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Different social groups can show different mean height. According to a study in France, executives and professionals are 2.6 centimetres (1.0 in) taller, and university students are 2.55 centimetres (1.0 in) taller than the national average. [ 7 ]
Human 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.
This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, [1] unless another source is cited.
El Alto in Bolivia is the highest-altitude city in the world. This list of the highest cities in the world includes only cities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and an average height above sea level over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
Rank Country Town / city Region / state Height (m) Height (ft) Comment 1 Peru La Rinconada: Puno: 5,100 16,728 The highest in the world according to National Geographic magazine (May 2003); [1] pop. 30,000.
Summary. 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.
Height. Height is measure of vertical distance, either vertical extent (how "tall" something or someone is) or vertical position (how "high" a point is). For an example of vertical extent, "This basketball player is 7 foot 1 inches in height." For an example of vertical position, "The height of an airplane in-flight is about 10,000 meters."
City Country Height m (ft) Floors Year Notes Ref 1 Lakhta Center: Saint Petersburg Russia: 462 (1,516) 87: 2019: Tallest building in Europe: 2 Federation: East Tower: Moscow Russia: 373.7 (1,226) 93: 2016: Briefly the tallest building in Europe until completion of Lakhta Center. 3 OKO: South Tower: Moscow Russia: 354.2 (1,162) 90: 2015