List of current monarchies

This is a list of current monarchies.

There are 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, 9 in the Americas, 6 in Oceania, and 3 in Africa.

[a] These are the approximate categories which present monarchies fall into:[citation needed]

Some of the extant sovereign monarchies have lines of succession that go back to the medieval period or antiquity: In Wallis and Futuna, an overseas territory of France in the South Pacific, there are three chiefdoms, Uvea, Alo and Sigave, whose monarchs are chosen by local noble families.

Additionally, one of those states, Negeri Sembilan, consists of a number of monarchial chiefdoms.