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] Nearly all the top 50 oldest living people are women, as women live longer than men on average. A list of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of 18 February 2026 | Country of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethel Caterham [3] | F | 21 August 1909 | 116 years, 181 days | United Kingdom |
| 2 | Naomi Whitehead [3] | F | 26 September 1910 | 115 years, 145 days | United States |
| 3 | Lucia Laura Sangenito [3] | F | 22 November 1910 | 115 years, 88 days | Italy |
| 4 | Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo [4] | F | 13 January 1911 | 115 years, 36 days | Brazil |
| 5 | Shigeko Kagawa [3] | F | 28 May 1911 | 114 years, 266 days | Japan |
| 6 | Beatriz Ferreira Duarte [5] | F | 21 June 1911 | 114 years, 242 days | Brazil |
| 7 | Bonita Gibson [3] | F | 4 July 1911 | 114 years, 229 days | United States |
| 8 | Fuyo Kishimoto [3] | F | 20 December 1911 | 114 years, 60 days | Japan |
| 9 | Ilse Meingast [3] | F | 14 March 1912 | 113 years, 341 days | United States [a] |
| 10 | Anonymous (of Setagaya) [3] | F | 14 May 1912 | 113 years, 280 days | Japan |
| 11 | Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida [6] | F | 28 May 1912 | 113 years, 266 days | Brazil [b] |
| 12 | Madeleine Dellamonica [3] | F | 23 July 1912 | 113 years, 210 days | France |
| 13 | Angelica Tiscornia [3] | F | 22 August 1912 | 113 years, 180 days | Argentina |
| 14 | Anonymous (of Ashiya) [3] | F | 18 September 1912 | 113 years, 153 days | Japan |
| 15 | Rosa Micaela Puertas [3] | F | 29 September 1912 | 113 years, 142 days | Argentina |
| 16 | João Marinho Neto [3] | M | 5 October 1912 | 113 years, 136 days | Brazil |
| 17 | Catherine Ferrell [3] | F | 10 October 1912 | 113 years, 131 days | United States |
| 18 | Anonymous (of Kimitsu) [3] | F | 30 October 1912 | 113 years, 111 days | Japan |
| 19 | Akino Ueda [3] | F | 5 November 1912 | 113 years, 105 days | Japan |
| 20 | Merah Smith [3] | F | 9 November 1912 | 113 years, 101 days | United Kingdom [c] |
| 21 | Louise Burkhalter [3] | F | 13 November 1912 | 113 years, 97 days | United States |
| 22 | Anonymous (of Kyoto) [3] | F | 15 November 1912 | 113 years, 95 days | Japan |
| 23 | Anna Natella [3] | F | 21 November 1912 | 113 years, 89 days | United States [d] |
| 24 | Maria da Conceição Brito [7] | F | 31 December 1912 | 113 years, 49 days | Portugal |
| 25 | Yukie Takahashi [3] | F | 4 January 1913 | 113 years, 45 days | Japan |
| 26 | Tsune Kimura [3] | F | 12 January 1913 | 113 years, 37 days | Japan |
| 27 | Eulalia Bravo Bravo [3] | F | 12 February 1913 | 113 years, 6 days | Mexico |
| 28 | Tomi Ono [3] | F | 24 February 1913 | 112 years, 359 days | Japan |
| 29 | Marcelle Demorgny [3] | F | 10 March 1913 | 112 years, 345 days | France |
| 30 | Yukiko Honda [3] | F | 15 March 1913 | 112 years, 340 days | Japan |
| 31 | Mollie Horwitz [3] | F | 16 March 1913 | 112 years, 339 days | United States [e] |
| 32 | Haruko Onizuka [3] | F | 18 March 1913 | 112 years, 337 days | Japan |
| 33 | Francis Piscatella [3] | F | 20 April 1913 | 112 years, 304 days | United States |
| 34 | Ichi Kubota [3] | F | 30 May 1913 | 112 years, 264 days | Japan |
| 35 | Ilie Ciocan [3] | M | 10 June 1913 | 112 years, 253 days | Romania |
| 36 | Takeko Miyazawa [3] | F | 29 June 1913 | 112 years, 234 days | Japan |
| 37 | Dorothy Mimms [3] | F | 5 July 1913 | 112 years, 228 days | United States |
| 38 | Koyu Morita [3] | F | 12 July 1913 | 112 years, 221 days | Japan |
| 39 | Yasue Saito [3] | F | 17 July 1913 | 112 years, 216 days | Japan |
| 40 | Luisa Maggioni [8] | F | 19 July 1913 | 112 years, 214 days | Brazil |
| 41 | Rosa Laura Torres Barra [9] | F | 20 July 1913 | 112 years, 213 days | Chile |
| 42 | Teresa Fernandez Casado [10] | F | 29 July 1913 | 112 years, 204 days | Spain |
| 43 | Chitose Awata [3] | F | 20 August 1913 | 112 years, 182 days | Japan |
| 44 | Aileen Kars [3] | F | 12 September 1913 | 112 years, 159 days | New Zealand |
| 45 | Doris Noreen [3] | F | 15 September 1913 | 112 years, 156 days | United States |
| 46 | Ayako Kyotani [3] | F | 29 September 1913 | 112 years, 142 days | Japan |
| 47 | Ken Weeks [3] | M | 5 October 1913 | 112 years, 136 days | Australia |
| 48 | Samuele Goustille [3] | F | 12 October 1913 | 112 years, 129 days | France |
| 49 | Misao Kobayashi [3] | F | 27 October 1913 | 112 years, 114 days | Japan |
| 50 | Tsutae Hayashi [3] | F | 28 October 1913 | 112 years, 113 days | Japan |
| Rank | Name | Birth date | Age as of 18 February 2026 | Country of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Marinho Neto [3] | 5 October 1912 | 113 years, 136 days | Brazil |
| 2 | Ilie Ciocan [3] | 10 June 1913 | 112 years, 253 days | Romania |
| 3 | Ken Weeks [3] | 5 October 1913 | 112 years, 136 days | Australia |
| 4 | Vitantonio Lovallo [3] | 28 March 1914 | 111 years, 327 days | Italy |
| 5 | Francisco Ernesto Filho [11] | 5 April 1914 | 111 years, 319 days | Brazil |
| 6 | Hikaru Katō [3] | 2 May 1914 | 111 years, 292 days | Japan |
| 7 | Virgilio Dávalos Rey [12] | 8 October 1914 | 111 years, 133 days | Paraguay |
| 8 | Tokuji Tanigaki [3] | 8 November 1914 | 111 years, 102 days | Japan |
| 9 | Ryōji Shinoda [3] | 30 November 1914 | 111 years, 80 days | Japan |
| 10 | Luis Cano [13] | 9 December 1914 | 111 years, 71 days | United States [a] |
| 11 | Edwin Martin [3] | 15 February 1915 | 111 years, 3 days | United States |
| 12 | Yu Te-Hsin [3] | 17 March 1915 | 110 years, 338 days | Taiwan [b] |
| 13 | Burdett Sisler [3] | 14 April 1915 | 110 years, 310 days | Canada [c] |
| 14 | Pedro María Molina Márquez [3] | 27 April 1915 | 110 years, 297 days | Venezuela |
| 15 | Joaquim Varela [3] | 1 June 1915 | 110 years, 262 days | Portugal |
| 16 | Jesús Redondo Bermejo [14] | 2 June 1915 | 110 years, 261 days | Spain |
| 17 | Bernabé Córdoba [3] | 11 June 1915 | 110 years, 252 days | Costa Rica |
| 18 | Chester Meros [3] | 14 July 1915 | 110 years, 219 days | United States |
| 19 | Tamotsu Arai [3] | 1 August 1915 | 110 years, 201 days | Japan |
| 20 | Juan Bautista Quiróz Pití [3] | 29 August 1915 | 110 years, 173 days | Panama |