Deceased Living
denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 24 September 2015
denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 24 September 2015

| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Place of death or residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeanne Calment | F | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997 | 122 years, 164 days | France |
| 2 | Sarah Knauss | F | 24 September 1880 | 30 December 1999 | 119 years, 97 days | United States |
| 3 | Lucy Hannah | F | 16 July 1875 | 21 March 1993 | 117 years, 248 days | United States |
| 4 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | 117 years, 230 days | Canada |
| 5 | Misao Okawa | F | 5 March 1898 | 1 April 2015 | 117 years, 27 days | Japan |
| 6 | María Capovilla | F | 14 September 1889 | 27 August 2006 | 116 years, 347 days | Ecuador |
| 7 | Gertrude Weaver | F | 4 July 1898 | 6 April 2015 | 116 years, 276 days | United States |
| 8 | Tane Ikai | F | 18 January 1879 | 12 July 1995 | 116 years, 175 days | Japan |
| 9 | Elizabeth Bolden | F | 15 August 1890 | 11 December 2006 | 116 years, 118 days | United States |
| 10 | Besse Cooper | F | 26 August 1896 | 4 December 2012 | 116 years, 100 days | United States |
| 11 | Susannah Mushatt Jones | F | 6 July 1899 | Living | 116 years, 80 days | United States |
| 12 | Jiroemon Kimura | M | 19 April 1897 | 12 June 2013 | 116 years, 54 days | Japan |
| 13 | Jeralean Talley | F | 23 May 1899 | 17 June 2015 | 116 years, 25 days | United States |
| 14 | Maggie Barnes | F | 6 March 1882 | 19 January 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | United States |
| 15 | Emma Morano-Martinuzzi | F | 29 November 1899 | Living | 115 years, 299 days | Italy |
| 16 | Dina Manfredini | F | 4 April 1897 | 17 December 2012 | 115 years, 257 days | United States |
| 17 | Christian Mortensen | M | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | United States |
| 18 | Charlotte Hughes | F | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | 115 years, 228 days | United Kingdom |
| 19 | Edna Parker | F | 20 April 1893 | 26 November 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | United States |
| 20 | Mary Ann Rhodes | F | 12 August 1882 | 3 March 1998 | 115 years, 203 days | Canada |
| 21 | Violet Brown | F | 10 March 1900 | Living | 115 years, 198 days | Jamaica |
| 22 | Anonymous | F | 15 March 1900 | Living | 115 years, 193 days | Japan |
| 23 | Margaret Skeete | F | 27 October 1878 | 7 May 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | United States |
| 24 | Bernice Madigan | F | 24 July 1899 | 3 January 2015 | 115 years, 163 days | United States |
| 25 | Gertrude Baines | F | 6 April 1894 | 11 September 2009 | 115 years, 158 days | United States |
| 26 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007 | 115 years, 156 days | Puerto Rico |
| 27 | Bettie Wilson | F | 13 September 1890 | 13 February 2006 | 115 years, 153 days | United States |
| 28 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand | F | 16 September 1891 | 18 January 2007 | 115 years, 124 days | Canada |
| 29 | Maria de Jesus | F | 10 September 1893 | 2 January 2009 | 115 years, 114 days | Portugal |
| 30 | Susie Gibson | F | 31 October 1890 | 16 February 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | United States |
| 31 | Augusta Holtz | F | 3 August 1871 | 21 October 1986 | 115 years, 79 days | United States |
| 32 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | 29 June 1890 | 30 August 2005 | 115 years, 62 days | Netherlands |
| 33 | Maude Farris-Luse | F | 21 January 1887 | 18 March 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | United States |
| 34 | Nabi Tajima | F | 4 August 1900 | Living | 115 years, 51 days | Japan |
| 35 | Marie Brémont | F | 25 April 1886 | 6 June 2001 | 115 years, 42 days | France |
| 36 | Koto Okubo | F | 24 December 1897 | 12 January 2013 | 115 years, 19 days | Japan |
| 37 | Antonia Gerena Rivera | F | 19 May 1900 | 2 June 2015 | 115 years, 14 days | United States |
| 38 | Chiyono Hasegawa | F | 20 November 1896 | 2 December 2011 | 115 years, 12 days | Japan |
| 39 | Annie Jennings | F | 12 November 1884 | 20 November 1999 | 115 years, 8 days | United Kingdom |
| 40 | Eva Morris | F | 8 November 1885 | 2 November 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | United Kingdom |
| 41 | Kama Chinen | F | 10 May 1895 | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 357 days | Japan |
| 42 | Maria Gomes Valentim | F | 9 July 1896 | 21 June 2011 | 114 years, 347 days | Brazil |
| 43 | Mary Bidwell | F | 19 May 1881 | 25 April 1996 | 114 years, 342 days | United States |
| 44 | Mary Josephine Ray | F | 17 May 1895 | 7 March 2010 | 114 years, 294 days | United States |
| 45 | Goldie Steinberg | F | 30 October 1900 | 16 August 2015 | 114 years, 290 days | United States |
| 46 | Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes | F | 24 October 1890 | 25 July 2005 | 114 years, 274 days | Portugal |
| 47 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | F | 31 August 1889 | 29 May 2004 | 114 years, 272 days | Puerto Rico |
| 48 | Eugénie Blanchard | F | 16 February 1896 | 4 November 2010 | 114 years, 261 days | France |
| 49 | Venere Pizzinato-Papo[46] | F | 23 November 1896 | 2 August 2011 | 114 years, 252 days | Italy |
| 50 | Neva Morris | F | 3 August 1895 | 6 April 2010 | 114 years, 246 days | United States |
| 51 | Hide Ohira | F | 15 September 1880 | 9 May 1995 | 114 years, 236 days | Japan |
| 52 | Blanche Cobb | F | 8 September 1900 | 1 May 2015 | 114 years, 235 days | United States |
| 53 | Ethel Lang | F | 27 May 1900 | 15 January 2015 | 114 years, 233 days | United Kingdom |
| 54 | Mathew Beard | M | 9 July 1870 | 16 February 1985 | 114 years, 222 days | United States |
| 55 | Yone Minagawa | F | 4 January 1893 | 13 August 2007 | 114 years, 221 days | Japan |
| 56 | María Antonia Castro | F | 10 June 1881 | 16 January 1996 | 114 years, 220 days | Spain |
| 57 | Carrie Lazenby | F | 9 February 1882 | 14 September 1996 | 114 years, 218 days | United States |
| Ura Koyama | F | 30 August 1890 | 5 April 2005 | 114 years, 218 days | Japan | |
| 59 | Myrtle Dorsey | F | 22 November 1885 | 25 June 2000 | 114 years, 216 days | United States |
| 60 | Anna Eliza Williams | F | 2 June 1873 | 27 December 1987 | 114 years, 208 days | United Kingdom |
| 61 | Walter Breuning | M | 21 September 1896 | 14 April 2011 | 114 years, 205 days | United States |
| 62 | Kiyoko Ishiguro | F | 4 March 1901 | Living | 114 years, 204 days | Japan |
| 63 | Eunice Sanborn | F | 20 July 1896 | 31 January 2011 | 114 years, 195 days | United States |
| 64 | Grace Clawson | F | 15 November 1887 | 28 May 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | United States |
| 65 | Tase Matsunaga | F | 11 May 1884 | 18 November 1998 | 114 years, 191 days | Japan |
| 66 | Yukichi Chuganji | M | 23 March 1889 | 28 September 2003 | 114 years, 189 days | Japan |
| 67 | Kame Nakamura | F | 8 March 1898 | 12 September 2012 | 114 years, 188 days | Japan |
| 68 | Lydie Vellard | F | 18 March 1875 | 17 September 1989 | 114 years, 183 days | France |
| Wilhelmina Kott | F | 7 March 1880 | 6 September 1994 | 114 years, 183 days | United States | |
| Adelina Domingues | F | 19 February 1888 | 21 August 2002 | 114 years, 183 days | United States | |
| 71 | Mitoyo Kawate | F | 15 May 1889 | 13 November 2003 | 114 years, 182 days | Japan |
| 72 | Charlotte Benkner | F | 16 November 1889 | 14 May 2004 | 114 years, 180 days | United States |
| Camille Loiseau | F | 13 February 1892 | 12 August 2006 | 114 years, 180 days | France | |
| 74 | Anne Primout | F | 5 October 1890 | 26 March 2005 | 114 years, 172 days | France |
| 75 | Ettie Mae Greene | F | 8 September 1877 | 26 February 1992 | 114 years, 171 days | United States |
| 76 | Irene Frank | F | 1 October 1881 | 28 February 1996 | 114 years, 150 days | United States |
| 77 | Christina Cock | F | 25 December 1887 | 22 May 2002 | 114 years, 148 days | Australia |
| 78 | Chiyo Miyako | F | 2 May 1901 | Living | 114 years, 145 days | Japan |
| 79 | Olivia Patricia Thomas | F | 29 June 1895 | 16 November 2009 | 114 years, 140 days | United States |
| 80 | Dominga Velasco | F | 12 May 1901 | Living | 114 years, 135 days | United States |
| 81 | Anna Henderson | F | 5 March 1900 | 1 July 2014 | 114 years, 118 days | United States |
| 82 | Emma Verona Johnston | F | 6 August 1890 | 1 December 2004 | 114 years, 117 days | United States |
| Mamie Rearden | F | 7 September 1898 | 2 January 2013 | 114 years, 117 days | United States | |
| 84 | Bettie Chatmon | F | 30 April 1884 | 16 August 1998 | 114 years, 108 days | United States |
| 85 | Odie Matthews | F | 28 December 1878 | 14 April 1993 | 114 years, 107 days | United States |
| 86 | Chiyo Shiraishi | F | 6 August 1895 | 19 November 2009 | 114 years, 105 days | Japan |
| 87 | Asa Takii | F | 28 April 1884 | 31 July 1998 | 114 years, 94 days | Japan |
| 88 | Florence Knapp | F | 10 October 1873 | 11 January 1988 | 114 years, 93 days | United States |
| Elena Slough | F | 4 July 1889 | 5 October 2003 | 114 years, 93 days | United States | |
| 90 | Lucy Jane Askew | F | 8 September 1883 | 9 December 1997 | 114 years, 92 days | United Kingdom |
| Mary Anna Boone | F | 10 February 1887 | 13 May 2001 | 114 years, 92 days | United States | |
| 92 | María del Carmen López | F | 3 April 1883 | 3 July 1997 | 114 years, 91 days | Spain |
| 93 | Waka Shirahama | F | 23 March 1878 | 16 June 1992 | 114 years, 85 days | Japan |
| Delma Kollar | F | 31 October 1897 | 24 January 2012 | 114 years, 85 days | United States | |
| 95 | Joan Riudavets | M | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 | 114 years, 81 days | Spain |
| 96 | Suekiku Miyanaga | F | 7 April 1884 | 20 June 1998 | 114 years, 74 days | Japan |
| 97 | Shige Hirooka | F | 16 January 1897 | 29 March 2011 | 114 years, 72 days | Japan |
| 98 | Maggie Renfro | F | 14 November 1895 | 22 January 2010 | 114 years, 69 days | United States |
| 99 | Emma Tillman | F | 22 November 1892 | 28 January 2007 | 114 years, 67 days | United States |
| Anna Stoehr | F | 15 October 1900 | 21 December 2014 | 114 years, 67 days | United States |