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 16 November 2025	Country of residence
1	Ethel Caterham [3]	F	21 August 1909	116 years, 87 days	United Kingdom
2	Marie-Rose Tessier [3]	F	21 May 1910	115 years, 179 days	France
3	Naomi Whitehead [3]	F	26 September 1910	115 years, 51 days	United States
4	Lucia Laura Sangenito [3]	F	22 November 1910	114 years, 359 days	Italy
5	Klavdiya Gadyuchkina [4]	F	5 December 1910	114 years, 346 days	Russia
6	Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo [5]	F	13 January 1911	114 years, 307 days	Brazil
7	Shigeko Kagawa  [ ja ] [3]	F	28 May 1911	114 years, 172 days	Japan
8	Beatriz Ferreira Duarte [6]	F	21 June 1911	114 years, 148 days	Brazil
9	Bonita Gibson [3]	F	4 July 1911	114 years, 135 days	United States
10	Winnie Felps [3]	F	10 October 1911	114 years, 37 days	United States
11	Fuyo Kishimoto [3]	F	20 December 1911	113 years, 331 days	Japan
12	Sumiko Mori [3]	F	30 January 1912	113 years, 290 days	Japan
13	Ilse Meingast [3]	F	14 March 1912	113 years, 247 days	United States [a]
14	Maria Carmela Ricci [3]	F	16 April 1912	113 years, 214 days	Italy
15	Anonymous (of Setagaya) [3]	F	14 May 1912	113 years, 186 days	Japan
16	Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida [7]	F	28 May 1912	113 years, 172 days	Brazil [b]
17	Madeleine Dellamonica  [ fr ] [3]	F	23 July 1912	113 years, 116 days	France
18	Louise Signore [8]	F	31 July 1912	113 years, 108 days	United States
19	Angelica Tiscornia [3]	F	22 August 1912	113 years, 86 days	Argentina
20	Mariana Penna Monteiro [3]	F	2 September 1912	113 years, 75 days	Brazil
21	Anonymous (of Ashiya) [3]	F	18 September 1912	113 years, 59 days	Japan
22	Rosa Micaela Puertas [3]	F	29 September 1912	113 years, 48 days	Argentina
23	João Marinho Neto [3]	M	5 October 1912	113 years, 42 days	Brazil
24	Catherine Ferrell [3]	F	10 October 1912	113 years, 37 days	United States
25	Anonymous (of Kimitsu) [3]	F	30 October 1912	113 years, 17 days	Japan
26	Akino Ueda [3]	F	5 November 1912	113 years, 11 days	Japan
27	Merah Smith [3]	F	9 November 1912	113 years, 7 days	United Kingdom [c]
28	Louise Burkhalter [3]	F	13 November 1912	113 years, 3 days	United States
29	Anonymous (of Kyoto) [3]	F	15 November 1912	113 years, 1 day	Japan
30	Anna Natella [3]	F	21 November 1912	112 years, 360 days	United States [d]
31	Georgette Huard [3]	F	24 November 1912	112 years, 357 days	France
32	Maria da Conceição Brito [9]	F	31 December 1912	112 years, 320 days	Portugal
33	Yukie Takahashi [3]	F	4 January 1913	112 years, 316 days	Japan
34	Tsune Kimura [3]	F	12 January 1913	112 years, 308 days	Japan
35	Virginia Bell [3]	F	29 January 1913	112 years, 291 days	United States
36	Eulalia Bravo Bravo [3]	F	12 February 1913	112 years, 277 days	Mexico
37	Tomi Ono [3]	F	24 February 1913	112 years, 265 days	Japan
38	Marcelle Demorgny [3]	F	10 March 1913	112 years, 251 days	France
39	Yukiko Honda [3]	F	15 March 1913	112 years, 246 days	Japan
40	Haruko Onizuka [3]	F	18 March 1913	112 years, 243 days	Japan
41	Miho Matsuzaki [3]	F	18 April 1913	112 years, 212 days	Japan
42	Francis Piscatella [3]	F	20 April 1913	112 years, 210 days	United States
43	Hanako Ishii [3]	F	7 May 1913	112 years, 193 days	Japan
44	Ichi Kubota [3]	F	30 May 1913	112 years, 170 days	Japan
45	Ilie Ciocan [3]	M	10 June 1913	112 years, 159 days	Romania
46	Takeko Miyazawa [3]	F	29 June 1913	112 years, 140 days	Japan
47	Dorothy Mimms [3]	F	5 July 1913	112 years, 134 days	United States
48	Martha Jane Johnson [3]	F	11 July 1913	112 years, 128 days	United States
49	Koyu Morita [3]	F	12 July 1913	112 years, 127 days	Japan
50	Yasue Saito [3]	F	17 July 1913	112 years, 122 days	Japan

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.

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. "Klavdiya Gadyuchkina". LongeviQuest. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
5. "Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo". LongeviQuest. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
6. "Beatriz Ferreira Duarte". LongeviQuest. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
7. "Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida". LongeviQuest. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
8. "Louise Signore". LongeviQuest. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
9. "Maria da Conceição Brito". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.