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

Elizabeth II, the current longest-reigning monarch.

Hassanal Bolkiah, the current longest-reigning male monarch.

This is a list of currently enthroned 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.

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 2 May 2024 T 00:35 (UTC)
1	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	21 April 1926	98 years, 11 days	6 February 1952	72 years, 86 days
		Canada
		Australia
		New Zealand
2		Jamaica			6 August 1962	61 years, 270 days
3	Hassanal Bolkiah	Brunei	15 July 1946	77 years, 292 days	5 October 1967	56 years, 210 days
4	Margrethe II	Denmark	16 April 1940	84 years, 16 days	14 January 1972	52 years, 109 days
5	Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi III	Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)	6 July 1939	84 years, 301 days	25 January 1972	52 years, 98 days
6	Elizabeth II	Bahamas	21 April 1926	98 years, 11 days	10 July 1973	50 years, 297 days
7	Carl XVI Gustaf	Sweden	30 April 1946	78 years, 2 days	15 September 1973	50 years, 230 days
8	Elizabeth II	Grenada	21 April 1926	98 years, 11 days	7 February 1974	50 years, 85 days
9	Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi	Fujairah (United Arab Emirates)	22 February 1949	75 years, 70 days	18 September 1974	49 years, 227 days
10	Elizabeth II	Papua New Guinea	21 April 1926	98 years, 11 days	16 September 1975	48 years, 229 days
11		Solomon Islands			7 July 1978	45 years, 300 days
12		Tuvalu			1 October 1978	45 years, 214 days
13		Saint Lucia			22 February 1979	45 years, 70 days
14		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			27 October 1979	44 years, 188 days
15	Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III	Ajman (United Arab Emirates)	1 January 1931	93 years, 122 days	6 September 1981	42 years, 239 days
16	Elizabeth II	Belize	21 April 1926	98 years, 11 days	21 September 1981	42 years, 224 days
17		Antigua and Barbuda			1 November 1981	42 years, 183 days
18		Saint Kitts and Nevis			19 September 1983	40 years, 226 days
19	Mswati III	Eswatini	19 April 1968	56 years, 13 days	25 April 1986	38 years, 7 days
20	Hans-Adam II	Liechtenstein	14 February 1945	79 years, 78 days	13 November 1989	34 years, 171 days
21	Harald V	Norway	21 February 1937	87 years, 71 days	17 January 1991	33 years, 106 days
22	Letsie III	Lesotho	17 July 1963	60 years, 290 days	7 February 1996	32 years, 156 days
23	Mizan Zainal Abidin	Terengganu (Malaysia)	22 January 1962	62 years, 101 days	15 May 1998	25 years, 353 days
24	Abdullah II	Jordan	30 January 1962	62 years, 93 days	7 February 1999	25 years, 85 days
25	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	Bahrain	28 January 1950	74 years, 95 days	6 March 1999	25 years, 57 days
26	Mohammed VI	Morocco	21 August 1963	60 years, 255 days	23 July 1999	24 years, 284 days
27	Syed Sirajuddin	Perlis (Malaysia)	17 May 1943	80 years, 351 days	17 April 2000	24 years, 15 days
28	Henri	Luxembourg	16 April 1955	69 years, 16 days	7 October 2000	23 years, 208 days
29	Sharafuddin Idris Shah	Selangor (Malaysia)	11 December 1945	78 years, 143 days	22 November 2001	22 years, 162 days
30	Norodom Sihamoni	Cambodia	14 May 1953	70 years, 354 days	14 October 2004	19 years, 201 days
31	Albert II	Monaco	14 March 1958	66 years, 49 days	6 April 2005	19 years, 26 days
32	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	15 July 1949	74 years, 292 days	4 January 2006	18 years, 119 days
33	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	Bhutan	21 February 1980	44 years, 71 days	9 December 2006	17 years, 145 days
34	Muhriz	Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia)	14 January 1948	76 years, 109 days	29 December 2008	15 years, 125 days
35	Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla	Umm al-Quwain (United Arab Emirates)	1 October 1952	71 years, 214 days	2 January 2009	15 years, 121 days
36	Ibrahim Ismail	Johor (Malaysia)	22 November 1958	65 years, 162 days	23 January 2010	14 years, 100 days
37	Muhammad V	Kelantan (Malaysia)	6 October 1969	54 years, 209 days	13 September 2010	13 years, 232 days
38	Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi	Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)	10 February 1956	68 years, 82 days	27 October 2010	13 years, 188 days
39	Tupou VI	Tonga	12 July 1959	64 years, 295 days	18 March 2012	12 years, 45 days
40	Francis	Vatican City	17 December 1936	87 years, 137 days	13 March 2013	11 years, 50 days
41	Willem-Alexander	Netherlands	27 April 1967	57 years, 5 days	30 April 2013	11 years, 2 days
42	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Qatar	3 June 1980	43 years, 334 days	25 June 2013	10 years, 312 days
43	Philippe	Belgium	15 April 1960	64 years, 17 days	21 July 2013	10 years, 286 days
44	Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah	Perak (Malaysia)	27 November 1956	67 years, 157 days	29 May 2014	9 years, 339 days
45	Felipe VI	Spain	30 January 1968	56 years, 93 days	19 June 2014	9 years, 318 days
46	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	31 December 1935	88 years, 123 days	23 January 2015	9 years, 100 days
47	Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)	Thailand	28 July 1952	71 years, 279 days	13 October 2016	7 years, 202 days
48	Mahmud Sallehuddin	Kedah (Malaysia)	30 April 1942	82 years, 2 days	11 September 2017	6 years, 234 days
49	Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah	Pahang (Malaysia)	30 July 1959	64 years, 277 days	15 January 2019	5 years, 108 days
50	Naruhito	Japan	23 February 1960	64 years, 69 days	1 May 2019	5 years, 1 day
51	Haitham bin Tarik Al Said	Oman	11 October 1954	69 years, 204 days	11 January 2020	4 years, 112 days
52	Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait	25 June 1937	86 years, 312 days	29 September 2020	3 years, 216 days
53	Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)	11 March 1961	63 years, 52 days	13 May 2022	1 year, 355 days