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20–29 (N= m:139 f:76, SD= m:6.5 cm (2.6 in) f:5.7 cm (2.2 in)) 33.2%: Measured: 2011 [140] Nigeria: 163.8 cm (5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 157.8 cm (5 ft 2 in) 1.04: 18–74: 98.6%: Measured: 1994–1996 [94] North Macedonia: 179.2 cm (5 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 164.8 cm (5 ft 5 in) 1.09: 18 (N= m:137 f:132) 1.7%: Measured: 2016 [141] Norway: 179.9 cm (5 ...
Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.
1.75 m – (5 feet 8 inches) – height of average U.S. male human as of 2002 (source: U.S. CDC as per female above) 2.4 m – wingspan of a mute swan; 2.5 m – height of a sunflower; 2.7 m – length of a leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle; 2.72 m – (8 feet 11 inches) – tallest-known human (Robert Wadlow) [31]
It was estimated at 18 ft (5.5 m) but the living man was believed to be "at least" 20 ft (6.1 m) tall. However, even in 1845 it was reported that the discovery was not confirmed. [200] This skeleton as well as an 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) tall specimen found in the Rocky Mountains in 1838, is very likely the remains of an extinct animal. [7] Unknown
At 5 years of age, attending kindergarten, Wadlow was 5 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1.69 m) tall. He wore clothes that would fit a 17-year-old boy. He wore clothes that would fit a 17-year-old boy. 15-year-old
Thus thousands of men under this height were denied the opportunity to fight in the war. As a result of pressure to allow them entry, special "Bantam Battalions" were created composed of men who were 4 feet 10 inches (147 cm) to 5 feet 3 inches (160 cm). By the end of the war there were 29 Bantam Battalions of about 1,000 men each.
At more than 6 feet tall, Peet Montzingo is slightly above average height, but in a family of little people he sticks out. Literally. “Peet as a little boy would say to me, ‘Mom, I wish I was ...
He is estimated to have been 5' 2" tall (in pre–metric system French measures), which equals around 1.67 meters, or just under 5' 6" in imperial measure. [2] This was slightly below the period's average adult male height, depending on the source chosen.