Constitutional Monarchy - List of Current Reigning Monarchies

List of Current Reigning Monarchies

State Last constitution established Type of monarchy Monarch selection
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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