List of oldest living people in the Balkans

This is a list of the oldest living people in the Balkans. The countries in the Balkans include: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovinia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia.

Currently, the oldest living person in the Balkans is Ilie Ciocan (born 10 June 1913) of Romania aged 112 years, 34 days, and the oldest living woman in the Balkans is Milka Bauković (born 5 February 1915) of Serbia aged 110 years, 159 days.

See also: List of Balkan supercentenarians

Oldest living people in the Balkans (107+)

      Validated       Under 110       Pending       Unvalidated

					Country of
Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Age	birth	residence
1	Ilie Ciocan	M	10 June 1913	112 years, 34 days	ROU	ROU
2	Milka Bauković	F	5 Feb 1915	110 years, 159 days	CRO	SRB
3	Paladia Noja	F	20 July 1915	109 years, 359 days	ROU	ROU
4	Paressa Orfanidou	F	18 Sep 1915	109 years, 299 days	TUR	GRE
5	Iosif Rus	M	28 Oct 1915	109 years, 259 days	ROU	ROU
6	Elena Herghelegiu	F	27 Jan 1916	109 years, 168 days	ROU	ROU
7	Ioana Lungu	F	7 Apr 1916	109 years, 98 days	ROU	ROU
8	Maria Pînzariu	F	1 Aug 1916	108 years, 347 days	ROU	ROU
9	Viorica Veţian	F	3 Oct 1916	108 years, 284 days	ROU	ROU
10	Taibe Dushica	F	1 Jan 1917	108 years, 194 days	KOS	KOS
11	Sadije Hoti	F	15 Mar 1917	108 years, 121 days	KOS	KOS
12	Esme Mustafa	F	2 May 1917	108 years, 73 days	BUL	BUL
13	Danica Bulatović	F	17 Aug 1917	107 years, 331 days	MNE	SRB
14	Anonymous	F	25 Sep 1917	107 years, 292 days	ROU	ROU
15	Ana Ianchici	F	10 Feb 1918	107 years, 154 days	ROU	ROU
16	Ibush Ademi	M	15 Apr 1918	107 years, 90 days	MKD	MKD
17	Hilda Hećej	F	23 Apr 1918	107 years, 82 days	CRO	CRO

Oldest living men in the Balkans (105+)

				Country of
Rank	Name	Birth	Age	birth	residence
1	Ilie Ciocan	10 June 1913	112 years, 34 days	ROU	ROU
2	Iosif Rus	28 Oct 1915	109 years, 259 days	ROU	ROU
3	Ibush Ademi	15 Apr 1918	107 years, 90 days	MKD	MKD
4	Ion Banu	14 Aug 1918	106 years, 334 days	ROU	ROU
5	Anonymous	31 Oct 1918	106 years, 256 days	BIH	BIH
6	Dumitru Din	10 Mar 1919	106 years, 126 days	ROU	ROU
7	Savu Stroe	14 May 1919	106 years, 61 days	ROU	ROU
8	Zdenko Premzl	25 July 1919	105 years, 354 days	CRO	CRO
9	Ioan Beldi	12 Aug 1919	105 years, 336 days	ROU	ROU
10	Ilie Popa	11 Sep 1919	105 years, 306 days	ROU	ROU
11	Živorad Marković	9 Oct 1919	105 years, 278 days	SRB	SRB
12	Dumitru Chircan	14 Feb 1920	105 years, 150 days	ROU	ROU
13	Alexandru Găncean	17 Feb 1920	105 years, 147 days	ROU	ROU
14	Ismet Elezi	5 Apr 1920	105 years, 100 days	ALB	ALB
15	Hinyu Kolarov	1 June 1920	105 years, 43 days	BUL	BUL

Oldest living Balkan emigrants (107+)

					Country of
Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Age	birth	residence
1	Myrsini Markou	F	4 Feb 1916	109 years, 160 days	GRE	BEL
2	Domenica Bernetti	F	20 Feb 1917	108 years, 144 days	CRO	ITA

References

• GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group