List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign facts for kids

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 |
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1 | Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | 15 July 1946 | 78 years, 262 days | 5 October 1967 | 57 years, 180 days |
2 | Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III | Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) | 6 July 1939 | 85 years, 271 days | 25 January 1972 | 53 years, 68 days |
3 | Carl XVI Gustaf | Sweden | 30 April 1946 | 78 years, 338 days | 15 September 1973 | 51 years, 200 days |
4 | Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi | Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) | 22 February 1949 | 76 years, 40 days | 18 September 1974 | 50 years, 197 days |
5 | Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III | Ajman (United Arab Emirates) | 1 January 1931 | 94 years, 92 days | 6 September 1981 | 43 years, 209 days |
6 | Mswati III | Eswatini | 19 April 1968 | 56 years, 349 days | 25 April 1986 | 38 years, 343 days |
7 | Hans-Adam II | Liechtenstein | 14 February 1945 | 80 years, 48 days | 13 November 1989 | 35 years, 141 days |
8 | Harald V | Norway | 21 February 1937 | 88 years, 41 days | 17 January 1991 | 34 years, 76 days |
9 | Letsie III | Lesotho | 17 July 1963 | 61 years, 260 days | 7 February 1996 | 33 years, 126 days |
10 | Mizan Zainal Abidin | Terengganu (Malaysia) | 22 January 1962 | 63 years, 71 days | 15 May 1998 | 26 years, 323 days |
11 | Abdullah II | Jordan | 30 January 1962 | 63 years, 63 days | 7 February 1999 | 26 years, 55 days |
12 | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 28 January 1950 | 75 years, 65 days | 6 March 1999 | 26 years, 28 days |
13 | Mohammed VI | Morocco | 21 August 1963 | 61 years, 225 days | 23 July 1999 | 25 years, 254 days |
14 | Syed Sirajuddin | Perlis (Malaysia) | 17 May 1943 | 81 years, 321 days | 17 April 2000 | 24 years, 351 days |
15 | Henri | Luxembourg | 16 April 1955 | 69 years, 352 days | 7 October 2000 | 24 years, 178 days |
16 | Sharafuddin Idris Shah | Selangor (Malaysia) | 11 December 1945 | 79 years, 113 days | 22 November 2001 | 23 years, 132 days |
17 | Norodom Sihamoni | Cambodia | 14 May 1953 | 71 years, 324 days | 14 October 2004 | 20 years, 171 days |
18 | Albert II | Monaco | 14 March 1958 | 67 years, 20 days | 6 April 2005 | 19 years, 362 days |
19 | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | 15 July 1949 | 75 years, 262 days | 4 January 2006 | 19 years, 89 days |
20 | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Bhutan | 21 February 1980 | 45 years, 41 days | 9 December 2006 | 18 years, 115 days |
21 | Muhriz | Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) | 14 January 1948 | 77 years, 79 days | 29 December 2008 | 16 years, 95 days |
22 | Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla | Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) | 1 October 1952 | 72 years, 184 days | 2 January 2009 | 16 years, 91 days |
23 | Ibrahim Iskandar | Johor (Malaysia) | 22 November 1958 | 66 years, 132 days | 23 January 2010 | 15 years, 70 days |
24 | Muhammad V | Kelantan (Malaysia) | 6 October 1969 | 55 years, 179 days | 13 September 2010 | 14 years, 202 days |
25 | Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi | Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) | 10 February 1956 | 69 years, 52 days | 27 October 2010 | 14 years, 158 days |
26 | Tupou VI | Tonga | 12 July 1959 | 65 years, 265 days | 18 March 2012 | 13 years, 16 days |
27 | Francis | Vatican City | 17 December 1936 | 88 years, 107 days | 13 March 2013 | 12 years, 21 days |
28 | Willem-Alexander | Netherlands | 27 April 1967 | 57 years, 341 days | 30 April 2013 | 11 years, 338 days |
29 | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Qatar | 3 June 1980 | 44 years, 304 days | 25 June 2013 | 11 years, 282 days |
30 | Philippe | Belgium | 15 April 1960 | 64 years, 353 days | 21 July 2013 | 11 years, 256 days |
31 | Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah | Perak (Malaysia) | 27 November 1956 | 68 years, 127 days | 29 May 2014 | 10 years, 309 days |
32 | Felipe VI | Spain | 30 January 1968 | 57 years, 63 days | 19 June 2014 | 10 years, 288 days |
33 | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Saudi Arabia | 31 December 1935 | 89 years, 93 days | 23 January 2015 | 10 years, 70 days |
34 | Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) | Thailand | 28 July 1952 | 72 years, 249 days | 13 October 2016 | 8 years, 172 days |
35 | Mahmud Sallehuddin | Kedah (Malaysia) | 30 April 1942 | 82 years, 338 days | 11 September 2017 | 7 years, 204 days |
36 | Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah | Pahang (Malaysia) | 30 July 1959 | 65 years, 247 days | 15 January 2019 | 6 years, 78 days |
37 | Naruhito | Japan | 23 February 1960 | 65 years, 39 days | 1 May 2019 | 5 years, 337 days |
38 | Haitham bin Tarik Al Said | Oman | 11 October 1954 | 70 years, 174 days | 11 January 2020 | 5 years, 82 days |
39 | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) | 11 March 1961 | 64 years, 23 days | 13 May 2022 | 2 years, 325 days |
40 | Charles III | Antigua and Barbuda | 14 November 1948 | 76 years, 140 days | 8 September 2022 | 2 years, 207 days |
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41 | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | 27 September 1940 | 84 years, 188 days | 16 December 2023 | 1 year, 108 days |
42 | Frederik X | Denmark | 26 May 1968 | 56 years, 312 days | 14 January 2024 | 1 year, 79 days |