The former US president, Jimmy Carter, has died at age 100.

His death was confirmed on Sunday by the Carter Center via a post on X (formerly Twitter).

“Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the non-profit organisation, founded by the former president in 1980, wrote.

The centre disclosed that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family.

The Carter Center also disclosed that he died 13 months after entering hospice care at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his late wife, Rosalynn, spent most of their lives.

Carter was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning president who transformed his legacy from a one-term commander-in-chief to humanitarian service. He served as the 39th president of the United States between 1977 and 1981.

Before his election, the former president held several positions. He was a nuclear scientist, a Navy submariner, a peanut farmer, and community organiser. He also served as the Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967 and as governor from 1971 to 1975.