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  2. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    2 Second table: estimated average height of 19-year-olds in 2019. Toggle Second table: estimated average height of 19-year-olds in 2019 subsection. ... 167 cm (5 ft 5 ...

  3. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Data derived from burials show that before 1850, the mean stature of males and females in Leiden, the Netherlands was respectively 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) and 156 cm (5 ft 1 in). The average height of 19-year-old Dutch orphans in 1865 was 160 cm (5 ft 3 in). [77] From 1830 to 1857, the average height of a Dutch person decreased, even while Dutch ...

  4. Human - Wikipedia

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    It took over two million years of human prehistory and history for the human population to reach one billion and only 207 years more to grow to 7 billion. [147] The combined biomass of the carbon of all the humans on Earth in 2018 was estimated at 60 million tons, about 10 times larger than that of all non-domesticated mammals. [139]

  5. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    It was claimed that at the age of 18 Kashmir Khan was almost 12 feet (365.8 cm) tall but when he was admitted to hospital in 1933 he was found to be only 7 ft 2.6 in (220 cm) tall. [202] 1913–1938 (aged 24–25) Giant of Castelnau: France: 350 cm: 11 ft 6 in

  6. List of tallest buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    Height to architectural top (including spires and pinnacles, but not antennas, masts or flagpoles). This measurement is the most widely used and is used to define the rankings of the 100 Tallest Buildings in the World. Highest occupied floor; Height to top of roof (omitted from criteria from November 2009 onwards) [23] Height to tip

  7. Robert Wadlow - Wikipedia

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    Wadlow's height was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) [2] [3] [4] while his weight reached 439 lb (199 kg) at his death at age 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland , which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone (HGH).

  8. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    3.78 cm – amount of distance the Moon moves away from Earth each year [113] 4.3 cm – minimum diameter of a golf ball [114] 5 cm – usual diameter of a chicken egg; 5 cmheight of a hummingbird, the smallest-known bird; 5.08 cm – 2 inches, 5.5 × 5.5 × 5.5 cm – dimensions of a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube; 6.1 cm – average height of an apple

  9. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    An average person is generally 7-and-a-half heads tall (including the head). An ideal figure, used when aiming for an impression of nobility or grace, is drawn at 8 heads tall. A heroic figure, used in the depiction of gods and superheroes, is eight-and-a-half heads tall. Most of the additional length comes from a bigger chest and longer legs.