Pope Francis's funeral: who's attending?

VATICAN - World leaders will be in Rome on Saturday for Pope Francis's funeral, in one of the largest diplomatic gatherings of recent times.

Here is a list of heads of state and government as well as global royals in attendance, according to the Vatican.

Americas

ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei

BELIZE: Governor General Froyla Tzalam

BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

CANADA: Governor General Mary Simon

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: President Luis Abinader

ECUADOR: President Daniel Noboa Azin

HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro

UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump. Former president Joe Biden is also attending.

US President Donald Trump (C) and First Lady Melania Trump (2L) stand alongside leaders including Poland's President Andrzej Duda (REAR) and Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (L) as they attend the late Pope Francis' funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Credit: AFP)

Europe

ALBANIA: President Bajram Begaj

ANDORRA: Co-Prince Joan-Enric Vives Sicilia

ARMENIA: President Vahagn Khachaturyan

AUSTRIA: President Alexander Van der Bellen, Chancellor Christian Stocker

BELGIUM: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: President Zelika Cvijanovic

BULGARIA: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov

CROATIA: President Zoran Milanovic, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic

CYPRUS: President Nikos Christodoulides

CZECH REPUBLIC: Prime Minister Petr Fiala

DENMARK: Queen Mary

ESTONIA: President Alar Karis

EUROPEAN UNION: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, European Council president Antonio Costa

FINLAND: President Alexander Stubb

FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron

GEORGIA: President Mikheil Kavelashvili

GERMANY: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

GREECE: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

HUNGARY: President Tamas Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orban

ICELAND: President Halla Tomasdottir

IRELAND: President Michael Higgins plus Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheal Martin

ITALY: President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

KOSOVO: President Vjosa Osmani

LATVIA: President Edgars Rinkevics

LIECHTENSTEIN: Prince Alois and Princess Sophie

LITHUANIA: President Gitanas Nauseda

LUXEMBOURG: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Prime Minister Luc Frieden

MALTA: President Myriam Spiteri Debono

MOLDOVA: President Maia Sandu

MONACO: Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene

MONTENEGRO: President Jakov Milatovic

NETHERLANDS: Prime Minister Dick Schoof

NORTH MACEDONIA: President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova

NORWAY: Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide

POLAND: President Andrzej Duda

PORTUGAL: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro

ROMANIA: Interim president Ilie Bolojan

RUSSIA: Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova

SERBIA: Prime Minister Djuro Macut

SLOVAKIA: President Peter Pellegrini

SLOVENIA: President Natasa Pirc Musar and Prime Minister Robert Golob

SPAIN: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

SWEDEN: King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, as well as Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson

SWITZERLAND: President Karin Keller-Sutter

UKRAINE: President Volodymyr Zelensky

UNITED KINGDOM: Prince William, representing head of state King Charles III, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Jordan's King Abdullah II (C) arrives with Jordan's Queen Rania ahead of the late Pope Francis' funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square at The Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Credit: AFP)

Middle East

IRAN: Culture Minister Abbas Salehi, representing President Masoud Pezeshkian
ISRAEL: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See

JORDAN: King Abdullah II and Queen Rania

LEBANON: President Joseph Aoun

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa

QATAR: Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi

Africa

ANGOLA: President Joao Lourenco

BURUNDI: Vice President Prosper Bazombanza

CAPE VERDE: President Jose Maria Neves

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President Faustin-Archange Touadera

DR CONGO: President Felix Tshisekedi

GABON: President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema

KENYA: President William Ruto

LESOTHO: King Letsie III