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Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country or geographical region. With regard to the first table , original studies and sources should be consulted for details on methodology and the exact populations measured, surveyed, or considered.
indicates "Health in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links. Mean BMI (kg/m 2), World Health Organization (WHO), 2014 [1] Country Both Male Female
In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a population) for populations in which adult men are on average less than 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) tall.
Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, boasting an area of just 0.19 square miles, or 0.49 square kilometers.
Height 0.67 m (2 ft 2 in) [ 1 ] Khagendra Thapa Magar ( Nepali : खगेन्द्र थापामगर ) (4 October 1992 – 17 January 2020) [ 2 ] was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring 0.67 m (2 ft 2 in).
This measurement has since been updated by Guinness World Records, who place her height at 68 cm (26.8 in). [19] [20] 1864–1890 United States: 69 cm (27 in) Bridgette Jordan: Former smallest living woman and one of the shortest living siblings according to Guinness World Records. [21] [22] 1989–2019 Turkey: 72.6 cm (28.58 in) Elif Kocaman
Hello! I propose new figures on the average height of men and women in Switzerland dating from 2017. They come from the Federal Statistical Office and are self-reported. The average height of men is 177.4 cm and that of women is 164.7 cm. The sample consists of 10435 men and 11644 women.