| Last Updated on December 25, 2002 | ||||||||||
| World's Oldest People 1978 | ||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Name | Born | Years | Days | R | S | |||
| 1 | Japan | Shigechiyo Izumi | June 29, 1865 | 112* | 186* | O | M | |||
| 2 | France | Marie-Virginie Duhem | Aug. 2, 1866 | 111* | 152* | W | F | |||
| 3 | England (UK) | Sarah Morgan | Jan. 23, 1867 | 110* | 343* | W | F | |||
| 4 | U.S. (IL) | Fannie Thomas | Apr. 24, 1867 | 110* | 252* | W | F | |||
| 5 | France | Caroline Campistron | May 27, 1867 | 110* | 219* | W | F | |||
| Died 1977 | ||||||||||
| U.S. (MO) | Sophia DeMuth | June 30, 1866 | Dec. 2, 1977 | 111 | 155 | W | F | |||
| France | Jean Teillet | Nov. 6, 1866 | Mar. 17, 1977 | 110 | 131 | W | M | |||