Human height by country

Below is a table which reports the average adult human height by country or geographical region.

Accuracy Methodology and the demographic measured varies, so figures across countries are not necessarily comparable.

As with any statistical data, the accuracy of the findings may be challenged: test subjects may have been invited instead of random sampling, resulting in sampling bias. Some studies may allow subjects to self-report values. Generally speaking, self-reported height tends to be taller than measured height, although the overestimation of height depends on the reporting subject's height, age, gender and region.

Worldwide

According to a 2016 study by NCD-RisC, the average adult height of people born in 1996 was for men and cm for women.Average adult height by year of birth: World

According to the 2007 growth references of the World Health Organization, the median height of 19-year old boys raised under optimal environmental conditions was , with 98% having heights between and . The median height of 19-year-old girls raised in the same conditions was , with 98% having heights between and .Height-for-age BOYSHeight-for-age GIRLS

Table by country

Note: where available, standard deviation (SD) is listed under sample population / age range

N = number of people sampled m = number of males sampled f = number of females sampled

Country or region Averagemale height Averagefemale height Statureratio(male tofemale) Sample population / age range Method Period Afghanistan 1.08 18–69 (N= m:1,979 f:1,687) Measured 2018 Albania 1.08 20–29 (N= m:649 f:1,806) Measured 2008–2009 Algeria 1.07 25–64 (N= m:1,626 f:2,491) Measured 2005 Armenia 1.08 18–69 (N= m:605 f:1,449) Measured 2016 Australia 1.08 15–85+ (N= m:6,591 f:7,219) Measured 2022 Bahrain 1.07 19+ (N= m:1,120 f:1,181, SD= m: f:) Measured 2002 Belarus 1.07 18–69 (N= m:2,089 f:2,921) Measured 2016–2017 Belize 1.08 20+ (N= m:999 f:1,440) Measured 2010 Benin 1.05 18–69 (N= m:2,304 f:2,543) Measured 2015 Bhutan 1.07 18–69 (N= m:1,071 f:1,678) Measured 2014 Bolivia 25–49 (N= f:10,302, SD= f:) Self-reported 2003 Bolivia 1.09 Aymara, 20–29 Measured 1970s Botswana 1.06 15–69 (N= m:1,299 f:2,611) Measured 2014 Brazil 1.07 18+ (N= m:62,037 f:65,696) Measured 2009 Note: Calculated using a weighted average of the different age groups. Brazil – Urban 1.07 20–24 (N= m:6,360 f:6,305) Measured 2009 Brazil – Rural 1.08 20–24 (N= m:1,939 f:1,633) Measured 2009 Brunei 1.09 19+ (N= m:696 f:828) Measured 2010–2011 Burkina Faso 1.05 25–64 (N= m:2,224 f:2,252) Measured 2013 Cambodia 1.06 25–64 (N= m:1,881 f:3,430) Measured 2010 Cameroon – Urban 1.06 15+ (N= m:3,746 f:5,078) Measured 2003 Central African Republic 25–49 (N= f:1,408, SD= f:) Self-reported 1994 China 1.07 18+ (N= m/f:57,754, average age 48) Measured Colombia 1.07 18–22 (N= m:1,528,875 f:1,468,110) Measured 2002 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 25–49 (N= f:2,727, SD= f:) Self-reported 2005 Congo, Republic of the 25–49 (N= f:3,922, SD= f:) Self-reported 2007 Costa Rica – San José 1.09 20+ (N= m:523 f:904) Measured 2010 East Timor 1.04 18–69 (N= m:1,083 f:1,526) Measured 2014 Ecuador 1.08 Measured 2014 Ecuador – Encuesta de Salud y Nutrición (Ensanut) . Egypt 1.07 20–24 (N= m:845 f:1,059) Measured 2008 El Salvador 25–49 Self-reported 2007 England 1.08 Measured 2012 Eswatini 1.06 15–69 (N= m:1,107 f:1,993) Measured 2014 Ethiopia 1.06 15–69 (N= m:3,917 f:5,757) Measured 2015 Fiji 1.08 15–64 (N: m:2,685 f:2,859) Measured 2002 France 1.08 20+ Measured 2001 Gabon 1.06 15–64 (N= m:1,054 f:1,634, SD= m: f:) Measured 2009 The Gambia 1.04 25–64 (N= m:1,633 f:1,940, SD= m: f:) Measured 2011 The Gambia – Rural 1.06 21–49 (N= m:9,559 f:13,160, SD= m: f:) Measured 1950–1974 Georgia 1.08 18–69 (N= m:1,271 f:2,933) Measured 2016 Germany 1.08 18–79 (N= m/f:19,768) 2007 Guatemala 1.08 15–59 (N= m:6,624(15–59) f:15,211(15–49)) Measured 2008–2009 Guinea 25–49 (N= f:2,563, SD= f:) Self-reported 2005 Haiti 25–49 (N= f:2,932, SD= f:) Self-reported 2005 Honduras – Tegucigalpa 1.09 20+ (N= m:644 f:1,052) Measured 2010 Honduras 25–49 (N= f:11,219, SD= f:) Self-reported 2005 India 1.09 20–49 (N= m:69,245 f:118,796) Measured 2011 Indonesia 1.06 18 (N= m/f:>300,000; Jakarta: male average = 165.1 cm, female average = 155.6 cm) Measured 2018 Aman B Pulungan, Madarina Julia, Jose RL Batubara and Michael Hermanussen. "Indonesian National Synthetic Growth Charts""Acta Scientific Paediatrics" : Volume 1 Issue 1. August 2018. Pages 28–29. Iran 1.08 21+ (N= m/f:89,532, SD= m: f:) Measured 2005 1.09 20–25 Measured 2005 Iraq 1.09 18+ (N= m:1,596 f:2,318) Measured 2015 Italy 1.08 18–65 (N= m:408 f:384; SD= m: f:) Measured 1999–2000 Ivory Coast 1.07 25–29 (SD= m: f:) Measured, but realistic results 1985–1987 Jamaica 1.07 25–74 Measured, but realistic results 1994–1996 Japan 1.08 18–49 (N= m:10,131 f:8,984) Measured 2018 Jordan 1.09 18–69 (N= m:2,203 f:3,510) Measured 2019 Kazakhstan 25–49 (N= f:1,600, SD= f:) Self-reported 1999 Kenya 1.07 25–49 (N= f:4,856, SD= f:) Self-reported 2016 Kiribati 1.08 18–69 (N= f:566 m:698) Measured 2015–2016 North Korea 1.07 Defectors, 20–39 (N= m/f:1,075) Measured 2005 Kuwait 1.08 18–69 (N= m:1,385 f:2,232) Measured 2013–2014 Kyrgyzstan 25–49 (N= f:2,424, SD= f:) Self-reported 1997 Laos – Vientiane 1.06 25–64 (N= m:1,635 f:2,430) Measured 2008 Lebanon 1.07 18–69 (N= m:736 f:992) Measured 2016–2017 Lesotho 25–49 (N= f:1,879, SD= f:) Self-reported 2004 Liberia 1.04 25–64 (m:982 f:1,237) Measured 2011 Madagascar – Antananarivo Province 1.06 25–64 (N= m:1,102 f:1,112) Measured 2005 Madagascar 25–49 (N= f:5,024, SD= f:) Self-reported 2003 Malaysia 1.07 25–64 (N= m:1,044 f:1,528) Measured 2005 Malaysia 1.07 Malay, 20–24 (N= m:749 f:893, SD= m: f:)better ptevious with larger sample) Measured 1996 Malawi 1.06 25–64 (N= m:1,669 f:3,454) Measured 2009 Maldives 1.08 15–64 (N= m:661 f:1,103) Measured 2011 Malta 1.06 25–34 Self-reported 2003 Marshall Islands 1.08 15–64 (N= m:762 f:1,187) Measured 2002 Mauritania 1.05 15–64 (N= m:1,141 f:1,362) Measured 2006 Mexico 1.08 20–65 Measured 2014 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.06 25–64 (N= m:634 f:1,212) Measured 2006 Moldova 1.07 18–69 (N= m:1,711 f:2,772) Measured 2013 Moldova 25–49 (N= f:4,757, SD= f:) Self-reported 2005 Mongolia 1.07 15–64 (N= m:2,656 f:3,117) Measured 2015 Morocco 1.08 18+ (N= m:1,871 f:3,390) Measured 2017 Mozambique 25–49 (N= f:6,912, SD= f:) Self-reported 2003 Myanmar 1.07 25–64 (N= m:2,948 f:5,447) Measured 2014 Namibia 25–49 (N= f:5,575, SD= f:) Self-reported 2006 Nauru 1.07 15–64 (N= m:1,083 f:1,186) Measured 2004 Nepal 1.08 15–69 (N= m:1,326 f:2,798) Measured 2012–2013 Nepal 1.08 25–49 (N= f:6,280, SD= f:) Self-reported 2006 Nicaragua 25–49 Self-reported 2001 Nicaragua – Managua 1.08 20+ (N= m:1,024 f:969) Measured 2010 Nigeria 18–40 (N= m:1500, 500 each from the three major ethnicities) Measured 2024 Oman 1.07 18+ (N= m:3,338 f:2,955) Measured 2017 Pakistan 1.08 18–69 (N= m/f:6,613) Measured 2013–2014 Papua New Guinea 1.05 15–64 (N= m:1,408 f:1,451) Measured 2007–2008 Peru 1.09 20+ Measured 2005 Philippines 1.08 20–39 Measured 2003 Philippine Facts and Figures 2003. 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Poland 1.08 44–69 (N= m:4,336 f:4,559) Measured 2007 Portugal 1.06 20–50 Self-reported 2001 Qatar 1.09 18–64 (N= m:1,038 f:1,423) Measured 2012 Rwanda 1.05 15–64 (N= m:2,649 f:4,467) Measured 2012–2013 Saudi Arabia 1.08 15–64 (N= m:2,244 f:2,345) Measured 2005 Senegal 25–49 (N= f:2,533, SD= f:) Self-reported 2005 Sierra Leone 1.05 25–64 (N= m:1,996 f:2,311) Measured 2009 Solomon Islands 1.07 25–64 (N= m:688 f:1018) Measured 2006 Spain 18–70 (N= f:8,217) Measured 2007–2008 Spain 1.07 20–49 Self-reported 2007 Sri Lanka 1.08 18+ (N= m:1,768 f:2,709, SD= m: f:) Measured 2005–2006 Sudan 1.07 18–69 (N= m:2,662 f:4,548) Measured 2016 Switzerland 1.07 20–74 Self-reported 1987–1994 Tanzania 25–49 (N= f:6,033, SD= f:) Self-reported 2004 Thailand 1.07 STOU students, 15–19 (N= m:839 f:1,636, SD= m: f:) Self-reported 2005 Togo 1.06 15–64 (N= m:2,064 f:2,249) Measured 2010 Trinidad and Tobago 1.08 15–64 (N= m:1,112 f:1,608) Measured 2011 Turkmenistan 1.07 18–69 (N= m:1,713 f:2,237) Measured 2018 Uganda 1.06 18–69 (N= m:1,565 f:2,122) Measured 2014 Ukraine 1.07 18+ Measured 2020 United Arab Emirates 1.11 United States 1.09 All Americans, 20+ (N= m:5,092 f:5,510) Measured 2015–2018 United States – Non-Hispanic Whites 1.08 Non-Hispanic white, 20+ (N= m:1,782 f:1,779) Measured 2015–2018 United States – Hispanic and Latino Americans 1.08 Hispanic, 20+ (N= m:1,292 f:1,536) Measured 2015–2018 United States – African Americans 1.08 Non-Hispanic black, 20+ (N= m:1,107 f:1,255) Measured 2015–2018 United States – Asian Americans 1.08 Non-Hispanic Asian, 20+ (N= m:1,107 f:1,255) Measured 2015–2018 Uruguay 1.08 Adults (N= m:2,249 f:2,114) Measured 1990 Uzbekistan 1.08 18–64 (N= m:1,531 f:2,161) Measured 2014 Vanuatu 1.06 25–64 (N= m:2,257 f:2,244) Measured 2011–2012 Vietnam 1.07 Teenagers from around 22,400 families across 25 cities and provinces, 18 Measured 2019–2020 Zambia 25–49 (N= f:4,091, SD= f:) Self-reported 2007 Zimbabwe 25–49 (N= f:4,746, SD= f:) Self-reported 2005

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