At 115 years old, Branyas Morera leads the ranking of the eight longest-lived people in the world, all of whom are women.
Today, with the pace of life we face every day, exceeding 100 years of age is one of those almost unattainable achievements, and even reaching nine decades of life is also complicated.
To mention an example, 126.7 million people currently inhabit Mexico, of which, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)in 2020, only 15.1 million people were 60 years of age or older, a figure that represents 12 percent of the total population.
In contrast, it has been reported that 58 million 142 thousand 639 Mexicans are between 0 and 26 years old, while the group between 27 and 60 years adds up to 53 million 788 thousand 553 people.
In other words, we currently live in a world governed by the designs of two generations: the millennials and the calls centennialswhile the future, for now, belongs to the “alpha”.
So, if we take into account the data deposited above, we can say that the population of adults over 60 years of age is decreasing.
The oldest people in the world
Not long ago, a French woman named Lucile Randon, who held the title of the world’s oldest person at 118 years of age, passed away. Now, with her death, the American María Branyas Morera has become the longest-lived woman on planet earth.
As shown in the graph above, the most represented countries of origin are Japan, where four of the eight oldest living people in the world were born, and the United States, with three. Brazil is the only Latin American country that appears on the list.
It should be noted that the dates and places of birth were corroborated by the Gerontological Research Group Los Angeles, California (United States).