10 Kamato Hongo born September 16, 1887 was a
Japanese centenarian and possibly a
supercentenarian. She was considered to be the
world’s oldest recognized living person from March
2002 until her death. She lived in Kagoshima and
celebrated her 116th birthday a month before her
death from pneumonia.

9 María Esther Heredia Lecaro de Capovilla, known
internationally as María Capovilla Born September
14, 1889, was an Ecuadorian supercentenarian, and,
at the time of her death at age 116 years 347 days.
Maria was the daughter of a colonel and lived a life in
the upper-class elite. She attended social functions
and art classes. She never smoked or drank hard
liquor, unlike others on this list.

8. Shirali Muslimov 168 Years
Shirali Muslimov is an interesting case. Some say his
age is for real, most dispute his extreme longevity.
Muslimov was a Talysh shepherd from the village of
Barzavu in the Lerik region of Azerbaijan, a
mountainous area near the Iranian border.

7 Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bolden born August 15, 1890 was an
African American supercentenarian woman who, at
the time of her death at age 116 years and 118 days,
was recognized by Guinness World Records as the
then world’s oldest living person. Elizabeth Bolden
was one of only seven people worldwide that lived
until age 116. Her birth was the last remaining
documented birth of 1890.

cutekhalifa:
10 Kamato Hongo born September 16, 1887 was a
Japanese centenarian and possibly a
supercentenarian. She was considered to be the
world’s oldest recognized living person from March
2002 until her death. She lived in Kagoshima and
celebrated her 116th birthday a month before her
death from pneumonia.

9 María Esther Heredia Lecaro de Capovilla, known
internationally as María Capovilla Born September
14, 1889, was an Ecuadorian supercentenarian, and,
at the time of her death at age 116 years 347 days.
Maria was the daughter of a colonel and lived a life in
the upper-class elite. She attended social functions
and art classes. She never smoked or drank hard
liquor, unlike others on this list.

8. Shirali Muslimov 168 Years
Shirali Muslimov is an interesting case. Some say his
age is for real, most dispute his extreme longevity.
Muslimov was a Talysh shepherd from the village of
Barzavu in the Lerik region of Azerbaijan, a
mountainous area near the Iranian border.

7 Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bolden born August 15, 1890 was an
African American supercentenarian woman who, at
the time of her death at age 116 years and 118 days,
was recognized by Guinness World Records as the
then world’s oldest living person. Elizabeth Bolden
was one of only seven people worldwide that lived
until age 116. Her birth was the last remaining
documented birth of 1890.

Dont be so sure ,we have countless of them in rural areas(villages) in Nigeria