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FattyDingDong on 12 June 2012
Country/Region Average male height Average female height Sample population /
age range		 Methodology Year Source
Argentina 1.735 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1.608 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) 17 (healthy) Measured 1998–2001 [3]
Australia 1.784 m (5 ft 10 in) 1.645 m (5 ft 5 in) 18–24 Measured 1995 [4]
Australia 1.748 m (5 ft 9 in) 1.634 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 18+ Measured 1995 [4]
Austria 1.796 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 1.671 m (5 ft 7 in) 21–25 Self-reported 1997–2002 [5]
Azerbaijan 1.718 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 1.654 m (5 ft 5 in) 16+ Measured 2005 [6]
Bahrain 1.651 m (5 ft 5 in) 1.542 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) 19+ Measured 2002 [7]
Belgium 1.795 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 1.678 m (5 ft 7 in) 21–25 Self-reported 1997–2002 [5]
Bolivia – Aymara 1.600 m (5 ft 3 in) 1.422 m (4 ft 8 in) 20–29 Measured 1970 [8]
Brazil 1.707 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.588 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) 18+ Measured 2008–2009 [9]
Brazil 1.731 m (5 ft 8 in) 1.611 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) 20–24 Measured 2008–2009 [9]
Bulgaria 1.752 m (5 ft 9 in) 1.632 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) N/A Measured 2010 [10]
Cameroon 1.706 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.613 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Urban adults Measured 2003 [11]
Canada 1.760 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 1.633 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 25–44 Measured 2005 [12]
Canada 1.736 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 1.595 m (5 ft 5 in) 25+ Measured 2005 [12]
Chile 1.710 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 1.591 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) 15–24 Measured 2009–2010 [13]
Chile 1.696 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.561 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in) 15+ Measured 2009–2010 [13]
Chile 1.712 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 1.572 m (5 ft 2 in) 25–44 Measured 2009–2010 [13]
Chile 1.683 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 1.543 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) 45–64 Measured 2009–2010 [13]
Chile 1.642 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 1.519 m (5 ft 0 in) 65+ Measured 2009–2010 [13]
China (PRC) 1.663 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) 1.570 m (5 ft 2 in) Rural, 17 Measured 2002 [14]
China (PRC) 1.702 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.586 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Urban, 17 Measured 2002 [14]
Colombia 1.706 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.587 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) 18–22 Measured 2002 [15]
Côte d’Ivoire 1.701 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.591 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) 25–29 Measured 1985–1987 [16]
Czech Republic 1.803 m (5 ft 11 in) 1.6720 m (5 ft 6 in) 17 Measured 2006 [17]
Denmark 1.806 m (5 ft 11 in) N/A Conscripts, 18–19 Measured 2006 [18]
Dinaric Alps 1.856 m (6 ft 1 in) 1.711 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 17 Measured 2005 [19]
Egypt 1.703 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.589 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) 20–24 Measured 2008 [20]
Estonia 1.791 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) N/A 17 Measured 2003 [21]
Finland 1.770 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) 1.630 m (5 ft 4 in) 25–74 Measured 2007 [22]
France 1.770 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) 1.646 m (5 ft 5 in) 20–29 Measured 2001 [23]
France 1.741 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 1.619 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 20+ Measured 2001 [23]
Gambia 1.680 m (5 ft 6 in) 1.578 m (5 ft 2 in) Rural, 21–49 Measured 1950–1974 [24]
Germany 1.810 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) 1.670 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 18–19 Self-reported 2005 [25]
Germany 1.780 m (6 ft 1 in) 1.650 m (5 ft 8 in) Adults Self-reported 2005 [25]
Ghana 1.695 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 1.585 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) 25–29 Measured 1987–1989 [16]
Greece 1.781 m (5 ft 11 in) N/A Conscripts, 18–26 Measured 2006–2007 [26]
Hong Kong 1.717 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 1.587 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) 18 Measured 2006 [27]
Hungary 1.773 m (5 ft 10 in) N/A 18 Measured 2008 [28]
Hungary 1.760 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) 1.640 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Adults Measured 2000s [29]
India 1.645 m (5 ft 1 in) 1.520 m (4 ft 8 in) 20 Measured 2005–2006 [30][31]
India 1.612 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in) 1.521 m (4 ft 8 in) Rural, 17+ Measured 2007 [32]
Indonesia 1.580 m (5 ft 2 in) 1.470 m (4 ft 10 in) 50+ Self-reported 1997 [33]
Iran 1.734 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1.598 m (5 ft 3 in) 21–25 Measured 2005 [34]
Iran 1.703 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.572 m (5 ft 2 in) 21+ Measured 2005 [34]
Iraq – Baghdad 1.654 m (5 ft 5 in) 1.558 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in) 18–44 Measured 1999–2000 [35]
Ireland 1.774 m (5 ft 10 in) 1.644 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 21–25 Self-reported 1997–2002 [5]
Israel 1.770 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 1.660 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) 18–21 Measured 2010 [36]
Italy 1.760 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 1.650 m (5 ft 7 in) 18–40 Measured 2005 [37]
Jamaica 1.718 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 1.608 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) 25–74 Measured 1994–1996 [38]
Japan 1.707 m (5 ft 3 in) 1.580 m (5 ft 0 in) 17 Measured 2011 [39]
Lithuania 1.813 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 1.675 m (5 ft 6 in) 18 Measured 2005 [40]
Malawi 1.660 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) 1.550 m (5 ft 1 in) Urban, 16–60 Measured 2000 [41]
Malaysia 1.647 m (5 ft 5 in) 1.533 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) 20+ Measured 1996 [42]
Mali 1.713 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 1.604 m (5 ft 3 in) Rural adults Measured 1992 [43]
Malta 1.752 m (5 ft 9 in) 1.638 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 25–34 Self-reported 2003 [44]
Malta 1.699 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.599 m (5 ft 3 in) Adults Self-reported 2003 [44]
Mexico 1.630 m (5 ft 4 in) 1.510 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 50+ Measured 2001 [45]
Mexico – Morelos 1.670 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) 1.550 m (5 ft 1 in) Adults Self-reported 1998 [46]
Mongolia 1.684 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 1.577 m (5 ft 2 in) 25–34 Measured 2006 [47]
Netherlands 1.837 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) 1.693 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 25–34 Self-reported 2009 [48]
Netherlands 1.799 m (5 ft 11 in) 1.667 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) 25+ Self-reported 2009 [48]
New Zealand 1.770 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 1.650 m (5 ft 5 in) 19–45 Estimates 1993–2007 [49]
New Zealand 1.745 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1.630 m (5 ft 4 in) 45–65 Estimates 1993–2007 [49]
Nigeria 1.638 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 1.578 m (5 ft 2 in) 18–74 Measured 1994–1996 [38]
Norway 1.820 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) 1.690 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 20–29 Measured 2010 [50]
Norway 1.795 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) 1.672 m (5 ft 8 in) Conscripts, 18–19 Measured 2010 [51]
Peru 1.640 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 1.510 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 20+ Measured 2005 [52]
Philippines 1.634 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 1.517 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 20–39 Measured 2003 [53]
Philippines 1.619 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) 1.502 m (4 ft 11 in) 20+ Measured 2003 [53]
Poland 1.785 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) 1.651 m (5 ft 5 in) 18 Measured 2010 [54]
Portugal 1.728 m (5 ft 10 in) N/A Conscripts, 21 Measured 1998–99 [55]
Singapore 1.706 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.600 m (5 ft 3 in) 17–25 N/A 2003 [56]
Slovakia 1.794 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) 1.656 m (5 ft 5 in) 18 Measured 2004 [57]
South Africa 1.690 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 1.590 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) 25–34 Measured 1998 [58]
South Korea 1.739 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1.611 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) 19 Measured 2006 [59]
Spain 1.780 m (5 ft 11 in) 1.650 m (5 ft 5 in) 21 Measured 1998–2000 [60]
Spain 1.761 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) 1.655 m (5 ft 5 in) 21–25 Self-reported 1997–2002 [5]
Sweden 1.815 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 1.668 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) 20–29 Measured 2008 [61]
Sweden 1.779 m (5 ft 11 in) 1.646 m (5 ft 5 in) 20–74 N/A N/A [62]
Switzerland 1.754 m (5 ft 11 in) 1.640 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) 20–74 N/A N/A [62]
Switzerland 1.781 m (5 ft 11 in) N/A Conscripts, 18–21 Measured 2005 [63]
Switzerland 1.782 m (5 ft 11 in) N/A Conscripts, 19 Measured 2009 [64]
Thailand 1.675 m (5 ft 6 in) 1.573 m (5 ft 2 in) STOU university student Self-reported 1991–1995 [65]
Turkey – Ankara 1.761 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 1.620 m (5 ft 4 in) 18–29 Measured 2004–2006 [66]
Turkey – Ankara 1.740 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1.589 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) 18–59 Measured 2004–2006 [66]
Turkey – Edirne 1.737 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1.614 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) 17 Measured 2001 [67]
United Arab Emirates 1.734 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1.564 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in) N/A N/A 2008 [68]
U.K. – England 1.753 m (5 ft 10 in) 1.616 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) 16+ Measured 2008 [69]
U.K. – England 1.776 m (5 ft 11 in) 1.637 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 25–34 Measured 2008 [69]
U.K. – Scotland 1.750 m (5 ft 10 in) 1.613 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) 16+ Measured 2008 [70]
U.K. – Scotland 1.782 m (5 ft 11 in) 1.635 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 25–34 Measured 2008 [70]
U.K. – Wales 1.770 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 1.620 m (5 ft 4 in) 16+ Measured 2009 [71]
U.S. 1.776 m (5 ft 10 in) 1.632 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) All Americans, 20–29 Measured 2003–2006 [72]
U.S. 1.763 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) 1.622 m (5 ft 4 in) All Americans, 20+ Measured 2003–2006 [72]
U.S. 1.780 m (5 ft 10 in) 1.632 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Black Americans, 20–39 Measured 2003–2006 [72]
U.S. 1.706 m (5 ft 4 in) 1.587 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in) Mexican Americans, 20–39 Measured 2003–2006 [72]
U.S. 1.789 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) 1.648 m (5 ft 8 in) White Americans, 20–39 Measured 2003–2006 [72]
Vietnam 1.621 m (5 ft 0 in) 1.522 m (4 ft 8 in) 25–29 Measured 1992–1993 [16]
Vietnam 1.657 m (5 ft 1 in) 1.552 m (5 ft 0 in) Students, 20–25 Measured 2006–2007 [73]

Notice how European countries have taller people. White Americans are also taller than other Americans.

I just thought this was interesting that's why i posted it.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height



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haxxiy on 12 June 2012

I've heard dinaric people are very tall but I didn't realize they were taller than the dutch. Wow.

Mmm... tall women :D



 

 

 

 

 

Barozi on 12 June 2012

well we had a VGC height thread once.

I think I was the 3rd largest with 1,91cm (out of those who participated). My gf is about 1,75 btw.



chocoloco on 12 June 2012

Nice to see the US broken down by race, and this is no surprise just common knowledge still good to see empirical data.

All the Nordic people in my family are tall and many of Hispanic ones are not. I will take my tanning skin and slightly shorter than average height for a white guy, at least I do not burn. XD

Also oh damn them long legz are hot.



Aielyn on 12 June 2012

A lot of the numbers in that table don't actually make sense.

For instance, the second listing for Canadian males says "1.736 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)"... 5 foot 11.5 is 1.816 m, not 1.736 m. That's 8 cm difference.

The Hungarian males are even worse - the two listings are 1.773 m (5 ft 10 in) and 1.760 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)... how is it that the first listing has a larger metric height, but a smaller imperial height, than the second one?

If it can't get something so simple right, how can you trust any of the numbers?



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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 12 June 2012
Aielyn said:
A lot of the numbers in that table don't actually make sense.

For instance, the second listing for Canadian males says "1.736 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)"... 5 foot 11.5 is 1.816 m, not 1.736 m. That's 8 cm difference.

The Hungarian males are even worse - the two listings are 1.773 m (5 ft 10 in) and 1.760 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)... how is it that the first listing has a larger metric height, but a smaller imperial height, than the second one?

If it can't get something so simple right, how can you trust any of the numbers?


Chill man, this is wikipedia :P



badgenome on 12 June 2012

U.S. 1.776 m (5 ft 10 in)

omg! 1776!



Aielyn on 12 June 2012
spurgeonryan said:
^ and no other non- American member understood yet another post from Sir badgenome....


Non-Americans know a lot more about America than Americans know about non-America.

1776, that would be the year that independence was declared. But I'm betting you've never heard of 1788 with relation to Australia.



badgenome on 12 June 2012
spurgeonryan said:
^ and no other non- American member understood yet another post from Sir badgenome....

I'd wager more non-Americans than Americans would understand it, sadly.



badgenome on 12 June 2012
Aielyn said:
spurgeonryan said:
^ and no other non- American member understood yet another post from Sir badgenome....


Non-Americans know a lot more about America than Americans know about non-America.

1776, that would be the year that independence was declared. But I'm betting you've never heard of 1788 with relation to Australia.

What's Australia?