Average human height by country

Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country or geographical region.

With regard to the first table, original studies and sources should be consulted for details on methodology and the exact populations measured, surveyed, or considered.

In this case, for the following reasons: Note: Letters in grey indicate non-measured height.

Where available, standard deviation (SD) is listed under Sample population / age range.

In this case, for the following reasons: Countries and territories are sorted according to the average of the male and female mean height:[d]