This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in
ordinal ranks
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Level or position in a hierarchical organization
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. 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
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) based in Los Angeles, California, USA, is a global social science organization of researchers in various fields of gerontology, primarily concerned with verifying and recording supercentenarians status (peop ...
(GRG) or ''
Guinness World Records'' (GWR), and others who have otherwise been reliably
sourced.
The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of
Jeanne Calment
Jeanne Louise Calment (; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and the oldest human whose age is documented, with a lifespan of 122 years and 164 days. Her longevity attracted media attention and medical studies o ...
of
France (1875–1997), a woman who lived to age 122 years and 164 days. She claimed to have met
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inclu ...
when she was 12 or 13.
She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110. Calment's claim was investigated and authenticated by
Jean-Marie Robine
Jean-Marie Robine (born 1951) is a French demographer, gerontologist, author and journalist, who is best known as being the co-validator of the longevity of Jeanne Calment, the oldest verified supercentenarian of all time, with whom he collabora ...
and Dr Michel Allard for the GRG. Her longevity claim was put into question in 2018, but the original assessing team stood by their judgement.
As
women live longer than men on average, women predominate in combined records. The longest lifespan for a man is that of
Jiroemon Kimura
was a Japanese supercentenarian who lived for 116 years and 54 days. He became the verified oldest man in history on 28 December 2012, when he surpassed the age of Christian Mortensen (1882–1998), as well as, so far, the only man who has liv ...
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 -year-old
Lucile Randon
Lucile Randon (; born 11 February 1904), also known as Sister André (), is a French supercentenarian. At the age of , she has been the world's oldest verified living person since 19 April 2022, following the death of Kane Tanaka. She is the ol ...
of France, born 11 February 1904. The world's oldest known living man is -year-old Juan Vicente Pérez Mora of Venezuela, born 27 May 1909.
Academics have hypothesized the existence of a number of
blue zones around the world where people live longer than average.
Ten oldest verified people ever
Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced in recent decades and only in certain parts of the world. All ten oldest verified people ever are women.
Legend
Oldest people
Oldest men
a Mortensen was born in Denmark.
b Gerneth was born in Stettin, then part of the German Empire, now in Poland and renamed Szczecin.
c Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
Ten oldest living people
Oldest living people
All of the world's ten oldest known living people are women.
d Branyas Morera was born in the United States.
Oldest living men
Chronological list of the oldest known living person since 1955
This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living person from 1955 to present, according to GRG research.
Due to the life expectancy difference between sexes, nearly all the oldest living people have been women; a
sequence of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.
Chronological list of the oldest living man since 1973
This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1973 to present.
References
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sv:Lista över världens äldsta människor