Monarchies | Full List, Population & Data
Countries governed as a monarchy, kingdom, or emirate.
Countries
49
Population
663M
Total area
27,617,364 km²
Countries
| # | Country | Capital | Population | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | Tokyo | 123M | 377,930 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | London | 69M | 244,376 |
| 3 | Thailand | Bangkok | 66M | 513,120 |
| 4 | Spain | Madrid | 49M | 505,992 |
| 5 | Afghanistan | Kabul | 44M | 652,230 |
| 6 | Canada | Ottawa | 42M | 9,984,670 |
| 7 | Morocco | Rabat | 37M | 446,550 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 35M | 2,149,690 |
| 9 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 34M | 330,803 |
| 10 | Australia | Canberra | 28M | 7,692,024 |
| 11 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 18M | 41,865 |
| 12 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 18M | 181,035 |
| 13 | Belgium | Brussels | 12M | 30,528 |
| 14 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 12M | 462,840 |
| 15 | Jordan | Amman | 12M | 89,342 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 11M | 83,600 |
| 17 | Sweden | Stockholm | 11M | 450,295 |
| 18 | Denmark | Copenhagen | 6M | 43,094 |
| 19 | Norway | Oslo | 5.6M | 386,224 |
| 20 | Oman | Muscat | 5.3M | 309,500 |
| 21 | New Zealand | Wellington | 5.3M | 268,838 |
| 22 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 4.9M | 17,818 |
| 23 | Qatar | Doha | 3.2M | 11,586 |
| 24 | Jamaica | Kingston | 2.8M | 10,991 |
| 25 | Lesotho | Maseru | 2.1M | 30,355 |
| 26 | Bahrain | Manama | 1.6M | 765 |
| 27 | Eswatini | Mbabane | 1.2M | 17,364 |
| 28 | Bhutan | Thimphu | 784K | 38,394 |
| 29 | Solomon Islands | Honiara | 750.3K | 28,896 |
| 30 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 682K | 2,586 |
| 31 | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 455.5K | 5,765 |
| 32 | Belize | Belmopan | 417.6K | 22,966 |
| 33 | Bahamas | Nassau | 398.2K | 13,943 |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | Castries | 184.1K | 616 |
| 35 | Curaçao | Willemstad | 156.1K | 444 |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 110.9K | 389 |
| 37 | Grenada | St. George's | 109K | 344 |
| 38 | Aruba | Oranjestad | 107.6K | 180 |
| 39 | Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's | 103.6K | 442 |
| 40 | Tonga | Nuku'alofa | 100.2K | 747 |
| 41 | Cayman Islands | George Town | 84.7K | 264 |
| 42 | Greenland | Nuuk | 56.5K | 2,166,086 |
| 43 | Faroe Islands | Tórshavn | 54.9K | 1,393 |
| 44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 51.3K | 261 |
| 45 | Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | 41.3K | 34 |
| 46 | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 40.9K | 160 |
| 47 | Monaco | Monaco | 38.4K | 2 |
| 48 | Tuvalu | Funafuti | 10.6K | 26 |
| 49 | Vatican City | Vatican City | 882 | 0 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Monarchies | Full List, Population & Data list currently contains 49 countries, based on data from multiple authoritative sources. See the full table above for every entry.
We filter our country database using rules described in each list (for example landlocked = no sea coastline in the source data). This page shows 49 matching countries.
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