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TIL As of 2025, there are 43 sovereign states in the world with a monarch as head of state. There are 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, 9 in the Americas, 6 in Oceania, and 3 in Africa. Of these 43 states, 15 are commonwealth realms with King Charles III as the monarch.

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