This is a list of people who spent 1+ years as the world's oldest person (WOP).
List[]
| Rank | From | Time spent as oldest |
Name | Sex | Age when oldest |
Lifespan | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Jul 1990 | 7 yrs, 28 days | Jeanne Calment | F | 115–122 | 21 Feb 1875 – 4 Aug 1997 (122 years, 164 days) |
 FRA
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| 2 | 24 Nov 1959 | 5 yrs, 36 days | Mary Kelly | F | 108–113 | 7 Jun 1851 – 30 Dec 1964 (113 years, 206 days) |
 USA
|
| 3 | 22 Jul 2018 | 3 yrs, 271 days | Kane Tanaka | F | 115–119 | 2 Jan 1903 – 19 Apr 2022 (119 years, 107 days) |
 JPN
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| 4 | 11 Jan 1970 | 3 yrs, 47 days | Josefa Salas Mateo | F | 109–112 | 14 Jul 1860 – 27 Feb 1973 (112 years, 228 days) |
 ESP
|
| 5 | 25 Apr 1978 | 2 yrs, 272 days | Fannie Thomas | F | 111–113 | 14 Apr 1867 – 22 Jan 1981 (113 years, 283 days) |
USA
|
| 6 | 11 Jan 1988 | 2 yrs, 177 days | Easter Wiggins | F | 113–116 | 1 Jun 1874 – 7 Jul 1990 (116 years, 36 days) |
USA
|
| 7 | 29 May 2004 | 2 yrs, 90 days | Maria Capovilla | F | 114–116 | 14 Sep 1889 – 27 Aug 2006 (116 years, 347 days) |
 ECU
|
| 8 | 10 Jan 1966 | 2 yrs, 71 days | John Mosley Turner | M | 109–111 | 15 Jun 1856 – 21 Mar 1968 (111 years, 280 days) |
 UK
|
| 9 | 12 Jun 2013 | 1 yr, 292 days | Misao Okawa | F | 115–117 | 5 Mar 1898 – 1 Apr 2015 (117 years, 27 days) |
JPN
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| 10 | 16 Apr 1998 | 1 yr, 258 days | Sarah Knauss | F | 117–119 | 24 Sep 1880 – 30 Dec 1999 (119 years, 97 days) |
USA
|
| 11 | 8 Mar 1981 | 1 yr, 250 days | Nellie Spencer | F | 111–113 | 24 Aug 1869 – 13 Nov 1982 (113 years, 81 days) |
USA
|
| 12 | 16 Feb 1985 | 1 yr, 247 days | Augusta Holtz | F | 113–115 | 3 Aug 1871 – 21 Oct 1986 (115 years, 79 days) |
USA
|
| 13 | 17 Jan 2023 | 1 year, 214 days | Maria Branyas Morera | F | 115-117 | 4 Mar 1907 - 19 Aug 2024 (117 years, 168 days) |
USAESP
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| 14 | 31 Oct 1973 | 1 yr, 212 days | Mito Umeta | F | 110–112 | 27 Mar 1863 – 31 May 1975 (112 years, 65 days) |
JPN
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| 15 | 31 May 1975 | 1 yr, 169 days | Niwa Kawamoto | F | 111–113 | 5 Aug 1863 – 16 Nov 1976 (113 years, 105 days) |
JPN
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| 16 | 21 Jun 2011 | 1 yr, 166 days | Besse Cooper | F | 114–116 | 26 Aug 1896 – 4 Dec 2012 (116 years, 100 days) |
USA
|
| 17 | 13 Oct 1983 | 1 yr, 126 days | Mathew Beard | M | 113–114 | 9 Jul 1870 – 16 Feb 1985 (114 years, 222 days) |
USA
|
| 18 | 13 Aug 2007 | 1 yr, 105 days | Edna Parker | F | 114–115 | 20 Apr 1893 – 26 Nov 2008 (115 years, 220 days) |
USA
|
| 19 | 16 Dec 1956 | 1 yr, 104 days | Marie Carstenson | F | 107–109 | 2 Jan 1849 – 30 Mar 1958 (109 years, 65 days) |
USA
|
| 20 | 24 Oct 1955 | 1 yr, 53 days | Jennie Howell | F | 110–111 | 11 Feb 1845 – 16 Dec 1956 (111 years, 309 days) |
USA
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| 21 | 16 Nov 1976 | 1 yr, 16 days | Sophia DeMuth | F | 110–111 | 30 Jun 1866 – 2 Dec 1977 (111 years, 155 days) |
USA
|
*Living person