List of state leaders in 1762
1761 state leaders – Events of 1762 – 1763 state leaders – State leaders by year
Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy – Kusi Obodom, Asantehene (1750–1764)
- Buganda - Kyabaggu Kabinuli, King of Buganda (1750–1780)
- Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
- Burundi - Mwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo, King of Burundi (1739–1767)
- Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
- Ethiopian Empire – Iyoas I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1755–1769)
- Nungu - Yembrima, Nunbado of Nungu (1736–1791)
- Oyo Empire - Majeogbe, Oba of Oyo (1754–1770)
- Warsangali Sultanate - Gerad Ali, Sultan of Warsangali (1750–1789)
- Yatenga - Naaba Kango, ruler of Yatenga (1754–1787)
- Zulu – Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745–1763)
Asia
- Afghanistan – Ahmad Shah Abdali, King of Afghanistan (1747–1772)
- Cambay - Mo'min Khan II, Nawab of Cambay (1743–1784)
- Amabi - Balthazar Loti, King of Amabi (1755–1790)
- Amanuban - Don Louis, Prince of Amanuban (1751–1770)
- Amarasi - Dom Affonco Hornay, Prince of Amarasi (1752–1774)
- Banjar - Tahmidullah II, Sultan of Banjar (1761–1801)
- Bhaktapur - Ranajit Malla, King of Bhaktapur (1722–1769)
- Bharatpur - Surajmal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur (1756–1763)
- Bhopal (state) - Faiz Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Bhopal (1742–1777)
- Bhutan - Sherab Wangchuck, Druk Desis of Bhutan (1744–1763)
- Bikaner - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner (1745–1787)
- Banten - Abu Nazar Muhammad Arif Zainal Asyekin, ruled (1753–1777)
- Blambangang - Danuningrat, King of Blambangang (1736–1763)
- China (Qing Dynasty) – Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735–1796)
- Empire of Japan
- Kahlur - Devi Chand, Raja of Kahlur (1738-1778)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) – Yeongjo, King of Joseon (1724–1776)
- Mysore - Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, King of Mysore (1734–1766)
- Nagpur - Janoji, Maharaja of Nagpur (1755–1782)
- Phaltan - Mudhojirao III Nimbalkar, Naik of Phaltan (1748-1765)
- Radhanpur -
- Nagur Raj - Asad-uz-Zaman Khan, Raja of Nagur (1752–1777)
- Ramgarh Raj - Bishan Singh, Raja of Ramgarh (1724–1763)
- Satara - Ramaraja, Maharaja of Santara (1749–1777)
- Savanur -
Europe
- Andorra – Coprinces:
- Denmark–Norway –
- France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
- Great Britain –
- Holy Roman Empire – Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745–1765)
- Electors
- Princes
- Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721–1765)
- Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747–1793)
- Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713–1783)
- Augsburg – Joseph, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1740–1768)
- Austria – Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740–1780)
- Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
- Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Friedrich IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735–1763)
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735–1780)
- Isenburg-Birstein - Wolfgang Ernest II, Prince of Irsenburg-Birstein (1754–1803)
- Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Freising (1727–1763)
- Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
- Hesse-Darmstadt – Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1739–1768)
- Holstein-Glückstadt – Friedrich V, Duke of Holstein-Glückstadt(1746–1766)
- Holstein-Gottorp – Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739–1762)
- Oldenburg – Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746–1766)
- Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742–1799)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
- Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
- Regensburg – Johann Theodor Cardinal of Bavaria, Bishop of Regensburg (1719–1763)
- Salm-Kyrburg – Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742–1778)
- Salm-Salm – Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738–1770)
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735–1764)
- Saxe-Gotha – Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732–1772)
- Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745–1780)
- Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706–1763)
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Johann Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1744–1767)
- Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg, Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1743–1770)
- Württemberg – Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1737–1793)
- Counts and Prelates
- Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727–1772)
- Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733–1780)
- Essen – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
- Gandersheim – Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
- Hohenlohe-Bartenstein – Karl Philipp Franz, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1744–1763, Count 1729–1744)
- Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
- Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
- Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769)
- Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold, Duke of Hoogstraten (1741–1770)
- Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724–1774)
- Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698–1766)
- Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld *(1736–1781)
- Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736–1781)
- Nassau-Saarbrücken – Wilhelm Heinrich, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1735–1768)
- Nassau-Usingen – Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718–1775)
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
- Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747–1779)
- Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739–1782)
- Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz (1723–1768)
- Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744–1784)
- Reuss-Untergreiz – Heinrich III, Count of Reuss-Untergreiz (1733–1768)
- Salm-Dyck – August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727–1767)
- Salm-Grumbach – Karl Walrad Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach (1727–1763)
- Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716–1779)
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741–1773)
- Stolberg-Rossla – Friedrich Botho, Count of Stolberg-Rossla (1739–1768)
- Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710–1771)
- Waldeck-Pyrmont – Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728–1763)
- Weingarten – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) – Georg Ernst Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) (1726–1765)
- Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) (1726–1787)
- Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander, Count of Wied (1737–1784)
- Ireland – George III, King of Ireland (1760–1820)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Portugal –
- Prussia – Frederick II King of Prussia (1740–1786)
- Russian Empire –
- Elizabeth Petrovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1741–1762)
- Peter III, Tsar of Russia (1762)
- Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
- Spain – Charles III, King of Spain (1759–1788)
- Sweden – Age of Liberty
- Tuscany – Francis Stephen, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737–1765)
- United Provinces –
- Estates of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
- Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen (province), Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
- Venice –
- Francesco Loredan, Doge of Venice (1752–1762)
- Marco Foscarini, Doge of Venice (1762–1763)
Middle East and North Africa