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  2. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    Country / region Average male height Average female height Stature ratio (male to female) Sample population / age range Share of pop. over 18 covered [9] [10] [b] Method

  3. Human height - Wikipedia

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    The average height of 19-year-old Dutch orphans in 1865 was 160 cm (5 ft 3 in). [77] From 1830 to 1857, the average height of a Dutch person decreased, even while Dutch real GNP per capita was growing at an average rate of more than 0.5% per year. The worst decline was in urban areas that in 1847, the urban height penalty was 2.5 cm (1.0 in).

  4. File:Average height of men by year of birth (NCD-RisC (1896 ...

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    English: :Average height of men by year of birth Mean height of adult men by year of birth. Data for the latest cohort (the year 1996) is therefore the mean height of men aged 18 in 2014.

  5. Men got taller and heavier at twice the rate of women over ...

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    By analyzing the heights of 49,180 men and women between the ages of 23 and 26 from several UK studies published between 1905 and 1958, they found that women’s average height increased by 0.25 ...

  6. These Celebrities Are Way Taller Than We Ever Realized - AOL

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    The average height for men and women in the United States is 5'9" and 5'4", respectively. Here are 40 celebrities that are way taller than we realized. ... The actor and filmmaker towers over his ...

  7. File:Annual change in average male height, OWID.svg

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    English: :Annual change in average male height The relative annual change in the mean height of adult men by year of birth. Data for the latest cohort (the year 1996) is therefore the mean height of men aged 18 in 2014. Positive values indicate an increase in average height; negative values indicate a decline.

  8. Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the ...

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    Presidents have trended to be taller over time, as shown using linear trend estimation. A record of the heights of the presidents and presidential candidates of the United States is useful for evaluating what role, if any, height plays in presidential elections in the United States. Some observers have noted that the taller of the two major ...

  9. Why do you shrink when you get older? Experts explain

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    People usually lose about a centimeter in height every 10 years after age 40, according to Medline Plus, and that pace of height loss speeds up after age 70. Overall, you can lose between 1 to 3 ...