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Hassanal Bolkiah, October 2021
Hassanal Bolkiah, the current longest-reigning monarch

This is a list of currently reigning 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.

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 14 March 2025 T 16:50 (UTC)
1 Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei 15 July 1946 78 years, 242 days 5 October 1967 57 years, 160 days
2 Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) 6 July 1939 85 years, 251 days 25 January 1972 53 years, 48 days
3 Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden 30 April 1946 78 years, 318 days 15 September 1973 51 years, 180 days
4 Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) 22 February 1949 76 years, 20 days 18 September 1974 50 years, 177 days
5 Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III Ajman (United Arab Emirates) 1 January 1931 94 years, 72 days 6 September 1981 43 years, 189 days
6 Mswati III Eswatini 19 April 1968 56 years, 329 days 25 April 1986 38 years, 323 days
7 Hans-Adam II Liechtenstein 14 February 1945 80 years, 28 days 13 November 1989 35 years, 121 days
8 Harald V Norway 21 February 1937 88 years, 21 days 17 January 1991 34 years, 56 days
9 Letsie III Lesotho 17 July 1963 61 years, 240 days 7 February 1996 33 years, 106 days
10 Mizan Zainal Abidin Terengganu (Malaysia) 22 January 1962 63 years, 51 days 15 May 1998 26 years, 303 days
11 Abdullah II Jordan 30 January 1962 63 years, 43 days 7 February 1999 26 years, 35 days
12 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Bahrain 28 January 1950 75 years, 45 days 6 March 1999 26 years, 8 days
13 Mohammed VI Morocco 21 August 1963 61 years, 205 days 23 July 1999 25 years, 234 days
14 Syed Sirajuddin Perlis (Malaysia) 17 May 1943 81 years, 301 days 17 April 2000 24 years, 331 days
15 Henri Luxembourg 16 April 1955 69 years, 332 days 7 October 2000 24 years, 158 days
16 Sharafuddin Idris Shah Selangor (Malaysia) 11 December 1945 79 years, 93 days 22 November 2001 23 years, 112 days
17 Norodom Sihamoni Cambodia 14 May 1953 71 years, 304 days 14 October 2004 20 years, 151 days
18 Albert II Monaco 14 March 1958 67 years, 0 days 6 April 2005 19 years, 342 days
19 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 15 July 1949 75 years, 242 days 4 January 2006 19 years, 69 days
20 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Bhutan 21 February 1980 45 years, 21 days 9 December 2006 18 years, 95 days
21 Muhriz Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) 14 January 1948 77 years, 59 days 29 December 2008 16 years, 75 days
22 Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) 1 October 1952 72 years, 164 days 2 January 2009 16 years, 71 days
23 Ibrahim Iskandar Johor (Malaysia) 22 November 1958 66 years, 112 days 23 January 2010 15 years, 50 days
24 Muhammad V Kelantan (Malaysia) 6 October 1969 55 years, 159 days 13 September 2010 14 years, 182 days
25 Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) 10 February 1956 69 years, 32 days 27 October 2010 14 years, 138 days
26 Tupou VI Tonga 12 July 1959 65 years, 245 days 18 March 2012 12 years, 361 days
27 Francis Vatican City 17 December 1936 88 years, 87 days 13 March 2013 12 years, 1 day
28 Willem-Alexander Netherlands 27 April 1967 57 years, 321 days 30 April 2013 11 years, 318 days
29 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar 3 June 1980 44 years, 284 days 25 June 2013 11 years, 262 days
30 Philippe Belgium 15 April 1960 64 years, 333 days 21 July 2013 11 years, 236 days
31 Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah Perak (Malaysia) 27 November 1956 68 years, 107 days 29 May 2014 10 years, 289 days
32 Felipe VI Spain 30 January 1968 57 years, 43 days 19 June 2014 10 years, 268 days
33 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi Arabia 31 December 1935 89 years, 73 days 23 January 2015 10 years, 50 days
34 Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) Thailand 28 July 1952 72 years, 229 days 13 October 2016 8 years, 152 days
35 Mahmud Sallehuddin Kedah (Malaysia) 30 April 1942 82 years, 318 days 11 September 2017 7 years, 184 days
36 Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (Malaysia) 30 July 1959 65 years, 227 days 15 January 2019 6 years, 58 days
37 Naruhito Japan 23 February 1960 65 years, 19 days 1 May 2019 5 years, 317 days
38 Haitham bin Tarik Al Said Oman 11 October 1954 70 years, 154 days 11 January 2020 5 years, 62 days
39 Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 11 March 1961 64 years, 3 days 13 May 2022 2 years, 305 days
40 Charles III Antigua and Barbuda 14 November 1948 76 years, 120 days 8 September 2022 2 years, 187 days
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41 Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kuwait 27 September 1940 84 years, 168 days 16 December 2023 1 year, 88 days
42 Frederik X Denmark 26 May 1968 56 years, 292 days 14 January 2024 1 year, 59 days

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