| Last Updated on October 24, 2003 | |||||||||
| World's Oldest People 1989 | |||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Name | Born | Years | Days | R | S | ||
| 1 | U.S. (FL) | Carrie White | Nov. 18, 1874 | 114* | 44* | W | F | ||
| 2 | France | Jeanne Calment | Feb. 21, 1875 | 113* | 315* | W | F | ||
| 3 | France | Lydie Vellard | Mar. 18, 1875 | 113* | 289* | W | F | ||
| 4 | Japan | Mitsu Fujisawa | Apr. 9, 1876 | 112* | 267* | O | F | ||
| 5 | U.S. (OH) | Birdie May Vogt | Aug. 3, 1876 | 112* | 151* | W | F | ||
| 6 | Norway | Maren Bolette Torp | Dec. 21, 1876 | 112* | 11* | W | F | ||
| 7 | U.S. (OH) | Margaret Grundman | Apr. 8, 1877 | 111* | 268* | W | F | ||
| 8 | England (UK) | Charlotte Hughes | Aug. 1, 1877 | 111* | 153* | W | F | ||
| 9 | Wales (UK) | John Evans | Aug. 19, 1877 | 111* | 135* | W | M | ||
| 10 | U.S. (WV) | Ettie Mae Greene | Sept. 8, 1877 | 111* | 115* | W | F | ||
| 11 | England (UK) | Mary Fewster | Feb. 6, 1878 | 110* | 330* | W | F | ||
| 12 | England (UK) | Rose Hart | Mar. 20, 1878 | 110* | 287* | W | F | ||
| 13 | Japan | Waka Shirahama | Mar. 23, 1878 | 110* | 284* | O | F | ||
| 14 | U.S. (PA) | Grace Cottrell | Apr. 1, 1878 | 110* | 275* | W | F | ||
| 15 | Belgium | Jan Machiel Reyskens | May 11, 1878 | 110* | 235* | W | M | ||
| 16 | France | Josephine Choquet | June 6, 1878 | 110* | 209* | W | F | ||
| 17 | U.S. (MI) | Alton Gilbert | June 11, 1878 | 110* | 204* | W | M | ||
| 18 | U.S. (NY) | Claire Dunning | Aug. 20, 1878 | 110* | 134* | W | F | ||
| 19 | U.S. (WV) | Julia Savage | Sept. 11, 1878 | 110* | 112* | W | F | ||
| 20 | U.S. (TX) | Cruz Garcia | Sept. 14, 1878 | 110* | 109* | H | F | ||
| 21 | Finland | Fanny Nystrom | Sept. 30, 1878 | 110* | 93* | W | F | ||
| 22 | Canada (ONT) | Nellie Thompson | Oct. 21, 1878 | 110* | 72* | W | F | ||
| 23 | U.S. (TX) | Margaret Skeete | Oct. 27, 1878 | 110* | 66* | W | F | ||
| 24 | Canada (NS) | Alina Morton | Nov. 10, 1878 | 110* | 52* | W | F | ||
| 25 | U.S. (SC) | Emmie Fulmer | Nov. 21, 1878 | 110* | 41* | W | F | ||
| 26 | Canada (ONT) | Grace-Lillian Schaeffner | Nov. 28, 1878 | 110* | 34* | W | F | ||
| 27 | Norway | Kristiana Ullaland | Dec. 2, 1878 | 110* | 30* | W | F | ||
| 28 | U.S. (TX) | Odie Matthews | Dec. 28, 1878 | 110* | 4* | W | F | ||
| Died 1988 | |||||||||
| U.S. (PA) | Florence Knapp | Oct. 10, 1873 | Jan. 11, 1988 | 114 | 93 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (IN) | Orpha Nusbaum | Aug. 13, 1875 | Mar. 30, 1988 | 112 | 230 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (KY) | Elzona Moxey | Nov. 30, 1875 | Apr. 25, 1988 | 112 | 147 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (NJ) | Alphaeus Cole | July 12, 1876 | Nov. 25, 1988 | 112 | 136 | W | M | ||
| U.S. (VA) | Nannie Watson | Aug. 20, 1876 | July 13, 1988 | 111 | 328 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (NY) | Grace Scott | Nov. 5, 1876 | June 11, 1988 | 111 | 219 | W | F | ||
| Scotland (UK) | Kate Begbie | Jan. 9, 1877 | Sept. 5, 1988 | 111 | 240 | W | F | ||
| Canada (ONT) | Agnes Munce | Jan. 17, 1877 | Dec. 17, 1988 | 111 | 335 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (MN) | Mary Ford | June 8, 1877 | Jan. 4, 1988 | 110 | 215 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (IA) | Thresa Emanuel | Oct. 14, 1877 | May 6, 1988 | 110 | 205 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (NY) | Kate Snyder | Dec. 2, 1877 | Nov. 9, 1988 | 110 | 343 | W | F | ||
| England (UK) | Gertrude Phillipson | Mar. 22, 1878 | May 7, 1988 | 110 | 46 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (MA) | Mary Bruneau | Mar. 29, 1878 | Oct. 15, 1988 | 110 | 200 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (NY) | Lillie Cote | May 16, 1878 | July 29, 1988 | 110 | 74 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (PA) | Minnie Livingston | Aug. 8, 1878 | Oct. 24, 1988 | 110 | 77 | W | F | ||
| Canada (NS) | Laura Rollock | Nov. 16, 1878 | Dec. 29, 1988 | 110 | 43 | W | F | ||