These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest women and men sorted in descending order by age in years and days. The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is

Jeanne Calment Jeanne Louise Calment (; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian. With a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days, she was the oldest people, oldest person in history whose age has been verified. Her longevity at ...

(1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. The oldest verified man ever is

Jiroemon Kimura Jiroemon Kimura (Japanese: 木村次郎右衛門, Hepburn: ''Kimura Jirōemon''; 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the verified oldest living person between Dina Manfredini's death on 17 December 2012 and h ...

(1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days. __FORCETOC__ The oldest known living person is

Ethel Caterham Ethel May Caterham (née Collins; born 21 August 1909) is a British supercentenarian who, at the age of , is the world's oldest known living person since the death of Inah Canabarro Lucas on 30 April 2025, the oldest British person ever, an ...

of the United Kingdom, aged . The oldest known living man is

João Marinho Neto João Marinho Neto (born 5 October 1912) is a Brazilian supercentenarian who has been the world's oldest verified living man following the death of John Tinniswood from the United Kingdom. Biography João Marinho Neto was born in Maranguape, ...

of Brazil, aged . The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men.

100 verified oldest women

The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the

Gerontology Research Group The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) based in Los Angeles, California, US, is a global non-profit scientific organization of researchers in various fields of gerontology, primarily concerned with validating the ages of, recording and researching ...

(GRG), with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.

100 verified oldest men

The list includes supercentenarians validated by an organisation specialising in extreme age verification such as the

(GRG), with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.

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