Diperkirakan terdapat 300–450 supercentenarian yang masih hidup<ref name="GRG">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM Validated living supercentenarians]</ref> di dunia, meskipun sekitar 100 [[Daftar orang tertua yang masih hidup|kasus terverifikasi]] diketahui.<ref>http://supercentenarian-research-foundation.org/TableE.aspx</ref> ASebuah studystudi conductedyang indilakukan tahun 2010 showedmenunjukkan thatbahwa thenegara countriesdengan withsupercentarian theyang mostpaling knownbanyak supercentenariansdiketahui (livinghidup anddan deadmati, inberdasarkan order ofurutan total) were theadalah [[UnitedAmerika StatesSerikat]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rosenwaike |first1=Ira |last2=Stone |first2=Leslie F. |title=Verification of the Ages of Supercentenarians in the United States: Results of a Matching Study |journal=Demography |date=2003 |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=727–739 |doi=10.1353/dem.2003.0038 |jstor=1515205}}</ref> [[JapanJepang]], the [[UnitedBritania KingdomRaya]], [[FrancePerancis]], anddan [[ItalyItalia]].<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0810/Supercentenarians-around-the-world/Italy The 2010 study of countries with most supercentenarians]</ref>
The first verified supercentenarian in human history died in the late nineteenth century. Until the 1980s, the oldest age attained by supercentenarians was 115, but this has since been surpassed.
