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This is a list of 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 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, a woman who lived to age 122 years and 164 days. As females live longer than males 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 age 116 years and 54 days.

The oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated is 117-year-old Maria Branyas of Spain, born 4 March 1907.^[1] The oldest living verified man is 111-year-old John Tinniswood of the United Kingdom, born 26 August 1912.^[2]

Ten oldest verified people ever

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.^[3] 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).^[4] Her longevity claim was put into question in 2018, but the original assessing team stood by their judgement.^[5] Academics have hypothesized the existence of a number of blue zones around the world where people live longer than average.

Chronological list of the oldest known living person since 1954

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living person from 1954 to present, according to GRG research and the Guinness World Records.^[25] 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.

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From	Duration	Name	Sex	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	Place of death or residence
Unknown	—	Nancy Merriman^[26]	F	N/A–112	19 December 1841 – 14 January 1954 112 years, 26 days	United States
14 January 1954	1 year, 283 days	Betsy Baker	F	111–113	20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955 113 years, 65 days	United States^{[lower-alpha 1]}
24 October 1955	1 year, 53 days	Jennie Howell	F	110–111	11 February 1845 – 16 December 1956 111 years, 309 days	United States
16 December 1956	22 days	Mathias Hansen Saether^[27]	M	108	21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957 108 years, 78 days	Norway
7 January 1957	1 year, 362 days	Catherine Waller^[28]	F	108–110	1 December 1848 – 4 January 1959 110 years, 34 days	United States
4 January 1959	276 days	Christina Karnebeek-Backs [nl]	F	109–110	2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959 110 years, 5 days	Netherlands
7 October 1959	1 year, 2 days	Robert Early^[29]	M	109–111	8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960 111 years, 1 day	United States
9 October 1960	4 years, 82 days	Mary Kelly	F	109–113	7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964 113 years, 206 days	United States
30 December 1964	66 days	Elizabeth Kensley	F	109	12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965 109 years, 298 days	United Kingdom
6 March 1965	153 days	William Fullingim	M	109–110	7 July 1855 – 6 August 1965 110 years, 30 days	United States
6 August 1965	3 years, 76 days	Narcissa Rickman^[30]	F	109–113	13 September 1855 – 21 October 1968 113 years, 38 days	United States
21 October 1968	195 days	Marie Bernátková	F	110–111	22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969^[31] 111 years, 194 days	Czechoslovakia^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4 May 1969	252 days	Ada Roe	F	111	6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970 111 years, 339 days	United Kingdom
11 January 1970	2 years, 181 days	Kitty Harvey^[32]	F	109–112	12 January 1860 – 10 July 1972 112 years, 180 days	United States
10 July 1972	232 days	Josefa Salas Mateo	F	111–112	14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973 112 years, 228 days	Spain
27 February 1973	172 days	Alice Stevenson	F	111–112	10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973 112 years, 39 days	United Kingdom
18 August 1973	145 days	Ettie Crist^[33]	F	111	14 February 1862 – 10 January 1974 111 years, 330 days	United States
10 January 1974	1 year, 141 days	Mito Umeta	F	110–112	27 March 1863 – 31 May 1975 112 years, 65 days	Japan
31 May 1975	1 year, 169 days	Niwa Kawamoto^[34]	F	111–113	17 September 1863 – 16 November 1976 113 years, 60 days	Japan
16 November 1976	1 year, 354 days	Alice Coles^[35]	F	111–113	28 August 1865 – 5 November 1978 113 years, 69 days	United States
5 November 1978	2 years, 83 days	Eliza Underwood^[36]	F	111–113	15 March 1867 – 27 January 1981 113 years, 318 days	United States
27 January 1981	40 days	Augustine Tessier	F	112	2 January 1869 – 8 March 1981 112 years, 65 days	France
8 March 1981	1 year, 250 days	Nellie Spencer	F	111–113	24 August 1869 – 13 November 1982 113 years, 81 days	United States
13 November 1982	334 days	Emma Wilson	F	112–113	12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983 113 years, 154 days	United States
13 October 1983	3 years, 8 days	Augusta Holtz	F	112–115	3 August 1871 – 21 October 1986 115 years, 79 days	United States^{[lower-alpha 3]}
21 October 1986	104 days	Mary McKinney	F	113	30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987 113 years, 248 days	United States
2 February 1987	328 days	Anna Eliza Williams	F	113–114	2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days	United Kingdom
27 December 1987	15 days	Florence Knapp	F	114	10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988 114 years, 93 days	United States
11 January 1988	9 years, 205 days	Jeanne Calment^{[lower-alpha 4]}	F	112–122	21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days	France
4 August 1997	255 days	Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	116–117	29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days	Canada
16 April 1998	1 year, 258 days	Sarah Knauss	F	117–119	24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999 119 years, 97 days	United States
30 December 1999	308 days	Eva Morris	F	114	8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days	United Kingdom
2 November 2000	216 days	Marie Brémont	F	114–115	25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days	France
5 June 2001^{[lower-alpha 5]}	286 days	Maud Farris-Luse^[38]	F	114–115	21 February 1887 – 18 March 2002 115 years, 25 days	United States
18 March 2002	71 days	Grace Clawson	F	114	15 November 1887 – 28 May 2002 114 years, 194 days	United States
28 May 2002	85 days	Adelina Domingues	F	114	19 February 1888 – 21 August 2002 114 years, 183 days	United States
21 August 2002	130 days	Mae Harrington	F	113	20 January 1889 – 29 December 2002 113 years, 343 days	United States
29 December 2002	273 days	Yukichi Chuganji	M	113–114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days	Japan
28 September 2003	46 days	Mitoyo Kawate	F	114	15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days	Japan
13 November 2003	198 days	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan^[39]	F	114	1 September 1889 – 29 May 2004 114 years, 271 days	Puerto Rico
29 May 2004	2 years, 90 days	María Capovilla	F	114–116	14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006 116 years, 347 days	Ecuador
27 August 2006	106 days	Elizabeth Bolden	F	116	15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006 116 years, 118 days	United States
11 December 2006	44 days	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico
24 January 2007	4 days	Emma Tillman	F	114	22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007 114 years, 67 days	United States
29 January 2007^{[lower-alpha 6]}	196 days	Yone Minagawa	F	114	4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days	Japan
13 August 2007	1 year, 105 days	Edna Parker	F	114–115	20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008 115 years, 220 days	United States
26 November 2008	37 days	Maria de Jesus	F	115	10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days	Portugal
2 January 2009	252 days	Gertrude Baines	F	114–115	6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009 115 years, 158 days	United States
11 September 2009	233 days	Kama Chinen	F	114	10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days	Japan
2 May 2010	186 days	Eugénie Blanchard	F	114	16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days	France (Saint Barthélemy)
4 November 2010	14 days	Ana Nogueira de Luca^[40]	F	114	21 June 1896 – 18 November 2010 114 years, 150 days	Brazil
18 November 2010	215 days	Maria Gomes Valentim	F	114	9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days	Brazil
21 June 2011	1 year, 166 days	Besse Cooper	F	114–116	26 August 1896 – 4 December 2012 116 years, 100 days	United States
4 December 2012	13 days	Dina Manfredini	F	115	4 April 1897 – 17 December 2012 115 years, 257 days	United States^{[lower-alpha 7]}
17 December 2012	177 days	Jiroemon Kimura	M	115–116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days	Japan
12 June 2013	1 year, 293 days	Misao Okawa	F	115–117	5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days	Japan
31 March 2015^{[lower-alpha 8]}	6 days	Gertrude Weaver	F	116	4 July 1898 – 6 April 2015 116 years, 276 days	United States
6 April 2015	72 days	Jeralean Talley	F	115–116	23 May 1899 – 17 June 2015 116 years, 25 days	United States
17 June 2015	330 days	Susannah Mushatt Jones	F	115–116	6 July 1899 – 12 May 2016 116 years, 311 days	United States
13 May 2016^{[lower-alpha 9]}	337 days	Emma Morano	F	116–117	29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017 117 years, 137 days	Italy
15 April 2017	153 days	Violet Brown	F	117	10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017 117 years, 189 days	Jamaica
16 September 2017^{[lower-alpha 10]}	217 days	Nabi Tajima	F	117	4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018 117 years, 260 days	Japan
21 April 2018	92 days	Chiyo Miyako^[41]	F	116–117	2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018 117 years, 81 days	Japan
22 July 2018	3 years, 271 days	Kane Tanaka	F	115–119	2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022 119 years, 107 days	Japan
19 April 2022	273 days	Lucile Randon	F	118	11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023 118 years, 340 days	France
17 January 2023	1 year, 114 days	Maria Branyas	F	115–117*	born 4 March 1907 117 years, 67 days	Spain^{[lower-alpha 11]}

Chronological list of the oldest living man since 1954

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1954 to present.^[12]^[42]

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From	Duration	Name	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	Place of death or residence
Unknown	—	Wayland Newell^[43]^[27]	N/A–108	15 September 1846 – 17 September 1954 108 years, 2 days	United States
17 September 1954	2 years, 112 days	Mathias Hansen Saether^[27]	105–108	21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957 108 years, 78 days	Norway
7 January 1957	3 years, 276 days	Robert Early^[29]	107–111	8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960 111 years, 1 day	United States
9 October 1960	61 days	Willem Kostering^[44]^[27]	108–109	22 November 1851 – 9 December 1960 109 years, 17 days	Netherlands
9 December 1960	1 year, 93 days	Sylvester Melvin	109–110	29 November 1851 – 12 March 1962 110 years, 103 days	United States
12 March 1962	4 days	Joseph Saint-Amour	110	26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962 110 years, 18 days	Canada
16 March 1962	251 days	William Smith^[27]	108	28 February 1854 – 22 November 1962 108 years, 267 days	United States
22 November 1962	2 years, 257 days	William Fullingim	107–110	7 July 1855 – 6 August 1965 110 years, 30 days	United States
6 August 1965	2 years, 228 days	John Mosley Turner	109–111	15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days	United Kingdom
21 March 1968	248 days	Eli Lindsay^[45]	110	28 February 1858 – 24 November 1968 110 years, 270 days	Canada^{[lower-alpha 12]}
24 November 1968	32 days	John Chaney^[27]	109	12 October 1859 – 26 December 1968 109 years, 75 days	United States
26 December 1968	117 days	William Lamb^[27]	109	24 November 1859 – 22 April 1969 109 years, 149 days	United States
22 April 1969	251 days	Antonije Mladenović^[27]	108–109	30 June 1860 – 29 December 1969 109 years, 182 days	Yugoslavia
29 December 1969	1 year, 338 days	Theophilus May^[46]	108–110	5 January 1861 – 2 December 1971 110 years, 331 days	United States^{[lower-alpha 13]}
2 December 1971	1 year, 154 days	Friedrich Wedeking	109–110	10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973 110 years, 207 days	West Germany
5 May 1973	1 year, 166 days	Isaac Edwards^[47]	109–110	6 December 1863 – 18 October 1974 110 years, 316 days	United States
18 October 1974	2 years, 81 days	James Holt^[48]	108–111	25 December 1865 – 7 January 1977 111 years, 13 days	United States
7 January 1977	69 days	Jean Teillet	110	6 November 1866 – 17 March 1977 110 years, 131 days	France
17 March 1977	1 year, 156 days	Charlie Nelson	109–110	21 September 1867 – 20 August 1978 110 years, 333 days	United States
20 August 1978	2 years, 16 days	Charlie Phillips^[49]	109–111	5 May 1869 – 5 September 1980 111 years, 123 days	United States
5 September 1980	1 year, 217 days	Zachariah Blackistone	109–111	16 February 1871 – 10 April 1982 111 years, 53 days	United States
10 April 1982	328 days	James Nash	109–110	31 July 1872 – 4 March 1983 110 years, 216 days	United States
4 March 1983	160 days	Walter Wilcox	110	1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983 110 years, 283 days	United States
11 August 1983	133 days	Gregory Pandazes	110	15 January 1873 – 22 December 1983 110 years, 341 days	United States^{[lower-alpha 14]}
22 December 1983	359 days	Randolph Davis^[50]	110–111	15 October 1873 – 15 December 1984 111 years, 61 days	United States
15 December 1984	1 year, 364 days	Joe Thomas	109–111	1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986 111 years, 227 days	United States
14 December 1986	22 days	Herman Smith-Johannsen	111	15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987 111 years, 204 days	Norway
5 January 1987	1 year, 325 days	Alphaeus Philemon Cole	110–112	12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988 112 years, 136 days	United States
25 November 1988	1 year, 197 days	John Evans	111–112	19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990 112 years, 295 days	United Kingdom
10 June 1990	8 days	Henri Pérignon	110	14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990 110 years, 247 days	France
18 June 1990	1 year, 120 days	James Wiggins	110–112	15 October 1879 – 16 October 1991 112 years, 1 day	United States
16 October 1991	1 year, 241 days	Frederick Frazier	111–113	27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993 113 years, 138 days	United States
14 June 1993	220 days	Josep Armengol Jover	111–112	23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994 112 years, 181 days	Spain
20 January 1994	4 years, 95 days	Christian Mortensen	111–115	16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days	United States^{[lower-alpha 15]}
25 April 1998	83 days	Johnson Parks	113	15 October 1884 – 17 July 1998 113 years, 275 days	United States
17 July 1998	161 days	Walter Richardson	112–113	7 November 1885 – 25 December 1998 113 years, 48 days	United States
25 December 1998	125 days	Denzō Ishizaki^[51]	112	2 October 1886 – 29 April 1999 112 years, 209 days	Japan
29 April 1999	200 days	Antonio Urrea Hernandez	111	16 February 1888 – 15 November 1999 111 years, 272 days	Spain
15 November 1999	7 days	Alejandro Rivera Santalla^[52]	111	28 August 1888 – 22 November 1999 111 years, 86 days	Spain
22 November 1999	1 year, 99 days	John Painter	111–112	20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001 112 years, 162 days	United States
1 March 2001	308 days	Antonio Todde	112	22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002 112 years, 346 days	Italy
3 January 2002	1 year, 268 days	Yukichi Chuganji	112–114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days	Japan
28 September 2003	159 days	Joan Riudavets	113–114	15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days	Spain
5 March 2004	259 days	Fred H. Hale, Sr.	113	1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004 113 years, 354 days	United States
19 November 2004	2 years, 66 days	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	113–115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico
24 January 2007	2 years, 146 days	Tomoji Tanabe	111–113	18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009 113 years, 274 days	Japan
19 June 2009	29 days	Henry Allingham	113	6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009 113 years, 42 days	United Kingdom
18 July 2009	1 year, 270 days	Walter Breuning	112–114	21 September 1896 – 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days	United States
14 April 2011	2 years, 59 days	Jiroemon Kimura	113–116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days	Japan
11 June 2013^{[lower-alpha 16]}	94 days	Salustiano Sanchez	112	8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013 112 years, 97 days	United States^{[lower-alpha 17]}
13 September 2013	194 days	Ernest Peronneau^[53]	111–112	7 March 1902 – 26 March 2014 112 years, 19 days	United States
26 March 2014	29 days	Arturo Licata	111	2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014 111 years, 357 days	Italy
24 April 2014	45 days	Alexander Imich	111	4 February 1903 – 8 June 2014 111 years, 124 days	United States^{[lower-alpha 18]}
8 June 2014	1 year, 27 days	Sakari Momoi	111–112	5 February 1903 – 5 July 2015 112 years, 150 days	Japan
5 July 2015	198 days	Yasutaro Koide	112	13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016 112 years, 312 days	Japan
18 January 2016^{[lower-alpha 19]}	1 year, 205 days	Israel Kristal	112–113	15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017 113 years, 330 days	Israel^{[lower-alpha 20]}
11 August 2017	171 days	Francisco Núñez Olivera	112–113	13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018 113 years, 47 days	Spain
30 January 2018^{[lower-alpha 21]}	355 days	Masazō Nonaka	112–113	25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019 113 years, 179 days	Japan
20 January 2019	287 days	Domingo Villa Avisencio^[54]	112–113	26 August 1906 – 3 November 2019 113 years, 69 days	Mexico
3 November 2019	112 days	Chitetsu Watanabe	112	5 March 1907 – 23 February 2020 112 years, 355 days	Japan
23 February 2020	95 days	Robert Weighton	111–112	29 March 1908 – 28 May 2020 112 years, 60 days	United Kingdom
28 May 2020^{[lower-alpha 22]}	1 year, 76 days	Emilio Flores Márquez^[55]	111–113	8 August 1908 – 12 August 2021 113 years, 4 days	Puerto Rico
12 August 2021	159 days	Saturnino de la Fuente García^[56]	112	11 February 1909 – 18 January 2022 112 years, 341 days	Spain
18 January 2022	2 years, 75 days	Juan Vicente Pérez^[57]	112–114	27 May 1909 – 2 April 2024 114 years, 311 days	Venezuela
2 April 2024	38 days	John Tinniswood^[2]	111*	born 26 August 1912 111 years, 258 days	United Kingdom

Baker was born in the United Kingdom.
Bernátková was born and died in a part of it which is now the Czech Republic.
Holtz was born in the German Empire; her birthplace is now in Poland.
Calment's case was disputed in a study posted online in November 2018.^[37] Current analysis supports the hypothesis that Calment's listed age is legitimate.
Marie Brémont died 6 June 2001 2:15am CEST. However, in Michigan, where Farris-Luse lived, the date was still 5 June 2001 (EDT).
Emma Tillman died 28 January 2007 (EST). However, in Fukuoka Prefecture, where Minagawa lived, the date was already 29 January 2007 (JST).
Manfredini was born in Italy.
Misao Okawa died 1 April 2015 (JST). However, in Arkansas, where Weaver lived, the date was still 31 March 2015 (Central Time Zone).
Susannah Mushatt Jones died 12 May 2016 8:26pm EDT. However, in Italy, where Morano lived, the date was already 13 May 2016 (CEST).
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).
Branyas was born in the United States.
Lindsay was born in the United Kingdom.
May was born in the United Kingdom.
Pandazes was born in Greece.
Mortensen was born in Denmark.
Jiroemon Kimura died 12 June 2013 (JST). However, in New York, where Sanchez lived, the date was still 11 June 2013 (EDT).
Sanchez was born in Spain.
Imich was born in Częstochowa, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
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).
Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
Francisco Núñez Olivera died 29 January 2018 around 10:30pm CET. However, in Japan, where Nonaka lived, the date was already 30 January 2018 (JST).
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.^[55]

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[27] Baker was born in the United Kingdom.

[33] Bernátková was born and died in a part of it which is now the Czech Republic.

[39] Holtz was born in the German Empire; her birthplace is now in Poland.

[calment-41] Calment's case was disputed in a study posted online in November 2018.^[37] Current analysis supports the hypothesis that Calment's listed age is legitimate.

[42] Marie Brémont died 6 June 2001 2:15am CEST. However, in Michigan, where Farris-Luse lived, the date was still 5 June 2001 (EDT).

[45] Emma Tillman died 28 January 2007 (EST). However, in Fukuoka Prefecture, where Minagawa lived, the date was already 29 January 2007 (JST).

[47] Manfredini was born in Italy.

[48] Misao Okawa died 1 April 2015 (JST). However, in Arkansas, where Weaver lived, the date was still 31 March 2015 (Central Time Zone).

[Susannah_Mushatt_Jones-49] Susannah Mushatt Jones died 12 May 2016 8:26pm EDT. However, in Italy, where Morano lived, the date was already 13 May 2016 (CEST).

[Nabi_Tajima-50] 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).

[52] Branyas was born in the United States.

[57] Lindsay was born in the United Kingdom.

[59] May was born in the United Kingdom.

[63] Pandazes was born in Greece.

[65] Mortensen was born in Denmark.

[68] Jiroemon Kimura died 12 June 2013 (JST). However, in New York, where Sanchez lived, the date was still 11 June 2013 (EDT).

[69] Sanchez was born in Spain.

[71] Imich was born in Częstochowa, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.

[Yasutaro_Koide-72] 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).

[73] Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.

[Olivera-74] Francisco Núñez Olivera died 29 January 2018 around 10:30pm CET. However, in Japan, where Nonaka lived, the date was already 30 January 2018 (JST).

[Márquez-77] 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.^[55]

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Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of 10 May 2024	Place of residence
01	Maria Branyas^[1]	F	4 March 1907	117 years, 67 days	Spain^[a]
02	Tomiko Itooka^[1]	F	23 May 1908	115 years, 353 days	Japan
03	Inah Canabarro Lucas^[1]	F	8 June 1908	115 years, 337 days	Brazil
04	Elizabeth Francis^[1]	F	25 July 1909	114 years, 290 days	United States
05	Ethel Caterham^[1]	F	21 August 1909	114 years, 263 days	United Kingdom
06	Okagi Hayashi^[1]	F	2 September 1909	114 years, 251 days	Japan
07	Masa Matsumoto^[1]	F	29 November 1909	114 years, 163 days	Japan
08	Charlotte Kretschmann^[1]	F	3 December 1909	114 years, 159 days	Germany
09	Ina Okazawa^[1]	F	10 March 1910	114 years, 61 days	Japan
10	Hisako Shiroishi^[1]	F	19 May 1910	113 years, 357 days	Japan

Rank	Name	Birth date	Age as of 10 May 2024	Place of residence
01	John Tinniswood^[1]	26 August 1912	111 years, 258 days	United Kingdom
02	Josino Levino Ferreira^[21]	3 April 1913	111 years, 37 days	Brazil
03	Alfonso María Rojas Perdomo^[22]	31 May 1913	110 years, 345 days	Colombia
04	John Farringdon^[1]	7 June 1913	110 years, 338 days	United Kingdom
05	Ilie Ciocan^[1]	10 June 1913	110 years, 335 days	Romania
06	Ken Weeks^[23]	5 October 1913	110 years, 218 days	Australia
07	Hilario Orozco Lemus^[1]	3 November 1913	110 years, 189 days	Mexico
07	Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez^[1]	3 November 1913	110 years, 189 days	Colombia
09	Tomisaburō Wakui^[24]	28 November 1913	110 years, 164 days	Japan
10	Morrie Markoff^[1]	11 January 1914	110 years, 120 days	United States

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Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of death or residence
01	Jeanne Calment	21 February 1875	4 August 1997	122 years, 164 days	France
02	Kane Tanaka^[6]	2 January 1903	19 April 2022	119 years, 107 days	Japan
03	Sarah Knauss^[7]	24 September 1880	30 December 1999	119 years, 97 days	United States
04	Lucile Randon^[8]	11 February 1904	17 January 2023	118 years, 340 days	France
05	Nabi Tajima^[6]	4 August 1900	21 April 2018	117 years, 260 days	Japan
06	Marie-Louise Meilleur^[9]	29 August 1880	16 April 1998	117 years, 230 days	Canada
07	Violet Brown^[6]	10 March 1900	15 September 2017	117 years, 189 days	Jamaica
08	Emma Morano^[6]	29 November 1899	15 April 2017	117 years, 137 days	Italy
09	Chiyo Miyako^[10]	2 May 1901	22 July 2018	117 years, 81 days	Japan
10	Maria Branyas^[1]	4 March 1907	Living	117 years, 67 days	Spain^[a]

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of death or residence
01	Jiroemon Kimura^[11]^[12]	19 April 1897	12 June 2013	116 years, 54 days	Japan
02	Christian Mortensen^[12]	16 August 1882	25 April 1998	115 years, 252 days	United States^[b]
03	Emiliano Mercado del Toro^[12]	21 August 1891	24 January 2007	115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico
04	Juan Vicente Pérez^[13]	27 May 1909	2 April 2024^[14]	114 years, 311 days	Venezuela
05	Walter Breuning^[15]	21 September 1896	14 April 2011	114 years, 205 days	United States
06	Yukichi Chuganji^[16]	23 March 1889	28 September 2003	114 years, 189 days	Japan
07	Joan Riudavets^[17]	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	Spain
08	Fred H. Hale, Sr.^[18]	1 December 1890	19 November 2004	113 years, 354 days	United States
09	Israel Kristal	15 September 1903	11 August 2017	113 years, 330 days	Israel^[c]
10	Efraín Antonio Ríos García^[19]	4 April 1910	11 January 2024^[20]	113 years, 282 days	Colombia