Myanmar’s Daw Mya Kyi is world’s oldest woman

YANGON - A 118-year-old woman in Myanmar is the world’s oldest woman, Xinhua reported Monday.

Daw Mya Kyi, who lives in the country’s Mandalay division, is older than French woman Eugenie Blanchard, aged 114, previously believed to be the oldest.

Daw was born in 1892, while Blanchard was born in 1896, the social welfare department said.

Daw currently lives in a monastery in Puak Chan Kone village and is in good health.

Among the country’s 58.3 million population, 5.13 million are over 60 years old, making up 11 percent of the total.