List of the verified oldest people

This is a list of the world's verified oldest people, verified to the standards of an international body widely recognized for specific expertise in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group or Guinness World Records. The GRG verification procedure for supercentenarians requires at least three documents, submitted in a standard process and validated in reliable fashion. Entries are ranked in descending order by individual ages in years and days, rather than ages in total days; (the calendar year used is the time between one date and the subsequent date in a following year regardless of year lengths).

The oldest verified person ever was French woman Jeanne Calment (1875-1997), who died at the age of 122 years, 164 days. For other validated supercentenarian cases listed below, the GRG list of validated supercentenarian cases can be used. There are six verified living supercentenarians on this list, the oldest of whom is American woman Susannah Mushatt Jones, aged 125 years, 52 days.

100 verified oldest people
† denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of a Manfredini was born in Italy. b Mortensen was born in Denmark. c Brown was born in Jamaica, then a British colony. d Holtz was born in the German Empire; her birthplace is now in Poland. e Gerena was born in Puerto Rico. f Ray was born in Canada. g Steinberg was born in Kishinev, which was then a part of the Russian Empire; it is now the capital of Moldova. h Pizzinato-Papo was born in Ala, which was then part of Austria-Hungary; it is now located in Italy. i Clawson was born in the United Kingdom. j Domingues was born in Cape Verde, at that time a colony of Portugal. k Benkner was born in Germany. l Primout was born in French Algeria; it is now Algeria. m Velasco was born in Mexico. n Cock was born in the former British colony Victoria, which is now part of Australia.