This is a list of the 50 oldest people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It is estimated that there are between 150 and 600 living people who have reached the age of 110. 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.
Kane Tanaka of Japan is the world’s oldest living person whose age has been verified.
50 oldest living people
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of 19 April 2021 | Country of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kane Tanaka | F | 2 January 1903 | 118 years, 107 days | Japan |
| 2 | Lucile Randon, aka Sœur André | F | 11 February 1904 | 117 years, 67 days | France |
| 3 | Francisca Celsa dos Santos | F | 21 October 1904 | 116 years, 180 days | Brazil |
| 4 | Jeanne Bot | F | 14 January 1905 | 116 years, 95 days | France |
| 5 | Antonia da Santa Cruz | F | 13 June 1905 | 115 years, 310 days | Brazil |
| 6 | Tekla Juniewicz | F | 10 June 1906 | 114 years, 313 days | Poland |
| 7 | Thelma Sutcliffe | F | 1 October 1906 | 114 years, 200 days | United States |
| 8 | Valentine Ligny | F | 22 October 1906 | 114 years, 179 days | France |
| 9 | Anonymous of Fukuoka | F | 17 December 1906 | 114 years, 123 days | Japan |
| 10 | Hama Yasukawa | F | 19 January 1907 | 114 years, 90 days | Japan |
| 11 | María Brañas Morera | F | 4 March 1907 | 114 years, 46 days | Spain |
| 12 | Phyllis Ridgway | F | 10 March 1907 | 114 years, 40 days | Canada |
| 13 | Casilda Benegas-Gallego | F | 8 April 1907 | 114 years, 11 days | Argentina |
| 14 | Fusa Tatsumi | F | 25 April 1907 | 113 years, 359 days | Japan |
| 15 | Yoshi Baba | F | 3 June 1907 | 113 years, 320 days | Japan |
| 16 | Cecile Klein | F | 15 June 1907 | 113 years, 308 days | Canada |
| 17 | Evangelista Luisa López | F | 21 June 1907 | 113 years, 302 days | Argentina |
| 18 | Maude Harris | F | 15 August 1907 | 113 years, 247 days | United States |
| 19 | Bessie Hendricks | F | 7 November 1907 | 113 years, 163 days | United States |
| 20 | Mila Mangold | F | 14 November 1907 | 113 years, 156 days | United States |
| 21 | Reita Fennell | F | 20 November 1907 | 113 years, 150 days | Canada |
| 22 | Irene Dunham | F | 16 December 1907 | 113 years, 124 days | United States |
| 23 | Christine Ireland | F | 19 January 1908 | 113 years, 90 days | United States |
| 24 | Veronika Zsilinszki | F | 4 February 1908 | 113 years, 74 days | Hungary |
| 25 | Edith Ceccarelli | F | 5 February 1908 | 113 years, 73 days | United States |
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| 27 | Kahoru Furuya | F | 18 February 1908 | 113 years, 60 days | Japan |
| 28 | Nahi Yonamine | F | 9 March 1908 | 113 years, 41 days | Japan |
| 29 | Erna Zahn | F | 14 April 1908 | 113 years, 5 days | United States |
| 30 | Inah Canabarro Lucas | F | 27 May 1908 | 112 years, 327 days | Brazil |
| 31 | Hazel Plummer | F | 19 June 1908 | 112 years, 304 days | United States |
| 32 | Anna Garrett | F | 26 July 1908 | 112 years, 267 days | United States |
| 33 | Esther Wittenburg | F | 27 September 1908 | 112 years, 204 days | United States |
| 34 | Pauline Angleman | F | 4 October 1908 | 112 years, 197 days | United States |
| 35 | Barbara Barton | F | 12 October 1908 | 112 years, 189 days | United States |
| 36 | Matilde Pinto Gil | F | 15 October 1908 | 112 years, 186 days | Colombia |
| 37 | Sarah Lillian Priest | F | 7 November 1908 | 112 years, 163 days | United Kingdom |
| 38 | Itsuka Ōshimo | F | 12 December 1908 | 112 years, 128 days | Japan |
| 39 | Nina Willis | F | 14 January 1909 | 112 years, 90 days | United States |
| 40 | Nancy Marie | F | 26 January 1909 | 112 years, 83 days | Seychelles |
| 41 | Gertrude Annie Kingston | F | 1 February 1909 | 112 years, 77 days | United Kingdom |
| 42 | Katsumi Ando | F | 2 February 1909 | 112 years, 76 days | Japan |
| 43 | Mollie Walker | F | 5 February 1909 | 112 years, 73 days | United Kingdom |
| 44 | Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia | M | 8 February 1909 | 112 years, 70 days | Spain |
| 45 | Alexandra Dolghier | F | 14 March 1909 | 112 years, 36 days | Moldova |
| 46 | Maria da Encarnacao Sousa | F | 20 March 1909 | 112 years, 30 days | Portugal |
| 47 | Maria Oliva | F | 16 April 1909 | 112 years, 3 days | Italy |
| 48 | Jules Théobald | M | 17 April 1909 | 112 years, 2 days | France (Martinique) |
| 49 | Julia Van Hool | F | 7 May 1909 | 111 years, 347 days | Belgium |
| 50 | Shige Mineshiba | F | 18 May 1909 | 111 years, 336 days | Canada |