List of the oldest people by country


This is a list of the oldest people by country and in selected territories. It includes the individual for each given country or territory who are reported to have had the longest lifespan. Such records can only be determined to the extent that the given country's records are reliable. Comprehensive birth registration is largely a 20th-century phenomenon, so records establishing human longevity are necessarily fragmentary. The earliest comprehensive recordkeeping systems arose in Western Europe. For example, the United Kingdom organized a central recordkeeping system for England and Wales in 1837; making it compulsory by 1874.
The list of oldest people is heavily skewed toward Western countries. This is not necessarily simply due to better chances of survival. Additionally the proportion of world population of current developed nations was far higher over a century ago than today; the table of nations below represents less than 20% of the current global population, and the European descended population alone constituted some 36% of the world population in 1900. Similarly, Japan continues to drop in world population rankings.

Oldest ever

This list comprises longest-lived individuals who were born and are living or died in each country. Where known, records for both males and females are noted, as are those born in one country who emigrated to another. Multiple entries for a given country and sex indicate that the oldest person is disputed. Entries for living people are rendered by.
CountryNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAge
ArgentinaVirginia Secundina MoyanoF17 May 190420 June 2017113 years, 34 days
AustraliaChristina CockF25 December 188722 May 2002114 years, 148 days
AustraliaJack LockettM22 January 189125 May 2002111 years, 123 days
AustriaIlse Weiszfeld F16 October 190422 April 2017112 years, 188 days
AustriaMaria Mika F23 May 188217 November 1994112 years, 178 days
AustriaHermine NistlerF24 December 190013 February 2012111 years, 51 days
AustriaLeopold VietorisM4 June 18919 April 2002110 years, 309 days
BarbadosJames SisnettM22 February 190023 May 2013113 years, 90 days
BelarusMollye Marcus F18 October 189918 February 2011111 years, 123 days
BelgiumJoanna Turcksin-Deroover F3 June 18906 December 2002112 years, 186 days
BelgiumJan Machiel Reyskens M11 May 18787 January 1990111 years, 241 days
BelgiumJan GoossenaertsM30 October 190021 March 2012111 years, 143 days
BrazilFrancisca Celsa dos SantosF21 October 1904Living
CanadaMarie-Louise MeilleurF29 August 188016 April 1998117 years, 230 days
CanadaJames McCoubrey M13 September 19015 July 2013111 years, 295 days
CanadaGeorge Frederick Ives M17 November 188112 April 1993111 years, 146 days
Cape VerdeAdelina Domingues F19 February 188821 August 2002114 years, 183 days
ColombiaAna Sara Marquez de RamirezF25 July 190427 August 2016112 years, 33 days
ColombiaDaniel Guzmán-GarcíaM6 February 189721 May 2008111 years, 105 days
CroatiaHermina Dunz F24 February 189814 June 2008110 years, 111 days
CubaFaustina Sarmiento-PupoF15 February 190516 September 2019114 years, 213 days
Czech RepublicMaria Mika F23 May 188217 November 1994112 years, 178 days
Czech RepublicMarie BernátkováF22 October 18574 May 1969111 years, 194 days
DenmarkChristian Mortensen M16 August 188225 April 1998115 years, 252 days
DenmarkEllen Adelaide BrandenborgF7 January 190622 July 2017111 years, 196 days
DenmarkGeorg Ingwersen JensenM14 June 190615 May 2016109 years, 336 days
EcuadorMaría CapovillaF14 September 188927 August 2006116 years, 347 days
EstoniaMarta Kallas F26 December 190431 May 2014109 years, 155 days
EstoniaElle MalbergF10 April 190716 December 2015108 years, 250 days
EstoniaArved TammM31 January 191014 November 2017107 years, 287 days
FinlandMaria RothoviusF2 October 188717 June 2000112 years, 259 days
FinlandAarne ArvonenM4 August 18971 January 2009111 years, 150 days
FranceJeanne CalmentF21 February 18754 August 1997122 years, 164 days
FranceLucile Randon, a.k.a. Sœur AndréF11 February 1904Living
FranceMaurice FloquetM25 December 189410 November 2006111 years, 320 days
GermanyAugusta Holtz F3 August 187121 October 1986115 years, 79 days
GermanyGustav GernethM15 October 190522 October 2019114 years, 7 days
GermanyMathilde MangeF10 August 190628 October 2019113 years, 79 days
GreeceKaterina KarnarouF25 July 1905Living
GreeceGregory Pandazes M15 January 187322 December 1983110 years, 341 days
HungaryElizabeth Stefan F13 May 18959 April 2008112 years, 332 days
HungaryZoltan Sarosy M23 August 190619 June 2017110 years, 300 days
HungaryRezső GallaiM29 January 190425 September 2014110 years, 239 days
IcelandGuðrún Björnsdóttir F20 October 188826 August 1998109 years, 310 days
IcelandSólveig PálsdóttirF20 August 189728 October 2006109 years, 69 days
IcelandGeorg ÓlafssonM26 March 190922 February 2017107 years, 333 days
IndiaLucy d'Abreu F24 May 18927 December 2005113 years, 197 days
IrelandKathleen Snavely F16 February 19026 July 2015113 years, 140 days
IrelandKatherine PlunketF20 November 182014 October 1932111 years, 327 days
IsraelYisrael Kristal M15 September 190311 August 2017113 years, 330 days
IsraelMaria Pogonowska F30 October 189715 July 2009111 years, 258 days
ItalyEmma MoranoF29 November 189915 April 2017117 years, 137 days
ItalyAntonio ToddeM22 January 18893 January 2002112 years, 346 days
JamaicaViolet BrownF10 March 190015 September 2017117 years, 189 days
JapanNabi TajimaF4 August 190021 April 2018117 years, 260 days
JapanJiroemon KimuraM19 April 189712 June 2013116 years, 54 days
LatviaKsenija MitušovaF10 February 18996 January 2012112 years, 334 days
LebanonAdma Tura F25 December 19063 September 2018111 years, 252 days
LithuaniaEmilija KristopaitieneF15 October 190214 March 2014111 years, 150 days
LuxembourgGermaine Litwinski-KauffmannF4 March 190817 January 2019110 years, 319 days
LuxembourgJean LeyM10 February 190320 February 2013110 years, 10 days
MaltaConnie GaleaF31 December 18901 October 2000109 years, 275 days
MexicoDominga Velasco F12 May 190111 October 2015114 years, 152 days
MexicoAmbrosia Acosta-TeranF21 February 190425 August 2016112 years, 186 days
MexicoFiliberto PucM22 August 190721 January 2018110 years, 152 days
MoldovaGoldie Steinberg F30 October 190016 August 2015114 years, 290 days
NetherlandsHendrikje van Andel-SchipperF29 June 189030 August 2005115 years, 62 days
NetherlandsJan Machiel Reyskens M11 May 18787 January 1990111 years, 241 days
NetherlandsJan Pieter BosM12 July 189115 December 2002111 years, 156 days
New ZealandFlorence Finch F22 December 189310 April 2007113 years, 109 days
New ZealandMadeline AndersonF4 May 190719 June 2018111 years, 46 days
NorwayF21 December 187620 February 1989112 years, 61 days
NorwayHerman Smith-Johannsen M15 June 18755 January 1987111 years, 204 days
PanamaClara Cedeño TelloF12 August 190611 January 2020113 years, 152 days
PeruCarlos Valenzuela Castro M24 September 190530 March 2016110 years, 187 days
PeruJulia Dougherty F20 August 18934 December 2003110 years, 106 days
PolandAugusta Holtz F3 August 187121 October 1986115 years, 79 days
PolandTekla JuniewiczF10 June 1906Living
PolandYisrael Kristal M15 September 190311 August 2017113 years, 330 days
PortugalMaria de JesusF10 September 18932 January 2009115 years, 114 days
PortugalAugusto Moreira de OliveiraM6 October 189613 February 2009112 years, 130 days
RomaniaMaria Corba F15 August 18788 March 1989110 years, 205 days
RussiaRosalia Hasenkampf F14 October 188910 July 2002112 years, 282 days
RussiaAndrei Kuznetsoff M27 October 187330 January 1984110 years, 95 days
Saint Kitts and NevisRosalind Hill F30 March 189918 January 2010110 years, 294 days
SlovakiaMaria Brandes F11 August 19026 February 2013110 years, 179 days
SlovakiaMária ČeremugováF11 September 19095 December 2018109 years, 85 days
SloveniaKatarina MariničF30 October 18992 September 2010110 years, 307 days
SloveniaNiko DragošM27 August 190731 March 2018110 years, 216 days
South AfricaJohanna BooysenF17 January 185716 June 1968111 years, 151 days
SpainAna María Vela RubioF29 October 190115 December 2017116 years, 47 days
SpainJoan RiudavetsM15 December 18895 March 2004114 years, 81 days
SwedenAstrid ZachrisonF15 May 189515 May 2008113 years, 0 days
SwedenCarl MattssonM7 March 190824 July 2019111 years, 139 days
SwitzerlandRosa Rein F24 March 189714 February 2010112 years, 327 days
SwitzerlandEmma DuvoisinF5 July 188630 September 1997111 years, 87 days
SwitzerlandRodolphe Buxcel M5 September 190826 February 2019
SwitzerlandPierre GremionM5 March 190213 February 2012109 years, 345 days
UkraineGoldie Michelson F8 August 19028 July 2016113 years, 335 days
United KingdomCharlotte HughesF1 August 187717 March 1993115 years, 228 days
United KingdomHenry AllinghamM6 June 189618 July 2009113 years, 42 days
United StatesSarah KnaussF24 September 188030 December 1999119 years, 97 days
United StatesChristian Mortensen M16 August 188225 April 1998115 years, 252 days
United StatesMathew BeardM9 July 187016 February 1985114 years, 222 days
UruguayManolita Piña F24 February 188311 June 1994111 years, 107 days

Territorial and overseas regions recordholders

Below is a list of oldest people in the territories of selected countries. Entries for living people are rendered by.
CountryTerritoryNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAge
DenmarkFaroe IslandsTheodor ThomassenM28 October 19089 March 2016107 years, 133 days
DenmarkFaroe IslandsLaura HøjgaardF2 July 191213 January 2018105 years, 193 days
DenmarkGreenlandAgnethe FenckerF24 October 1910April 2013102 years, 159 days+
FinlandÅland IslandsAnna HagmanF27 December 189518 April 2006110 years, 112 days
FranceFrench GuianaEudoxie BaboulF1 October 19011 July 2016114 years, 274 days
FranceGuadeloupeLuce Maced F2 May 188625 February 2000113 years, 299 days
FranceGuadeloupeMathilde Octavie TafnaF16 March 18951 May 2007112 years, 46 days
FranceMartiniqueLuce Maced F2 May 188625 February 2000113 years, 299 days
FranceMartiniqueJulie MontabordF113 years, 92 days
FranceMartiniqueJules ThéobaldM17 April 1909Living
FranceNew CaledoniaMarie-Louise LhuillierF26 June 189528 December 2007112 years, 185 days
FranceRéunionMarie-Isabelle Diaz F22 February 189829 October 2011113 years, 249 days
FranceRéunionJulia Sinédia-CazourF12 July 18926 October 2005113 years, 86 days
FranceRéunionJean-Clementis AmanoM7 October 190815 June 2019110 years, 251 days
FranceSaint BarthélemyEugénie BlanchardF16 February 18964 November 2010114 years, 261 days
NetherlandsCuraçaoMaria Samson-Leer F1 February 190622 December 2015109 years, 324 days
PortugalAzoresAlice Sanders F12 May 18977 November 2007110 years, 179 days
United KingdomAnguillaElma Mealy GumbsF29 June 190518 November 2012107 years, 142 days
United KingdomJerseyBeryl Ada Le GrosF30 August 191031 January 2019108 years, 154 days
United KingdomGuernseyMargaret Ann NeveF18 May 17924 April 1903110 years, 321 days
United StatesPuerto RicoEmiliano Mercado del ToroM21 August 189124 January 2007115 years, 156 days
United StatesPuerto RicoAntonia Gerena Rivera F19 May 19002 June 2015115 years, 14 days
United StatesPuerto RicoRamona Trinidad Iglesias-JordanF31 August 188929 May 2004114 years, 272 days
United StatesUS Virgin IslandsUrsula KriggerF22 April 190210 September 2015113 years, 141 days

Oldest living by country

This is a list of the oldest living people by country and lists the oldest people confirmed to be alive in the last year, sorted by country. Those born in one country but who later moved to another are specifically noted.

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Dependent territories