List of the verified oldest people
These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest people sorted in descending order by age in years and days. The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.
The oldest known living person is Ethel Caterham of the United Kingdom, aged. The oldest known living man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, aged. The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men.
100 verified oldest women
The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group, with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.| Rank | Name | Birth date | Death date | Age | Place of death or residence |
| 1 | Jeanne Calment | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997 | France | |
| 2 | Kane Tanaka | 2 January 1903 | 19 April 2022 | Japan | |
| 3 | Sarah Knauss | 24 September 1880 | 30 December 1999 | United States | |
| 4 | Lucile Randon | 11 February 1904 | 17 January 2023 | France | |
| 5 | Nabi Tajima | 4 August 1900 | 21 April 2018 | Japan | |
| 6 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | Canada | |
| 7 | Violet Brown | 10 March 1900 | 15 September 2017 | Jamaica | |
| 8 | Maria Branyas | 4 March 1907 | 19 August 2024 | Spain | |
| 9 | Emma Morano | 29 November 1899 | 15 April 2017 | Italy | |
| 10 | Chiyo Miyako | 2 May 1901 | 22 July 2018 | Japan | |
| 11 | Delphia Welford | 9 September 1875 | 14 November 1992 | United States | |
| 12 | Misao Okawa | 5 March 1898 | 1 April 2015 | Japan | |
| 13 | Francisca Celsa dos Santos | 21 October 1904 | 5 October 2021 | Brazil | |
| 14 | María Capovilla | 14 September 1889 | 27 August 2006 | Ecuador | |
| 15 | Inah Canabarro Lucas | 8 June 1908 | 30 April 2025 | Brazil | |
| 16 | Susannah Mushatt Jones | 6 July 1899 | 12 May 2016 | United States | |
| 17 | Gertrude Weaver | 4 July 1898 | 6 April 2015 | United States | |
| 18 | Julia Maria Francisca Simao | 9 January 1901 | 8 October 2017 | Brazil | |
| 19 | Fusa Tatsumi | 25 April 1907 | 12 December 2023 | Japan | |
| 20 | Antonia da Santa Cruz | 13 June 1905 | 23 January 2022 | Brazil | |
| 21 | Tomiko Itooka | 23 May 1908 | 29 December 2024 | Japan | |
| 22 | Tane Ikai | 18 January 1879 | 12 July 1995 | Japan | |
| 23 | Ethel Caterham | 21 August 1909 | Living | United Kingdom | |
| 24 | Jeanne Bot | 14 January 1905 | 22 May 2021 | France | |
| 25 | Elizabeth Bolden | 15 August 1890 | 11 December 2006 | United States | |
| 26 | Besse Cooper | 26 August 1896 | 4 December 2012 | United States | |
| 27 | Maria Giuseppa Robucci | 20 March 1903 | 18 June 2019 | Italy | |
| 28 | Tekla Juniewicz | 10 June 1906 | 19 August 2022 | Poland | |
| 29 | Ana María Vela Rubio | 29 October 1901 | 15 December 2017 | Spain | |
| 30 | Giuseppina Projetto | 30 May 1902 | 6 July 2018 | Italy | |
| 31 | Easter Wiggins | 1 June 1874 | 7 July 1990 | United States | |
| 32 | Jeralean Talley | 23 May 1899 | 17 June 2015 | United States | |
| 33 | Edith Ceccarelli | 5 February 1908 | 22 February 2024 | United States | |
| 34 | Ella Miller | 6 December 1884 | 21 November 2000 | United States | |
| 35 | Shigeyo Nakachi | 1 February 1905 | 11 January 2021 | Japan | |
| 36 | Maggie Barnes | 6 March 1882 | 19 January 1998 | United States | |
| 37 | Dina Manfredini | 4 April 1897 | 17 December 2012 | United States | |
| 38 | Marie-Rose Tessier | 21 May 1910 | Living | France | |
| 38 | Shimoe Akiyama | 19 May 1903 | 29 January 2019 | Japan | |
| 40 | Hester Ford | 15 August 1905 | 17 April 2021 | United States | |
| 41 | Okagi Hayashi | 2 September 1909 | 26 April 2025 | Japan | |
| 42 | Charlotte Hughes | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | United Kingdom | |
| 43 | Edna Parker | 20 April 1893 | 26 November 2008 | United States | |
| 44 | Mary Ann Rhodes | 12 August 1882 | 3 March 1998 | Canada | |
| 45 | Anonymous of Tokyo | 15 March 1900 | 27 September 2015 | Japan | |
| 46 | Margaret Skeete | 27 October 1878 | 7 May 1994 | United States | |
| 47 | Magdalena Oliver Gabarró | 31 October 1903 | 1 May 2019 | Spain | |
| 48 | Bernice Madigan | 24 July 1899 | 3 January 2015 | United States | |
| 49 | Gertrude Baines | 6 April 1894 | 11 September 2009 | United States | |
| 50 | Bettie Wilson | 13 September 1890 | 13 February 2006 | United States | |
| 51 | Shin Matsushita | 30 March 1904 | 27 August 2019 | Japan | |
| 52 | Iris Westman | 28 August 1905 | 3 January 2021 | United States | |
| 52 | Naomi Whitehead | 26 September 1910 | Living | United States | |
| 54 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand | 16 September 1891 | 18 January 2007 | Canada | |
| 55 | Maria de Jesus | 10 September 1893 | 2 January 2009 | Portugal | |
| 56 | Marie-Josephine Gaudette | 25 March 1902 | 13 July 2017 | Italy | |
| 57 | Susie Gibson | 31 October 1890 | 16 February 2006 | United States | |
| 57 | Thelma Sutcliffe | 1 October 1906 | 17 January 2022 | United States | |
| 59 | Edna Kern | 14 October 1900 | 20 January 2016 | United States | |
| 60 | Elizabeth Francis | 25 July 1909 | 22 October 2024 | United States | |
| 61 | Casilda Benegas Gallego | 8 April 1907 | 28 June 2022 | Argentina | |
| 62 | Augusta Holtz | 3 August 1871 | 21 October 1986 | United States | |
| 63 | Guillermina Acosta Bilbao | 27 November 1901 | 13 February 2017 | Panama | |
| 64 | Valentine Ligny | 22 October 1906 | 4 January 2022 | France | |
| 65 | Lucia Laura Sangenito | 22 November 1910 | Living | Italy | |
| 66 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | 29 June 1890 | 30 August 2005 | Netherlands | |
| 67 | Bessie Hendricks | 7 November 1907 | 3 January 2023 | United States | |
| 68 | Mina Kitagawa | 3 November 1905 | 19 December 2020 | Japan | |
| 69 | Marie Brémont | 25 April 1886 | 6 June 2001 | France | |
| 70 | Yoshi Otsunari | 17 December 1906 | 26 January 2022 | Japan | |
| 71 | Katie Hatton | 18 December 1876 | 24 January 1992 | United States | |
| 72 | Maude Farris-Luse | 21 February 1887 | 18 March 2002 | United States | |
| 73 | Koto Okubo | 24 December 1897 | 12 January 2013 | Japan | |
| 73 | Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo | 13 January 1911 | Living | Brazil | |
| 75 | Antonia Gerena Rivera | 19 May 1900 | 2 June 2015 | United States | |
| 76 | Chiyono Hasegawa | 20 November 1896 | 2 December 2011 | Japan | |
| 77 | Annie Jennings | 12 November 1884 | 20 November 1999 | United Kingdom | |
| 78 | Anonymous of Hyōgo | 29 April 1907 | 30 April 2022 | Japan | |
| 79 | Eva Morris | 8 November 1885 | 2 November 2000 | United Kingdom | |
| 80 | Klavdiya Gadyuchkina | 5 December 1910 | 29 November 2025 | Russia | |
| 81 | Kama Chinen | 10 May 1895 | 2 May 2010 | Japan | |
| 82 | Mary Bidwell | 9 May 1881 | 25 April 1996 | United States | |
| 83 | Sofia Rojas | 13 August 1907 | 30 July 2022 | Colombia | |
| 84 | Maria Gomes Valentim | 9 July 1896 | 21 June 2011 | Brazil | |
| 85 | Izabel Rosa Pereira | 13 October 1910 | 24 September 2025 | Brazil | |
| 86 | Hazel Plummer | 19 June 1908 | 25 May 2023 | United States | |
| 87 | Ophelia Burks | 25 October 1903 | 27 September 2018 | United States | |
| 88 | Eliza Underwood | 15 March 1866 | 27 January 1981 | United States | |
| 89 | Kahoru Furuya | 18 February 1908 | 25 December 2022 | Japan | |
| 90 | Mary Josephine Ray | 17 May 1895 | 7 March 2010 | United States | |
| 91 | Goldie Steinberg | 30 October 1900 | 16 August 2015 | United States | |
| 92 | Andrée Bertoletto | 1 January 1911 | 16 October 2025 | France | |
| 93 | Kiyoko Ishiguro | 4 March 1901 | 5 December 2015 | Japan | |
| 94 | Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes | 24 October 1890 | 25 July 2005 | Portugal | |
| 94 | Eudoxie Baboul | 1 October 1901 | 1 July 2016 | France | |
| 96 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan | 1 September 1889 | 29 May 2004 | Puerto Rico | |
| 96 | Yukie Hino | 17 April 1902 | 13 January 2017 | Japan | |
| 98 | Charlotte Kretschmann | 3 December 1909 | 27 August 2024 | Germany | |
| 99 | Delphine Gibson | 17 August 1903 | 9 May 2018 | United States | |
| 100 | Eugénie Blanchard | 16 February 1896 | 4 November 2010 | France | |
| 100 | Mine Kondō | 1 September 1910 | 20 May 2025 | Japan |