‘World’s Oldest Living Person’ titleholders
Chronological list of the ‘World’s oldest living person’ titleholders (since 1951) according to Guinness World Records (GWR) and Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
See also: Chronological list of the oldest living man in the world since 1951
| Titleholder since | Titleholder until | Duration | Name | Sex | Age when oldest | Birthdate | Deathdate | Years | Days | Country of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1951-04-28 | Unknown | Lucy Woodman | F | N/A–109 | 1841-05-03 | 1951-04-28 | United States | ||
| 1951-04-28 | 1954-01-14 | 2 yrs, 261 days | Nancy Merriman | F | 109–112 | 1841-12-19 | 1954-01-14 | United States | ||
| 1954-01-14 | 1955-10-24 | 1 yr, 283 days | Betsy Baker | F | 111–113 | 1842-08-20 | 1955-10-24 | United States | ||
| 1955-10-24 | 1956-12-16 | 1 yr, 53 days | Jennie Howell | F | 110–111 | 1845-02-11 | 1956-12-16 | United States | ||
| 1956-12-16 | 1957-01-07 | 22 days | Mathias Hansen Saether | M | 108 | 1848-10-21 | 1957-01-07 | Norway | ||
| 1957-01-07 | 1959-01-04 | 1 yr, 362 days | Catherine Waller | F | 108–110 | 1848-12-01 | 1959-01-04 | United States | ||
| 1959-01-04 | 1959-10-07 | 276 days | Christina Karnebeek-Backs | F | 109–110 | 1849-10-02 | 1959-10-07 | Netherlands | ||
| 1959-10-07 | 1960-10-09 | 1 yr, 2 days | Robert Early | M | 109–111 | 1849-10-08 | 1960-10-09 | United States | ||
| 1960-10-09 | 1960-11-28 | 50 days | Nettie Minick | F | 109 | 1851-04-03 | 1960-11-28 | United States | ||
| 1960-11-28 | 1964-12-30 | 4 yrs, 32 days | Mary Kelly | F | 109–113 | 1851-06-07 | 1964-12-30 | United Kingdom | ||
| 1964-12-30 | 1967-06-05 | 2 yrs, 157 days | James King | M | 110–112 | 1854-11-15 | 1967-06-05 | United States | ||
| 1967-06-05 | 1968-10-21 | 1 yr, 138 days | Narcissa Rickman | F | 111–113 | 1855-09-13 | 1968-10-21 | United States | ||
| 1968-10-21 | 1969-05-04 | 195 days | Marie Bernátková | F | 111 | 1857-10-22 | 1969-05-04 | Czech Republic | ||
| 1969-05-04 | 1970-01-11 | 252 days | Ada Roe | F | 111 | 1858-02-06 | 1970-01-11 | United Kingdom | ||
| 1970-01-11 | 1972-07-10 | 2 yrs, 181 days | Kitty Harvey | F | 109–112 | 1860-01-12 | 1972-07-10 | United States | ||
| 1972-07-10 | 1973-02-27 | 232 days | Josefa Salas Mateo | F | 111–112 | 1860-07-14 | 1973-02-27 | Spain | ||
| 1973-02-27 | 1973-08-18 | 172 days | Alice Stevenson | F | 111–112 | 1861-07-10 | 1973-08-18 | United Kingdom | ||
| 1974-01-10 | 1974-01-10 | 145 days | Ettie Crist | F | 111 | 1862-02-14 | 1974-01-10 | United States | ||
| 1974-01-10 | 1974-04-07 | 87 days | Laurence Entiope | F | 111 | 1862-12-09 | 1974-04-07 | France | ||
| 1974-04-07 | 1975-05-31 | 1 yr, 54 days | Mito Umeta | F | 111–112 | 1863-05-14 | 1975-05-31 | Japan | ||
| 1975-05-31 | 1976-11-16 | 1 yr, 169 days | Niwa Kawamoto | F | 111–113 | 1863-09-17 | 1976-11-16 | Japan | ||
| 1976-11-16 | 1978-11-05 | 1 yr, 354 days | Alice Coles | F | 111–113 | 1865-08-28 | 1978-11-05 | United States | ||
| 1978-11-05 | 1981-01-27 | 2 yrs, 83 days | Eliza Underwood | F | 112–114 | 1866-03-15 | 1981-01-27 | United States | ||
| 1981-01-27 | 1981-03-08 | 40 days | Augustine Tessier | F | 112 | 1869-01-02 | 1981-03-08 | France | ||
| 1981-03-08 | 1982-11-13 | 1 yr, 250 days | Nellie Spencer | F | 112–113 | 1869-08-24 | 1982-11-13 | United States | ||
| 1982-11-13 | 1983-10-13 | 334 days | Emma Wilson | F | 112–113 | 1870-05-12 | 1983-10-13 | United States | ||
| 1983-10-13 | 1986-10-21 | 3 yrs, 8 days | Augusta Holtz | F | 112–115 | 1871-08-03 | 1986-10-21 | United States | ||
| 1986-10-21 | 1987-02-02 | 104 days | Mary McKinney | F | 113 | 1873-05-30 | 1987-02-02 | United States | ||
| 1987-02-02 | 1987-12-27 | 328 days | Anna Eliza Williams | F | 113-114 | 1873-06-02 | 1987-12-27 | United Kingdom | ||
| 1987-12-27 | 1988-01-11 | 15 days | Florence Knapp | F | 114 | 1873-10-10 | 1988-01-11 | United States | ||
| 1988-01-11 | 1990-07-07 | 2 yrs, 177 days | Easter Wiggins | F | 113–116 | 1874-06-01 | 1990-07-07 | United States | ||
| 1990-07-07 | 1997-08-04 | 7 yrs, 28 days | Jeanne Calment | F | 115–122 | 1875-02-21 | 1997-08-04 | France | ||
| 1997-08-04 | 1998-04-16 | 255 days | Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | 116–117 | 1880-08-29 | 1998-04-16 | Canada | ||
| 1998-04-16 | 1999-12-30 | 1 yr, 258 days | Sarah Knauss | F | 117–119 | 1880-09-24 | 1999-12-30 | United States | ||
| 1999-12-30 | 2000-11-21 | 327 days | Ella Miller | F | 115 | 1884-12-06 | 2000-11-21 | United States | ||
| 2000-11-21 | 2001-06-06 | 197 days | Marie Brémont | F | 114–115 | 1886-04-25 | 2001-06-06 | France | ||
| 2001-06-06 | 2001-10-28 | 144 days | Ella Gantt | F | 114 | 1886-11-30 | 2001-10-28 | United States | ||
| 2001-10-28 | 2002-03-18 | 141 days | Maud Farris-Luse | F | 114-115 | 1887-02-21 | 2002-03-18 | United States | ||
| 2002-03-18 | 2002-05-28 | 71 days | Grace Clawson | F | 114 | 1887-11-15 | 2002-05-28 | United States | ||
| 2002-05-28 | 2002-08-21 | 85 days | Adelina Domingues | F | 114 | 1888-02-19 | 2002-08-21 | United States | ||
| 2002-08-21 | 2002-12-29 | 130 days | Mae Harrington | F | 113 | 1889-01-20 | 2002-12-29 | United States | ||
| 2002-12-29 | 2003-09-28 | 273 days | Yukichi Chuganji | M | 113–114 | 1889-03-23 | 2003-09-28 | Japan | ||
| 2003-09-28 | 2003-11-13 | 46 days | Mitoyo Kawate | F | 114 | 1889-05-15 | 2003-11-13 | Japan | ||
| 2003-11-13 | 2004-05-29 | 198 days | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan | F | 114 | 1889-09-01 | 2004-05-29 | Puerto Rico | ||
| 2004-05-29 | 2006-08-27 | 2 yrs, 90 days | María Esther de Capovilla | F | 114–116 | 1889-09-14 | 2006-08-27 | Ecuador | ||
| 2006-08-27 | 2006-12-11 | 106 days | Elizabeth Bolden | F | 116 | 1890-08-15 | 2006-12-11 | United States | ||
| 2006-12-11 | 2007-01-24 | 44 days | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | 115 | 1891-08-21 | 2007-01-24 | Puerto Rico | ||
| 2007-01-24 | 2007-01-28 | 4 days | Emma Tillman | F | 114 | 1892-11-22 | 2007-01-28 | United States | ||
| 2007-01-28 | 2007-08-13 | 196 days | Yone Minagawa | F | 114 | 1893-01-04 | 2007-08-13 | Japan | ||
| 2007-08-13 | 2008-11-26 | 1 yr, 105 days | Edna Parker | F | 114–115 | 1893-04-20 | 2008-11-26 | United States | ||
| 2008-11-26 | 2009-01-02 | 37 days | Maria de Jesus | F | 115 | 1893-09-10 | 2009-01-02 | Portugal | ||
| 2009-01-02 | 2009-09-11 | 252 days | Gertrude Baines | F | 114–115 | 1894-04-06 | 2009-09-11 | United States | ||
| 2009-09-11 | 2010-05-02 | 233 days | Kama Chinen | F | 114 | 1895-05-10 | 2010-05-02 | Japan | ||
| 2010-05-02 | 2010-11-04 | 186 days | Eugénie Blanchard | F | 114 | 1896-02-16 | 2010-11-04 | France | ||
| 2010-11-04 | 2010-11-18 | 14 days | Ana Nogueira de Luca | F | 114 | 1896-06-21 | 2010-11-18 | Brazil | ||
| 2010-11-18 | 2011-06-21 | 215 days | Maria Gomes Valentim | F | 114 | 1896-07-09 | 2011-06-21 | Brazil | ||
| 2011-06-21 | 2012-12-04 | 1 yr, 166 days | Besse Cooper | F | 114–116 | 1896-08-26 | 2012-12-04 | United States | ||
| 2012-12-04 | 2012-12-17 | 13 days | Dina Manfredini | F | 115 | 1897-04-04 | 2012-12-17 | United States | ||
| 2012-12-17 | 2013-06-12 | 177 days | Jiroemon Kimura | M | 115–116 | 1897-04-19 | 2013-06-12 | Japan | ||
| 2013-06-12 | 2015-04-01 | 1 yr, 293 days | Misao Okawa | F | 115–117 | 1898-03-05 | 2015-04-01 | Japan | ||
| 2015-04-01 | 2015-04-06 | 5 days | Gertrude Weaver | F | 116 | 1898-07-04 | 2015-04-06 | United States | ||
| 2015-04-06 | 2015-06-17 | 72 days | Jeralean Talley | F | 115–116 | 1899-05-23 | 2015-06-17 | United States | ||
| 2015-06-17 | 2016-05-12 | 330 days | Susannah Mushatt Jones | F | 115–116 | 1899-07-06 | 2016-05-12 | United States | ||
| 2016-05-12 | 2017-04-15 | 338 days | Emma Morano | F | 116–117 | 1899-11-29 | 2017-04-15 | Italy | ||
| 2017-04-15 | 2017-09-15 | 152 days | Violet Brown | F | 117 | 1900-03-10 | 2017-09-15 | Jamaica | ||
| 2017-09-15 | 2018-04-21 | 218 days | Nabi Tajima | F | 117 | 1900-08-04 | 2018-04-21 | Japan | ||
| 2018-04-21 | 2018-07-22 | 92 days | Chiyo Miyako | F | 116–117 | 1901-05-02 | 2018-07-22 | Japan | ||
| 2018-07-22 | 2022-04-19 | 3 yrs, 271 days | Kane Tanaka | F | 115–119 | 1903-01-02 | 2022-04-19 | Japan | ||
| 2022-04-19 | 2023-01-17 | 273 days | Lucile Randon | F | 118 | 1904-02-11 | 2023-01-17 | France | ||
| 2023-01-17 | 2024-08-19 | 1 yr, 215 days | María Branyas Morera | F | 115–117 | 1907-03-04 | 2024-08-19 | Spain | ||
| 2024-08-19 | 2024-12-29 | 132 days | Tomiko Itooka | F | 116 | 1908-05-23 | 2024-12-29 | Japan | ||
| 2024-12-29 | 2025-04-30 | 122 days | Inah Canabarro Lucas | F | 116 | 1908-06-08 | 2025-04-30 | Brazil | ||
| 2025-04-30 | Living | (*) | Ethel Caterham | F | 115–116* | 1909-08-21 | Living | Living in United Kingdom |