List of oldest living people - wikipedia List of oldest living people This article is about the oldest currently living people. For supercentenarians validated by modern standards, whether alive or dead, see List of the verified oldest people. For the main article, see Supercentenarian. For modern, or complete, unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims. For historical, incomplete unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity myths. For other relevant tables of the oldest verified people, see Oldest people. This is a list of the 100 oldest people who have been verified to be alive within the last 12 months and whose death has not been reported by a reliable source. It is estimated that there are between 150 and 600 living people who have reached the age of 110. The true number is uncertain as not all supercentenarians are known to researchers at a given time and some claims can not be validated or are fraudulent. Upon the death of Violet Brown of Jamaica on 15 September 2017, Nabi Tajima of Japan became the world 's oldest living person. 100 oldest living people This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. No. Name Sex Birth date Age as of 30 March 2018 Place of residence Nabi Tajima 4 August 1900 7004429720000000000 ♠ 117 years, 238 days Japan Ida Troupe 25 December 1900 7004428290000000000 ♠ 117 years, 95 days Jamaica Maria Emilia Quesada 5 January 1901 7004428180000000000 ♠ 117 years, 84 days Cuba Chiyo Miyako 2 May 1901 7004427010000000000 ♠ 116 years, 332 days Japan Dorrisile Dervis 25 December 1901 7004424640000000000 ♠ 116 years, 95 days United States 6 Giuseppina Projetto 30 May 1902 7004423080000000000 ♠ 115 years, 304 days Italy 7 Tava Colo 22 December 1902 7004421020000000000 ♠ 115 years, 98 days France 8 Kane Tanaka 2 January 1903 7004420910000000000 ♠ 115 years, 87 days Japan 9 Maria Giuseppa Robucci 20 March 1903 7004420140000000000 ♠ 115 years, 10 days Italy 10 Iso Nakamura 23 April 1903 7004419800000000000 ♠ 114 years, 341 days Japan 11 Shimoe Akiyama 19 May 1903 7004419540000000000 ♠ 114 years, 315 days Japan 12 Delphine Gibson 17 August 1903 7004418640000000000 ♠ 114 years, 225 days United States 13 Magdalena Oliver Gabarro 31 October 1903 7004417890000000000 ♠ 114 years, 150 days Spain 14 Lucile Randon 11 February 1904 7004416860000000000 ♠ 114 years, 47 days France 15 Tomoe Iwata 25 March 1904 7004416430000000000 ♠ 114 years, 5 days Japan 16 Shin Matsushita 30 March 1904 7004416380000000000 ♠ 114 years, 0 days Japan 17 Yoshiyo Bessho 1 April 1904 7004416360000000000 ♠ 113 years, 363 days Japan 18 Tane Yonekura 2 May 1904 7004416050000000000 ♠ 113 years, 332 days Japan 19 Bessie Camm 20 June 1904 7004415560000000000 ♠ 113 years, 283 days United Kingdom 20 Hisa Arai 10 September 1904 7004414740000000000 ♠ 113 years, 201 days Japan 21 Lessie Brown 22 September 1904 7004414620000000000 ♠ 113 years, 189 days United States 22 Olive Boar 29 September 1904 7004414550000000000 ♠ 113 years, 182 days United Kingdom 23 Jeanne Bot 14 January 1905 7004413480000000000 ♠ 113 years, 75 days France 24 Shigeyo Nakachi 1 February 1905 7004413300000000000 ♠ 113 years, 57 days Japan 25 Mine Suzuki 26 March 1905 7004412770000000000 ♠ 113 years, 4 days Japan 26 Kame Ganeko 10 April 1905 7004412620000000000 ♠ 112 years, 354 days Japan 27 Ellen Gibb 26 April 1905 7004412460000000000 ♠ 112 years, 338 days Canada 28 Clara Anderson 2 July 1905 7004411790000000000 ♠ 112 years, 271 days United States 29 Anonymous of Kyoto 16 July 1905 7004411650000000000 ♠ 112 years, 257 days Japan 30 Geertje Kuijntjes 19 July 1905 7004411620000000000 ♠ 112 years, 254 days Netherlands 31 Masazou Nonaka 25 July 1905 7004411560000000000 ♠ 112 years, 248 days Japan 32 Osugi Sogo 13 August 1905 7004411370000000000 ♠ 112 years, 229 days Japan 33 Hester Ford 15 August 1905 7004411350000000000 ♠ 112 years, 227 days United States 34 Iris Westman 28 August 1905 7004411220000000000 ♠ 112 years, 214 days United States 35 Tsukimi Kishi 31 August 1905 7004411190000000000 ♠ 112 years, 211 days Japan 36 Maria Veiga Amado 9 October 1905 7004410800000000000 ♠ 112 years, 172 days Cape Verde 37 Mariannina Genovese 15 October 1905 7004410740000000000 ♠ 112 years, 166 days Italy Gustav Gerneth 15 October 1905 7004410740000000000 ♠ 112 years, 166 days Germany 39 Lucille Treccase 18 October 1905 7004410710000000000 ♠ 112 years, 163 days United States 40 Kura Bingo 20 October 1905 7004410690000000000 ♠ 112 years, 161 days Japan 41 Diega Cammalleri 23 October 1905 7004410660000000000 ♠ 112 years, 158 days Italy 42 Kimi Asanuma 3 November 1905 7004410550000000000 ♠ 112 years, 147 days Japan Mina Kitagawa 3 November 1905 7004410550000000000 ♠ 112 years, 147 days Japan 44 Misao Uemura 7 November 1905 7004410510000000000 ♠ 112 years, 143 days Japan 45 Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff 7 December 1905 7004410210000000000 ♠ 112 years, 113 days Germany 46 Maggie Kidd 8 December 1905 7004410200000000000 ♠ 112 years, 112 days United States 47 Isabel Castaño Restrepo 11 January 1906 7004409860000000000 ♠ 112 years, 78 days United States 48 Guerina Amedei 31 January 1906 7004409660000000000 ♠ 112 years, 58 days Italy 49 Anonymous of Kyoto ( 2 ) 7 February 1906 7004409590000000000 ♠ 112 years, 51 days Japan 50 Margaret Vivian 25 February 1906 7004409410000000000 ♠ 112 years, 33 days Australia 51 Therese Fenners 8 March 1906 7004409300000000000 ♠ 112 years, 22 days Germany 52 Anna Benericetti 22 March 1906 7004409160000000000 ♠ 112 years, 8 days Italy 53 Richard Arvin Overton 11 May 1906 7004408660000000000 ♠ 111 years, 323 days United States 54 Doris Farrar 6 June 1906 7004408400000000000 ♠ 111 years, 297 days United States 55 Tekla Juniewicz 10 June 1906 7004408360000000000 ♠ 111 years, 293 days Poland 56 Laura Wright 15 June 1906 7004408310000000000 ♠ 111 years, 288 days United States 57 Mazie Ford 28 June 1906 7004408180000000000 ♠ 111 years, 275 days United States 58 Reatha Robinson 17 July 1906 7004407990000000000 ♠ 111 years, 256 days United States Marie - Louise Taterode 17 July 1906 7004407990000000000 ♠ 111 years, 256 days France 60 Minnie Whicker 24 July 1906 7004407920000000000 ♠ 111 years, 249 days United States 61 Mathilde Mange 10 August 1906 7004407750000000000 ♠ 111 years, 232 days Germany 62 Elisabeth Tränkner 11 August 1906 7004407740000000000 ♠ 111 years, 231 days Germany 63 Kiku Aoyama 4 September 1906 7004407500000000000 ♠ 111 years, 207 days Japan 64 Josefa Santos González 7 September 1906 7004407470000000000 ♠ 111 years, 204 days Spain 65 Grace Jones 16 September 1906 7004407380000000000 ♠ 111 years, 195 days United Kingdom 66 Helen White 21 September 1906 7004407330000000000 ♠ 111 years, 190 days United States 67 Louise Schaaf 16 October 1906 7004407080000000000 ♠ 111 years, 165 days United States 68 Natsu Kotsuka 18 October 1906 7004407060000000000 ♠ 111 years, 163 days Japan 69 Valentine Ligny 22 October 1906 7004407020000000000 ♠ 111 years, 159 days France Carmela Velardi 22 October 1906 7004407020000000000 ♠ 111 years, 159 days Italy 71 Seki Inagaki 4 November 1906 7004406890000000000 ♠ 111 years, 146 days Japan 72 Lydia Smuda 6 November 1906 7004406870000000000 ♠ 111 years, 144 days Germany 73 Beulah Meloche 23 November 1906 7004406700000000000 ♠ 111 years, 127 days United States 74 Anna Mehlberg 2 December 1906 7004406610000000000 ♠ 111 years, 118 days Germany 75 Ichi Hatta 6 December 1906 7004406570000000000 ♠ 111 years, 114 days Japan 76 Adma Tura 25 December 1906 7004406380000000000 ♠ 111 years, 95 days France 77 Tsunahei Ogawa 9 January 1907 7004406230000000000 ♠ 111 years, 80 days Japan 78 Kaoru Ueda 10 January 1907 7004406220000000000 ♠ 111 years, 79 days Japan 79 Tari Chiba 19 January 1907 7004406130000000000 ♠ 111 years, 70 days Japan 80 Miriam Moore 28 January 1907 7004406040000000000 ♠ 111 years, 61 days United States 81 Ellen Goodwill 2 February 1907 7004405990000000000 ♠ 111 years, 56 days United States 82 Sumie Yabune 5 February 1907 7004405960000000000 ♠ 111 years, 53 days Japan 83 Rosalie Esposito 11 February 1907 7004405900000000000 ♠ 111 years, 47 days United States 84 Thelma McLeod 13 February 1907 7004405880000000000 ♠ 111 years, 45 days Australia 85 Christine Hoscheid 16 February 1907 7004405850000000000 ♠ 111 years, 42 days Germany 86 Lillian Cox 22 February 1907 7004405790000000000 ♠ 111 years, 36 days United States 87 Sanae Uchiyama 27 February 1907 7004405740000000000 ♠ 111 years, 31 days Japan 88 Maria Branyas Morera 4 March 1907 7004405690000000000 ♠ 111 years, 26 days Spain 89 Hide Morokuma 10 March 1907 7004405630000000000 ♠ 111 years, 20 days Japan 90 Rosena Hankerson 16 March 1907 7004405570000000000 ♠ 111 years, 14 days United States 91 Anna Medwenitsch 17 March 1907 7004405560000000000 ♠ 111 years, 13 days Austria 92 Icie Clark 19 March 1907 7004405540000000000 ♠ 111 years, 11 days United States 93 Tame Yamaguchi 20 March 1907 7004405530000000000 ♠ 111 years, 10 days Japan 94 Harue Nobira 28 March 1907 7004405450000000000 ♠ 111 years, 2 days Japan 95 Helen Turner 1 April 1907 7004405410000000000 ♠ 110 years, 363 days United States 96 Merle Phillips 2 April 1907 7004405400000000000 ♠ 110 years, 362 days United States 97 Nora Ettori 5 April 1907 7004405370000000000 ♠ 110 years, 359 days Italy 98 Adelaida Gonzalez Hernandez 13 April 1907 7004405290000000000 ♠ 110 years, 351 days Spain 99 Sixta Tulia Aguinaga de Posada 22 April 1907 7004405200000000000 ♠ 110 years, 342 days United States 100 Madeline Anderson 4 May 1907 7004405080000000000 ♠ 110 years, 330 days New Zealand Bernie Nenner 4 May 1907 7004405080000000000 ♠ 110 years, 330 days United States Notes Jump up ^ Dervis was born in Haiti Jump up ^ Gerneth was born in Stettin, then part of the German Empire ; it is now named Szczecin and located in Poland. Jump up ^ Castaño Restrepo was born in Colombia. Jump up ^ Vivian was born in the United Kingdom. Jump up ^ Juniewicz was born in Lviv, Austria - Hungary. It is now located in Ukraine. Jump up ^ Schaaf was born in the German Empire, which is today Germany. Jump up ^ Tura was born in Kaytouli, then part of the Ottoman Empire. It is now located in Lebanon. Jump up ^ Morera was born in San Francisco, California, United States Jump up ^ Ettori was born in São Paulo, Brazil Jump up ^ Posada was born in Colombia. References ^ Jump up to : Nuwer, Rachel ( 16 September 2015 ). `` Keeping Track of the oldest People in the World ''. Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2015. Jump up ^ Ballinger, Barbara. `` Q&A : Supercentenarian Vera Van Wagner On Living to a Really Ripe Old Age, Marrying the Love of Her Life, and Waiting For a Big Birthday Bash ''. Hudson Valley Magazine. Jump up ^ `` World 's oldest woman is dead ''. The Star. 2017 - 09 - 15. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 15. 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Jump up ^ http://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/ forlì / cronaca / i - 111 - anni - di - anna - l - università - la - studia - per - capire - il - suo - segreto - 1.3006341 Jump up ^ Lauren Reid ( 2017 - 08 - 10 ). `` Richard Overton taken to hospital for pneumonia ''. FOX 7. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 18. Jump up ^ One of Maine 's oldest residents celebrates 111th birthday Retrieved 2 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Tekla Juniewicz z Gliwic ma 111 lat ! Jej recepta na długowieczność to głód i bieda ''. www.dziennikzachodni.pl. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 27. Jump up ^ Tim Flach ( 2017 - 06 - 15 ). `` Retired Saluda teacher qualifies for 111 candles on her birthday cake ''. The State. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 02. Jump up ^ Cady Herring. `` Local volunteer Mazie Ford turns 111 - years - old ''. sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 27. Jump up ^ Weller, Frances. `` Hampstead woman celebrates her 111th birthday ''. Jump up ^ Léa Guelle ( 19 July 2017 ). `` Bon pied bon œil, la doyenne de l'Auvergne Marie - Louise Taterode a fêté ses 111 ans ''. lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 27 September 2017 Jump up ^ `` Roseville Woman Celebrates Her 111th Birthday ''. Jump up ^ Spruck, Matthias. `` Die älteste Sprockhövelerin wurde zu Kaisers Zeiten geboren '' ( in German ). Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 23. Jump up ^ Ursula Kuttler - Merz ( 2017 - 08 - 11 ). `` Elisabeth Heimweh nach der Grünau '' ( in German ). Schwäbisches Tagblatt. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 27. ^ Jump up to : `` Hokkaido prefecture report '' ( PDF ) ( in Japanese ). Jump up ^ `` Josefa Santos cumple 111 años en la residencia madrileña Geriatros - SARquavitae Mirasierra ( Madrid ) - Residencias DomusVi ''. domusvi.es. Retrieved 19 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Woman from Worcestershire celebrates 111th birthday ''. BBC. 2017 - 09 - 17. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 18. Jump up ^ Dianne Poston Owens ( 2017 - 10 - 05 ). `` Marion County native Helen White celebrates 111th birthday ''. SCNow.com. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Chicago area woman celebrates 111th birthday ''. abc7chicago.com. 16 October 2017 Retrieved 20 October 2017 Jump up ^ `` Yamanashi prefecture Sept update 2017 '' ( in Japanese ). Jump up ^ `` À 111 ans, l'Amiénoise Valentine Ligny doyenne des Hauts - de-France ''. Courrier picard. 24 October 2017 Retrieved 27 October 2017 Jump up ^ `` 111 ANNI, AUGURI A NONNA CARMELA VELARDI ! ''. terminalmilazzo.com. 22 October 2017 Retrieved 27 October 2017 Jump up ^ `` Älteste Frau Hamburgs : Lydia Smuda feiert ihren 111. Geburtstag ''. www.sat1regional.de. 6 November 2017 Retrieved 6 November 2017 Jump up ^ `` Congressional Record ''. www.congress.gov. Retrieved 19 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Schönstatt - Schönstätterin aus Berlin feiert 111. Geburtstag ''. www.schoenstatt.de. 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Question: who's the oldest person living right now
Answer: Nabi Tajima