List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign Facts for Kids

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.

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Rank	Monarch	State	Born	Current age	Acceded	Years reigned
Reigns as of 14 March 2025 T 15:37 (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
		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
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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