926	94 years, 120 days	7 February 1974	46 years, 194 days
10	Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi	Fujairah (United Arab Emirates)	25 September 1948	71 years, 329 days	18 September 1974	45 years, 336 days
11	Elizabeth II	Papua New Guinea	21 April 1926	94 years, 120 days	16 September 1975	44 years, 338 days
12		Solomon Islands			7 July 1978	42 years, 43 days
13		Tuvalu			1 October 1978	41 years, 323 days
14		Saint Lucia			22 February 1979	41 years, 179 days
15		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			27 October 1979	40 years, 297 days
16	Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III	Ajman (United Arab Emirates)	1931	89 years, 231 days	6 September 1981	38 years, 348 days
17	Elizabeth II	Belize	21 April 1926	94 years, 120 days	21 September 1981	38 years, 333 days
18		Antigua and Barbuda			1 November 1981	38 years, 292 days
19		Saint Kitts and Nevis			19 September 1983	36 years, 335 days
20	Mswati III	Eswatini[lower-alpha 1]	19 April 1968	52 years, 122 days	25 April 1986	34 years, 116 days
21	Hamengkubuwono X	Yogyakarta (Indonesia)	2 April 1946	74 years, 139 days	7 March 1989	31 years, 165 days
22	Hans-Adam II	Liechtenstein	14 February 1945	75 years, 187 days	13 November 1989	30 years, 280 days
23	Harald V	Norway	21 February 1937	83 years, 180 days	17 January 1991	29 years, 215 days
24	Letsie III	Lesotho	17 July 1963	57 years, 33 days	7 February 1996[lower-alpha 2]	28 years, 265 days[lower-alpha 3]
25	Mizan Zainal Abidin	Terengganu (Malaysia)	22 January 1962	58 years, 210 days	15 May 1998	22 years, 96 days
26	Abdullah II	Jordan	30 January 1962	58 years, 202 days	7 February 1999	21 years, 194 days
27	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	Bahrain	28 January 1950	70 years, 204 days	6 March 1999	21 years, 166 days
28	Mohammed VI	Morocco	21 August 1963	56 years, 364 days	23 July 1999	21 years, 27 days
29	Syed Sirajuddin	Perlis (Malaysia)	17 May 1943	77 years, 94 days	17 April 2000	20 years, 124 days
30	Henri	Luxembourg	16 April 1955	65 years, 125 days	7 October 2000	19 years, 317 days
31	Sharafuddin Idris Shah	Selangor (Malaysia)	11 December 1945	74 years, 252 days	22 November 2001	18 years, 271 days
32	Norodom Sihamoni	Cambodia	14 May 1953	67 years, 97 days	14 October 2004	15 years, 310 days
33	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)	7 September 1948	71 years, 347 days	2 November 2004	15 years, 291 days
34	Albert II	Monaco	14 March 1958	62 years, 158 days	6 April 2005	15 years, 135 days
35	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	15 July 1949	71 years, 35 days	4 January 2006	14 years, 228 days
36	Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait	16 June 1929	91 years, 64 days	29 January 2006	14 years, 203 days
37	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	Bhutan	21 February 1980	40 years, 180 days	9 December 2006	13 years, 254 days
38	Muhriz	Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia)	14 January 1948	72 years, 218 days	29 December 2008	11 years, 234 days
39	Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla	Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates)	1 October 1952	67 years, 323 days	2 January 2009	11 years, 230 days
40	Ibrahim Ismail	Johor (Malaysia)	22 November 1958	61 years, 271 days	23 January 2010	10 years, 209 days
41	Muhammad V	Kelantan (Malaysia)	6 October 1969	50 years, 318 days	13 September 2010	9 years, 341 days
42	Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi	Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)	10 February 1956	64 years, 191 days	27 October 2010	9 years, 297 days
43	Tupou VI	Tonga	12 July 1959	61 years, 38 days	18 March 2012	8 years, 154 days
44	Francis	Vatican City	17 December 1936	83 years, 246 days	13 March 2013	7 years, 159 days
45	Willem-Alexander	Netherlands	27 April 1967	53 years, 114 days	30 April 2013	7 years, 111 days
46	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Qatar	3 June 1980	40 years, 77 days	25 June 2013	7 years, 55 days
47	Philippe	Belgium	15 April 1960	60 years, 126 days	21 July 2013	7 years, 29 days
48	Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah	Perak (Malaysia)	27 November 1956	63 years, 266 days	29 May 2014	6 years, 82 days
49	Felipe VI	Spain	30 January 1968	52 years, 202 days	19 June 2014	6 years, 61 days
50	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	31 December 1935	84 years, 232 days	23 January 2015	5 years, 209 days
51	Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)	Thailand	28 July 1952	68 years, 22 days	13 October 2016	3 years, 311 days
52	Mahmud Sallehuddin	Kedah (Malaysia)	30 April 1942	78 years, 111 days	11 September 2017	2 years, 343 days
53	Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin	Pahang (Malaysia)[lower-alpha 4]	30 July 1959	61 years, 20 days	15 January 2019	1 year, 217 days
54	Naruhito	Japan	23 February 1960	60 years, 178 days	1 May 2019	1 year, 110 days
55	Haitham bin Tariq Al Said	Oman	13 October 1954	65 years, 311 days	11 January 2020	221 days

1. The country was called the Kingdom of Swaziland until 19 April 2018.
2. Previously reigned 12 November 1990 – 25 January 1995.
3. 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.
4. Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin is also the currently-reigning Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and has reigned for 1 year, 201 days (31 January 2019).

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 oldest living state leaders

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