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Average Height by Country

Discover comprehensive average height statistics by country for men and women worldwide. Compare global height data, explore detailed charts, and find which nations have the tallest populations. Our data includes height measurements at age 19 from reliable international sources.

Average Height by Country Table

201 of 201 countries
Difference
NL flagNetherlands
184 cm170 cm13 cm
ME flagMontenegro
183 cm170 cm13 cm
EE flagEstonia
183 cm169 cm14 cm
BA flagBosnia and Herzegovina
182 cm167 cm15 cm
IS flagIceland
182 cm169 cm13 cm
DK flagDenmark
182 cm169 cm12 cm
LV flagLatvia
181 cm169 cm12 cm
SK flagSlovakia
181 cm167 cm14 cm
UA flagUkraine
181 cm167 cm14 cm
SI flagSlovenia
181 cm167 cm14 cm
HR flagCroatia
181 cm167 cm14 cm
RS flagSerbia
181 cm168 cm12 cm
LT flagLithuania
181 cm168 cm13 cm
PL flagPoland
181 cm166 cm15 cm
FI flagFinland
181 cm166 cm14 cm
NO flagNorway
180 cm166 cm14 cm
SE flagSweden
180 cm167 cm14 cm
DE flagGermany
180 cm166 cm14 cm
DM flagDominica
180 cm167 cm13 cm
BM flagBermuda
180 cm166 cm14 cm
PR flagPuerto Rico
179 cm163 cm16 cm
GR flagGreece
179 cm166 cm13 cm
BE flagBelgium
179 cm163 cm16 cm
IE flagIreland
179 cm165 cm15 cm
LB flagLebanon
179 cm164 cm15 cm
AG flagAntigua and Barbuda
179 cm166 cm13 cm
AD flagAndorra
179 cm166 cm13 cm
AU flagAustralia
179 cm165 cm14 cm
CA flagCanada
179 cm165 cm14 cm
CH flagSwitzerland
179 cm164 cm14 cm
GD flagGrenada
179 cm166 cm13 cm
BY flagBelarus
179 cm167 cm12 cm
FR flagFrance
179 cm164 cm14 cm
AT flagAustria
179 cm167 cm12 cm
LU flagLuxembourg
178 cm165 cm13 cm
PF flagFrench Polynesia
178 cm167 cm12 cm
CK flagCook Islands
178 cm167 cm11 cm
GB flagUnited Kingdom
178 cm164 cm14 cm
RO flagRomania
178 cm165 cm13 cm
NZ flagNew Zealand
178 cm165 cm13 cm
VC flagSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
177 cm165 cm12 cm
NU flagNiue
177 cm167 cm10 cm
AS flagAmerican Samoa
177 cm168 cm10 cm
BB flagBarbados
177 cm166 cm11 cm
JM flagJamaica
177 cm164 cm13 cm
US flagUnited States
177 cm163 cm14 cm
TN flagTunisia
177 cm162 cm15 cm
RU flagRussia
177 cm165 cm12 cm
RU flagRussia
177 cm165 cm12 cm
HU flagHungary
177 cm163 cm14 cm
LC flagSaint Lucia
176 cm166 cm11 cm
LY flagLibya
176 cm163 cm14 cm
LY flagLibya
176 cm163 cm14 cm
TR flagTurkey
176 cm162 cm15 cm
MA flagMorocco
176 cm161 cm15 cm
CV flagCape Verde
176 cm163 cm13 cm
SN flagSenegal
176 cm164 cm12 cm
ES flagSpain
176 cm162 cm14 cm
TK flagTokelau
176 cm166 cm10 cm
TT flagTrinidad and Tobago
176 cm163 cm13 cm
IL flagIsrael
176 cm162 cm14 cm
GE flagGeorgia
176 cm163 cm13 cm
SC flagSeychelles
176 cm162 cm13 cm
BR flagBrazil
176 cm162 cm13 cm
CN flagChina
176 cm163 cm12 cm
IR flagIran
176 cm161 cm14 cm
IR flagIran
176 cm161 cm14 cm
MD flagMoldova
176 cm163 cm13 cm
KR flagSouth Korea
176 cm163 cm12 cm
KR flagSouth Korea
176 cm163 cm12 cm
KZ flagKazakhstan
176 cm162 cm14 cm
TO flagTonga
175 cm166 cm9 cm
PS flagPalestine
175 cm161 cm14 cm
DZ flagAlgeria
175 cm162 cm13 cm
ML flagMali
175 cm162 cm13 cm
KW flagKuwait
175 cm160 cm15 cm
JO flagJordan
175 cm159 cm15 cm
HK flagHong Kong
175 cm161 cm14 cm
AR flagArgentina
175 cm161 cm14 cm
KP flagNorth Korea
175 cm161 cm13 cm
KP flagNorth Korea
175 cm161 cm13 cm
DO flagDominican Republic
175 cm161 cm13 cm
EG flagEgypt
175 cm161 cm14 cm
SR flagSuriname
175 cm162 cm12 cm
IT flagItaly
174 cm162 cm13 cm
WS flagSamoa
174 cm164 cm11 cm
BS flagBahamas
174 cm163 cm11 cm
MT flagMalta
174 cm163 cm11 cm
PT flagPortugal
174 cm161 cm13 cm
TM flagTurkmenistan
174 cm163 cm12 cm
UY flagUruguay
174 cm162 cm13 cm
BG flagBulgaria
174 cm165 cm10 cm
AE flagUnited Arab Emirates
174 cm161 cm14 cm
AL flagAlbania
174 cm162 cm12 cm
CR flagCosta Rica
174 cm160 cm14 cm
AZ flagAzerbaijan
174 cm161 cm13 cm
FJ flagFiji
174 cm164 cm10 cm
GL flagGreenland
174 cm161 cm12 cm
PY flagParaguay
174 cm160 cm14 cm
IQ flagIraq
174 cm159 cm15 cm
KN flagSaint Kitts and Nevis
174 cm163 cm11 cm
AM flagArmenia
174 cm160 cm14 cm
CU flagCuba
174 cm160 cm13 cm
VE flagVenezuela
174 cm160 cm13 cm
TW flagTaiwan
174 cm161 cm13 cm
SG flagSingapore
174 cm161 cm12 cm
QA flagQatar
173 cm161 cm13 cm
BW flagBotswana
173 cm162 cm11 cm
MU flagMauritius
173 cm159 cm14 cm
CL flagChile
173 cm159 cm13 cm
BH flagBahrain
173 cm158 cm14 cm
CY flagCyprus
173 cm161 cm12 cm
HT flagHaiti
172 cm161 cm12 cm
GY flagGuyana
172 cm160 cm13 cm
CM flagCameroon
172 cm160 cm12 cm
SD flagSudan
172 cm160 cm12 cm
JP flagJapan
172 cm159 cm14 cm
BF flagBurkina Faso
172 cm161 cm11 cm
CO flagColombia
172 cm158 cm14 cm
TD flagChad
172 cm162 cm10 cm
OM flagOman
172 cm158 cm13 cm
KG flagKyrgyzstan
172 cm160 cm11 cm
TH flagThailand
172 cm159 cm12 cm
NG flagNigeria
172 cm158 cm13 cm
TV flagTuvalu
171 cm164 cm8 cm
CG flagCongo
171 cm159 cm12 cm
SO flagSomalia
171 cm160 cm11 cm
UZ flagUzbekistan
171 cm160 cm11 cm
DJ flagDjibouti
171 cm160 cm11 cm
GN flagGuinea
171 cm159 cm12 cm
ZW flagZimbabwe
171 cm160 cm11 cm
SA flagSaudi Arabia
171 cm159 cm12 cm
SV flagEl Salvador
171 cm156 cm14 cm
MN flagMongolia
171 cm160 cm11 cm
PW flagPalau
171 cm160 cm11 cm
ER flagEritrea
171 cm158 cm13 cm
BZ flagBelize
171 cm158 cm12 cm
GA flagGabon
170 cm160 cm10 cm
KE flagKenya
170 cm159 cm11 cm
ST flagSão Tomé and Príncipe
170 cm160 cm11 cm
GH flagGhana
170 cm159 cm11 cm
MX flagMexico
170 cm158 cm12 cm
NE flagNiger
170 cm160 cm10 cm
PA flagPanama
170 cm158 cm12 cm
TG flagTogo
170 cm159 cm11 cm
KI flagKiribati
170 cm161 cm9 cm
NI flagNicaragua
170 cm156 cm14 cm
NA flagNamibia
170 cm160 cm9 cm
ZA flagSouth Africa
170 cm159 cm11 cm
HN flagHonduras
170 cm155 cm14 cm
FM flagMicronesia
170 cm160 cm10 cm
NR flagNauru
170 cm158 cm12 cm
MY flagMalaysia
169 cm157 cm12 cm
CF flagCentral African Republic
169 cm160 cm9 cm
VN flagVietnam
169 cm158 cm10 cm
VN flagVietnam
169 cm158 cm10 cm
ET flagEthiopia
169 cm157 cm12 cm
UG flagUganda
169 cm159 cm10 cm
CD flagDemocratic Republic of the Congo
169 cm156 cm12 cm
AF flagAfghanistan
169 cm156 cm12 cm
AO flagAngola
168 cm158 cm10 cm
BJ flagBenin
168 cm158 cm10 cm
TJ flagTajikistan
168 cm158 cm10 cm
GM flagGambia
168 cm162 cm7 cm
VU flagVanuatu
168 cm160 cm8 cm
CI flagIvory Coast
168 cm159 cm10 cm
GQ flagEquatorial Guinea
168 cm158 cm10 cm
BO flagBolivia
168 cm156 cm13 cm
LK flagSri Lanka
168 cm156 cm12 cm
LS flagLesotho
168 cm157 cm11 cm
MV flagMaldives
168 cm154 cm14 cm
KM flagComoros
168 cm157 cm11 cm
ZM flagZambia
168 cm157 cm10 cm
BI flagBurundi
167 cm155 cm12 cm
PK flagPakistan
167 cm155 cm13 cm
EC flagEcuador
167 cm155 cm12 cm
BT flagBhutan
167 cm155 cm12 cm
TZ flagTanzania
167 cm157 cm10 cm
PE flagPeru
167 cm154 cm12 cm
MM flagMyanmar
167 cm155 cm12 cm
IN flagIndia
167 cm155 cm11 cm
SL flagSierra Leone
166 cm157 cm9 cm
BN flagBrunei
166 cm155 cm11 cm
ID flagIndonesia
166 cm154 cm12 cm
RW flagRwanda
166 cm157 cm9 cm
MW flagMalawi
166 cm156 cm10 cm
MR flagMauritania
166 cm160 cm5 cm
LR flagLiberia
165 cm157 cm9 cm
KH flagCambodia
165 cm155 cm11 cm
MH flagMarshall Islands
165 cm155 cm11 cm
PH flagPhilippines
165 cm154 cm11 cm
MG flagMadagascar
165 cm153 cm12 cm
BD flagBangladesh
165 cm152 cm13 cm
YE flagYemen
164 cm155 cm10 cm
NP flagNepal
164 cm152 cm12 cm
GT flagGuatemala
164 cm151 cm13 cm
MZ flagMozambique
164 cm155 cm9 cm
PG flagPapua New Guinea
163 cm157 cm6 cm
SB flagSolomon Islands
163 cm157 cm6 cm
LA flagLaos
163 cm153 cm10 cm
TL flagTimor-Leste
160 cm153 cm7 cm

Average Height by Country Map

Interactive world map showing average height data for boys and girls at age 19. Hover over countries to view detailed height statistics. Darker blue indicates taller populations.

175+ cm
170-174 cm
165-169 cm
160-164 cm
155-159 cm
150-154 cm
<150 cm

Global Height Average

Global statistics based on data from 201 countries

167.1 cm
Overall Average
173.1 cm
Men Average
161 cm
Women Average
12.2 cm
Difference
Based on data from 201 countries. Overall average: 167.1 cm | Men: 173.1 cm | Women: 161 cm

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Top Countries with Tallest Boys - Average Male Height by Country

1
NL flagNetherlands
184 cm
2
ME flagMontenegro
183 cm
3
EE flagEstonia
183 cm
4
BA flagBosnia and Herzegovina
182 cm
5
IS flagIceland
182 cm
6
DK flagDenmark
182 cm
7
LV flagLatvia
181 cm
8
SK flagSlovakia
181 cm
9
UA flagUkraine
181 cm
10
SI flagSlovenia
181 cm

Countries with Shortest Boys - Lowest Average Male Height Worldwide

1
TL flagTimor-Leste
160 cm
2
LA flagLaos
163 cm
3
SB flagSolomon Islands
163 cm
4
PG flagPapua New Guinea
163 cm
5
MZ flagMozambique
164 cm
6
NP flagNepal
164 cm
7
GT flagGuatemala
164 cm
8
YE flagYemen
164 cm
9
BD flagBangladesh
165 cm
10
MG flagMadagascar
165 cm

Top Countries with Tallest Girls - Average Female Height by Country

1
NL flagNetherlands
170 cm
2
ME flagMontenegro
170 cm
3
DK flagDenmark
169 cm
4
IS flagIceland
169 cm
5
LV flagLatvia
169 cm
6
EE flagEstonia
169 cm
7
RS flagSerbia
168 cm
8
LT flagLithuania
168 cm
9
AS flagAmerican Samoa
168 cm
10
BA flagBosnia and Herzegovina
167 cm

Countries with Shortest Girls - Lowest Average Female Height Worldwide

1
GT flagGuatemala
151 cm
2
BD flagBangladesh
152 cm
3
NP flagNepal
152 cm
4
TL flagTimor-Leste
153 cm
5
MG flagMadagascar
153 cm
6
LA flagLaos
153 cm
7
PH flagPhilippines
154 cm
8
MV flagMaldives
154 cm
9
ID flagIndonesia
154 cm
10
PE flagPeru
154 cm

Countries with Largest Height Difference Between Boys and Girls

1
PR flagPuerto Rico
179 cm
16 cm
2
BE flagBelgium
179 cm
16 cm
3
JO flagJordan
175 cm
15 cm
4
LB flagLebanon
179 cm
15 cm
5
MA flagMorocco
176 cm
15 cm
6
TN flagTunisia
177 cm
15 cm
7
IQ flagIraq
174 cm
15 cm
8
BA flagBosnia and Herzegovina
182 cm
15 cm
9
PL flagPoland
181 cm
15 cm
10
KW flagKuwait
175 cm
15 cm

Countries with Smallest Height Difference Between Boys and Girls

1
MR flagMauritania
166 cm
5 cm
2
PG flagPapua New Guinea
163 cm
6 cm
3
SB flagSolomon Islands
163 cm
6 cm
4
GM flagGambia
168 cm
7 cm
5
TL flagTimor-Leste
160 cm
7 cm
6
TV flagTuvalu
171 cm
8 cm
7
VU flagVanuatu
168 cm
8 cm
8
MZ flagMozambique
164 cm
9 cm
9
LR flagLiberia
165 cm
9 cm
10
TO flagTonga
175 cm
9 cm

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Data Sources

World Population Review - Average Height by Country
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration - Height Data
eLife Sciences - Height and Body Mass Index
Clio Infra - Historical Height Data