Places/Travel Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy

Reference
90.8k views 50 items

List of countries, nations and states governed or ruled by a constitutional monarchy, sorted alphabetically. In some cases nations may have multiple ruling bodies or government types, meaning they're not exclusively countries that are governed by constitutional monarchy. This list of countries that use constitutional monarchy as their form of government contains various bits of information about each nation, such as the official language or currency of the country. If you're looking for the names of countries with constitutional monarchy governments then you're in the right place.

The list you're viewing is made up of many different items, like Saint Lucia and Lesotho.

This list answers the questions, "Which countries are ruled by constitutional monarchy?" and "Which countries are governed by constitutional monarchy?"

1
Andorra is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Andorra la Vella Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked microstate in Southwestern Europe, located in the eastern ...more

2
Aruba is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Oranjestad Aruba is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about 1,600 kilometres west of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres north of the coast of Venezuela. It measures 32 kilometres long ...more

3
Australia is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Canberra Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is an Oceanian country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the ...more

4
Bahrain is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Manama Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is a small island country situated near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago with Bahrain Island, the largest land mass, at 55 ...more

5
Barbados is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Bridgetown Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is 34 kilometres in length and up to 23 kilometres in width, covering an area of 432 square kilometres. It is situated in the ...more

6
Belize is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Belmopan Belize is a nation-state on the eastern coast of Central America. It is the only country in Central America whose official language is English, though Belizean Creole and Spanish are also ...more

7
Bhutan is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Thimphu Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is bordered to the north by China and to the south, east and west by ...more

8
Cambodia is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Phnom Penh Cambodia, officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia and once known as the Khmer Empire, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Its total ...more

9
Canada is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Ottawa Canada is a country in North America consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward ...more

10
Cook Islands is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Avarua The Cook Islands is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. It comprises 15 islands whose total land area is 240 square kilometres. The Cook Islands' ...more

11
Denmark is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Copenhagen Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The southernmost of the Nordic countries, it is located southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The ...more

12
England is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
London England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies ...more

13
Grenada is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
St. George's Grenada is an island country consisting of Grenada itself and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of ...more

14
Isle of Man is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Douglas The Isle of Man, otherwise known simply as Mann, is a self-governing British Crown dependency located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. The head of state is ...more

15
Jamaica is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Kingston Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. The island, 10,990 square kilometres in area, lies about 145 kilometres ...more

16
Japan is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Tokyo Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in ...more

17
Jersey is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Saint Helier Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is a possession of the Crown in right of Jersey, off the coast of Normandy, France. The bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, along with ...more

18
Jordan is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Amman Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab kingdom in the Middle East, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and east, Iraq to ...more

19
Kingdom of the Netherlands is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Amsterdam The Kingdom of the Netherlands, commonly known as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in western Europe and in the Caribbean. The Kingdom is ...more

20
Kuwait is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Kuwait City Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is an Arab country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi ...more

21
Lesotho is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Maseru Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is an enclaved landlocked country completely surrounded by South Africa. It is just over 30,000 km² in size and has a population slightly over ...more

22
Liechtenstein is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Vaduz Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein, is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in Central Europe. It is a constitutional principality headed by the Prince of ...more

23
Luxembourg is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. It ...more

24
Malaysia is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of 329,847 square kilometres ...more

25
Monaco is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state and microstate, located on the French Riviera in Western Europe. It is bordered by France on three sides; one side ...more

26
Morocco is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Rabat Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Geographically, Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior and large portions of ...more

27
Netherlands is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Amsterdam The Netherlands is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a small, densely populated country, lying mainly in Western Europe, but also including three islands in ...more

28
New Zealand is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Wellington New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, ...more

29
Niue is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Alofi Niue is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,400 kilometres northeast of New Zealand within the triangle formed by Tonga to the west, Samoa to the north, and the Cook Islands to the ...more

30
Northern Ireland is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Belfast Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It is variously described as a country, province, or region of ...more

31
Norway is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Oslo Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus Jan Mayen and the Arctic ...more

32
Oman is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Muscat Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is an Arab country in the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Holding a strategically important position at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the ...more

33
Papua New Guinea is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Port Moresby Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a ...more

34
Qatar is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Doha Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a sovereign Arab country located in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land ...more

35
Saint Kitts and Nevis is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Basseterre The Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island country in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both ...more

36
Saint Lucia is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Castries Saint Lucia is a sovereign island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint ...more

37
Saint Vincent and the Grenadin... is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles Island arc, in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of ...more

38
Samoa is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Apia Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa, is an Oceanian country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It ...more

39
Scotland is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Edinburgh Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded ...more

40
Solomon Islands is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Honiara Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of a large number of islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of 28,400 square ...more

41
Spain is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Madrid Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea ...more

42
Sweden is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Stockholm Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. Sweden borders Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund. ...more

43
Thailand is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Bangkok Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to ...more

44
Bahamas is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Nassau The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country of the Lucayan Archipelago consisting of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean; north of ...more

45
Tokelau is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Atafu, Tokelau, Nukunonu Tokelau is a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean that consists of three tropical coral atolls with a combined land area of 10 km² and a population of approximately 1,400. ...more

46
Tonga is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Nukuʻalofa Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 177 islands with a total surface area of about 750 square kilometres scattered over 700,000 ...more

47
Tuvalu is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Funafuti Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls ...more

48
Union of South Africa is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Bloemfontein, Pietermaritzburg, Cape Town The Union of South Africa is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into being on 31 May 1910 with the unification of four previously separate British ...more

49
United Kingdom is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
London The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign state in Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European ...more

50
Wales is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list Countries Ruled by Constitutional Monarchy
Cardiff Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east, the Irish Sea to its north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south. ...more