List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign

This is a list of currently enthroned monarchs sorted by length of service.

Elizabeth II, the current longest-reigning monarch.

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 11 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 12:40, Wednesday, December 15, 2021 (UTC)
1 Elizabeth II United Kingdom 21 April 1926 95 years, 238 days 6 February 1952 69 years, 312 days
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
2 Jamaica 6 August 1962 59 years, 131 days
3 Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei 15 July 1946 75 years, 153 days 5 October 1967 54 years, 71 days
4 Margrethe II Denmark 16 April 1940 81 years, 243 days 14 January 1972 49 years, 335 days
5 Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) 6 July 1939 82 years, 162 days 25 January 1972 49 years, 324 days
6 Elizabeth II The Bahamas 21 April 1926 95 years, 238 days 10 July 1973 48 years, 158 days
7 Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden 30 April 1946 75 years, 229 days 15 September 1973 48 years, 91 days
8 Elizabeth II Grenada 21 April 1926 95 years, 238 days 7 February 1974 47 years, 311 days
9 Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) 22 February 1949 72 years, 296 days 18 September 1974 47 years, 88 days
10 Elizabeth II Papua New Guinea 21 April 1926 95 years, 238 days 16 September 1975 46 years, 90 days
11 Solomon Islands 7 July 1978 43 years, 161 days
12 Tuvalu 1 October 1978 43 years, 75 days
13 Saint Lucia 22 February 1979 42 years, 296 days
14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 October 1979 42 years, 49 days
15 Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III Ajman (United Arab Emirates) 1 January 1931 90 years, 348 days 6 September 1981 40 years, 100 days
16 Elizabeth II Belize 21 April 1926 95 years, 238 days 21 September 1981 40 years, 85 days
17 Antigua and Barbuda 1 November 1981 40 years, 44 days
18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983 38 years, 87 days
19 Mswati III Eswatini[lower-alpha 1] 19 April 1968 53 years, 240 days 25 April 1986 35 years, 234 days
20 Hans-Adam II Liechtenstein 14 February 1945 76 years, 304 days 13 November 1989 32 years, 32 days
21 Harald V Norway 21 February 1937 84 years, 297 days 17 January 1991 30 years, 332 days
22 Letsie III Lesotho 17 July 1963 58 years, 151 days 7 February 1996[lower-alpha 2] 30 years, 17 days[lower-alpha 3]
23 Mizan Zainal Abidin Terengganu (Malaysia) 22 January 1962 59 years, 327 days 15 May 1998 23 years, 214 days
24 Abdullah II Jordan 30 January 1962 59 years, 319 days 7 February 1999 22 years, 311 days
25 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Bahrain 28 January 1950 71 years, 321 days 6 March 1999 22 years, 284 days
26 Mohammed VI Morocco 21 August 1963 58 years, 116 days 23 July 1999 22 years, 145 days
27 Syed Sirajuddin Perlis (Malaysia) 17 May 1943 78 years, 212 days 17 April 2000 21 years, 242 days
28 Henri Luxembourg 16 April 1955 66 years, 243 days 7 October 2000 21 years, 69 days
29 Sharafuddin Idris Shah Selangor (Malaysia) 11 December 1945 76 years, 4 days 22 November 2001 20 years, 23 days
30 Norodom Sihamoni Cambodia 14 May 1953 68 years, 215 days 14 October 2004 17 years, 62 days
31 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 7 September 1948 73 years, 99 days 2 November 2004 17 years, 43 days
32 Albert II Monaco 14 March 1958 63 years, 276 days 6 April 2005 16 years, 253 days
33 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 15 July 1949 72 years, 153 days 4 January 2006 15 years, 345 days
34 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Bhutan 21 February 1980 41 years, 297 days 9 December 2006 15 years, 6 days
35 Muhriz Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) 14 January 1948 73 years, 335 days 29 December 2008 12 years, 351 days
36 Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) 1 October 1952 69 years, 75 days 2 January 2009 12 years, 347 days
37 Ibrahim Ismail Johor (Malaysia) 22 November 1958 63 years, 23 days 23 January 2010 11 years, 326 days
38 Muhammad V Kelantan (Malaysia) 6 October 1969 52 years, 70 days 13 September 2010 11 years, 93 days
39 Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) 10 February 1956 65 years, 308 days 27 October 2010 11 years, 49 days
40 Tupou VI Tonga 12 July 1959 62 years, 156 days 18 March 2012 9 years, 272 days
41 Francis Vatican City 17 December 1936 84 years, 363 days 13 March 2013 8 years, 277 days
42 Willem-Alexander Netherlands 27 April 1967 54 years, 232 days 30 April 2013 8 years, 229 days
43 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar 3 June 1980 41 years, 195 days 25 June 2013 8 years, 173 days
44 Philippe Belgium 15 April 1960 61 years, 244 days 21 July 2013 8 years, 147 days
45 Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah Perak (Malaysia) 27 November 1956 65 years, 18 days 29 May 2014 7 years, 200 days
46 Felipe VI Spain 30 January 1968 53 years, 319 days 19 June 2014 7 years, 179 days
47 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi Arabia 31 December 1935 85 years, 349 days 23 January 2015 6 years, 326 days
48 Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) Thailand 28 July 1952 69 years, 140 days 13 October 2016 5 years, 63 days
49 Mahmud Sallehuddin Kedah (Malaysia) 30 April 1942 79 years, 229 days 11 September 2017 4 years, 95 days
50 Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (Malaysia)[lower-alpha 4] 30 July 1959 62 years, 138 days 15 January 2019 2 years, 334 days
51 Naruhito Japan 23 February 1960 61 years, 295 days 1 May 2019 2 years, 228 days
52 Haitham bin Tarik Al Said Oman 13 October 1954 67 years, 63 days 11 January 2020 1 year, 338 days
53 Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kuwait 25 June 1937 84 years, 173 days 29 September 2020 1 year, 77 days
Hassanal Bolkiah, the current longest-reigning male monarch.

Notes
  1. The country was called the Kingdom of Swaziland until 19 April 2018.
  2. Previously reigned during 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 Sultan Ahmad Shah is also the currently-reigning Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and has reigned for 2 years, 318 days (31 January 2019).

See also

References
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