Current reigning monarchs by length of reign

This is a list of currently enthroned monarchs and lifelong leaders sorted by length of service. It includes monarchs who do not reign over entire nations, such as Hamengkubuwono X, but does not include former monarchs and pretenders, such as Michael of Romania, de facto monarchs such as François Hollande who in his capacity as President of France is also Co-Prince of Andorra, constituent monarchs such as the traditional African rulers, or monarchs whose position is unofficial, such as Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama.

List

Rank Name Nation(s) Born Age Ascended Years reigned
1. Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) Thailand 5 December 1927 88 years, 71 days 9 June 1946 69 years, 250 days
2. Elizabeth II[1] United Kingdom,
Canada,
Australia,
New Zealand		 21 April 1926 89 years, 299 days 6 February 1952 64 years, 8 days
3. Abdul Halim Kedah (Malaysia)[2] 28 November 1927 88 years, 78 days 15 July 1958 57 years, 214 days
4. Elizabeth II Jamaica – – 6 August 1962 53 years, 192 days
5. Barbados – – 30 November 1966 49 years, 76 days
6. Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei 15 July 1946 69 years, 214 days 4 October 1967 48 years, 133 days
7. Qaboos bin Said al Said Oman 18 November 1940 75 years, 88 days 23 July 1970 45 years, 206 days
8. Margrethe II Denmark 16 April 1940 75 years, 304 days 14 January 1972 44 years, 31 days
9. Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) 6 July 1939 76 years, 223 days 25 January 1972 44 years, 20 days
10. Elizabeth II The Bahamas – – 10 July 1973 42 years, 219 days
11.. Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden 30 April 1946 69 years, 290 days 15 September 1973 42 years, 152 days
12. Elizabeth II Grenada – – 7 February 1974 42 years, 7 days
13. Ahmad Shah Pahang (Malaysia) 24 October 1930 85 years, 113 days 8 May 1974 41 years, 282 days
14. Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) 25 September 1948 67 years, 142 days 18 September 1974 41 years, 149 days
15. Elizabeth II Papua New Guinea – – 16 September 1975 40 years, 151 days
16. Soloman Islands – – 7 July 1978 37 years, 222 days
17. Tuvalu – – 1 October 1978 37 years, 136 days
18. Saint Lucia – – 22 February 1979 36 years, 357 days
19. Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines		 – – 27 October 1979 36 years, 110 days
20. Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi Ajman (United Arab Emirates) 1931 85 years, 44 days 6 September 1981 34 years, 161 days
21. Elizabeth II Belize – – 21 September 1981 34 years, 146 days
22. Antigua and Barbuda – – 1 November 1981 34 years, 105 days
23. Saint Kitts and Nevis – – 19 September 1983 32 years, 148 days
24. Mswati III Swaziland 19 April 1968 47 years, 301 days 25 April 1986 29 years, 295 days
25. Akihito Japan 23 December 1933 82 years, 53 days 7 January 1989 27 years, 38 days
26. Hamengkubuwono X Yogyakarta (Indonesia) 2 April 1946 69 years, 318 days 7 March 1989 26 years, 344 days
27. Hans-Adam II Liechtenstein 14 February 1945 71 years, 0 days 13 November 1989 26 years, 93 days
28. Harald V Norway 21 February 1937 78 years, 358 days 17 January 1991 25 years, 28 days
29. Letsie III Lesotho 17 July 1963 52 years, 212 days 7 February 1996 20 years, 7 days + 4 years, 74 days[3]
30. Mizan Zainal Abidin Terengganu (Malaysia) 22 January 1962 54 years, 23 days 15 May 1998 17 years, 275 days
31. Abdullah II Jordan 30 January 1962 54 years, 15 days 7 February 1999 17 years, 7 days
32. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Bahrain 28 January 1950 66 years, 17 days 6 March 1999 16 years, 345 days
33. Mohammed VI Morocco 21 August 1963 52 years, 177 days 23 July 1999 16 years, 206 days
34. Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Perlis (Malaysia) 17 May 1943 72 years, 273 days 17 April 2000 15 years, 303 days
35. Henri Luxembourg 16 April 1955 60 years, 304 days 7 October 2000 15 years, 130 days
36. Sharafuddin Idris Shah Selangor (Malaysia) 11 December 1945 70 years, 65 days 22 November 2001 14 years, 84 days
37. Norodom Sihamoni Cambodia 14 May 1953 62 years, 276 days 14 October 2004 11 years, 123 days
38. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 25 January 1948 68 years, 20 days 3 November 2004 11 years, 103 days
39. Albert II Monaco 14 March 1958 57 years, 337 days 6 April 2005 10 years, 314 days
40. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 15 July 1949 66 years, 214 days 4 January 2006 10 years, 41 days
41. Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kuwait 16 June 1929 86 years, 243 days 29 January 2006 10 years, 16 days
42. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Bhutan 21 February 1980 35 years, 358 days 9 December 2006 9 years, 67 days
43. Tunku Muhriz Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) 14 January 1948 68 years, 31 days 29 December 2008 7 years, 47 days
44. Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates) 1 October 1952 63 years, 136 days 2 January 2009 7 years, 43 days
45. Ibrahim Ismail Johor (Malaysia) 22 November 1958 57 years, 84 days 23 January 2010 6 years, 22 days
46. Muhammad V Kelantan (Malaysia) 6 October 1969 46 years, 131 days 13 September 2010 5 years, 154 days
47. Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) 10 February 1956 60 years, 4 days 27 October 2010 5 years, 110 days
48. Tupou VI Tonga 12 July 1959 56 years, 217 days 18 March 2012 3 years, 333 days
49. Francis Vatican City 17 December 1936 79 years, 59 days 13 March 2013 2 years, 338 days
50. Willem-Alexander Netherlands 27 April 1967 48 years, 293 days 30 April 2013 2 years, 290 days
51. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar 3 June 1980 35 years, 256 days 25 June 2013 2 years, 234 days
52. Philippe Belgium 15 April 1960 55 years, 305 days 21 July 2013 2 years, 208 days
53. Nazrin Shah Perak (Malaysia) 27 November 1956 59 years, 79 days 29 May 2014 1 year, 261 days
54. Felipe VI Spain 30 January 1968 48 years, 15 days 19 June 2014 1 year, 240 days
55. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi Arabia 31 December 1935 80 years, 45 days 23 January 2015 1 year, 22 days
56. Paku Alam X Pakualaman, Yogyakarta (Indonesia) 15 December 1962 53 years, 61 days 7 January 2016 38 days

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ This length of reign applies to the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, because all of the other countries that Elizabeth II reigns over had yet to gain independence at the time she acceded to the throne, however she did reign over them as Queen from her ascension to the British Throne though as Queen of the United Kingdom rather than Queen in right of that state to be. The length of her reign in right of each state, in order of length, is as follows (date of ascension in brackets):
    • Jamaica: 53 years, 192 days (6 August 1962)
    • Barbados: 49 years, 76 days (30 November 1966)
    • The Bahamas: 42 years, 219 days (10 July 1973)
    • Grenada: 42 years, 7 days (7 February 1974)
    • Papua New Guinea: 40 years, 151 days (16 September 1975)
    • Solomon Islands: 37 years, 212 days (7 July 1978)
    • Tuvalu: 37 years, 136 days (1 October 1978)
    • Saint Lucia: 36 years, 357 days (22 February 1979)
    • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 36 years, 110 days (27 October 1979)
    • Belize: 34 years, 146 days (21 September 1981)
    • Antigua and Barbuda: 34 years, 105 days (1 November 1981)
    • Saint Kitts and Nevis: 32 years, 148 days (19 September 1983)
  2. ↑ Abdul Halim is also the currently-reigning Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and has reigned for 4 years, 63 days (13 December 2011).
  3. ↑ Letsie III also reigned from 12 November 1990 to 25 January 1995.
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