List of oldest living people

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]

• 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

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Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of 10 December 2025	Country of residence
1	Ethel Caterham [3]	F	21 August 1909	116 years, 111 days	United Kingdom
2	Marie-Rose Tessier [3]	F	21 May 1910	115 years, 203 days	France
3	Naomi Whitehead [3]	F	26 September 1910	115 years, 75 days	United States
4	Lucia Laura Sangenito [3]	F	22 November 1910	115 years, 18 days	Italy
5	Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo [4]	F	13 January 1911	114 years, 331 days	Brazil
6	Shigeko Kagawa [3]	F	28 May 1911	114 years, 196 days	Japan
7	Beatriz Ferreira Duarte [5]	F	21 June 1911	114 years, 172 days	Brazil
8	Bonita Gibson [3]	F	4 July 1911	114 years, 159 days	United States
9	Fuyo Kishimoto [3]	F	20 December 1911	113 years, 355 days	Japan
10	Sumiko Mori [3]	F	30 January 1912	113 years, 314 days	Japan
11	Ilse Meingast [3]	F	14 March 1912	113 years, 271 days	United States [a]
12	Maria Carmela Ricci [3]	F	16 April 1912	113 years, 238 days	Italy
13	Anonymous (of Setagaya) [3]	F	14 May 1912	113 years, 210 days	Japan
14	Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida [6]	F	28 May 1912	113 years, 196 days	Brazil [b]
15	Madeleine Dellamonica  [ fr ] [3]	F	23 July 1912	113 years, 140 days	France
16	Louise Signore [7]	F	31 July 1912	113 years, 132 days	United States
17	Angelica Tiscornia  [ es ] [3]	F	22 August 1912	113 years, 110 days	Argentina
18	Mariana Penna Monteiro [3]	F	2 September 1912	113 years, 99 days	Brazil
19	Anonymous (of Ashiya) [3]	F	18 September 1912	113 years, 83 days	Japan
20	Rosa Micaela Puertas [3]	F	29 September 1912	113 years, 72 days	Argentina
21	João Marinho Neto [3]	M	5 October 1912	113 years, 66 days	Brazil
22	Catherine Ferrell [3]	F	10 October 1912	113 years, 61 days	United States
23	Anonymous (of Kimitsu) [3]	F	30 October 1912	113 years, 41 days	Japan
24	Akino Ueda [3]	F	5 November 1912	113 years, 35 days	Japan
25	Merah Smith [3]	F	9 November 1912	113 years, 31 days	United Kingdom [c]
26	Louise Burkhalter [3]	F	13 November 1912	113 years, 27 days	United States
27	Anonymous (of Kyoto) [3]	F	15 November 1912	113 years, 25 days	Japan
28	Anna Natella [3]	F	21 November 1912	113 years, 19 days	United States [d]
29	Georgette Huard [3]	F	24 November 1912	113 years, 16 days	France
30	Maria da Conceição Brito [8]	F	31 December 1912	112 years, 344 days	Portugal
31	Yukie Takahashi [3]	F	4 January 1913	112 years, 340 days	Japan
32	Tsune Kimura [3]	F	12 January 1913	112 years, 332 days	Japan
33	Eulalia Bravo Bravo [3]	F	12 February 1913	112 years, 301 days	Mexico
34	Tomi Ono [3]	F	24 February 1913	112 years, 289 days	Japan
35	Marcelle Demorgny [3]	F	10 March 1913	112 years, 275 days	France
36	Yukiko Honda [3]	F	15 March 1913	112 years, 270 days	Japan
37	Haruko Onizuka [3]	F	18 March 1913	112 years, 267 days	Japan
38	Miho Matsuzaki [3]	F	18 April 1913	112 years, 236 days	Japan
39	Francis Piscatella [3]	F	20 April 1913	112 years, 234 days	United States
40	Hanako Ishii [3]	F	7 May 1913	112 years, 217 days	Japan
41	Ichi Kubota [3]	F	30 May 1913	112 years, 194 days	Japan
42	Ilie Ciocan [3]	M	10 June 1913	112 years, 183 days	Romania
43	Takeko Miyazawa [3]	F	29 June 1913	112 years, 164 days	Japan
44	Dorothy Mimms [3]	F	5 July 1913	112 years, 158 days	United States
45	Koyu Morita [3]	F	12 July 1913	112 years, 151 days	Japan
46	Yasue Saito [3]	F	17 July 1913	112 years, 146 days	Japan
47	Luisa Maggioni [9]	F	19 July 1913	112 years, 144 days	Brazil
48	Rosa Laura Torres Barra [10]	F	20 July 1913	112 years, 143 days	Chile
49	Santos Fierro [3]	F	23 July 1913	112 years, 140 days	United States [e]
50	Teresa Fernandez Casado [11]	F	29 July 1913	112 years, 134 days	Spain

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.

References

1. 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. "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.