| World's Oldest People 1996 | (as of September 8, 2009) | ||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Name | Born | Years | Days | R | S | ||
| 1 | France | Jeanne Calment | Feb. 21, 1875 | 120* | 314* | W | F | ||
| 2 | Canada (Que) | Marie-Louise Meilleur | Aug. 29, 1880 | 115* | 125* | W | F | ||
| 3 | U.S. (PA) | Sarah Knauss | Sept. 24, 1880 | 115* | 99* | W | F | ||
| 4 | U.S. (CT) | Mary Bidwell | May 9, 1881 | 114* | 237* | W | F | ||
| 5 | U.S. (TX) | Irene Frank | Oct. 1, 1881 | 114* | 92* | W | F | ||
| 6 | Romania | Anitica Butariu | June 17, 1882 | 113* | 198* | W | F | ||
| 7 | Denmark | Christian Mortensen | Aug. 16, 1882 | 113* | 138* | W | M | ||
| 8 | N. Ireland (UK) | Annie Scott | Mar. 15, 1883 | 112* | 292* | W | F | ||
| 9 | England (UK) | Lucy Askew | Sept. 8, 1883 | 112* | 115* | W | F | ||
| 10 | Japan | Sue Utagawa | Jan. 19, 1884 | 111* | 347* | O | F | ||
| 11 | Japan | Suekiku Miyanaga | Apr. 7, 1884 | 111* | 269* | O | F | ||
| 12 | Japan | Asa Takii | Apr. 28, 1884 | 111* | 248* | O | F | ||
| 13 | Japan | Tase Matsunaga | May 11, 1884 | 111* | 235* | O | F | ||
| 14 | Japan | Gengan Tonaki | Oct. 30, 1884 | 111* | 63* | O | M | ||
| 15 | England (UK) | Annie Jennings | Nov. 12, 1884 | 111* | 50* | W | F | ||
| 16 | England (UK) | Helen Haward | Nov. 24, 1884 | 111* | 38* | W | F | ||
| 17 | Denmark | Anne Mattheisen | Nov. 26, 1884 | 111* | 36* | W | F | ||
| 18 | Japan | Shizue Hasegawa | Jan. 27, 1885 | 110* | 339* | O | F | ||
| 19 | Japan | Yasu Akino | Mar. 1, 1885 | 110* | 306* | O | F | ||
| 20 | Japan | Take Hayasaka | July 1, 1885 | 110* | 184* | O | F | ||
| 21 | France | Bernard Delhom | July 9, 1885 | 110* | 176* | W | m | ||
| 22 | England (UK) | Ruby Gilliam | Sept. 21, 1885 | 110* | 102* | W | F | ||
| 23 | Netherlands | Johanna van Dommelen | Oct. 20, 1885 | 110* | 73* | W | F | ||
| 24 | England (UK) | Eva Morris | Nov. 8, 1885 | 110* | 54* | W | F | ||
| 25 | Canada (Que) | Anna Poirier | Nov. 11, 1885 | 110* | 51* | W | F | ||
| 26 | U.S. (TN) | Minnie Ward | Nov. 19, 1885 | 110* | 43* | B | F | ||
| 27 | U.S. (OH) | Myrtle Dorsey | Nov. 22, 1885 | 110* | 40* | W | F | ||
| 28 | Netherlands | Cornelia Hendrikse | Dec. 2, 1885 | 110* | 30* | W | F | ||
| 29 | England (UK) | Elsie Day | Dec. 16, 1885 | 110* | 16* | W | F | ||
| 30 | Japan | Masaki Moriyama | Dec. 21, 1885 | 110* | 11* | O | F | ||
| Died 1995 | |||||||||
| Japan | Tane Ikai | Jan. 18, 1879 | July 12, 1995 | 116 | 175 | O | F | ||
| France | Marguerite Petit | July 2, 1883 | Dec. 21, 1995 | 112 | 172 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (NE) | Luther Goding | July 1, 1884 | Dec. 5, 1995 | 111 | 157 | W | M | ||
| Algeria (FR) | Emile Fourcade | July 29, 1884 | Dec. 29, 1995 | 111 | 153 | W | M | ||
| Australia | Ada Clegett | Jan. 27, 1885 | Dec. 8, 1995 | 110 | 315 | W | F | ||
| U.S. (NY) | Adelia Mead | Feb. 14, 1885 | Nov. 10, 1995 | 110 | 269 | W | F | ||
| Netherlands | Ann Flower | July 8, 1885 | Aug. 9, 1995 | 110 | 32 | W | F | ||
| England (UK) | Mabel Hampshire | Sept. 14, 1885 | Oct. 19, 1995 | 110 | 35 | W | F | ||
| England (UK) | Gertrude German | Oct. 5, 1885 | Dec. 18, 1995 | 110 | 74 | W | F | ||