
Japan and the U.S. Have the Most World’s Oldest Record Holders
Over a quarter of the world’s oldest people are from the U.S. But Japan has the highest proportion of supercentenarians, more than twice the rate of the U.S. Also, four of the ten oldest validated supercentenarians are from Japan. Only eight countries have living supercentenarians, and Japan, the U.S., and Colombia have the highest number at two each. The list of longest-living people is overwhelmingly female, with the oldest man not even breaking the top 20. The oldest woman ever is from France, which has 11 of the world’s oldest people. The oldest man is from Japan, which has 43 of the world’s oldest people. Spain, Italy, Mexico, and the United Kingdom are also highly represented.