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Some countries may have significant height gaps between different regions. For instance, one survey shows there is 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in) gap between the tallest state and the shortest state in Germany. [6]
The tallest countries in the world have an average height of between about 5'8" and 5'10", ... The NCD lists the mean heights for 19-year-old men and women in each country. Averaging these two ...
Tallest person in Michigan history and one of the tallest men in the world during his lifetime. He may have been 8 ft 1 in (246 cm) tall. [62] 1885–1913 (28) Walter Straub Germany: 236 cm: 7 ft 9 in: Tallest man in Germany while he was alive. [63] 1925–1986 (61) Rachid Bara Algeria: 236 cm: 7 ft 9 in: Tallest man in Algeria while he was ...
In 2017 men from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands, Montenegro and Serbia have the tallest average height. [94] [95] In 2024 the world's three tallest populations where in Netherlands, Montenegro and Estonia. [96] [97] A 2005 study found teenagers from the Dinaric Alps to be the tallest people in the world. [98]
U.S. men who once ranked among the third tallest in the world one hundred years ago now find themselves at 37th. While American women dropped from fourth tallest to 42nd.
Bao Xishun (also known as Xi Shun; born November 2, 1951) is a Chinese herdsman from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, recognized by Guinness World Records as one of the world's tallest living men at 7 feet 9 inches (236 cm) tall. [1] He was formerly certified as the tallest living man by the Guinness World Records.
Wadlow belonged to the Order of DeMolay, the Masonic-sponsored organization for young men, and was later a Freemason. By November 1939, [11] Wadlow was a Master Mason under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Illinois A.F. and A.M. One year before his death, Wadlow passed John Rogan as the tallest person ever recorded. On June 27, 1940 (18 ...
Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm (8 ft 2.82 in). [2]Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. [3]