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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
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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.
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).
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.
It is the only index associated with the age distribution of a population. [ 1 ] Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 18 or less in most Least Developed countries to 40 or more in most European countries, Canada , Cuba , Hong Kong , Japan , South Korea , Taiwan , and Thailand .
Age Group Male Female Total % Total 28 866 226 30 369 987 59 236 213 100 0–4 1 138 845 1 077 665 2 216 510 3.74 5–9 1 326 061 1 252 279 2 578 340 4.35 10–14 1 463 873 1 377 822 2 841 695 4.80 15–19 1 476 815 1 380 198 2 857 013 4.82 20–24 1 549 500 1 407 840 2 957 340 4.99 25–29 1 566 265 1 479 314 3 045 579 5.14 30–34 1 633 887
English: The map above shows the average (mean) height of a male 19-year-old in 2019 in each country and territory in the world for which data is available. The source of the data is a pooled analysis of 2,181 measurement-based scientific studies covering over 65 Million participants from 1985 to 2019.