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Name: Monarchy Countries
Creator: Rankodex

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Monarchy Countries - Which Country Has a Monarchy?; All the Countries in the World That Still Have Monarchies - Town & Country; List of current monarchs of sovereign states - Wiki; List of current monarchies - Wiki.

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Monarchy Countries: compare 43 countries on 6 metrics.

Politics & Government43 countries · 6 metricsUpdated Feb 2, 2024Original page

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Andorra	Co-Prince	Ceremonial	Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat, Emmanuel Macron	31 May 2025, 14 May 2017	—	Ex officio
Antigua and Barbuda	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Australia	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Bahamas	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Bahrain	King	Executive	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	6 March 1999	Al Khalifa	Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain
Belgium	King	Ceremonial	Philippe	21 July 2013	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
Belize	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Bhutan	Druk Gyalpo	Executive	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	9 December 2006	Wangchuck	Jigme Namgyel
Brunei	Sultan	Absolute	Hassanal Bolkiah	5 October 1967	Bolkiah	Al-Muhtadee Billah
Cambodia	King	Ceremonial	Norodom Sihamoni	14 October 2004	Norodom	Hereditary and elective
Canada	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Denmark	King	Ceremonial	Frederik X	14 January 2024	Glücksburg (official) Monpezat (agnatic)	Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark
Eswatini	King	Absolute	Mswati III	25 April 1986	Dlamini	Hereditary and elective
Grenada	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Jamaica	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Japan	Emperor	Ceremonial	Naruhito	1 May 2019	Yamato	Fumihito, Prince Akishino (Presumptive heir)
Jordan	King	Executive	Abdullah II	7 February 1999	Al Hāshim	Hereditary and elective (presumably Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan)
Kuwait	Emir	Executive	Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	16 December 2023	Al Sabah	Hereditary and elective
Lesotho	King	Ceremonial	Letsie III	7 February 1996	Moshesh	Lerotholi Seeiso
Liechtenstein	Prince	Executive	Hans-Adam II	13 November 1989	Liechtenstein	The Hereditary Prince Alois (currently Prince Regent)
Luxembourg	Grand Duke	Ceremonial	Guillaume V	3 October 2025	Luxembourg-Nassau	Prince Charles of Luxembourg
Malaysia	Yang di-Pertuan Agong	Ceremonial & Federal	Ibrahim Iskandar	31 January 2024	Temenggong	Elective
Monaco	Prince	Executive	Albert II	6 April 2005	Grimaldi	Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco
Morocco	King	Executive	Mohammed VI	23 July 1999	Alawi	Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco
Netherlands	King	Ceremonial	Willem-Alexander	30 April 2013	Orange-Nassau	Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
New Zealand	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Norway	King	Ceremonial	Harald V	17 January 1991	Glücksburg	Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
Oman	Sultan	Absolute	Haitham bin Tariq	8 September 2022	Al Said	Theyazin bin Haitham
Papua New Guinea	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Qatar	Emir	Executive	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	25 June 2013	Al Thani	Abdullah bin Hamad
Saint Kitts and Nevis	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Saint Lucia	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Saudi Arabia	King	Absolute	Salman	23 January 2015	Al Saud	Mohammed bin Salman
Solomon Islands	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Spain	King	Ceremonial	Felipe VI	19 June 2014	Borbón-Anjou	Leonor, Princess of Asturias (Presumptive heir)
Sweden	King	Ceremonial	Carl XVI Gustaf	15 September 1973	Bernadotte	Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Thailand	King	Ceremonial	Vajiralongkorn	13 October 2016	Chakri	Dipangkorn Rasmijoti (Presumptive heir)
Tonga	King	Executive	Tupou VI	18 March 2012	Tupou	Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
Tuvalu	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
United Arab Emirates	President	Executive & Federal	Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	14 May 2022	Al Nahyan	Hereditary and elective (presumably Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan)
United Kingdom	King or Queen	Ceremonial	King Charles III	8 September 2022	Windsor	William, Prince of Wales
Vatican City	Pope	Absolute	Leo XIV	8 May 2025	—	Elective

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Where does this monarchy countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Monarchy Countries - Which Country Has a Monarchy?; All the Countries in the World That Still Have Monarchies - Town & Country; List of current monarchs of sovereign states - Wiki; List of current monarchies - Wiki.