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.
Hassanal Bolkiah, the current longest-reigning male 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 01:35, Monday, May 2, 2022 (UTC)
1 Elizabeth II  United Kingdom 21 April 1926 96 years, 11 days 6 February 1952 70 years, 85 days
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
2  Jamaica 6 August 1962 59 years, 269 days
3 Hassanal Bolkiah  Brunei 15 July 1946 75 years, 291 days 5 October 1967 54 years, 209 days
4 Margrethe II  Denmark 16 April 1940 82 years, 16 days 14 January 1972 50 years, 108 days
5 Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III  Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) 6 July 1939 82 years, 300 days 25 January 1972 50 years, 97 days
6 Elizabeth II  Bahamas 21 April 1926 96 years, 11 days 10 July 1973 48 years, 296 days
7 Carl XVI Gustaf  Sweden 30 April 1946 76 years, 2 days 15 September 1973 48 years, 229 days
8 Elizabeth II  Grenada 21 April 1926 96 years, 11 days 7 February 1974 48 years, 84 days
9 Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi  Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) 22 February 1949 73 years, 69 days 18 September 1974 47 years, 226 days
10 Elizabeth II  Papua New Guinea 21 April 1926 96 years, 11 days 16 September 1975 46 years, 228 days
11  Solomon Islands 7 July 1978 43 years, 299 days
12  Tuvalu 1 October 1978 43 years, 213 days
13  Saint Lucia 22 February 1979 43 years, 69 days
14  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 October 1979 42 years, 187 days
15 Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III  Ajman (United Arab Emirates) 1 January 1931 91 years, 121 days 6 September 1981 40 years, 238 days
16 Elizabeth II  Belize 21 April 1926 96 years, 11 days 21 September 1981 40 years, 223 days
17  Antigua and Barbuda 1 November 1981 40 years, 182 days
18  Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983 38 years, 225 days
19 Mswati III  Eswatini[lower-alpha 1] 19 April 1968 54 years, 13 days 25 April 1986 36 years, 7 days
20 Hans-Adam II  Liechtenstein 14 February 1945 77 years, 77 days 13 November 1989 32 years, 170 days
21 Harald V  Norway 21 February 1937 85 years, 70 days 17 January 1991 31 years, 105 days
22 Letsie III  Lesotho 17 July 1963 58 years, 289 days 7 February 1996[lower-alpha 2] 30 years, 155 days[lower-alpha 3]
23 Mizan Zainal Abidin  Terengganu (Malaysia) 22 January 1962 60 years, 100 days 15 May 1998 23 years, 352 days
24 Abdullah II  Jordan 30 January 1962 60 years, 92 days 7 February 1999 23 years, 84 days
25 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa  Bahrain 28 January 1950 72 years, 94 days 6 March 1999 23 years, 57 days
26 Mohammed VI  Morocco 21 August 1963 58 years, 254 days 23 July 1999 22 years, 283 days
27 Syed Sirajuddin  Perlis (Malaysia) 17 May 1943 78 years, 350 days 17 April 2000 22 years, 15 days
28 Henri  Luxembourg 16 April 1955 67 years, 16 days 7 October 2000 21 years, 207 days
29 Sharafuddin Idris Shah  Selangor (Malaysia) 11 December 1945 76 years, 142 days 22 November 2001 20 years, 161 days
30 Norodom Sihamoni  Cambodia 14 May 1953 68 years, 353 days 14 October 2004 17 years, 200 days
31 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan  Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 7 September 1948 73 years, 237 days 2 November 2004 17 years, 181 days
32 Albert II  Monaco 14 March 1958 64 years, 49 days 6 April 2005 17 years, 26 days
33 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum  Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 15 July 1949 72 years, 291 days 4 January 2006 16 years, 118 days
34 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck  Bhutan 21 February 1980 42 years, 70 days 9 December 2006 15 years, 144 days
35 Muhriz  Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) 14 January 1948 74 years, 108 days 29 December 2008 13 years, 124 days
36 Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla  Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) 1 October 1952 69 years, 213 days 2 January 2009 13 years, 120 days
37 Ibrahim Ismail  Johor (Malaysia) 22 November 1958 63 years, 161 days 23 January 2010 12 years, 99 days
38 Muhammad V  Kelantan (Malaysia) 6 October 1969 52 years, 208 days 13 September 2010 11 years, 231 days
39 Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi  Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) 10 February 1956 66 years, 81 days 27 October 2010 11 years, 187 days
40 Tupou VI  Tonga 12 July 1959 62 years, 294 days 18 March 2012 10 years, 45 days
41 Francis   Vatican City 17 December 1936 85 years, 136 days 13 March 2013 9 years, 50 days
42 Willem-Alexander  Netherlands 27 April 1967 55 years, 5 days 30 April 2013 9 years, 2 days
43 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani  Qatar 3 June 1980 41 years, 333 days 25 June 2013 8 years, 311 days
44 Philippe  Belgium 15 April 1960 62 years, 17 days 21 July 2013 8 years, 285 days
45 Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah  Perak (Malaysia) 27 November 1956 65 years, 156 days 29 May 2014 7 years, 338 days
46 Felipe VI  Spain 30 January 1968 54 years, 92 days 19 June 2014 7 years, 317 days
47 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud  Saudi Arabia 31 December 1935 86 years, 122 days 23 January 2015 7 years, 99 days
48 Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)  Thailand 28 July 1952 69 years, 278 days 13 October 2016 5 years, 201 days
49 Mahmud Sallehuddin  Kedah (Malaysia) 30 April 1942 80 years, 2 days 11 September 2017 4 years, 233 days
50 Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah  Pahang (Malaysia)[lower-alpha 4] 30 July 1959 62 years, 276 days 15 January 2019 3 years, 107 days
51 Naruhito  Japan 23 February 1960 62 years, 68 days 1 May 2019 3 years, 1 day
52 Haitham bin Tarik Al Said  Oman 11 October 1954 67 years, 203 days 11 January 2020 2 years, 111 days
53 Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah  Kuwait 25 June 1937 84 years, 311 days 29 September 2020 1 year, 215 days

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 3 years, 91 days (31 January 2019).

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