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A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has lived to or passed their 110th birthday. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000
centenarian A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100 years. Because life expectancies worldwide are below 100 years, the term is invariably associated with longevity. In 2012, the United Nations estimated that there were 316,600 living centen ...
s. Anderson ''et al.'' concluded that supercentenarians live a life typically free of major age-related diseases until shortly before maximum human lifespan is reached (theoretically estimated to be 126 years).


European supercentenarians

European supercentenarians are residents or emigrants from
Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. , 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) had validated the longevity claims of more than 600 European supercentenarians. The oldest European ever, and the world's oldest person ever, was Frenchwoman
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 ...
, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. This has been disputed by some researchers. The oldest European man ever was
Christian Mortensen Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen (August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998), known as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish supercentenarian, who resided in California, United States.Spaniard Spaniards, or Spanish people, are a Romance ethnic group native to Spain. Within Spain, there are a number of national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's complex history, including a number of different languages, both i ...
Joan Riudavets Moll, who lived 114 years and 81 days. Beyond the 50 oldest Europeans in aggregate, there are more detailed lists of the oldest
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people.


Oldest European residents ever

Below is a list of the oldest 50 supercentenarians who have died or are living in Europe. The list including all known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Later cases were sourced either from more recent (GRG) data, from administrative reports or from press coverage, as indicated in the table.


Oldest European emigrants ever

Below is a list of the oldest five supercentenarians born in Europe who emigrated to another continent and either died or are still living there.


African supercentenarians

This is an incomplete list of people born in
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
who have lived at least 110 years. Most of the listed persons were born in former
colonies In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state'' ...
that already maintained systematic birth records in the 19th century. Many other supercentenarian cases likely exist in Africa, but are not adequately documented.


Asian supercentenarians

This is an incomplete list of supercentenarians who were born or died in Asia, or are living there. According to the Gerontology Research Group, the verified oldest Asian person ever is Kane Tanaka of Japan, who died on 19 April 2022, aged 119 years and 107 days. The verified oldest man is Jiroemon Kimura, also from Japan, who died on 12 June 2013, aged 116 years and 54 days. As of , the oldest living person in Asia is Fusa Tatsumi. The vast majority of verified Asian cases of supercentenarians come from Japan, which has kept birth records for more than a century, while other Asian countries have historically been less meticulous about keeping such records. According to ''
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'', China and India have many supercentenarians, but none are confirmed, as their governments did not track births prior to the early 1900s.


Japan


Notable supercentenarians from other Asian countries


Oldest known Asian emigrants


Supercentenarians in Oceania

Below is a list of supercentenarians who have died or are living in Oceania. The list including all known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Later cases were sourced either from more recent GRG data, from administrative reports or from press coverage, as indicated in the table. All Australian supercentenarians born prior to 1 January 1901 were born in the British colonies of Australia.


North American supercentenarians


United States


Canada


Other North American countries and territories


South American supercentenarians


References

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Supercentenarians A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is a person who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Supercentenarians typically live a life free of major age-related diseases u ...
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