Long-livers

2022

750 people over the age of 100 live in Moscow

By the end of 2022, more than 750 people who are 100 years old live in Moscow. The oldest among them is 107 years old, said Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development. According to her, there are also about 3 million pensioners in the capital.

Of course, the pandemic was not in vain, it made its own adjustments, and the life expectancy today is about 77 years, but even by this value we are the third in the country after Ingushetia and Dagestan - regions that traditionally belong to centenarians... But I am glad that for the nine months of this year we show the highest growth rates of life expectancy from all regions and twice as much as the Russian Federation as a whole, "Rakova said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

In Moscow, about 750 people over 100 years old

As the deputy head of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Moscow Vladimir Filippov reported, the Moscow authorities expect an increase in the average life expectancy in the city to 86 years after 2030. According to the department, since health care 2010, by 2022, the average long-term life in the capital has increased by about four years.

The indicators of life expectancy in Moscow are already almost consistent with the goals set for 2030, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said in mid-December 2022.

The increase in life expectancy by 2024 as a whole in the Russian Federation should be 73.7 years, and by 2030 to reach 78 years. But Moscow traditionally outstripped the Russian Federation in this indicator. According to the results of 11 months of 2022, life expectancy in Moscow... estimated at 77.9 years. That is, Moscow has actually fulfilled the indicators that were established by 2030, she said.

At the same time, the Deputy Prime Minister added that Moscow still has potential and "it would be desirable" for the capital to reach a life expectancy above 80 years in the coming years.^[1]

The 10 oldest people on the planet

2020: Countries with the highest proportion of residents aged 100 years or more

Countries with the highest proportion of residents aged 100 years or more, 2020

2019: 15.7 thousand people over 100 years old in Russia

As of August 2019, the United States has the highest number of centenarians in the world, 72,000. Japan is second with 68,000 Japanese aged 100 and over. About 15.7 thousand people born 100 or more years ago live in Russia.

1922

Chief John Smith, nicknamed the White Wolf, claimed to be the oldest Indian to ever live. White Wolf died at the age of 137 in 1922.

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