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Average Male Height 2019

1	Netherlands	183.78 cm
2	Montenegro	183.30 cm
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	182.47 cm
4	Iceland	182.10 cm
5	Denmark	181.89 cm
6	Czech Republic	181.19 cm
7	Latvia	181.17 cm
8	Slovakia	181.02 cm
9	Slovenia	180.98 cm
10	Ukraine	180.98 cm
11	Croatia	180.76 cm
12	Serbia	180.74 cm
13	Lithuania	180.72 cm
14	Poland	180.69 cm
15	Finland	180.57 cm
16	Norway	180.48 cm
17	Sweden	180.46 cm
18	Estonia	180.34 cm
19	Germany	180.28 cm
20	Dominica	180.15 cm
21	Bermuda	179.72 cm
22	Puerto Rico	179.48 cm
23	Greece	179.26 cm
24	Belgium	179.09 cm
25	Ireland	179.04 cm
26	Lebanon	178.96 cm
27	Andorra	178.84 cm
28	Antigua and Barbuda	178.84 cm
29	Australia	178.77 cm
30	Canada	178.75 cm
31	Switzerland	178.73 cm
32	Grenada	178.7 cm
33	Belarus	178.69 cm
34	France	178.60 cm
35	Austria	178.52 cm
36	Luxembourg	178.46 cm
37	Cook Islands	178.32 cm
38	French Polynesia	178.32 cm
39	United Kingdom	178.21 cm
40	Romania	177.82 cm
41	New Zealand	177.72 cm
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	177.49 cm
43	Niue	177.19 cm
44	American Samoa	177.09 cm
45	Barbados	177.03 cm
46	Jamaica	176.97 cm
47	United States	176.94 cm
48	Tunisia	176.85 cm
49	Russia	176.65 cm
50	Hungary	176.59 cm
51	Saint Lucia	176.43 cm
52	North Macedonia	176.43 cm
53	Libya	176.39 cm
54	Turkey	176.36 cm
55	Morocco	176.35 cm
56	Senegal	176.18 cm
57	Spain	176.11 cm
58	Trinidad and Tobago	176.03 cm
59	Israel	175.98 cm
60	Georgia	175.98 cm
61	Seychelles	175.90 cm
62	Brazil	175.73 cm
63	China	175.66 cm
64	Iran	175.62 cm
65	Moldova	175.59 cm
66	South Korea	175.52 cm
67	Kazakhstan	175.50 cm
68	Tonga	175.11 cm
69	Palestine	175.05 cm
70	Algeria	175.04 cm
71	Mali	175.02 cm
72	Kuwait	174.96 cm
73	Jordan	174.84 cm
74	Hong Kong	174.83 cm
75	Argentina	174.75 cm
76	North Korea	174.69 cm
77	Dominican Republic	174.65 cm
78	Egypt	174.57 cm
79	Suriname	174.51 cm
80	Italy	174.42 cm
81	Samoa	174.42 cm
82	Bahamas	174.4 cm
83	Malta	174.38 cm
84	Turkmenistan	174.37 cm
85	Portugal	174.37 cm
86	Uruguay	174.32 cm
87	Bulgaria	174.17 cm
88	United Arab Emirates	174.08 cm
89	Albania	174.07 cm
90	Costa Rica	174.04 cm
91	Azerbaijan	174.00 cm
92	Fiji	173.98 cm
93	Greenland	173.84 cm
94	Paraguay	173.81 cm
95	Iraq	173.79 cm
96	Saint Kitts and Nevis	173.71 cm
97	Armenia	173.67 cm
98	Cuba	173.56 cm
99	Venezuela	173.53 cm
100	Taiwan	173.53 cm
101	Singapore	173.50 cm
102	Qatar	173.27 cm
103	Botswana	173.16 cm
104	Mauritius	173.01 cm
105	Chile	172.88 cm
106	Bahrain	172.76 cm
107	Cyprus	172.75 cm
108	Haiti	172.23 cm
109	Guyana	172.15 cm
110	Cameroon	172.13 cm
111	Sudan	172.07 cm
112	Japan	172.06 cm
113	Burkina Faso	171.89 cm
114	Colombia	171.85 cm
115	Chad	171.84 cm
116	Oman	171.70 cm
117	Kyrgyzstan	171.66 cm
118	Syria	171.64 cm
119	Thailand	171.61 cm
120	Nigeria	171.55 cm
121	Tuvalu	171.30 cm
122	Republic of the Congo	171.23 cm
123	Somalia	171.22 cm
124	Uzbekistan	170.94 cm
125	Djibouti	170.77 cm
126	Guinea	170.70 cm
127	Zimbabwe	170.69 cm
128	Mongolia	170.67 cm
129	El Salvador	170.67 cm
130	Saudi Arabia	170.67 cm
131	Palau	170.62 cm
132	Eritrea	170.60 cm
133	Belize	170.52 cm
134	Gabon	170.48 cm
135	Kenya	170.46 cm
136	Sao Tome and Principe	170.37 cm
137	Ghana	170.30 cm
138	Mexico	170.29 cm
139	Niger	170.26 cm
140	Panama	170.19 cm
141	Togo	170.14 cm
142	Kiribati	170.09 cm
143	Nicaragua	169.91 cm
144	Namibia	169.75 cm
145	South Africa	169.63 cm
146	Honduras	169.59 cm
147	Micronesia	169.57 cm
148	Nauru	169.57 cm
149	Eswatini	169.41 cm
150	Malaysia	169.20 cm
151	Central African Republic	169.01 cm
152	Vietnam	168.89 cm
153	Ethiopia	168.84 cm
154	Uganda	168.74 cm
155	DR Congo	168.60 cm
156	Afghanistan	168.50 cm
157	Angola	168.46 cm
158	Benin	168.44 cm
159	Tajikistan	168.43 cm
160	Gambia	168.36 cm
161	Vanuatu	168.29 cm
162	Ivory Coast	168.23 cm
163	Equatorial Guinea	168.18 cm
164	Guinea Bissau	168.17 cm
165	Bolivia	168.10 cm
166	Sri Lanka	168.07 cm
167	Lesotho	167.92 cm
168	Maldives	167.87 cm
169	Comoros	167.72 cm
170	Zambia	167.62 cm
171	Burundi	167.34 cm
172	Pakistan	167.33 cm
173	Ecuador	167.32 cm
174	Bhutan	167.05 cm
175	Tanzania	166.98 cm
176	Peru	166.75 cm
177	Myanmar	166.70 cm
178	India	166.5 cm
179	Sierra Leone	166.43 cm
180	Brunei	166.31 cm
181	Indonesia	166.26 cm
182	Rwanda	166.02 cm
183	Malawi	165.68 cm
184	Mauritania	165.54 cm
185	Liberia	165.48 cm
186	Cambodia	165.35 cm
187	Marshall Islands	165.26 cm
188	Philippines	165.23 cm
189	Madagascar	165.16 cm
190	Bangladesh	165.08 cm
191	Yemen	164.42 cm
192	Nepal	164.36 cm
193	Guatemala	164.36 cm
194	Mozambique	164.30 cm
195	Papua New Guinea	163.10 cm
196	Solomon Islands	163.07 cm
197	Laos	162.78 cm
198	Timor Leste	160.13 cm

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Height Differences Around the World

Physical stature differs greatly worldwide, with people's average height varying depending on their geographic location, genetic heritage, diet, healthcare, and socioeconomic status. The average height of a country provides crucial insights into the state of its health, wealth, and overall well-being of its citizens.

Key findings:

Netherlands men stand the tallest with an average height of 183.78 cm, followed closely by Montenegro at 183.30 cm and Bosnia and Herzegovina at 182.47 cm.
Conversely, males in Timor-Leste have the shortest average height of just 160.13 cm. Laos is another country with a shorter average male height of 162.78 cm, while men in Guatemala and Nepal stand on average 164.36 cm tall.
The United States, with an average male height of 176.94 cm, ranks within the top 40%, significantly higher than the global average.
The average height range globally is considerable, with a sizable difference of roughly 23.65 cm or around 9.3 inches between the tallest and shortest nations.

Region ↕	Male Height 2019↕	Female Height 2019↕
Netherlands	183.78 cm	170.36 cm
Montenegro	183.30 cm	169.96 cm
Bosnia and Herzegovina	182.47 cm	167.47 cm
Iceland	182.10 cm	168.91 cm
Denmark	181.89 cm	169.47 cm
Czech Republic	181.19 cm	167.96 cm
Latvia	181.17 cm	168.81 cm
Slovakia	181.02 cm	167.12 cm
Slovenia	180.98 cm	167.20 cm
Ukraine	180.98 cm	166.62 cm
Croatia	180.76 cm	166.80 cm
Serbia	180.74 cm	168.29 cm
Lithuania	180.72 cm	167.63 cm
Poland	180.69 cm	165.78 cm
Finland	180.57 cm	166.48 cm
Norway	180.48 cm	166.45 cm
Sweden	180.46 cm	166.67 cm
Estonia	180.34 cm	168.66 cm
Germany	180.28 cm	166.18 cm
Dominica	180.15 cm	166.89 cm
Bermuda	179.72 cm	166.11 cm
Puerto Rico	179.48 cm	163.06 cm
Greece	179.26 cm	165.81 cm
Belgium	179.09 cm	163.40 cm
Ireland	179.04 cm	164.50 cm
Lebanon	178.96 cm	163.67 cm
Andorra	178.84 cm	165.53 cm
Antigua and Barbuda	178.84 cm	165.72 cm
Australia	178.77 cm	164.67 cm
Canada	178.75 cm	164.73 cm
Switzerland	178.73 cm	164.33 cm
Grenada	178.7 cm	165.99 cm
Belarus	178.69 cm	166.93 cm
France	178.60 cm	164.49 cm
Austria	178.52 cm	166.93 cm
Luxembourg	178.46 cm	165.07 cm
Cook Islands	178.32 cm	167.31 cm
French Polynesia	178.32 cm	166.52 cm
United Kingdom	178.21 cm	163.94 cm
Romania	177.82 cm	164.73 cm
New Zealand	177.72 cm	164.66 cm
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	177.49 cm	165.30 cm
Niue	177.19 cm	167.03 cm
American Samoa	177.09 cm	167.55 cm
Barbados	177.03 cm	165.66 cm
Jamaica	176.97 cm	164.32 cm
United States	176.94 cm	163.31 cm
Tunisia	176.85 cm	161.69 cm
Russia	176.65 cm	164.52 cm
Hungary	176.59 cm	162.55 cm
Saint Lucia	176.43 cm	165.52 cm
North Macedonia	176.43 cm	160.88 cm
Libya	176.39 cm	162.56 cm
Turkey	176.36 cm	161.80 cm
Morocco	176.35 cm	161.18 cm
Senegal	176.18 cm	163.92 cm
Spain	176.11 cm	162.03 cm
Trinidad and Tobago	176.03 cm	163.38 cm
Israel	175.98 cm	162.22 cm
Georgia	175.98 cm	163.24 cm
Seychelles	175.90 cm	162.47 cm
Brazil	175.73 cm	162.41 cm
China	175.66 cm	163.46 cm
Iran	175.62 cm	161.18 cm
Moldova	175.59 cm	162.96 cm
South Korea	175.52 cm	163.23 cm
Kazakhstan	175.50 cm	161.74 cm
Tonga	175.11 cm	166.08 cm
Palestine	175.05 cm	161.28 cm
Algeria	175.04 cm	162.35 cm
Mali	175.02 cm	161.99 cm
Kuwait	174.96 cm	160.10 cm
Jordan	174.84 cm	159.46 cm
Hong Kong	174.83 cm	160.62 cm
Argentina	174.75 cm	161.22 cm
North Korea	174.69 cm	161.22 cm
Dominican Republic	174.65 cm	161.21 cm
Egypt	174.57 cm	160.88 cm
Suriname	174.51 cm	162.26 cm
Italy	174.42 cm	161.81 cm
Samoa	174.42 cm	163.82 cm
Bahamas	174.4 cm	163.46 cm
Malta	174.38 cm	162.95 cm
Turkmenistan	174.37 cm	162.83 cm
Portugal	174.37 cm	161.23 cm
Uruguay	174.32 cm	161.56 cm
Bulgaria	174.17 cm	164.58 cm
United Arab Emirates	174.08 cm	160.53 cm
Albania	174.07 cm	162.23 cm
Costa Rica	174.04 cm	160.36 cm
Azerbaijan	174.00 cm	161.37 cm
Fiji	173.98 cm	164.28 cm
Greenland	173.84 cm	161.40 cm
Paraguay	173.81 cm	159.76 cm
Iraq	173.79 cm	158.75 cm
Saint Kitts and Nevis	173.71 cm	162.78 cm
Armenia	173.67 cm	159.85 cm
Cuba	173.56 cm	160.13 cm
Venezuela	173.53 cm	160.04 cm
Taiwan	173.53 cm	160.70 cm
Singapore	173.50 cm	161.30 cm
Qatar	173.27 cm	160.72 cm
Botswana	173.16 cm	162.06 cm
Mauritius	173.01 cm	158.94 cm
Chile	172.88 cm	159.42 cm
Bahrain	172.76 cm	158.29 cm
Cyprus	172.75 cm	160.55 cm
Haiti	172.23 cm	160.57 cm
Guyana	172.15 cm	159.57 cm
Cameroon	172.13 cm	160.41 cm
Sudan	172.07 cm	160.36 cm
Japan	172.06 cm	158.50 cm
Burkina Faso	171.89 cm	161.33 cm
Colombia	171.85 cm	157.96 cm
Chad	171.84 cm	162.12 cm
Oman	171.70 cm	158.44 cm
Kyrgyzstan	171.66 cm	160.20 cm
Syria	171.64 cm	159.38 cm
Thailand	171.61 cm	159.42 cm
Nigeria	171.55 cm	158.14 cm
Tuvalu	171.30 cm	163.57 cm
Republic of the Congo	171.23 cm	158.78 cm
Somalia	171.22 cm	159.86 cm
Uzbekistan	170.94 cm	160.29 cm
Djibouti	170.77 cm	159.82 cm
Guinea	170.70 cm	158.75 cm
Zimbabwe	170.69 cm	159.85 cm
Mongolia	170.67 cm	159.89 cm
El Salvador	170.67 cm	156.39 cm
Saudi Arabia	170.67 cm	158.84 cm
Palau	170.62 cm	159.52 cm
Eritrea	170.60 cm	157.58 cm
Belize	170.52 cm	158.12 cm
Gabon	170.48 cm	160.05 cm
Kenya	170.46 cm	159.43 cm
Sao Tome and Principe	170.37 cm	159.81 cm
Ghana	170.30 cm	158.86 cm
Mexico	170.29 cm	157.90 cm
Niger	170.26 cm	159.81 cm
Panama	170.19 cm	158.19 cm
Togo	170.14 cm	159.13 cm
Kiribati	170.09 cm	161.04 cm
Nicaragua	169.91 cm	155.62 cm
Namibia	169.75 cm	160.26 cm
South Africa	169.63 cm	158.58 cm
Honduras	169.59 cm	155.18 cm
Micronesia	169.57 cm	159.66 cm
Nauru	169.57 cm	157.82 cm
Eswatini	169.41 cm	158.92 cm
Malaysia	169.20 cm	157.06 cm
Central African Republic	169.01 cm	159.65 cm
Vietnam	168.89 cm	158.43 cm
Ethiopia	168.84 cm	157.15 cm
Uganda	168.74 cm	158.53 cm
DR Congo	168.60 cm	156.30 cm
Afghanistan	168.50 cm	156.11 cm
Angola	168.46 cm	158.10 cm
Benin	168.44 cm	158.40 cm
Tajikistan	168.43 cm	158.12 cm
Gambia	168.36 cm	161.73 cm
Vanuatu	168.29 cm	160.48 cm
Ivory Coast	168.23 cm	158.65 cm
Equatorial Guinea	168.18 cm	158.05 cm
Guinea Bissau	168.17 cm	158.72 cm
Bolivia	168.10 cm	155.58 cm
Sri Lanka	168.07 cm	155.88 cm
Lesotho	167.92 cm	156.72 cm
Maldives	167.87 cm	154.28 cm
Comoros	167.72 cm	156.54 cm
Zambia	167.62 cm	157.32 cm
Burundi	167.34 cm	155.08 cm
Pakistan	167.33 cm	154.77 cm
Ecuador	167.32 cm	155.25 cm
Bhutan	167.05 cm	155.15 cm
Tanzania	166.98 cm	156.89 cm
Peru	166.75 cm	154.39 cm
Myanmar	166.70 cm	154.71 cm
India	166.5 cm	155.18 cm
Sierra Leone	166.43 cm	157.34 cm
Brunei	166.31 cm	154.90 cm
Indonesia	166.26 cm	154.36 cm
Rwanda	166.02 cm	156.72 cm
Malawi	165.68 cm	156.14 cm
Mauritania	165.54 cm	160.06 cm
Liberia	165.48 cm	156.54 cm
Cambodia	165.35 cm	154.75 cm
Marshall Islands	165.26 cm	154.76 cm
Philippines	165.23 cm	154.14 cm
Madagascar	165.16 cm	153.06 cm
Bangladesh	165.08 cm	152.38 cm
Yemen	164.42 cm	154.76 cm
Nepal	164.36 cm	152.39 cm
Guatemala	164.36 cm	150.91 cm
Mozambique	164.30 cm	155.42 cm
Papua New Guinea	163.10 cm	156.89 cm
Solomon Islands	163.07 cm	156.79 cm
Laos	162.78 cm	153.10 cm
Timor Leste	160.13 cm	152.71 cm

Tallest Countries in the World

When it comes to the countries with the tallest average height for males, ten countries particularly stand out. These are the Netherlands, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

The Netherlands ranks at number one with an impressively tall average male height of 183.78 cm. Trailing slightly behind is Montenegro, which reports an average male height of 183.30 cm. The third tallest average male height is reported in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an average of 182.47 cm.

Following closely are Iceland and Denmark, with average male heights of 182.10 cm and 181.89 cm, respectively. The Czech Republic boasts an average male height of 181.19 cm, while Latvia has an average height of 181.17 cm. Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine all report similar average male heights hovering around the 181 cm mark.

10 Tallest Countries (average male height):

Netherlands - 183.78 cm
Montenegro - 183.30 cm
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 182.47 cm
Iceland - 182.10 cm
Denmark - 181.89 cm
Czech Republic - 181.19 cm
Latvia - 181.17 cm
Slovakia - 181.02 cm
Slovenia - 180.98 cm
Ukraine - 180.98 cm

Shortest Countries in the World

The ten countries with the lowest average male height are Timor-Leste, Laos, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Mozambique, Guatemala, Nepal, Yemen, Bangladesh, and Madagascar. The country with the lowest average male height is Timor-Leste, where men have an average height of 160.13 cm. The second country on our list is Laos, which has an average male height of 162.78 cm. The Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea share similar average male heights of 163.07 cm and 163.10 cm, respectively. Mozambique holds the fifth position with an average male height of 164.30 cm, closely followed by Guatemala and Nepal, with an average male height of 164.36 cm. Yemen also makes the list with an average male height of 164.42 cm. Bangladesh and Madagascar round up our list with average male heights of 165.08 cm and 165.16 cm, respectively.

10 Shortest Countries (average male height):