Countries With the Most of the World's Oldest People

Source: Wikipedia, List of the verified oldest people

Countries With the Most of the World's Oldest People

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Key Findings

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United States leads in People on the Verified Oldest List with 36 in 2026.

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Average People on the Verified Oldest List in 2026: 9.89 · median: 5.

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Gap in 2026: United States is 18× larger than Portugal.

About This Dataset

Countries With the Most of the World's Oldest People

Where the 100 longest-lived verified people in history lived or died. The ranking measures verification as much as longevity: countries with old, complete civil registers can prove an extreme age, while countries without them cannot, however long their citizens actually live.

Analysis

The United States accounts for 36 of the 100 verified oldest people, 36% of the list and 1.6 times the 22 of Japan. 20 countries appear in all; the 9 charted here have two or more entries and the top three hold 65% of the list between them. A further 11 countries appear exactly once and are left off the chart. Every country shown has at least 2.

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9 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

United States

People on the Verified Oldest List · 2026

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People on the Verified Oldest List

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2026

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia, List of the verified oldest people
Coverage: 9 entities · 2026 · 9 observations
Measure: People on the Verified Oldest List
Last updated: 7 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.

Rankings & Full Data

9 records · People on the Verified Oldest List · ranked by 2026

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#	Category	2026
🥇	United States	36
🥈	Japan	22
🥉	France	7
4	Brazil	7
5	Italy	5
6	United Kingdom	4
7	Canada	3
8	Spain	3
9	Portugal	2

Data Sources & References

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1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people Visit ↗

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