We have 14 114+ again, the list of 14 May 2025 was the last one with 14 114+

Top 20 World's Oldest Living People (as of 17th July 2025)
(documented or partially documented)
Today's update (RIP Ms. Fioriglio)

1. Ethel Caterham (b. 21 August 1909), 115,  UK World's Oldest Living Person
2. Marie-Rose Tessier (b. 21 May 1910), 115, 🇫🇷 France
3. Naomi Whitehead (b. 26 September 1910), 114,  USA
4. Izabel Rosa Pereira (b. 13 October 1910), 114,  Brazil
5. Lucia Laura Sangenito (b. 22 November 1910), 114, 🇮🇹 Italy
6. Klavdiya Gadyuchkina (b. 5 December 1910), 114, 🇷🇺 Russia
7. Andrée Bertoletto (b. 1 January 1911), 114, 🇫🇷 France
8. Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo (b. 13 January 1911), 114,  Brazil
9. Miyoko Hiroyasu (b. 23 January 1911), 114,  Japan
10. Maria Paschoalina de Castro (b. 2 May 1911), 114,  Brazil
11. Mary Harris (b. 13 May 1911), 114,  USA
12. Shigeko Kagawa (b. 28 May 1911), 114,  Japan
13. Beatriz Ferreira Duarte (b. 21 June 1911), 114,  Brazil
14. Bonita Gibson (b. 4 July 1911), 114,  USA
15. Winnie Felps (b. 10 October 1911), 113,  USA
16. Kiyo Itō (b. 8 November 1911), 113,  Japan
17. Fuyo Kishimoto (b. 20 December 1911), 113,  Japan
18. Sumiko Mori (b. 30 January 1912), 113,  Japan
19. Ilse Meingast (b. 14 March 1912), 113, 🇩🇪 Germany/USA
20. Margaret Romans (b. 16 March 1912), 113, 🇱🇻🇨🇦 Latvia/Canada

Countries of birth and residence of Top 20:

JPN 5
USA 4
BRA 4
FRA 2
UK 1
ITA 1
RUS 1
GER/USA 1
LVA/CAN 1

Francesca entered the list on May 22, 2025. The May 13, 2025 list was the last one with only one Italian. January 16, 2024, was the last list with a person living in Canada on the list, Mabel Mah (#18). I didn't find another name from Latvia on the lists here.

Top 20 World's Oldest Living People (as of 28th July 2025)
(documented or partially documented)
Today's update (RIP Ms. Ito)

1. Ethel Caterham (b. 21 August 1909), 115,  UK World's Oldest Living Person
2. Marie-Rose Tessier (b. 21 May 1910), 115, 🇫🇷 France
3. Naomi Whitehead (b. 26 September 1910), 114,  USA
4. Izabel Rosa Pereira (b. 13 October 1910), 114,  Brazil
5. Lucia Laura Sangenito (b. 22 November 1910), 114, 🇮🇹 Italy
6. Klavdiya Gadyuchkina (b. 5 December 1910), 114, 🇷🇺 Russia
7. Andrée Bertoletto (b. 1 January 1911), 114, 🇫🇷 France
8. Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo (b. 13 January 1911), 114,  Brazil
9. Miyoko Hiroyasu (b. 23 January 1911), 114,  Japan
10. Maria Paschoalina de Castro (b. 2 May 1911), 114,  Brazil
11. Mary Harris (b. 13 May 1911), 114,  USA
12. Shigeko Kagawa (b. 28 May 1911), 114,  Japan
13. Beatriz Ferreira Duarte (b. 21 June 1911), 114,  Brazil
14. Bonita Gibson (b. 4 July 1911), 114,  USA
15. Winnie Felps (b. 10 October 1911), 113,  USA
16. Fuyo Kishimoto (b. 20 December 1911), 113,  Japan
17. Sumiko Mori (b. 30 January 1912), 113,  Japan
18. Ilse Meingast (b. 14 March 1912), 113, 🇩🇪 Germany/USA
19. Margaret Romans (b. 16 March 1912), 113, 🇱🇻🇨🇦 Latvia/Canada
20. Maria Carmela Ricci (b. 16 April 1912), 113, 🇮🇹 Italy

Countries of birth and residence of Top 20:

USA 4
BRA 4
JPN 4
FRA 2
ITA 2
UK 1
RUS 1
GER/USA 1
LVA/CAN 1

Top 20 World's Oldest Living People (as of 30th July 2025)
(documented or partially documented)
Today's update (RIP Ms. Hiroyasu)

1. Ethel Caterham (b. 21 August 1909), 115,  UK World's Oldest Living Person
2. Marie-Rose Tessier (b. 21 May 1910), 115, 🇫🇷 France
3. Naomi Whitehead (b. 26 September 1910), 114,  USA
4. Izabel Rosa Pereira (b. 13 October 1910), 114,  Brazil
5. Lucia Laura Sangenito (b. 22 November 1910), 114, 🇮🇹 Italy
6. Klavdiya Gadyuchkina (b. 5 December 1910), 114, 🇷🇺 Russia
7. Andrée Bertoletto (b. 1 January 1911), 114, 🇫🇷 France
8. Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo (b. 13 January 1911), 114,  Brazil
9. Maria Paschoalina de Castro (b. 2 May 1911), 114,  Brazil
10. Mary Harris (b. 13 May 1911), 114,  USA
11. Shigeko Kagawa (b. 28 May 1911), 114,  Japan
12. Beatriz Ferreira Duarte (b. 21 June 1911), 114,  Brazil
13. Bonita Gibson (b. 4 July 1911), 114,  USA
14. Winnie Felps (b. 10 October 1911), 113,  USA
15. Fuyo Kishimoto (b. 20 December 1911), 113,  Japan
16. Sumiko Mori (b. 30 January 1912), 113,  Japan
17. Ilse Meingast (b. 14 March 1912), 113, 🇩🇪 Germany/USA
18. Margaret Romans (b. 16 March 1912), 113, 🇱🇻🇨🇦 Latvia/Canada
19. Maria Carmela Ricci (b. 16 April 1912), 113, 🇮🇹 Italy
20. Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida (b. 28 May 1912), 113, 🇵🇹 Portugal/Brazil

Countries of birth and residence of Top 20:

USA 4
BRA 4
JPN 3
FRA 2
ITA 2
UK 1
RUS 1
GER/USA 1
LVA/CAN 1
PRT/BRA 1

you forgot the age number for Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida

Kiyo Itō entered the list on April 30, 2025, after the death of Inah Canabarro Lucas.
Miyoko Hiroyasu entered the list on August 20, 2024, after the death of Maria Branyas Moreira.
Both entered the list after the death of WOP.
June 20, 2025, was the last list with 13,114+.
Italy has two names on the list again, after the last time on July 4, 2025.
This is the first time in the history of the list here on the site that we have only three Japanese and one native of Portugal.
The last time we had five residents in Brazil was on January 17, 2025.

For the 7 months so far this year Japan has lost seven verified persons aged 113+, whilst the combined figure for the rest of the world is only six.

Japan has lost five, 114 year olds and two 113 year olds.

This might be the first time in the last 20 years where no Japanese people were among the top 10 oldest living documented people. Really sad.

Posted by: @ale76

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This might be the first time in the last 20 years where no Japanese people were among the top 10 oldest living documented people. Really sad.

I was curious about this, and it turns out the last time the top 10 had no Japanese people was 14 December 2005, before Yone Minagawa entered the top 10 following Gladys Swetland’s death.

It’s interesting to note that Hide Ohira at 114-236, held the record of SECOND oldest Japanese person ever until as recently as 2 January 2010, when she was overtaken by (the still slightly dubious case of) Kama Chinen.

Since then the Japanese performance has been spectacular and Hide Ohira now sits at no 24.

So Japan produced very few verified 115+ cases for a long time, whist numerous others performed better in this regard.

But the 2005 date mentioned above does show the rarity of the current situation:

Top 20 World's Oldest Living People (as of 6th August 2025)
(documented or partially documented)
Today's update (RIP Ms. Paschoalina de Castro)

1. Ethel Caterham (b. 21 August 1909), 115,  UK World's Oldest Living Person
2. Marie-Rose Tessier (b. 21 May 1910), 115, 🇫🇷 France
3. Naomi Whitehead (b. 26 September 1910), 114,  USA
4. Izabel Rosa Pereira (b. 13 October 1910), 114,  Brazil
5. Lucia Laura Sangenito (b. 22 November 1910), 114, 🇮🇹 Italy
6. Klavdiya Gadyuchkina (b. 5 December 1910), 114, 🇷🇺 Russia
7. Andrée Bertoletto (b. 1 January 1911), 114, 🇫🇷 France
8. Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo (b. 13 January 1911), 114,  Brazil
9. Mary Harris (b. 13 May 1911), 114,  USA
10. Shigeko Kagawa (b. 28 May 1911), 114,  Japan
11. Beatriz Ferreira Duarte (b. 21 June 1911), 114,  Brazil
12. Bonita Gibson (b. 4 July 1911), 114,  USA
13. Winnie Felps (b. 10 October 1911), 113,  USA
14. Fuyo Kishimoto (b. 20 December 1911), 113,  Japan
15. Sumiko Mori (b. 30 January 1912), 113,  Japan
16. Ilse Meingast (b. 14 March 1912), 113, 🇩🇪 Germany/USA
17. Margaret Romans (b. 16 March 1912), 113, 🇱🇻🇨🇦 Latvia/Canada
18. Maria Carmela Ricci (b. 16 April 1912), 113, 🇮🇹 Italy
19. Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida (b. 28 May 1912), 113, 🇵🇹 Portugal/Brazil
20. Shizuko Kiyuna (b. 10 June 1912), 113,  Japan

Countries of birth and residence of Top 20:

USA 4
JPN 4
BRA 3
FRA 2
ITA 2
UK 1
RUS 1
GER/USA 1
LVA/CAN 1
PRT/BRA 1

Japan returns to having 4 names after having lost one. The last list with 4 Japanese names was on July 28, 2025.
Last time with 12 114+: May 22, 2025. Since then, the number has always been higher.
Last list with only 3 Brazilians: October 23, 2024. Since then, it has always been higher.
Maria Paschoalina entered the next list, November 19, 2024, being the 4th Brazilian on the list.