Average Human Height Around The World

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	[1]
Australia	1.748 m (5 ft 9 in)	1.634 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	18+	Measured	1995	[2]
Australia	1.784 m (5 ft 10 in)	1.645 m (5 ft 5 in)	18–24	Measured	1995	[2]
Austria	1.796 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)	1.671 m (5 ft 6 in)	21–25	Self Reported	1997–2002	[3]
Azerbaijan	1.718 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	1.654 m (5 ft 5 in)	16+	Measured	2005	[4]
Bahrain	1.651 m (5 ft 5 in)	1.542 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)	19+	Measured	2002	[5]
Belgium	1.795 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)	1.678 m (5 ft 6 in)	21–25	Self Reported	1997–2002	[3]
Bolivia – Aymara	1.600 m (5 ft 3 in)	1.422 m (4 ft 8 in)	20–29	Measured	1970	[6]
Brazil	1.707 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.588 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	18+	Measured	2008–2009	[7]
Brazil	1.731 m (5 ft 8 in)	1.611 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)	20–24	Measured	2008–2009	[7]
Bulgaria	1.752 m (5 ft 9 in)	1.632 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)		Measured	2010	[8]
Cameroon	1.706 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.613 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)	Urban adults	Measured	2003	[9]
Canada	1.736 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	1.595 m (5 ft 3 in)	25+	Measured	2005	[10]
Canada	1.760 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	1.633 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	25–44	Measured	2005	[10]
Chile	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Upper Class	Measured	2004	[11]
Chile	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	middle class	Measured	2004	[11]
Chile	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)	lower class	Measured	2004	[11]
China (PRC)	1.702 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.586 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	Urban, 17	Measured	2002	[12]
China (PRC)	1.663 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	1.570 m (5 ft 2 in)	Rural, 17	Measured	2002	[12]
Colombia	1.706 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.587 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	18–22	Measured	2002	[13]
Côte d’Ivoire	1.701 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.591 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	25–29	Measured	1985–1987	[14]
Czech Republic	1.803 m (5 ft 11 in)	1.6720 m (5 ft 6 in)	17	Measured	2006	[15]
Denmark	1.806 m (5 ft 11 in)		Conscripts, 18–19	Measured	2006	[16]
Dinaric Alps	1.856 m (6 ft 1 in)	1.711 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	17	Measured	2005	[17]
Egypt	1.703 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.589 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	20-24	Measured	2008	[18]
Estonia	1.791 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)		17	Measured	2003	[19]
Finland	1.784 m (5 ft 10 in)	1.652 m (5 ft 5 in)	25–34	Measured	2007	[20]
France	1.741 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	1.619 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)	20+	Measured	2001	[21]
France	1.770 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	1.646 m (5 ft 5 in)	20–29	Measured	2001	[21]
Ghana	1.695 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)	1.585 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	25–29	Measured	1987–1989	[14]
Gambia	1.680 m (5 ft 6 in)	1.578 m (5 ft 2 in)	Rural, 21–49	Measured	1950–1974	[22]
Germany	1.780 m (5 ft 10 in)	1.650 m (5 ft 5 in)	Adults	Self-reported	2005	[23]
Germany	1.810 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	1.670 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	18–19	Self-reported	2005	[23]
Greece	1.781 m (5 ft 10 in)		Conscripts, 18–26	Measured	2006–2007	[24]
Greece	1.759 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	1.629 m (5 ft 4 in)	Adults	Measured	2009	[25]
Hong Kong	1.717 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	1.587 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	18	Measured	2006	[26]
Hungary	1.760 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	1.640 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	Adults	Measured	2000s	[27]
Hungary	1.773 m (5 ft 10 in)		18	Measured	2008	[28]
India	1.645 m (5 ft 5 in)	1.520 m (5 ft 0 in)	20	Measured	2005–2006	[29][30]
India	1.612 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)	1.521 m (5 ft 0 in)	Rural, 17+	Measured	2007	[31]
Indonesia	1.580 m (5 ft 2 in)	1.470 m (4 ft 10 in)	50+	Self-reported	1997	[32]
Indonesia – East Java	1.624 m (5 ft 4 in)	1.513 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Urban, 19–23	Measured	1995	[33]
Iran	1.703 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.572 m (5 ft 2 in)	21+	Measured	2005	[34]
Iran	1.734 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	1.598 m (5 ft 3 in)	21–25	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	[3]
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 9 1⁄2 in)	1.650 m (5 ft 5 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	1.715 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	1.580 m (5 ft 2 in)	19	Measured	2006	[39]
Lithuania	1.813 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	1.675 m (5 ft 6 in)	18	Measured	2005	[40]
Malaysia	1.647 m (5 ft 5 in)	1.533 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)	20+	Measured	1996	[41]
Malta	1.699 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.599 m (5 ft 3 in)	Adults	Self-reported	2003	[42]
Malta	1.752 m (5 ft 9 in)	1.638 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	25–34	Self-reported	2003	[42]
Malawi	1.660 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	1.550 m (5 ft 1 in)	Urban, 16–60	Measured	2000	[43]
Mali	1.713 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	1.604 m (5 ft 3 in)	Rural adults	Measured	1992	[44]
Mexico – Morelos	1.670 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	1.550 m (5 ft 1 in)	Adults	Self-reported	1998	[45]
Mexico	1.630 m (5 ft 4 in)	1.510 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	50+	Measured	2001	[46]
Mongolia	1.684 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)	1.577 m (5 ft 2 in)	25–34	Measured	2006	[47]
Netherlands	1.799 m (5 ft 11 in)	1.667 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	25+	Self-reported	2009	[48]
Netherlands	1.837 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	1.693 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)	25–34	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	1.795 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)	1.672 m (5 ft 6 in)	Conscripts, 18–19	Measured	2010	[50]
Norway	1.820 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	1.690 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)	20–29	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	1.619 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)	1.502 m (4 ft 11 in)	20+	Measured	2003	[53]
Philippines	1.634 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	1.517 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	20–39	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 8 in)		Conscripts, 21	Measured	1998–99	[55]
Singapore	1.706 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.600 m (5 ft 3 in)	17–25		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	1.761 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	1.655 m (5 ft 5 in)	21–25	Self Reported	1997–2002	[3]
Spain	1.780 m (5 ft 10 in)	1.650 m (5 ft 5 in)	21	Measured	1998–2000	[60]
Sweden	1.779 m (5 ft 10 in)	1.646 m (5 ft 5 in)	20–74			[61]
Sweden	1.815 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	1.668 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	20–29	Measured	2008	[62]
Switzerland	1.754 m (5 ft 9 in)	1.640 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	20–74			[61]
Switzerland	1.781 m (5 ft 10 in)		Conscripts, 18–21	Measured	2005	[63]
Thailand	1.675 m (5 ft 6 in)	1.573 m (5 ft 2 in)	STOU university student	Self-reported	1991–1995	[64]
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	[65]
Turkey – Ankara	1.761 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	1.620 m (5 ft 4 in)	18–29	Measured	2004–2006	[65]
Turkey – Edirne	1.737 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	1.614 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)	17	Measured	2001	[66]
United Arab Emirates	1.734 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	1.564 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in)			2008	[67]
U.K. – England	1.776 m (5 ft 10 in)	1.637 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	25–34	Measured	2008	[68]
U.K. – England	1.753 m (5 ft 9 in)	1.616 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)	Adults	Measured	2008	[68]
U.K. – Scotland	1.782 m (5 ft 10 in)	1.635 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)	25–34	Measured	2008	[69]
U.K. – Scotland	1.750 m (5 ft 9 in)	1.613 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)	Adults	Measured	2008	[69]
U.K. – Wales	1.770 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	1.620 m (5 ft 4 in)	Adults	Measured	2009	[70]
U.S.	1.763 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	1.622 m (5 ft 4 in)	All Americans, 20+	Measured	2003–2006	[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	[71]
U.S.	1.789 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)	1.648 m (5 ft 5 in)	White Americans, 20–39	Measured	2003–2006	[71]
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	[71]
U.S.	1.706 m (5 ft 7 in)	1.587 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)	Mexican-Americans, 20–39	Measured	2003–2006	[71]
Vietnam	1.621 m (5 ft 4 in)	1.522 m (5 ft 0 in)	25–29	Measured	1992–1993	[14]
Vietnam	1.657 m (5 ft 5 in)	1.552 m (5 ft 1 in)	20-25 students	Measured	2006–2007	[72]

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