Top 20 World's Oldest Living People (as of 16th February 2026)
(documented or partially documented)
Today's Update (RIP Ms. Penna Monteiro)
1. Ethel Caterham (b. 21 August 1909), 116, UK World's Oldest Living Person
2. Naomi Whitehead (b. 26 September 1910), 115, USA
3. Lucia Laura Sangenito (b. 22 November 1910), 115, 🇮🇹 Italy
4. Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo (b. 13 January 1911), 115, Brazil
5. Shigeko Kagawa (b. 28 May 1911), 114, Japan
6. Beatriz Ferreira Duarte (b. 21 June 1911), 114, Brazil
7. Bonita Gibson (b. 4 July 1911), 114, USA
8. Fuyo Kishimoto (b. 20 December 1911), 114, Japan
9. Ilse Meingast (b. 14 March 1912), 113, 🇩🇪 Germany/USA
10. Maria Carmela Ricci (b. 16 April 1912), 113, 🇮🇹 Italy
11. Anonymous S. (b. 14 May 1912), 113, Japan
12. Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida (b. 28 May 1912), 113, 🇵🇹 Portugal/Brazil
13. Madeleine Dellamonica (b. 23 July 1912), 113, 🇫🇷 France
14. Angelica Tiscornia (b. 22 August 1912), 113, 🇦🇷 Argentina
15. Chihiro Takaoka (b. 18 September 1912), 113, Japan
16. Rosa Micaela Puertas (b. 29 September 1912), 113, 🇦🇷 Argentina
17. João Marinho Neto (b. 5 October 1912), 113, Brazil World's Oldest Living Man
18. Catherine Ferrell (b. 10 October 1912), 113, USA
19. Anonymous of Kimitsu (b. 30 October 1912), 113, Japan
20. Akino Ueda (b. 5 November 1912), 113, Japan
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
Countries of birth and residence of Top 20:
JPN 6
BRA 3
USA 3
ITA 2
ARG 2
UK 1
GER/USA 1
PRT/BRA 1
FRA 1
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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Top 20 World's Oldest Living People (as of 18th February 2026)
(documented or partially documented)
Today's Update (RIP Ms. Ricci)
1. Ethel Caterham (b. 21 August 1909), 116, UK World's Oldest Living Person
2. Naomi Whitehead (b. 26 September 1910), 115, USA
3. Lucia Laura Sangenito (b. 22 November 1910), 115, 🇮🇹 Italy
4. Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo (b. 13 January 1911), 115, Brazil
5. Shigeko Kagawa (b. 28 May 1911), 114, Japan
6. Beatriz Ferreira Duarte (b. 21 June 1911), 114, Brazil
7. Bonita Gibson (b. 4 July 1911), 114, USA
8. Fuyo Kishimoto (b. 20 December 1911), 114, Japan
9. Ilse Meingast (b. 14 March 1912), 113, 🇩🇪 Germany/USA
10. Anonymous S. (b. 14 May 1912), 113, Japan
11. Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida (b. 28 May 1912), 113, 🇵🇹 Portugal/Brazil
12. Madeleine Dellamonica (b. 23 July 1912), 113, 🇫🇷 France
13. Angelica Tiscornia (b. 22 August 1912), 113, 🇦🇷 Argentina
14. Chihiro Takaoka (b. 18 September 1912), 113, Japan
15. Rosa Micaela Puertas (b. 29 September 1912), 113, 🇦🇷 Argentina
16. João Marinho Neto (b. 5 October 1912), 113, Brazil World's Oldest Living Man
17. Catherine Ferrell (b. 10 October 1912), 113, USA
18. Anonymous of Kimitsu (b. 30 October 1912), 113, Japan
19. Akino Ueda (b. 5 November 1912), 113, Japan
20. Merah Smith (b. 9 November 1912), 113, 🇯🇲 Jamaica/UK
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
Countries of birth and residence of Top 20:
JPN 6
BRA 3
USA 3
ARG 2
UK 1
ITA 1
GER/USA 1
PRT/BRA 1
FRA 1
JAM/UK 1
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
As with Portugal and the European top 20, I'm trying to remember when was the last time we had someone anonymous among the top 10 worldwide. Was it with Anonymous of Hyogo in 2022? 🤔
When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude