This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of extreme old age, names here are restricted to those people whose ages have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) or Guinness World Records (GWR), and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced.
According to this criterion, the longest human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875â€"1997), who lived to the age of 122 years, 164 days. She met Vincent van Gogh when she was 12 or 13. She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110. Subsequent investigation found documentation for Calment's age, beyond any reasonable question, in the records of her native city, Arles, France. More evidence of Calment's lifespan has been produced than for any other supercentenarian; her case serves as an archetype in the methodology for verifying the ages of the world's oldest people.
As women live longer than men on average, combined records for both sexes are dominated by women. The longest undisputed lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (1897â€"2013), who died at age 116 years, 54 days.
Since the death of 117-year-old Emma Morano of Italy on 15 April 2017, 117-year-old Violet Brown of Jamaica, born 10 March 1900, is the oldest living person in the world whose age has been documented. Since the death of 112-year-old Yasutaro Koide of Japan on 18 January 2016, 113-year-old Yisrael Kristal of Israel, born 15 September 1903, is the world's oldest living man.
Ten oldest verified cases ever
Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced in recent decades and only in certain parts of the world.
Note: All ten oldest people ever are women.
 Deceased  Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 21 June 2017
Men
a^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
b^ Kristal was born in Poland, then a part of the Russian Empire.
Ten oldest living people of verified age
Note: All ten oldest people are women.
a^ Gaudette was born in the United States.
Men
a^ Kristal was born in Poland, then a part of the Russian Empire.
b^ Sarosy was born in Hungary, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Chronological list of the oldest known living person since 1955
This list is copied from the Gerontology Research Group's list of the World's Oldest Person Titleholders. As the oldest living person is usually a woman, a sequence of oldest women would be nearly redundant to this list. A sequence of oldest living men follows this sequence.
Chronological list of the oldest living man since 1973
This list is copied from the Gerontology Research Group's list of the World's Oldest Man Titleholders.
Oldest verified person by country
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