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 22 August 2025	Country of residence
1	Ethel Caterham[3]	F	21 August 1909	116 years, 1 day	United Kingdom
2	Marie-Rose Tessier[3]	F	21 May 1910	115 years, 93 days	France
3	Naomi Whitehead[3]	F	26 September 1910	114 years, 330 days	United States
4	Izabel Rosa Pereira[4]	F	13 October 1910	114 years, 313 days	Brazil
5	Lucia Laura Sangenito[3]	F	22 November 1910	114 years, 273 days	Italy
6	Andrée Bertoletto[3]	F	1 January 1911	114 years, 233 days	France
7	Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo[5]	F	13 January 1911	114 years, 221 days	Brazil
8	Mary Harris[3]	F	13 May 1911	114 years, 101 days	United States
9	Shigeko Kagawa[3]	F	28 May 1911	114 years, 86 days	Japan
10	Beatriz Ferreira Duarte[6]	F	21 June 1911	114 years, 62 days	Brazil
11	Bonita Gibson[3]	F	4 July 1911	114 years, 49 days	United States
12	Winnie Felps[3]	F	10 October 1911	113 years, 316 days	United States
13	Fuyo Kishimoto[3]	F	20 December 1911	113 years, 245 days	Japan
14	Sumiko Mori[3]	F	30 January 1912	113 years, 204 days	Japan
15	Ilse Meingast[3]	F	14 March 1912	113 years, 161 days	United States[a]
16	Margaret Romans[3]	F	16 March 1912	113 years, 159 days	Canada[b]
17	Maria Carmela Ricci[3]	F	16 April 1912	113 years, 128 days	Italy
18	Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida[7]	F	28 May 1912	113 years, 86 days	Brazil[c]
19	Shizuko Kiyuna[3]	F	10 June 1912	113 years, 73 days	Japan
20	Madeleine Dellamonica[3]	F	23 July 1912	113 years, 30 days	France
21	Louise Signore[3]	F	31 July 1912	113 years, 22 days	United States
22	Angelica Tiscornia[3]	F	22 August 1912	113 years, 0 days	Argentina
23	Mariana Penna Monteiro[8]	F	2 September 1912	112 years, 354 days	Brazil
24	Rosa Micaela Puertas[3]	F	29 September 1912	112 years, 327 days	Argentina
25	Wenonah Bish[3]	F	2 October 1912	112 years, 324 days	United States
26	João Marinho Neto[3]	M	5 October 1912	112 years, 321 days	Brazil
27	Catherine Ferrell[3]	F	10 October 1912	112 years, 316 days	United States
28	Miho Kumagai[3]	F	20 October 1912	112 years, 306 days	Japan
29	Anonymous (from Kimitsu)[3]	F	30 October 1912	112 years, 296 days	Japan
30	Akino Ueda[3]	F	5 November 1912	112 years, 290 days	Japan
31	Merah Smith[3]	F	9 November 1912	112 years, 286 days	United Kingdom[d]
32	Louise Burkhalter[3]	F	13 November 1912	112 years, 282 days	United States
33	Anonymous (from Kyoto)[3]	F	15 November 1912	112 years, 280 days	Japan
34	Anna Natella[3]	F	21 November 1912	112 years, 274 days	United States[e]
35	Georgette Huard[3]	F	24 November 1912	112 years, 271 days	France
36	Hideno Kawaji[3]	F	28 November 1912	112 years, 267 days	Japan
37	Maria da Conceição Brito[9]	F	31 December 1912	112 years, 234 days	Portugal
38	Yukie Takahashi[3]	F	4 January 1913	112 years, 230 days	Japan
39	Hide Endō[3]	F	13 January 1913	112 years, 221 days	Japan
40	Virginia Bell[3]	F	29 January 1913	112 years, 205 days	United States
41	Eulalia Bravo Bravo[3]	F	12 February 1913	112 years, 191 days	Mexico
42	Yvonne Francier[3]	F	28 February 1913	112 years, 175 days	France[f]
43	Marcelle Demorgny[3]	F	10 March 1913	112 years, 165 days	France
44	Yukiko Honda[3]	F	15 March 1913	112 years, 160 days	Japan
45	Haruko Onizuka[3]	F	18 March 1913	112 years, 157 days	Japan
45	Angelina Torres Vallbona[10]	F			Spain
47	Josino Levino Ferreira[3]	M	3 April 1913	112 years, 141 days	Brazil
48	Ilda da Silva[11]	F	16 April 1913	112 years, 128 days	Portugal
49	Miho Matsuzaki[3]	F	18 April 1913	112 years, 126 days	Japan
50	Francis Piscatella[3]	F	20 April 1913	112 years, 124 days	United States

1. Meingast was born in the German Empire.
2. Romans was born in the Russian Empire in what is now Latvia.
3. Esteves de Almeida was born in Portugal.
4. Smith was born in Jamaica.
5. Natella was born in Italy.
6. Francier was born in Belgium.