Average height

Average height by country

Compare estimated mean height for 19-year-old men and women in 2019. The list currently uses data parsed from the Lancet study.

Afghanistan Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'1 ½" Albania Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'4" Algeria Men 5'9" Women 5'4" American Samoa Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'6" Andorra Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5 ½" Angola Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Antigua and Barbuda Men 5'11" Women 5'5 ½" Argentina Men 5'9" Women 5'3 ½" Armenia Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3" Australia Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5" Austria Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'6" Azerbaijan Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3 ½" Bahamas Men 5'9" Women 5'4 ½" Bahrain Men 5'8" Women 5'2 ½" Bangladesh Men 5'5" Women 5'0" Barbados Men 5'10" Women 5'5 ½" Belarus Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'6" Belgium Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Belize Men 5'7" Women 5'2 ½" Benin Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Bermuda Men 5'11" Women 5'5 ½" Bhutan Men 5'6" Women 5'1" Bolivia Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'1 ½" Bosnia and Herzegovina Men 6'0" Women 5'6" Botswana Men 5'8" Women 5'4" Brazil Men 5'9" Women 5'4" Brunei Men 5'5 ½" Women 5'1" Bulgaria Men 5'9" Women 5'5" Burkina Faso Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'3 ½" Burundi Men 5'6" Women 5'1" Cambodia Men 5'5" Women 5'1" Cameroon Men 5'8" Women 5'3" Canada Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5" Cape Verde Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Central African Republic Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'3" Chad Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'4" Chile Men 5'8" Women 5'3" China Men 5'9" Women 5'4 ½" Colombia Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'2" Comoros Men 5'6" Women 5'1 ½" Congo Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Cook Islands Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'6" Costa Rica Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3" Croatia Men 5'11" Women 5'5 ½" Cuba Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3" Cyprus Men 5'8" Women 5'3 ½" Czechia Men 5'11 ½" Women 5'6" Denmark Men 5'11 ½" Women 5'7" Djibouti Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'3" Dominica Men 5'11" Women 5'6" Dominican Republic Men 5'9" Women 5'3 ½" DR Congo Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'1 ½" Ecuador Men 5'6" Women 5'1" Egypt Men 5'9" Women 5'3 ½" El Salvador Men 5'7" Women 5'1 ½" Equatorial Guinea Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Eritrea Men 5'7" Women 5'2" Estonia Men 6'0" Women 5'6 ½" Eswatini Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Ethiopia Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2" Fiji Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Finland Men 5'11" Women 5'5 ½" France Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5" French Polynesia Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5 ½" Gabon Men 5'7" Women 5'3" Gambia Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'4" Georgia Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Germany Men 5'11" Women 5'5 ½" Ghana Men 5'7" Women 5'2 ½" Greece Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5 ½" Greenland Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3 ½" Grenada Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5 ½" Guatemala Men 5'5" Women 4'11 ½" Guinea Men 5'7" Women 5'2 ½" Guinea-Bissau Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Guyana Men 5'8" Women 5'3" Haiti Men 5'8" Women 5'3 ½" Honduras Men 5'7" Women 5'1" Hong Kong Men 5'9" Women 5'3 ½" Hungary Men 5'10" Women 5'4 ½" Iceland Men 5'11 ½" Women 5'6 ½" India Men 5'5 ½" Women 5'1" Indonesia Men 5'5 ½" Women 5'1" Iran Men 5'9" Women 5'3 ½" Iraq Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Ireland Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5" Israel Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4" Italy Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'4" Ivory Coast Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Jamaica Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Japan Men 5'8" Women 5'2 ½" Jordan Men 5'9" Women 5'3" Kazakhstan Men 5'9" Women 5'3 ½" Kenya Men 5'7" Women 5'3" Kiribati Men 5'7" Women 5'3 ½" Kuwait Men 5'9" Women 5'3" Kyrgyzstan Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'3" Laos Men 5'4" Women 5'0 ½" Latvia Men 5'11 ½" Women 5'6 ½" Lebanon Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Lesotho Men 5'6" Women 5'2" Liberia Men 5'5" Women 5'1 ½" Libya Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4" Lithuania Men 5'11" Women 5'6" Luxembourg Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5" Madagascar Men 5'5" Women 5'0 ½" Malawi Men 5'5 ½" Women 5'1 ½" Malaysia Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2" Maldives Men 5'6" Women 5'1" Mali Men 5'9" Women 5'4" Malta Men 5'9" Women 5'4 ½" Marshall Islands Men 5'5" Women 5'1" Mauritania Men 5'5 ½" Women 5'3" Mauritius Men 5'8" Women 5'2 ½" Mexico Men 5'7" Women 5'2 ½" Micronesia Men 5'7" Women 5'3" Moldova Men 5'9" Women 5'4 ½" Mongolia Men 5'7" Women 5'3" Montenegro Men 6'0" Women 5'7" Morocco Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'3 ½" Mozambique Men 5'5" Women 5'1 ½" Myanmar Men 5'5 ½" Women 5'1" Namibia Men 5'7" Women 5'3" Nauru Men 5'7" Women 5'2" Nepal Men 5'5" Women 5'0" Netherlands Men 6'0 ½" Women 5'7" New Zealand Men 5'10" Women 5'5" Nicaragua Men 5'7" Women 5'1 ½" Niger Men 5'7" Women 5'3" Nigeria Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Niue Men 5'10" Women 5'6" North Korea Men 5'9" Women 5'4" North Macedonia Men 5'10" Women 5'3 ½" Norway Men 5'11" Women 5'5 ½" Oman Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Pakistan Men 5'6" Women 5'1" Palau Men 5'7" Women 5'3" Palestine Men 5'9" Women 5'3 ½" Panama Men 5'7" Women 5'2 ½" Papua New Guinea Men 5'4 ½" Women 5'2" Paraguay Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3" Peru Men 5'5 ½" Women 5'1" Philippines Men 5'5" Women 5'1" Poland Men 5'11" Women 5'5 ½" Portugal Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3 ½" Puerto Rico Men 5'11" Women 5'4 ½" Qatar Men 5'8" Women 5'3 ½" Romania Men 5'10" Women 5'5" Russia Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'5" Rwanda Men 5'5 ½" Women 5'1 ½" Saint Kitts and Nevis Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Saint Lucia Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'5" Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Men 5'10" Women 5'5" Samoa Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Sao Tome and Principe Men 5'7" Women 5'3" Saudi Arabia Men 5'7" Women 5'2 ½" Senegal Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Serbia Men 5'11" Women 5'6 ½" Seychelles Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4" Sierra Leone Men 5'5 ½" Women 5'2" Singapore Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3 ½" Slovakia Men 5'11 ½" Women 5'6" Slovenia Men 5'11 ½" Women 5'6" Solomon Islands Men 5'4 ½" Women 5'2" Somalia Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'3" South Africa Men 5'7" Women 5'2 ½" South Korea Men 5'9" Women 5'4 ½" Spain Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4" Sri Lanka Men 5'6" Women 5'1 ½" Sudan Men 5'8" Women 5'3" Suriname Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'4" Sweden Men 5'11" Women 5'5 ½" Switzerland Men 5'10 ½" Women 5'5" Syria Men 5'8" Women 5'3" Taiwan Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3 ½" Tajikistan Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Tanzania Men 5'6" Women 5'2" Thailand Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'3" Timor-Leste Men 5'3" Women 5'0" Togo Men 5'7" Women 5'2 ½" Tokelau Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'5 ½" Tonga Men 5'9" Women 5'5 ½" Trinidad and Tobago Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Tunisia Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4" Turkey Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4" Turkmenistan Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'4" Tuvalu Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Uganda Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Ukraine Men 5'11 ½" Women 5'5 ½" United Arab Emirates Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3 ½" United Kingdom Men 5'10" Women 5'4 ½" United States Men 5'9 ½" Women 5'4 ½" Uruguay Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3 ½" Uzbekistan Men 5'7 ½" Women 5'3" Vanuatu Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'3 ½" Venezuela Men 5'8 ½" Women 5'3" Vietnam Men 5'6 ½" Women 5'2 ½" Yemen Men 5'5" Women 5'1" Zambia Men 5'6" Women 5'2" Zimbabwe Men 5'7" Women 5'3"