This is a list of the oldest people from Taiwan and a list of Taiwanese supercentenarians (people from Taiwan who have reached an age of 110 or over). So far, the oldest person ever in Taiwan was Lin Zhaozhi (1900–2013) who died at the age of 113 years, 328 days, and the oldest known man ever in Taiwan was Huang Decheng (1913–2023) who died at the age of 110 years, 6 days.
On this list are not listed false or exaggerated claims, while claims over 115 can go to the List of longevity claims.
NOTE: In Taiwan, Minguo calendar is often used. If you need help to convert the years to Gregorian calendar, see on this page: 年歲對照表.
List of Taiwanese supercentenarians[]
Deceased (Validated) Living (Validated) Pending Unvalidated
| County / Country of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | birth | death |
| 1 | Lin Zhaozhi | F | 17 Jan 1900 | 11 Dec 2013 | 113 years, 328 days | Hualien | New Taipei City |
| Liu Jinghuan | F | 17 Mar 1900 | 13 Jan 2014 | 113 years, 302 days |  CHN |
Nantou | |
| Peng Yumei | F | 7 Aug 1903 | 10 Sept 2016 | 113 years, 34 days | Pingtung | Pingtung | |
| 2 | Choumei Xuwen | F | 7 Jan 1900 | 31 Mar 2012 | 112 years, 84 days | Hsinchu | Hsinchu |
| Guo Huangyan | F | 19 Mar 1913 | 17 Jan 2025 | 111 years, 304 days | Sigang | Sigang | |
| Liao Caiai | F | 14 Aug 1913 | fl.1 Nov 2023 | 110 years, 70+ days | Yunlin | Yunlin | |
| 3 | Huang Decheng | M | 14 Nov 1913 | 20 Nov 2023 | 110 years, 6 days | Chiayi | Chiayi |
| 4 | Yu Te-Hsin | M | 17 March 1915 | Living | 110 years, 5 days | ? | Taichung |
References[]
- List of validated supercentenarians in Taiwan Gerontology Research Group
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group