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This article is about the oldest verified people of all time. For the list, see List of the verified oldest people. For the oldest currently living people, see List of oldest living people. For contemporary unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims. For historical unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity myths.

The following are tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of old age, names here are restricted to those people whose ages have been validated by an international body dealing in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group, LongeviQuest, or Guinness World Records, and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced.

The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), a woman who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. As women live longer than men on average, women predominate in combined records. The longest lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (1897–2013), who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.

The oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated is Ethel Caterham of the United Kingdom, who has lived 116 years, 167 days. She was born on 21 August 1909.[1][2] The oldest living verified man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, who has lived 113 years, 122 days. He was born on 5 October 1912.[1][3]

Ten oldest verified people

Main article: List of the verified oldest people

Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced since the 1950s and only in certain parts of the world. All ten oldest verified people ever are female.

The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France, a woman who lived to age 122 years and 164 days.[4] She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110. Calment's claim was investigated and authenticated by Jean-Marie Robine and Dr. Michel Allard for the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[5] Her longevity claim was put into question in 2018, but the original assessing team stood by their judgement.[6]

Oldest women

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of deathor residence
01	Jeanne Calment	21 February 1875	4 August 1997	122 years, 164 days	France
02	Kane Tanaka[7]	2 January 1903	19 April 2022	119 years, 107 days	Japan
03	Sarah Knauss[8]	24 September 1880	30 December 1999	119 years, 97 days	United States
04	Lucile Randon[9]	11 February 1904	17 January 2023	118 years, 340 days	France
05	Nabi Tajima[7]	4 August 1900	21 April 2018	117 years, 260 days	Japan
06	Marie-Louise Meilleur[10]	29 August 1880	16 April 1998	117 years, 230 days	Canada
07	Violet Brown[7]	10 March 1900	15 September 2017	117 years, 189 days	Jamaica
08	Maria Branyas Morera[1]	4 March 1907	19 August 2024[11]	117 years, 168 days	Spain[a]
09	Emma Morano[7]	29 November 1899	15 April 2017	117 years, 137 days	Italy
10	Chiyo Miyako[12]	2 May 1901	22 July 2018	117 years, 81 days	Japan

Oldest men

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of deathor residence
01	Jiroemon Kimura[13][14]	19 April 1897	12 June 2013	116 years, 54 days	Japan
02	Christian Mortensen[14]	16 August 1882	25 April 1998	115 years, 252 days	United States[b]
03	Emiliano Mercado del Toro[14]	21 August 1891	24 January 2007	115 years, 156 days	United States (Puerto Rico)
04	Juan Vicente Pérez[15]	27 May 1909	2 April 2024[16]	114 years, 311 days	Venezuela
05	Horacio Celi Mendoza[17]	3 January 1897	25 September 2011	114 years, 265 days	Peru
06	Walter Breuning[18]	21 September 1896	14 April 2011	114 years, 205 days	United States
07	Yukichi Chuganji[19]	23 March 1889	28 September 2003	114 years, 189 days	Japan
08	Tomás Pinales Figuereo[20]	31 March 1906	24 September 2020	114 years, 177 days	Dominican Republic
09	Joan Riudavets[21]	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	Spain
10	Fred Harold Hale[22]	1 December 1890	19 November 2004	113 years, 354 days	United States

a^ Branyas was born in the United States. b^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.

Ten oldest living people

Main article: List of oldest living people

Oldest living women

Rank	Name	Birth date	Age as of4 February 2026	Place ofresidence
01	Ethel Caterham[1]	21 August 1909	116 years, 167 days	United Kingdom
02	Marie-Rose Tessier[1]	21 May 1910	115 years, 259 days	France
03	Naomi Whitehead[1]	26 September 1910	115 years, 131 days	United States
04	Lucia Laura Sangenito[1]	22 November 1910	115 years, 74 days	Italy
05	Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo[23]	13 January 1911	115 years, 22 days	Brazil
06	Shigeko Kagawa[1]	28 May 1911	114 years, 252 days	Japan
07	Beatriz Ferreira Duarte[24]	21 June 1911	114 years, 228 days	Brazil
08	Bonita Gibson[1]	4 July 1911	114 years, 215 days	United States
09	Fuyo Kishimoto[1]	20 December 1911	114 years, 46 days	Japan
10	Ilse Meingast[1]	14 March 1912	113 years, 327 days	United States[a]

a^ Meingast was born in the German Empire.

Oldest living men

Rank	Name	Birth date	Age as of4 February 2026	Place ofresidence
01	João Marinho Neto[1]	5 October 1912	113 years, 122 days	Brazil
02	Ilie Ciocan[1]	10 June 1913	112 years, 239 days	Romania
03	Ken Weeks[1]	5 October 1913	112 years, 122 days	Australia
04	Primo Olivieri[1]	7 March 1914	111 years, 334 days	Brazil
05	Kiyotaka Mizuno[1]	14 March 1914	111 years, 327 days	Japan
06	Vitantonio Lovallo[1]	28 March 1914	111 years, 313 days	Italy
07	Francisco Ernesto Filho[25]	5 April 1914	111 years, 305 days	Brazil
08	Hikaru Kato[1]	2 May 1914	111 years, 278 days	Japan
09	Virgilio Dávalos Rey[26]	8 October 1914	111 years, 119 days	Paraguay
10	Tokuji Tanigaki[1]	8 November 1914	111 years, 88 days	Japan

Chronological list of the oldest-known living people since 1951

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest-known living people from 1951 to present, according to GRG research and the Guinness World Records.[27] Due to the life expectancy difference between sexes, nearly all the oldest living people have been women (thus the maximum life span is guided by the female numbers); a sequence of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.

From	Duration	Name	Sex	Age(s)whenoldest	Lifespan	Place of deathor residence
Unknown	—N/a	Lucy Woodman	F	N/A–109	3 May 1841 – 28 April 1951109 years, 360 days	United States
28 April 1951	2 years, 261 days	Nancy Merriman[28]	F	109–112	19 December 1841 – 14 January 1954112 years, 26 days	United States
14 January 1954	1 year, 283 days	Betsy Baker	F	111–113	20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955113 years, 65 days	United States[a]
24 October 1955	1 year, 53 days	Jennie Howell	F	110–111	11 February 1845 – 16 December 1956111 years, 309 days	United States
16 December 1956	22 days	Mathias Hansen Saether[29]	M	108	21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957108 years, 78 days	Norway
7 January 1957	1 year, 362 days	Catherine Waller[30]	F	108–110	1 December 1848 – 4 January 1959110 years, 34 days	United States
4 January 1959	276 days	Christina Karnebeek-Backs	F	109–110	2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959110 years, 5 days	Netherlands
7 October 1959	1 year, 2 days	Robert Early[31]	M	109–111	8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960111 years, 1 day	United States
9 October 1960	50 days	Nettie Minick	F	109	3 April 1851 – 28 November 1960109 years, 239 days	United States
28 November 1960	4 years, 32 days	Mary Kelly	F	109–113	7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964113 years, 206 days	United States
30 December 1964	2 years, 157 days	James King[17]	M	110–112	15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967112 years, 202 days	United States
5 June 1967	1 year, 138 days	Narcissa Rickman[32]	F	111–113	13 September 1855 – 21 October 1968113 years, 38 days	United States
21 October 1968	24 days	Tome Horigome[33]	F	111	22 January 1857 – 14 November 1968111 years, 297 days	Japan
14 November 1968	171 days	Marie Bernátková	F	111	22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969[34]111 years, 194 days	Czechoslovakia[b]
4 May 1969	241 days	Haruno Shimada[33]	F	111–112	24 December 1857 – 31 December 1969112 years, 7 days	Japan
31 December 1969	11 days	Ada Roe	F	111	6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970111 years, 339 days	United Kingdom
11 January 1970	2 years, 181 days	Kitty Harvey[35]	F	109–112	12 January 1860 – 10 July 1972112 years, 180 days	United States
10 July 1972	232 days	Josefa Salas Mateo	F	111–112	14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973112 years, 228 days	Spain
27 February 1973	172 days	Alice Stevenson	F	111–112	10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973112 years, 39 days	United Kingdom
18 August 1973	145 days	Ettie Crist[36]	F	111	14 February 1862 – 10 January 1974111 years, 330 days	United States
10 January 1974	87 days	Laurence Entiope	F	111	9 December 1862 – 7 April 1974111 years, 119 days	France
7 April 1974	1 year, 54 days	Mito Umeta	F	110–112	14 May 1863 – 31 May 1975112 years, 17 days	Japan
31 May 1975	1 year, 169 days	Niwa Kawamoto[37]	F	111–113	17 September 1863 – 16 November 1976113 years, 60 days	Japan
16 November 1976	1 year, 354 days	Alice Coles[38]	F	111–113	28 August 1865 – 5 November 1978113 years, 69 days	United States
5 November 1978	2 years, 83 days	Eliza Underwood[17]	F	112–114	15 March 1866 – 27 January 1981114 years, 318 days	United States
27 January 1981	211 days	Judia Ward[20]	F	112–113	15 June 1868 – 26 August 1981113 years, 72 days	United States
26 August 1981	1 year, 79 days	Nellie Spencer	F	112–113	24 August 1869 – 13 November 1982113 years, 81 days	United States
13 November 1982	334 days	Emma Wilson	F	112–113	12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983113 years, 154 days	United States
13 October 1983	3 years, 8 days	Augusta Holtz	F	112–115	3 August 1871 – 21 October 1986115 years, 79 days	United States[c]
21 October 1986	104 days	Mary McKinney	F	113	30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987113 years, 248 days	United States
2 February 1987	328 days	Anna Eliza Williams	F	113–114	2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987114 years, 208 days	United Kingdom
27 December 1987	15 days	Florence Knapp	F	114	10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988114 years, 93 days	United States
11 January 1988	2 years, 177 days	Easter Wiggins[39]	F	113–116	1 June 1874 – 7 July 1990116 years, 36 days	United States
7 July 1990	7 years, 28 days	Jeanne Calment[d]	F	115–122	21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997122 years, 164 days	France
4 August 1997	255 days	Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	116–117	29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998117 years, 230 days	Canada
16 April 1998	1 year, 258 days	Sarah Knauss	F	117–119	24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999119 years, 97 days	United States
30 December 1999	327 days	Ella Miller[41]	F	115	6 December 1884 – 21 November 2000115 years, 351 days	United States
21 November 2000	197 days	Marie Brémont	F	114–115	25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001115 years, 42 days	France
5 June 2001[e]	286 days	Maud Farris-Luse[42]	F	114–115	21 February 1887 – 18 March 2002115 years, 25 days	United States
18 March 2002	71 days	Grace Clawson	F	114	15 November 1887 – 28 May 2002114 years, 194 days	United States[f]
28 May 2002	85 days	Adelina Domingues	F	114	19 February 1888 – 21 August 2002114 years, 183 days	United States[g]
21 August 2002	130 days	Mae Harrington	F	113	20 January 1889 – 29 December 2002113 years, 343 days	United States
29 December 2002	273 days	Yukichi Chuganji	M	113–114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003114 years, 189 days	Japan
28 September 2003	46 days	Mitoyo Kawate	F	114	15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003114 years, 182 days	Japan
13 November 2003	198 days	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan[43]	F	114	1 September 1889 – 29 May 2004114 years, 271 days	United States(Puerto Rico)
29 May 2004	2 years, 90 days	María Capovilla	F	114–116	14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006116 years, 347 days	Ecuador
27 August 2006	106 days	Elizabeth Bolden	F	116	15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006116 years, 118 days	United States
11 December 2006	44 days	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007115 years, 156 days	United States(Puerto Rico)
24 January 2007	4 days	Emma Tillman	F	114	22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007114 years, 67 days	United States
29 January 2007[h]	196 days	Yone Minagawa	F	114	4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007114 years, 221 days	Japan
13 August 2007	1 year, 105 days	Edna Parker	F	114–115	20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008115 years, 220 days	United States
26 November 2008	37 days	Maria de Jesus	F	115	10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009115 years, 114 days	Portugal
2 January 2009	252 days	Gertrude Baines	F	114–115	6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009115 years, 158 days	United States
11 September 2009	233 days	Kama Chinen	F	114	10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010114 years, 357 days	Japan
2 May 2010	186 days	Eugénie Blanchard	F	114	16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010114 years, 261 days	France(Saint Barthélemy)
4 November 2010	14 days	Ana Nogueira de Luca[44]	F	114	21 June 1896 – 18 November 2010114 years, 150 days	Brazil
18 November 2010	215 days	Maria Gomes Valentim	F	114	9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011114 years, 347 days	Brazil
21 June 2011	1 year, 166 days	Besse Cooper	F	114–116	26 August 1896 – 4 December 2012116 years, 100 days	United States
4 December 2012	13 days	Dina Manfredini	F	115	4 April 1897 – 17 December 2012115 years, 257 days	United States[i]
17 December 2012	177 days	Jiroemon Kimura	M	115–116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013116 years, 54 days	Japan
12 June 2013	1 year, 293 days	Misao Okawa	F	115–117	5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015117 years, 27 days	Japan
31 March 2015[j]	6 days	Gertrude Weaver	F	116	4 July 1898 – 6 April 2015116 years, 276 days	United States
6 April 2015	72 days	Jeralean Talley	F	115–116	23 May 1899 – 17 June 2015116 years, 25 days	United States
17 June 2015	330 days	Susannah Mushatt Jones	F	115–116	6 July 1899 – 12 May 2016116 years, 311 days	United States
13 May 2016[k]	337 days	Emma Morano	F	116–117	29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017117 years, 137 days	Italy
15 April 2017	153 days	Violet Brown	F	117	10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017117 years, 189 days	Jamaica
16 September 2017[l]	217 days	Nabi Tajima	F	117	4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018117 years, 260 days	Japan
21 April 2018	92 days	Chiyo Miyako[12]	F	116–117	2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018117 years, 81 days	Japan
22 July 2018	3 years, 271 days	Kane Tanaka	F	115–119	2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022119 years, 107 days	Japan
19 April 2022	273 days	Lucile Randon	F	118	11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023118 years, 340 days	France
17 January 2023	1 year, 215 days	Maria Branyas Morera	F	115–117	4 March 1907 – 19 August 2024117 years, 168 days	Spain[m]
19 August 2024	132 days	Tomiko Itooka	F	116	23 May 1908 – 29 December 2024116 years, 220 days	Japan
29 December 2024	122 days	Inah Canabarro Lucas	F	116	8 June 1908 – 30 April 2025116 years, 326 days	Brazil
30 April 2025	280 days	Ethel Caterham	F	115–116*	born 21 August 1909116 years, 167 days	United Kingdom

Chronological list of the oldest living men since 1951

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1951 to present.[14][45][46] Bold indicates people who were also the oldest living person.

From	Duration	Name	Age(s)whenoldest	Lifespan	Place of deathor residence
Unknown	—N/a	James Smith	N/A–108	10 July 1842 – 27 March 1951108 years, 260 days	United States
27 March 1951	1 year, 350 days	James Hard	107–109	15 July 1843 – 12 March 1953109 years, 240 days	United States
12 March 1953	212 days	Karl Glöckner	107	29 December 1845 – 10 October 1953107 years, 285 days	West Germany
10 October 1953	342 days	Wayland Newell[29][47]	107–108	15 September 1846 – 17 September 1954108 years, 2 days	United States
17 September 1954	6 days	Anders Johansson[46]	106	24 March 1848 – 23 September 1954106 years, 183 days	Sweden
23 September 1954	71 days	Euclid Story[46]	106	30 July 1848 – 3 December 1954106 years, 126 days	United States
3 December 1954	101 days	Daniel Cummings[46]	106	25 September 1848 – 14 March 1955106 years, 170 days	United States
14 March 1955	1 year, 299 days	Mathias Hansen Saether[29]	106–108	21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957108 years, 78 days	Norway
7 January 1957	3 years, 276 days	Robert Early[31]	107–111	8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960111 years, 1 day	United States
9 October 1960	61 days	Willem Kostering[48][29]	108–109	22 November 1851 – 9 December 1960109 years, 17 days	Netherlands
9 December 1960	1 year, 93 days	Sylvester Melvin	109–110	29 November 1851 – 12 March 1962110 years, 103 days	United States
12 March 1962	4 days	Joseph Saint-Amour	110	26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962110 years, 18 days	Canada
16 March 1962	251 days	William Smith[29]	108	28 February 1854 – 22 November 1962108 years, 267 days	United States
22 November 1962	4 years, 195 days	James King[17]	108–112	15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967112 years, 202 days	United States
5 June 1967	290 days	John Mosley Turner	110–111	15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968111 years, 280 days	United Kingdom
21 March 1968	248 days	Eli Lindsay[49]	110	28 February 1858 – 24 November 1968110 years, 270 days	Canada[n]
24 November 1968	32 days	John Chaney[29]	109	12 October 1859 – 26 December 1968109 years, 75 days	United States
26 December 1968	117 days	William Lamb[29]	109	24 November 1859 – 22 April 1969109 years, 149 days	United States
22 April 1969	257 days	John Johnson[29]	108–109	27 May 1860 – 4 January 1970109 years, 222 days	United States[o]
4 January 1970	1 year, 332 days	Theophilus May[50]	108–110	5 January 1861 – 2 December 1971110 years, 331 days	United States[p]
2 December 1971	1 year, 154 days	Friedrich Wedeking	109–110	10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973110 years, 207 days	West Germany
5 May 1973	1 year, 166 days	Isaac Edwards[51]	109–110	6 December 1863 – 18 October 1974110 years, 316 days	United States
18 October 1974	2 years, 81 days	James Holt[52]	108–111	25 December 1865 – 7 January 1977111 years, 13 days	United States
7 January 1977	69 days	Jean Teillet	110	6 November 1866 – 17 March 1977110 years, 131 days	France
17 March 1977	1 year, 156 days	Charlie Nelson	109–110	21 September 1867 – 20 August 1978110 years, 333 days	United States
20 August 1978	2 years, 16 days	Charlie Phillips[53]	109–111	5 May 1869 – 5 September 1980111 years, 123 days	United States
5 September 1980	1 year, 217 days	Zachariah Blackistone	109–111	16 February 1871 – 10 April 1982111 years, 53 days	United States
10 April 1982	328 days	James Nash	109–110	31 July 1872 – 4 March 1983110 years, 216 days	United States
4 March 1983	160 days	Walter Wilcox	110	1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983110 years, 283 days	United States
11 August 1983	133 days	Gregory Pandazes	110	15 January 1873 – 22 December 1983110 years, 341 days	United States[q]
22 December 1983	186 days	Benjamin Garner	110	10 August 1873 – 25 June 1984110 years, 320 days	United States
25 June 1984	173 days	Randolph Davis[54]	110–111	15 October 1873 – 15 December 1984111 years, 61 days	United States
15 December 1984	1 year, 364 days	Joe Thomas	109–111	1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986111 years, 227 days	United States
14 December 1986	22 days	Herman Smith-Johannsen	111	15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987111 years, 204 days	Norway
5 January 1987	1 year, 325 days	Alphaeus Philemon Cole	110–112	12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988112 years, 136 days	United States
25 November 1988	1 year, 197 days	John Evans	111–112	19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990112 years, 295 days	United Kingdom
10 June 1990	8 days	Henri Pérignon	110	14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990110 years, 247 days	France
18 June 1990	189 days	Robert Freeman	110–111	22 December 1879 – 24 December 1990111 years, 2 days	United States
24 December 1990	2 years, 172 days	Frederick Frazier	110–113	27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993113 years, 138 days	United States
14 June 1993	220 days	Josep Armengol Jover	111–112	23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994112 years, 181 days	Spain
20 January 1994	210 days	Park Fountain Heard[55]	111–112	18 May 1882 – 18 August 1994112 years, 92 days	United States
18 August 1994	3 years, 250 days	Christian Mortensen	112–115	16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998115 years, 252 days	United States[r]
25 April 1998	246 days	Donald Butler	112–113	21 August 1885 – 27 December 1998113 years, 128 days	United States
27 December 1998	123 days	Denzō Ishizaki[56]	112	2 October 1886 – 29 April 1999112 years, 209 days	Japan
29 April 1999	200 days	Antonio Urrea Hernandez	111	18 February 1888 – 15 November 1999111 years, 270 days	Spain
15 November 1999	1 year, 106 days	John Painter	111–112	20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001112 years, 162 days	United States
1 March 2001	308 days	Antonio Todde	112	22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002112 years, 346 days	Italy
3 January 2002	1 year, 268 days	Yukichi Chuganji	112–114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003114 years, 189 days	Japan
28 September 2003	159 days	Joan Riudavets	113–114	15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004114 years, 81 days	Spain
5 March 2004	259 days	Fred Harold Hale	113	1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004113 years, 354 days	United States
19 November 2004	2 years, 66 days	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	113–115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007115 years, 156 days	United States(Puerto Rico)
24 January 2007	2 years, 146 days	Tomoji Tanabe	111–113	18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009113 years, 274 days	Japan
19 June 2009	29 days	Henry Allingham	113	6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009113 years, 42 days	United Kingdom
18 July 2009	1 year, 270 days	Walter Breuning	112–114	21 September 1896 – 14 April 2011114 years, 205 days	United States
14 April 2011	164 days	Horacio Celi Mendoza[17]	114	3 January 1897 – 25 September 2011114 years, 265 days	Peru
25 September 2011	1 year, 260 days	Jiroemon Kimura	114–116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013116 years, 54 days	Japan
11 June 2013[s]	94 days	Salustiano Sanchez	112	8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013112 years, 97 days	United States[t]
13 September 2013	194 days	Ernest Peronneau[57]	111–112	7 March 1902 – 26 March 2014112 years, 19 days	United States
26 March 2014	29 days	Arturo Licata	111	2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014111 years, 357 days	Italy
24 April 2014	45 days	Alexander Imich	111	4 February 1903 – 8 June 2014111 years, 124 days	United States[u]
8 June 2014	1 year, 27 days	Sakari Momoi	111–112	5 February 1903 – 5 July 2015112 years, 150 days	Japan
5 July 2015	198 days	Yasutaro Koide	112	13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016112 years, 312 days	Japan
18 January 2016[v]	1 year, 205 days	Israel Kristal	112–113	15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017113 years, 330 days	Israel[w]
11 August 2017	171 days	Francisco Núñez Olivera	112–113	13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018113 years, 47 days	Spain
30 January 2018[x]	355 days	Masazo Nonaka	112–113	25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019113 years, 179 days	Japan
20 January 2019	1 year, 248 days	Tomás Pinales Figuereo[20]	112–114	31 March 1906 – 24 September 2020114 years, 177 days	Dominican Republic
24 September 2020[y]	322 days	Emilio Flores Márquez[58]	112–113	8 August 1908 – 12 August 2021113 years, 4 days	United States(Puerto Rico)
12 August 2021	159 days	Saturnino de la Fuente García[59]	112	11 February 1909 – 18 January 2022112 years, 341 days	Spain
18 January 2022	2 years, 75 days	Juan Vicente Pérez[60]	112–114	27 May 1909 – 2 April 2024114 years, 311 days	Venezuela
2 April 2024	88 days	Shi Ping[61]	112	1 November 1911 – 29 June 2024112 years, 241 days	China
29 June 2024	149 days	John Tinniswood[46]	111–112	26 August 1912 – 25 November 2024112 years, 91 days	United Kingdom
25 November 2024	1 year, 71 days	João Marinho Neto[3]	112–113*	born 5 October 1912113 years, 122 days	Brazil

1. ^ Baker was born in the United Kingdom.
2. ^ Bernátková was born and died in a part of it which is now the Czech Republic.
3. ^ Holtz was born in Czarnikau in the German Empire; her birthplace is now in Poland.
4. ^ Calment's case was disputed in a study posted online in November 2018.[40] Current analysis supports the hypothesis that Calment's listed age is legitimate.
5. ^ Marie Brémont died 6 June 2001 2:15 a.m. CEST. However, in Michigan, where Farris-Luse lived, the date was still 5 June 2001 (EDT).
6. ^ Clawson was born in the United Kingdom.
7. ^ Domingues was born in Cape Verde.
8. ^ Emma Tillman died 28 January 2007 (EST). However, in Fukuoka Prefecture, where Minagawa lived, the date was already 29 January 2007 (JST).
9. ^ Manfredini was born in Italy.
10. ^ Misao Okawa died 1 April 2015 (JST). However, in Arkansas, where Weaver lived, the date was still 31 March 2015 (Central Time Zone).
11. ^ Susannah Mushatt Jones died 12 May 2016 8:26 p.m. EDT. However, in Italy, where Morano lived, the date was already 13 May 2016 (CEST).
12. ^ Violet Brown died on 15 September 2017 in Jamaica (UTC-5). However, in Japan, where Tajima lived, the date was already 16 September 2017 (JST).
13. ^ Branyas was born in the United States.
14. ^ Lindsay was born in the United Kingdom.
15. ^ Johnson was born in Norway.
16. ^ May was born in the United Kingdom.
17. ^ Pandazes was born in Mytilene in the Ottoman Empire; it is now part of Greece.
18. ^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
19. ^ Jiroemon Kimura died 12 June 2013 (JST). However, in New York, where Sanchez lived, the date was still 11 June 2013 (EDT).
20. ^ Sanchez was born in Spain.
21. ^ Imich was born in Częstochowa, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
22. ^ Yasutaro Koide died 19 January 2016 12:17 a.m. JST. However, in Israel, where Kristal lived, the date was still 18 January 2016 (IST).
23. ^ Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
24. ^ Francisco Núñez Olivera died 29 January 2018 around 10:30 p.m. CET. However, in Japan, where Nonaka lived, the date was already 30 January 2018 (JST).
25. ^ Between 28 May 2020 and 27 June 2020, Guinness World Records recognized Dumitru Comănescu from Romania as the world's oldest living man. However, it was later found that Emilio Flores Márquez was born three months earlier than Comănescu.[58] Furthermore, Tomás Pinales Figuereo would later be validated by the GRG, meaning that Márquez did not officially become the world's oldest living man until Pinales's death on 24 September 2020.

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