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 17 May 2025 T 05:35 (UTC)
1	Hassanal Bolkiah	Brunei	15 July 1946	78 years, 306 days	5 October 1967	57 years, 224 days
2	Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III	Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)	6 July 1939	85 years, 315 days	25 January 1972	53 years, 112 days
3	Carl XVI Gustaf	Sweden	30 April 1946	79 years, 17 days	15 September 1973	51 years, 244 days
4	Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi	Fujairah (United Arab Emirates)	22 February 1949	76 years, 84 days	18 September 1974	50 years, 241 days
5	Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III	Ajman (United Arab Emirates)	1 January 1931	94 years, 136 days	6 September 1981	43 years, 253 days
6	Mswati III	Eswatini	19 April 1968	57 years, 28 days	25 April 1986	39 years, 22 days
7	Hans-Adam II	Liechtenstein	14 February 1945	80 years, 92 days	13 November 1989	35 years, 185 days
8	Harald V	Norway	21 February 1937	88 years, 85 days	17 January 1991	34 years, 120 days
9	Letsie III	Lesotho	17 July 1963	61 years, 304 days	7 February 1996	33 years, 170 days
10	Mizan Zainal Abidin	Terengganu (Malaysia)	22 January 1962	63 years, 115 days	15 May 1998	27 years, 2 days
11	Abdullah II	Jordan	30 January 1962	63 years, 107 days	7 February 1999	26 years, 99 days
12	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	Bahrain	28 January 1950	75 years, 109 days	6 March 1999	26 years, 72 days
13	Mohammed VI	Morocco	21 August 1963	61 years, 269 days	23 July 1999	25 years, 298 days
14	Syed Sirajuddin	Perlis (Malaysia)	17 May 1943	82 years, 0 days	17 April 2000	25 years, 30 days
15	Henri	Luxembourg	16 April 1955	70 years, 31 days	7 October 2000	24 years, 222 days
16	Sharafuddin Idris Shah	Selangor (Malaysia)	11 December 1945	79 years, 157 days	22 November 2001	23 years, 176 days
17	Norodom Sihamoni	Cambodia	14 May 1953	72 years, 3 days	14 October 2004	20 years, 215 days
18	Albert II	Monaco	14 March 1958	67 years, 64 days	6 April 2005	20 years, 41 days
19	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	15 July 1949	75 years, 306 days	4 January 2006	19 years, 133 days
20	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	Bhutan	21 February 1980	45 years, 85 days	9 December 2006	18 years, 159 days
21	Muhriz	Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia)	14 January 1948	77 years, 123 days	29 December 2008	16 years, 139 days
22	Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla	Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates)	1 October 1952	72 years, 228 days	2 January 2009	16 years, 135 days
23	Ibrahim Iskandar	Johor (Malaysia)	22 November 1958	66 years, 176 days	23 January 2010	15 years, 114 days
24	Muhammad V	Kelantan (Malaysia)	6 October 1969	55 years, 223 days	13 September 2010	14 years, 246 days
25	Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi	Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)	10 February 1956	69 years, 96 days	27 October 2010	14 years, 202 days
26	Tupou VI	Tonga	12 July 1959	65 years, 309 days	18 March 2012	13 years, 60 days
27	Francis	Vatican City	17 December 1936	88 years, 151 days	13 March 2013	12 years, 65 days
28	Willem-Alexander	Netherlands	27 April 1967	58 years, 20 days	30 April 2013	12 years, 17 days
29	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Qatar	3 June 1980	44 years, 348 days	25 June 2013	11 years, 326 days
30	Philippe	Belgium	15 April 1960	65 years, 32 days	21 July 2013	11 years, 300 days
31	Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah	Perak (Malaysia)	27 November 1956	68 years, 171 days	29 May 2014	10 years, 353 days
32	Felipe VI	Spain	30 January 1968	57 years, 107 days	19 June 2014	10 years, 332 days
33	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	31 December 1935	89 years, 137 days	23 January 2015	10 years, 114 days
34	Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)	Thailand	28 July 1952	72 years, 293 days	13 October 2016	8 years, 216 days
35	Mahmud Sallehuddin	Kedah (Malaysia)	30 April 1942	83 years, 17 days	11 September 2017	7 years, 248 days
36	Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah	Pahang (Malaysia)	30 July 1959	65 years, 291 days	15 January 2019	6 years, 122 days
37	Naruhito	Japan	23 February 1960	65 years, 83 days	1 May 2019	6 years, 16 days
38	Haitham bin Tarik Al Said	Oman	11 October 1954	70 years, 218 days	11 January 2020	5 years, 126 days
39	Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)	11 March 1961	64 years, 67 days	13 May 2022	3 years, 4 days
40	Charles III	Antigua and Barbuda	14 November 1948	76 years, 184 days	8 September 2022	2 years, 251 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, 232 days	16 December 2023	1 year, 152 days
42	Frederik X	Denmark	26 May 1968	56 years, 356 days	14 January 2024	1 year, 123 days

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