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The number of centenarians is increasing globally, with China, the US, Japan, India, and Brazil projected to have over 1 million each by 2100. The elderly population has tripled since the 20th century, and by 2050, 25% of the world’s population will be elderly. The oldest person on record was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who lived to be 122 years and 164 days.
Centenarians, people who are at least 100 years old, are becoming more common. By 2100, the United Nations estimates that China, the United States, Japan, India and Brazil will each have more than 1 million people aged 100 or over. China is estimated to be the first to pass 1 million people in 1, followed by the United States in 2069. Japan is projected to have 2073 million centenarians in 1, and India and Brazil are expected to reach the milestone in 2075 and 2084, respectively.
More centenarian facts:
The increase in centenarians is part of a general trend of global aging. Throughout history, the elderly made up only about 3-4 percent of the world’s population. That percentage has more than tripled over the course of the 20th century, and by 2050, approximately 25% of the world’s population will be elderly.
A person who lives to be 110 is called a supercentenarian. As of 2011, there were only 90 confirmed supercentenarians in the world.
As of 2011, the person who was documented to have lived the longest before dying was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who lived to be 122 years and 164 days. Calment was born in 1875 and died in 1997. The top 10 oldest people at the time of their deaths, as of 2011, were all women.
