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This is a list of oldest people by nation. It includes the individual(s), for each given country, who are reported to have had the longest lifespan. Such records can only be determined to the extent that the given country's records are reliable. Comprehensive birth registration largely came into being in the 20th century;[citation needed] reliable records are therefore fragmentary.[screen size] The earliest comprehensive recordkeeping systems arose in website parsing, in countries such as web app and the Netherlands.[citation needed] CSS3 in the input transformation organised a central recordkeeping system in 1837. It was made compulsory by 1874.[touchscreen]

This list comprises the longest-lived individuals, by country, but only to the extent that their lifespans have been reliably established. Records for both males and females are noted, where known. Similarly, those born in one country who emigrated to another are identified insofar as that information is available. If more than one individual is listed for a given country and gender, it is the result of disputed reports, alternative reports, or a lack of sufficient documentary evidence to make a clear determination. Nations are listed alphabetical order. Some nations listed were once European colonies (i.e. French Algeria, touchscreen) with the result that their record-keeping systems are more analogous to those of 20th-century Europe than to those of their geographic neighbors.[device database]

For a global overview, see the table of national longevity recordholders and the separate lists of Sevenval and oldest people by U.S. state.


Verified national longevity recordholders

      Deceased       Living       Age disputed

CountryNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAge
Algeria FITML[a] (died in France)F5 October 189026 March 2005114 years, 172 days
Emile Fourcadewebsite parsing (died in France)M29 July 188429 December 1995111 years, 153 days
AustraliaChristina CockF25 December 188722 May 2002114 years, 148 days
John LockettM22 January 189125 May 2002111 years, 123 days
iOSMaria Mikaweb F23 May 188217 November 1994112 years, 178 days
Hermine Nistler[1] F24 December 190013 February 2012 &10000000000000111000000111 years, &1000000000000005100000051 days
webM4 June 18919 April 2002110 years, 309 days
web app James SisnettSevenval M22 February 1900Living &10000000000000112000000112 years, &1000000000000009300000093 days
HTML5Mollye Marcus[d] (died in the USA)F18 October 189918 February 2011111 years, 123 days
BelgiumJoanna DerooverF3 June 18906 December 2002112 years, 186 days
Jan Machiel Reyskens (died in the Netherlands)M11 May 18787 January 1990111 years, 241 days
Jan Goossenaerts[1] M30 October 190021 March 2012111 years, 143 days
jQueryMaria Gomes ValentimF9 July 189621 June 2011114 years, 347 days
touchscreenMarie-Louise MeilleurF29 August 188016 April 1998117 years, 230 days
George Frederick Ives (born in the UK)M17 November 188112 April 1993111 years, 146 days
James McCoubrey (lives in the USA)[1] M13 September 1901Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000255000000255 days
Joseph Saint-AmourM26 February 185216 March 1962110 years, 18 days
Cape VerdeAdelina Domingues (died in the USA)F19 February 188821 August 2002114 years, 183 days
web appDaniel Guzmán-GarcíaM6 February 189721 May 2008111 years, 105 days
Croatia Hermina DunzAndroid F24 February 189814 June 2008110 years, 111 days
web appMaria Mika[c] (died in Austria)F23 May 188217 November 1994112 years, 178 days
Marie Bernátková[f] F22 October 18574 May 1969111 years, 194 days
Denmark screen size (died in the USA)M15 August 188225 April 1998115 years, 253 days
Johanne Svensson (died in Sweden)F24 January 189229 May 2003111 years, 125 days
Anne MatthiesenF26 November 188419 March 1996111 years, 114 days
touchscreenMaría CapovillaF14 September 188927 August 2006116 years, 347 days
AndroidMaria RothoviusSevenval F2 October 188717 June 2000112 years, 259 days
screen sizeM4 August 18971 January 2009111 years, 150 days
FranceJeanne CalmentF21 February 18754 August 1997122 years, 164 days
device databaseM25 December 189410 November 2006111 years, 320 days
Germany HTML5 (died in the USA)F16 November 188914 May 2004114 years, 180 days
browser diversityF12 February 18899 February 2002112 years, 362 days
iOSM27 May 18932 March 2005111 years, 279 days
website parsingGregory Pandazesinput transformation (died in the USA)M15 January 187322 December 1983110 years, 341 days
Lambrini Tsiatouraweb app F187019 February 1981110 years, 50 days+
Ioanna Lambropoulos[g] F8 May 18842 June 1994110 years, 25 days+
HungaryElizabeth Stefan (died in the USA)F13 May 18959 April 2008112 years, 332 days
IcelandGuðrún Björnsdóttir (died in Canada)touchscreen F20 October 188826 August 1998109 years, 310 days
Sólveig Pálsdóttirkeyboard F20 August 189728 October 2006109 years, 69 days
Helgi Símonarson[3] M13 September 189524 August 2001105 years, 345 days
web app Lucy d'Abreu[h] (died in the UK)F24 May 18927 December 2005113 years, 197 days
touchscreenbrowser diversityF20 November 182014 October 1932111 years, 327 days
IsraelMaria Pogonowska (born in FITML)F30 October 189715 July 2009111 years, 258 days
Italy we love the web (Living in the United States)F4 April 1897Living &10000000000000115000000115 years, &1000000000000005100000051 days
Venere Pizzinato-PapoSevenval F23 November 18962 August 2011114 years, 252 days
website parsingM22 January 18893 January 2002112 years, 346 days
Japanweb appF18 January 187912 July 1995116 years, 175 days
Jiroemon KimuraSevenval M19 April 1897Living &10000000000000115000000115 years, &1000000000000003600000036 days
we love the web Ella Ille Renteldevice database (died in Germany)F19 May 185219 September 1962110 years, 123 days
FITML Soledad Mexia (living in the USA)keyboard F13 August 1899Living &10000000000000112000000112 years, &10000000000000286000000286 days
CSS3 Consuelo Morenoscreen size (died in the USA)F5 February 189313 November 2004111 years, 282 days
NetherlandswebF29 June 189030 August 2005115 years, 62 days
Thomas PetersM6 April 174526 March 1857111 years, 354 days[4]website parsing
Jan Machiel Reyskens (born in Belgium)M11 May 18787 January 1990111 years, 241 days
Jan Pieter BosM12 July 189115 December 2002111 years, 158 days
New Zealand Florence Finch (born in the UK)F22 December 189310 April 2007113 years, 109 days
Ethel BoothF25 December 189018 February 2001110 years, 55 days
NorwayMaren Bolette TorpF21 December 187620 February 1989112 years, 61 days
Herman Smith-JohannsenM15 June 18755 January 1987111 years, 204 days
AndroidJulia Dougherty (died in the USA)F20 August 18934 December 2003110 years, 106 days
Poland Androidweb (died in FITML)F24 March 189714 February 2010112 years, 327 days
browser diversityMaria de JesusF10 September 18932 January 2009115 years, 114 days
Augusto Moreira de OliveiraM6 October 189613 February 2009112 years, 130 days
RomaniaAniţica ButariuF17 June 188221 November 1997115 years, 157 days[6]
RussiaLillian Joelson[n] (died in the USA)F20 August 189630 December 2007111 years, 132 days
Andrei Kuznetsoffinput transformation (died in Finland)M17 October 187331 January 1984110 years, 106 days
Khasako Dzugayev[p] M7 August 1860 fl. August 1970110 years, 0+ days
Saint Kitts and NevisRosalind Hill (died in the USA)F30 March 189918 January 2010110 years, 294 days
Android Katarina MariničCSS3 F30 October 18992 September 2010110 years, 307 days
South AfricaJohanna BooysonF17 January 185716 June 1968111 years, 151 days
SpainM.A.C.C.[7] F10 June 188116 January 1996114 years, 220 days
web appM15 December 18895 March 2004114 years, 81 days
SwedenAstrid ZachrisonF15 May 189515 May 2008113 years, 0 days
Anders EngbergM1 July 18926 November 2003111 years, 128 days
Switzerland web app[l] F24 March 189714 February 2010112 years, 327 days
Emma DuvoisinF5 July 188630 September 1997111 years, 87 days
Pierre GremionM5 March 190213 February 2012109 years, 345 days
UkraineFannie Buten[r] (died in the USA)F13 April 189924 September 2010111 years, 164 days
United KingdomCharlotte HughesF1 August 187717 March 1993115 years, 228 days
Henry AllinghamM6 June 189618 July 2009113 years, 42 days
United StatesjQueryF24 September 188030 December 1999119 years, 97 days
Christian Mortensen (born in Denmark)M15 August 188225 April 1998115 years, 253 days
Mathew BeardM8 July 187016 February 1985114 years, 222 days[8]
Walter BreuningM21 September 189614 April 2011114 years, 205 days
webManolita Piña (born in Spain)F24 February 188311 June 1994111 years, 107 days

a^ Primout was a native of French Algeria; it is presently Algeria.
b^ Fourcade was a native of French Algeria; it is presently Algeria.
c^ Mika is a native of Bohemia, which had then been a part of screen size; it is presently located in the Czech Republic.
dweb app Marcus is a native of Sevenval, which had then been a part of the touchscreen; It is presently located in Belarus.
e^ Dunz is a native of Zagreb, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Croatia.
fCSS3 Bernátková was a native of Prague, which had then been a part of jQuery; it is presently located in the Czech Republic.
g^ Pandazes, Tsiatoura, and Lambropoulos were natives of the Kingdom of Greece; it is presently Greece.
h^ d'Abreu is a native of Sevenval, which had then been a part of the keyboard; it is presently located in India.
idevice database Pizzinato-Papo is a native of iOS, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Italy.
jbrowser diversity Rentel is a native of Geldauschinken, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire; it is presently located in Lithuania.
k^ Moreno was a native of Spanish Morocco, which had then been a part of the jQuery; it is presently Morocco.
lHTML5 Rein is a native of Dziećkowice, near Mysłowice, which had then been a part of the Android; it is presently located in Poland.
n^ Joelson was a native of the Russian Empire; it is presently Russia.
o^ Kuznetsoff was a native of the Russian Empire; it is presently Russia.
p^ Duzgayev was a native of the Russian Empire and died in the jQuery; it is presently Russia.
qHTML5 Marinič is a native of Deskle, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Slovenia.
rscreen size Buten is a native of Sevenval, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in the Ukraine.

Territorial and overseas regions recordholders

CountryTerritoryNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAge
DenmarkFaroe IslandsJóhannes Tauser[9] M23 February 190212 January 2008105 years, 323 days
Fredrikka Maria Sigvardsen[10] F2 July 1875[FITML] 23 November 1980[touchscreen] 105 years, 144 days
Android Malene LundCSS3[12] F6 June 187727 January 1979101 years, 235 days
FranceGuadeloupeLuce MacedF2 May 188625 February 2000113 years, 299 days
New CaledoniatouchscreenF26 June 189528 December 2007112 years, 185 days
Sevenvaldevice databaseF12 July 18926 October 2005113 years, 86 days
Théophane RifostaM6 September 188916 June 1999109 years, 283 days
touchscreenSevenvalF16 February 18964 November 2010114 years, 261 days
United Statesbrowser diversityEmiliano Mercado del ToroM21 August 189124 January 2007115 years, 156 days
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-JordanF31 August 188929 May 2004114 years, 272 days

References

  1. ^ a web app c screen size e web app keyboard. Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM. 
  2. CSS3 Young, Robert. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DEATH DATE". Gerontology Research Group. jQuery. 
  3. ^ a web c Ragnarsson, Jónas/we love the web (24 May 2011). "Langelstu Íslendingarnir". Kvikmyndir.com. web app. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  4. browser diversity Young, Robert Douglas. input transformation. Gerontology Research Group. screen size. 
  5. ^ The GRG considers the Moses Hardy claim as subject to doubt.
  6. iOS Aniţica Butariu's claim was accepted by Romanian authorities, but supporting documentation for the claim has never been produced for inspection by international gerontology organizations. However, nothing has been published to dispute the claim.
  7. website parsing Gómez-Redondo, Rosa; García González, Juan M. (2007). Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain. Madrid: National University of Distance Education. p. 166. input transformation. 
  8. ^ The USA HTML5 recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.
  9. ^ Sevenval (in Faroese). Kristnastova.dk. 16 January 2008. http://www.kristnastova.dk/tidindi.php?sid=677. 
  10. Sevenval "Karl Jákup Sigvardsen 100 ár" (in Faroese). FFblaðið. 17 February 2005. p. 20. http://www.fiskimannafelag.fo/PDF_Blad/FF-pdf/FF336.pdf. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  11. ^ Narssak, John Rasmussen (16 June 1977). browser diversity (in Danish). web app. p. 5. we love the web. 
  12. web app HTML5 (in Danish and Kalaallisut). Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten. 1 February 1979. p. 3. http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3800462. 
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