List of Current Reigning Monarchies
State | Last constitution established | Type of monarchy | Monarch selection |
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Andorra | 1993 | Co-Principality | Selection of Bishop of La Seu d'Urgell and election of French President |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1981 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Australia | 1901 | Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy | Hereditary succession |
The Bahamas | 1973 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Barbados | 1966 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Bahrain | 2002 | Kingdom | |
Belgium | 1831 | Kingdom; Popular monarchy | |
Belize | 1981 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Bhutan | 2007 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Cambodia | 1993 | Kingdom | Chosen by throne council |
Canada | 1867 (last updated 1982) | Constitutional Monarchy and Federal Parliamentary Democracy | Hereditary succession |
Denmark | 1953 | Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy | Hereditary succession |
Grenada | 1974 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Jamaica | 1962 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Japan | 1946 | Empire | Hereditary succession |
Jordan | 1952 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Kuwait | 1962 | Emirate | Hereditary succession, with directed approval of the House of Al-Sabah and majority of National Assembly |
Lesotho | 1993 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession directed approval of College of Chiefs |
Liechtenstein | 1862 | Principality | |
Luxembourg | 1868 | Grand duchy | |
Malaysia | 1957 | Elective monarchy; Federal monarchy | Selected from nine hereditary Sultans of the Malay states |
Monaco | 1911 | Principality | |
Morocco | 2011 | Unitary parliamentary constitutional Monarchy | Hereditary succession |
Netherlands | 1815 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
New Zealand | 1907 | Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy | Hereditary succession |
Norway | 1814 | Kingdom | |
Papua New Guinea | 1975 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1983 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Saint Lucia | 1979 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1979 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Solomon Islands | 1978 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
Spain | 1978 | Kingdom | |
Swaziland | 1968 | Kingdom; Mixture of absolute and constitutional monarchy | Hereditary succession |
Sweden | 1974 | Kingdom | Switched from semi-constitutional monarchy to constitutional monarchy |
Thailand | 1946 | Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy | Hereditary succession |
Tonga | 1970 | Kingdom | |
Tuvalu | 1978 | Kingdom | Hereditary succession |
United Arab Emirates | 1971 | Elective monarchy; Constitutional federation of absolute monarchies | President elected by the seven absolute monarchs constituting the Federal Supreme Council |
United Kingdom | 1688 | Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy | Hereditary succession |
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