World's Oldest People 1998			(as of February 6, 2010)
					Age
Rank	Nation	Name	Born	Died	Years	Days	R	S
1	Canada (Que)	Marie-Louise Meilleur	Aug. 29, 1880		117*	125*	W	F
2	U.S. (PA)	Sarah Knauss	Sept. 24, 1880		117*	99*	W	F
3	Denmark	Christian Mortensen	Aug. 16, 1882		115*	138*	W	M
4	Japan	Suekiku Miyanaga	Apr.  7, 1884		113*	269*	O	F
5	Japan	Asa Takii	Apr. 28, 1884		113*	248*	O	F
6	Japan	Tase Matsunaga	May 11, 1884		113*	235*	O	F
7	England (UK)	Annie Jennings	Nov. 12, 1884		113*	50*	W	F
8	Japan	Yasu Akino	Mar.  1, 1885		112*	306*	O	F
9	Japan	Take Hayasaka	July  1, 1885		112*	184*	O	F
10	England (UK)	Ruby Gilliam	Sept. 21, 1885		112*	102*	W	F
11	England (UK)	Eva Morris	Nov.  8, 1885		112*	54*	W	F
12	U.S. (TN)	Minnie Ward	Nov. 19, 1885		112*	43*	B	F
13	U.S. (OH)	Myrtle Dorsey	Nov. 22, 1885		112*	40*	W	F
14	Japan	Matsu Kayo	Jan.  9, 1886		111*	357*	O	F
15	France	Jeanne Dumaine	Mar. 19, 1886		111*	288*	W	F
16	France	Marie Bremont	Apr. 25, 1886		111*	251*	W	F
17	France	Jeanne Colas	June  9, 1886		111*	206*	W	F
18	U.S. (KY)	Minerva Bedford	Sept. 13, 1886		111*	110*	B	F
19	Japan	Chiyo Kowada	Sept. 16, 1886		111*	107*	O	F
20	Japan	Denzo Ishizaki	Oct. 20, 1886		111*	73*	O	M
21	Norway	Laura Svehaug	Nov. 19, 1886		111*	44*	W	F
22	U.S. (MI)	Maud Farris-Luse	Jan. 21, 1887		110*	345*	W	F
23	U.S. (AL)	Sammie Howe	Mar.  7, 1887		110*	300*	W	F
24	Canada (Que)	Marie-Louise Meunier	Mar.  15, 1887		110*	292*	W	F
25	England (UK)	Mary Ann Poole	May 31, 1887		110*	215*	W	F
26	Japan	Shie Kitai	June 28, 1887		110*	187*	O	F
27	U.S. (NC)	Maggie Murdock	Aug. 19, 1887		110*	135*	B	F
28	U.S. (GA)	Geneva McDaniel	Aug. 26, 1887		110*	128*	W	F
29	France	Alexandrine Renaud	Sept.  8, 1887		110*	115*	W	M
30	Japan	Kamato Hongo	Sept. 16, 1887		110*	107*	O	F
31	Finland	Maria Rothovius	Oct.  2, 1887		110*	91*	W	F
32	England (UK)	Amy Hulmes	Oct.  5, 1887		110*	88*	W	F
33	Japan	Kamado Okuhara	Oct. 28, 1887		110*	65*	O	F
34	England (UK)	Winnifred Pettit	Nov.  1, 1887		110*	61*	W	F
35	England (UK)	Grace Clawson	Nov. 15, 1887		110*	47*	W	F
36	Netherlands	Catharina Van Dam	Nov. 20, 1887		110*	42*	W	F
37	U.S. (TN)	Lillie Holden	Dec. 14, 1887		110*	18*	W	F
38	Australia	Christina Cock	Dec. 25, 1887		110*	7*	W	F
	Died 1997	Deaths listed in order of oldest to youngest
	France	Jeanne Calment	Feb. 21, 1875	Aug. 4, 1997	122	164	W	F
	Romania	Anitica Butariu	June 17, 1882	Nov. 21, 1997	115	157	W	F
	England (UK)	Lucy Askew	Sept.  8, 1883	Dec.  9, 1997	114	92	W	F
	Japan	Sue Utagawa	Jan. 19, 1884	May  4, 1997	113	105	O	F
	Japan	Shizue Hasegawa	Jan. 27, 1885	July 31, 1997	112	185	O	F
	Japan	Gengan Tonaki	Oct. 30, 1884	Jan. 24, 1997	112	86	O	M
	England (UK)	Annie Price	Jan. 12, 1886	Dec. 26, 1997	111	348	W	F
	Japan	Masaki Moriyama	Dec. 21, 1885	Sept. 14, 1997	111	267	O	F
	England (UK)	Amy Carpenter	Jan.  8, 1887	July  7, 1997	110	180	W	F
	Sweden	Ellen Johannson	Jan. 23, 1887	July  6, 1997	110	164	W	F
	England (UK)	Florence Beaumont	July 29, 1886	Jan.  4, 1997	110	159	W	F
	France	Melanie Dormois	July  8, 1887	Dec. 13, 1997	110	158	W	F
	Belgium	Maria Casteur	June 26, 1887	Nov. 11, 1997	110	138	W	F
	Netherlands	Geertje Roelinga	June 29, 1887	Aug. 14, 1997	110	46	W	F