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This article is about the oldest currently living people. For specific supercentenarian claims validated by modern standards, see List of the verified oldest people. For the oldest verified people of all time, see Oldest people. For contemporary unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims.

This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110.[1] The true number is uncertain, as not all supercentenarians are known to researchers at a given time, and some claims cannot be validated or are fraudulent.[1] Nearly all the top 50 oldest living people are women as women live longer than men on average. A list of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.

  • Ethel Caterham (born 21 August 1909) of the United Kingdom is the world's oldest living person whose age has been validated.[2]
  • João Marinho Neto (born 5 October 1912) of Brazil is the world's oldest living man whose age has been validated.[3]

Oldest living people

This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.
Rank Name Sex Birth date Age as of
19 January 2026 		Country of
residence
1 Ethel Caterham[3]
F
 21 August 1909 116 years, 151 days United Kingdom
2 Marie-Rose Tessier[3]
F
 21 May 1910 115 years, 243 days France
3 Naomi Whitehead[3]
F
 26 September 1910 115 years, 115 days United States
4 Lucia Laura Sangenito[3]
F
 22 November 1910 115 years, 58 days Italy
5 Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo[4]
F
 13 January 1911 115 years, 6 days Brazil
6 Shigeko Kagawa [ja][3]
F
 28 May 1911 114 years, 236 days Japan
7 Beatriz Ferreira Duarte[5]
F
 21 June 1911 114 years, 212 days Brazil
8 Bonita Gibson[3]
F
 4 July 1911 114 years, 199 days United States
9 Fuyo Kishimoto[3]
F
 20 December 1911 114 years, 30 days Japan
10 Ilse Meingast[3]
F
 14 March 1912 113 years, 311 days United States[a]
11 Maria Carmela Ricci[3]
F
 16 April 1912 113 years, 278 days Italy
12 Anonymous (of Setagaya)[3]
F
 14 May 1912 113 years, 250 days Japan
13 Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida[6]
F
 28 May 1912 113 years, 236 days Brazil[b]
14 Madeleine Dellamonica [fr][3]
F
 23 July 1912 113 years, 180 days France
15 Louise Signore[7]
F
 31 July 1912 113 years, 172 days United States
16 Angelica Tiscornia [es][3]
F
 22 August 1912 113 years, 150 days Argentina
17 Mariana Penna Monteiro[3]
F
 2 September 1912 113 years, 139 days Brazil
18 Anonymous (of Ashiya)[3]
F
 18 September 1912 113 years, 123 days Japan
19 Rosa Micaela Puertas[3]
F
 29 September 1912 113 years, 112 days Argentina
20 João Marinho Neto[3]
M
 5 October 1912 113 years, 106 days Brazil
21 Catherine Ferrell[3]
F
 10 October 1912 113 years, 101 days United States
22 Anonymous (of Kimitsu)[3]
F
 30 October 1912 113 years, 81 days Japan
23 Akino Ueda[3]
F
 5 November 1912 113 years, 75 days Japan
24 Merah Smith[3]
F
 9 November 1912 113 years, 71 days United Kingdom[c]
25 Louise Burkhalter[3]
F
 13 November 1912 113 years, 67 days United States
26 Anonymous (of Kyoto)[3]
F
 15 November 1912 113 years, 65 days Japan
27 Anna Natella[3]
F
 21 November 1912 113 years, 59 days United States[d]
28 Maria da Conceição Brito[8]
F
 31 December 1912 113 years, 19 days Portugal
29 Yukie Takahashi[3]
F
 4 January 1913 113 years, 15 days Japan
30 Tsune Kimura[3]
F
 12 January 1913 113 years, 7 days Japan
31 Eulalia Bravo Bravo[3]
F
 12 February 1913 112 years, 341 days Mexico
32 Tomi Ono[3]
F
 24 February 1913 112 years, 329 days Japan
33 Marcelle Demorgny[3]
F
 10 March 1913 112 years, 315 days France
34 Yukiko Honda[3]
F
 15 March 1913 112 years, 310 days Japan
35 Haruko Onizuka[3]
F
 18 March 1913 112 years, 307 days Japan
36 Francis Piscatella[3]
F
 20 April 1913 112 years, 274 days United States
37 Ichi Kubota[3]
F
 30 May 1913 112 years, 234 days Japan
38 Ilie Ciocan[3]
M
 10 June 1913 112 years, 223 days Romania
39 Takeko Miyazawa[3]
F
 29 June 1913 112 years, 204 days Japan
40 Dorothy Mimms[3]
F
 5 July 1913 112 years, 198 days United States
41 Koyu Morita[3]
F
 12 July 1913 112 years, 191 days Japan
42 Yasue Saito[3]
F
 17 July 1913 112 years, 186 days Japan
43 Luisa Maggioni[9]
F
 19 July 1913 112 years, 184 days Brazil
44 Rosa Laura Torres Barra[10]
F
 20 July 1913 112 years, 183 days Chile
45 Santos Fierro[3]
F
 23 July 1913 112 years, 180 days United States[e]
46 Teresa Fernandez Casado[11]
F
 29 July 1913 112 years, 174 days Spain
47 Chitose Awata[3]
F
 20 August 1913 112 years, 152 days Japan
48 Aileen Kars[3]
F
 12 September 1913 112 years, 129 days New Zealand
49 Doris Noreen[3]
F
 15 September 1913 112 years, 126 days United States
50 Ayako Kyotani[3]
F
 29 September 1913 112 years, 112 days Japan
  1. ^ Meingast was born in the German Empire.
  2. ^ Esteves de Almeida was born in Portugal.
  3. ^ Smith was born in Jamaica.
  4. ^ Natella was born in Italy.
  5. ^ Fierro was born in Mexico.

Oldest living men

This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.
Rank Name Birth date Age as of
19 January 2026 		Country of
residence
1 João Marinho Neto[3] 5 October 1912 113 years, 106 days Brazil
2 Ilie Ciocan[3] 10 June 1913 112 years, 223 days Romania
3 Ken Weeks[3] 5 October 1913 112 years, 106 days Australia
4 Primo Olivieri[3] 7 March 1914 111 years, 318 days Brazil
5 Kiyotaka Mizuno[3] 14 March 1914 111 years, 311 days Japan
6 Vitantonio Lovallo[3] 28 March 1914 111 years, 297 days Italy
7 Francisco Ernesto Filho[12] 5 April 1914 111 years, 289 days Brazil
8 Hikaru Kato[3] 2 May 1914 111 years, 262 days Japan
9 Maurice Le Coutour[13] 12 May 1914 111 years, 252 days France
10 Tokuji Tanigaki[3] 8 November 1914 111 years, 72 days Japan
11 Ryoji Shinoda[3] 30 November 1914 111 years, 50 days Japan
12 Luis Cano[14] 9 December 1914 111 years, 41 days United States[a]
13 Edwin Martin[3] 15 February 1915 110 years, 338 days United States
14 Yu Te-Hsin[3] 17 March 1915 110 years, 308 days Taiwan[b]
15 Burdett Sisler[3] 14 April 1915 110 years, 280 days Canada[c]
16 Pedro Maria Molina Marquez[3] 27 April 1915 110 years, 267 days Venezuela
17 Joaquim Varela[3] 1 June 1915 110 years, 232 days Portugal
18 Jesús Redondo Bermejo[15] 2 June 1915 110 years, 231 days Spain
19 Bernabe Cordoba[3] 11 June 1915 110 years, 222 days Costa Rica
20 Engraciano Gonzalez Barroso[3] 10 July 1915 110 years, 193 days Spain
  1. ^ Cano was born in Colombia.
  2. ^ Yu was born in a declared part of the Republic of China, under the Beiyang Government, that is now China.
  3. ^ Sisler was born in the United States.

References

  1. ^ a b Nuwer, Rachel (16 September 2015). "Keeping Track of the oldest People in the World". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ Maglov, Stefan (30 April 2025). "UK's Ethel Caterham, 115, Becomes World's Oldest Living Person". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg "World Supercentenarian Rankings List". Gerontology Research Group. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo". LongeviQuest. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Beatriz Ferreira Duarte". LongeviQuest. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida". LongeviQuest. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Louise Signore". LongeviQuest. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Maria da Conceição Brito". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Luisa Maggioni". 2 March 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Rosa Laura Torres Barra". LongeviQuest. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Teresa Fernandez Casado". LongeviQuest. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  12. ^ "Francisco Ernesto Filho". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Maurice Le Coutour". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  14. ^ "Luis Cano". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  15. ^ "Jesús Redondo Bermejo". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
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