List of oldest people by nation

This is a list of oldest people by nation. It includes the individual(s), for each given country, 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 largely came into being in the 20th century; reliable records are therefore fragmentary. The earliest comprehensive recordkeeping systems arose in Europe, in countries such as Sweden and the Netherlands. England and Wales in the United Kingdom organised a central recordkeeping system in 1837. It was made compulsory by 1874.

This list comprises the longest-lived individuals, by country, but only to the extent that their lifespans have been reliably established. Records for both males and females are noted, where known. Similarly, those born in one country who emigrated to another are identified insofar as that information is available. If more than one individual is listed for a given country and gender, it is the result of disputed reports, alternative reports, or a lack of sufficient documentary evidence to make a clear determination. Nations are listed alphabetical order. Some nations listed were once European colonies (i.e. French Algeria, Spanish Morocco) with the result that their record-keeping systems are more analogous to those of 20th-century Europe than to those of their geographic neighbors.

For a global overview, see the table of national longevity recordholders and the separate lists of living national longevity recordholders and oldest people by U.S. state.


Verified national longevity recordholders

      Deceased       Living       Age disputed

Country Name Sex Birth date Death date Age
Algeria Anne Primout[a] (died in France) F 5 October 1890 26 March 2005 114 years, 172 days
Emile Fourcade[b] (died in France) M 29 July 1884 29 December 1995 111 years, 153 days
Australia Christina Cock F 25 December 1887 22 May 2002 114 years, 148 days
John Lockett M 22 January 1891 25 May 2002 111 years, 123 days
Austria Maria Mika[c] F 23 May 1882 17 November 1994 112 years, 178 days
Hermine Nistler[1] F 24 December 1900 Living &10000000000000111000000111 years, &1000000000000005900000059 days
Leopold Vietoris M 4 June 1891 9 April 2002 110 years, 309 days
Barbados James Sisnett[1] M 22 February 1900 Living &10000000000000111000000111 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days
Belarus Mollye Marcus[d] (died in the USA) F 18 October 1899 18 February 2011 111 years, 123 days
Belgium Joanna Deroover F 3 June 1890 6 December 2002 112 years, 186 days
Jan Machiel Reyskens (died in the Netherlands) M 11 May 1878 7 January 1990 111 years, 241 days
Jan Goossenaerts[1] M 30 October 1900 Living &10000000000000111000000111 years, &10000000000000114000000114 days
Brazil Maria Gomes Valentim F 9 July 1896 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days
Canada Marie-Louise Meilleur F 29 August 1880 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days
George Frederick Ives (born in the UK) M 17 November 1881 12 April 1993 111 years, 146 days
Joseph Saint-Amour M 26 February 1852 16 March 1962 110 years, 18 days
Cape Verde Adelina Domingues (died in the USA) F 19 February 1888 21 August 2002 114 years, 183 days
Colombia Daniel Guzmán-García M 6 February 1897 21 May 2008 111 years, 105 days
Croatia Hermina Dunz[e] F 24 February 1898 14 June 2008 110 years, 111 days
Czech Republic Maria Mika[c] (died in Austria) F 23 May 1882 17 November 1994 112 years, 178 days
Marie Bernátková[f][2] F 22 October 1857 fl. October 1968 111 years, 0+ days
Denmark Christian Mortensen (died in the USA) M 15 August 1882 25 April 1998 115 years, 253 days
Johanne Svensson (died in Sweden) F 24 January 1892 29 May 2003 111 years, 125 days
Anne Matthiesen F 26 November 1884 19 March 1996 111 years, 114 days
Ecuador María Capovilla F 14 September 1889 27 August 2006 116 years, 347 days
Finland Maria Rothovius[3] F 2 October 1887 17 June 2000 112 years, 259 days
Aarne Arvonen M 4 August 1897 1 January 2009 111 years, 150 days
France Jeanne Calment F 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days
Maurice Floquet M 25 December 1894 10 November 2006 111 years, 320 days
Germany Charlotte Benkner (died in the USA) F 16 November 1889 14 May 2004 114 years, 180 days
Maria Laqua F 12 February 1889 9 February 2002 112 years, 362 days
Hermann Dörnemann M 27 May 1893 2 March 2005 111 years, 279 days
Greece Gregory Pandazes[g] (died in the USA) M 15 January 1873 22 December 1983 110 years, 341 days
Lambrini Tsiatoura[g] F 1870 19 February 1981 110 years, 50 days+
Ioanna Lambropoulos[g] F 8 May 1884 2 June 1994 110 years, 25 days+
Iceland Guðrún Björnsdóttir (died in Canada)[4] F 20 October 1888 26 August 1998 109 years, 310 days
Sólveig Pálsdóttir[4] F 20 August 1897 28 October 2006 109 years, 69 days
Helgi Símonarson[4] M 13 September 1895 24 August 2001 105 years, 345 days
India Lucy d'Abreu[h] (died in the UK) F 24 May 1892 7 December 2005 113 years, 197 days
Ireland Katherine Plunket F 20 November 1820 14 October 1932 111 years, 327 days
Israel Maria Pogonowska (born in Poland) F 30 October 1897 15 July 2009 111 years, 258 days
Italy Dina Manfredini (Living in the United States) F 4 April 1897 Living &10000000000000114000000114 years, &10000000000000323000000323 days
Venere Pizzinato-Papo[i] F 23 November 1896 2 August 2011 114 years, 252 days
Antonio Todde M 22 January 1889 3 January 2002 112 years, 346 days
Japan Tane Ikai F 18 January 1879 12 July 1995 116 years, 175 days
Jiroemon Kimura[1] M 19 April 1897 Living &10000000000000114000000114 years, &10000000000000308000000308 days
Lithuania Ella Ille Rentel[j] (died in Germany) F 19 May 1852 19 September 1962 110 years, 123 days
Mexico Soledad Mexia (living in the USA)[1] F 13 August 1899 Living &10000000000000112000000112 years, &10000000000000192000000192 days
Morocco Consuelo Moreno[k] (died in the USA) F 5 February 1893 13 November 2004 111 years, 282 days
Netherlands Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper F 29 June 1890 30 August 2005 115 years, 62 days
Thomas Peters M 6 April 1745 26 March 1857 111 years, 354 days[5][6]
Jan Machiel Reyskens (born in Belgium) M 11 May 1878 7 January 1990 111 years, 241 days
Jan Pieter Bos M 12 July 1891 15 December 2002 111 years, 158 days
New Zealand Florence Finch (born in the UK) F 22 December 1893 10 April 2007 113 years, 109 days
Ethel Booth F 25 December 1890 18 February 2001 110 years, 55 days
Norway Maren Bolette Torp F 21 December 1876 20 February 1989 112 years, 61 days
Herman Smith-Johannsen M 15 June 1875 5 January 1987 111 years, 204 days
Peru Julia Dougherty (died in the USA) F 20 August 1893 4 December 2003 110 years, 106 days
Poland Rosa Rein[l] (died in Switzerland) F 24 March 1897 14 February 2010 112 years, 327 days
Portugal Maria de Jesus F 10 September 1893 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days
Augusto Moreira de Oliveira M 6 October 1896 13 February 2009 112 years, 130 days
Romania Aniţica Butariu F 17 June 1882 21 November 1997 115 years, 157 days[7]
Elizabeth Stefan[m] (died in the USA) F 13 May 1895 9 April 2008 112 years, 332 days
Russia Lillian Joelson[n] (died in the USA) F 20 August 1896 30 December 2007 111 years, 132 days
Andrei Kuznetsoff[o] (died in Finland) M 17 October 1873 31 January 1984 110 years, 106 days
Khasako Dzugayev[p] M 7 August 1860 fl. August 1970 110 years, 0+ days
Saint Kitts and Nevis Rosalind Hill (died in the USA) F 30 March 1899 18 January 2010 110 years, 294 days
Slovenia Katarina Marinič[q] F 30 October 1899 2 September 2010 110 years, 307 days
South Africa Johanna Booyson F 17 January 1857 16 June 1968 111 years, 151 days
Spain M.A.C.C.[8] F 10 June 1881 16 January 1996 114 years, 220 days
Joan Riudavets M 15 December 1889 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days
Sweden Astrid Zachrison F 15 May 1895 15 May 2008 113 years, 0 days
Anders Engberg M 1 July 1892 6 November 2003 111 years, 128 days
Switzerland Rosa Rein[l] F 24 March 1897 14 February 2010 112 years, 327 days
Emma Duvoisin F 5 July 1886 30 September 1997 111 years, 87 days
Pierre Gremion M 5 March 1902 Living &10000000000000109000000109 years, &10000000000000353000000353 days
Ukraine Fannie Buten[r] (died in the USA) F 13 April 1899 24 September 2010 111 years, 164 days
United Kingdom Charlotte Hughes F 1 August 1877 17 March 1993 115 years, 228 days
Henry Allingham M 6 June 1896 18 July 2009 113 years, 42 days
United States Sarah Knauss F 24 September 1880 30 December 1999 119 years, 97 days
Christian Mortensen (born in Denmark) M 15 August 1882 25 April 1998 115 years, 253 days
Mathew Beard M 8 July 1870 16 February 1985 114 years, 222 days[9]
Walter Breuning M 21 September 1896 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days
Uruguay Manolita Piña (born in Spain) F 24 February 1883 11 June 1994 111 years, 107 days

a^ Primout was a native of French Algeria; it is presently Algeria.
b^ Fourcade was a native of French Algeria; it is presently Algeria.
c^ Mika is a native of Bohemia, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in the Czech Republic.
d^ Marcus is a native of Lechovitz, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire; It is presently located in Belarus.
e^ Dunz is a native of Zagreb, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Croatia.
f^ Bernátková was a native in a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in the Czech Republic.
g^ Pandazes, Tsiatoura, and Lambropoulos were natives of the Kingdom of Greece; it is presently Greece.
h^ d'Abreu is a native of Dharwar, which had then been a part of the British Raj; it is presently located in India.
i^ Pizzinato-Papo is a native of Ala, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Italy.
j^ Rentel is a native of Geldauschinken, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire; it is presently located in Lithuania.
k^ Moreno was a native of Spanish Morocco, which had then been a part of the Spanish Empire; it is presently Morocco.
l^ Rein is a native of Dziećkowice, near Mysłowice, which had then been a part of the German Empire; it is presently located in Poland.
m^ Stefan is a native of Siebenbürgen, which had then been a part of Hungary; it is presently located in Romania.
n^ Joelson was a native of the Russian Empire; it is presently Russia.
o^ Kuznetsoff was a native of the Russian Empire; it is presently Russia.
p^ Duzgayev was a native of the Russian Empire and died in the Soviet Union; it is presently Russia.
q^ Marinič is a native of Deskle, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Slovenia.
r^ Buten is a native of Lvov, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in the Ukraine.

Territorial recordholders

Country Territory Name Sex Birth date Death date Age
Denmark Faroe Islands Jóhannes Tauser[10] M 23 February 1902 12 January 2008 105 years, 323 days
Fredrikka Maria Sigvardsen[11] F 2 July 1875 23 November 1980 105 years, 144 days
Greenland Malene Lund[12][13] F 6 June 1877 27 January 1979 101 years, 235 days
France Guadeloupe Luce Maced F 2 May 1886 25 February 2000 113 years, 299 days
New Caledonia Marie-Louise Lhuillier F 26 June 1895 28 December 2007 112 years, 185 days
Réunion Julia Sinédia-Cazour F 12 July 1892 6 October 2005 113 years, 86 days
Saint Barthélemy Eugénie Blanchard F 16 February 1896 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days
United States Puerto Rico Emiliano Mercado del Toro M 21 August 1891 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan F 31 August 1889 29 May 2004 114 years, 272 days

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM. 
  2. ^ Bernátková was first included in the 1970 Guinness World Records. She was reportedly alive in October 1968, but the exact date of her death is not known.
  3. ^ Young, Robert. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DEATH DATE". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/I.HTM. 
  4. ^ a b c Ragnarsson, Jónas/Síminn (24 May 2011). "Langelstu Íslendingarnir". Kvikmyndir.com. http://www.kvikmyndir.com/langlifinet/pdf/2011.05.24.LANGelstu105109TT.pdf. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  5. ^ Young, Robert Douglas. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES CHRONOLOGICAL". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/AA.HTM. 
  6. ^ The GRG considers the Moses Hardy claim as subject to doubt.
  7. ^ Aniţica Butariu's claim was accepted by Romanian authorities, but supporting documentation for the claim has never been produced for inspection by international gerontology organizations. However, nothing has been published to dispute the claim.
  8. ^ Gómez-Redondo, Rosa; García González, Juan M. (2007). Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain. Madrid: National University of Distance Education. p. 166. http://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/drm/007/2-7.pdf. 
  9. ^ The USA Social Security Administration recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.
  10. ^ "Elsti føroyingur andaðist leygardagin" (in Faroese). Kristnastova.dk. 16 January 2008. http://www.kristnastova.dk/tidindi.php?sid=677. 
  11. ^ "Karl Jákup Sigvardsen 100 ár" (in Faroese). FFblaðið. 17 February 2005. p. 20. http://www.fiskimannafelag.fo/PDF_Blad/FF-pdf/FF336.pdf. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  12. ^ Narssak, John Rasmussen (16 June 1977). "Malene Lund 100-lîngmat" (in Danish). Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten. p. 5. http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3797817. 
  13. ^ "Grønlands ældste, Malene Lund er død" (in Danish and Kalaallisut). Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten. 1 February 1979. p. 3. http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3800462. 
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