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English: The map above shows the average (mean) height of a male 19-year-old in 2019 in each country and territory in the world for which data is available. The source of the data is a pooled analysis of 2,181 measurement-based scientific studies covering over 65 Million participants from 1985 to 2019.
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 real GNP per capita was growing at an average rate of more than 0.5% per year. The worst decline was in urban areas that in 1847, the urban height penalty was 2.5 cm (1.0 in).
It is estimated that the worldwide average height for an adult human male is about 171 cm (5 ft 7 in), while the worldwide average height for adult human females is about 159 cm (5 ft 3 in). [158] Shrinkage of stature may begin in middle age in some individuals but tends to be typical in the extremely aged . [ 159 ]
US (New Hampshire) – One of the most frequently climbed in the world: Mount Pirongia: 959: 3,146: Hakarimata Range New Zealand Tai Mo Shan: 957: 3,140 Hong Kong – Highest in Hong Kong: Chimneytop: 950.1: 3,117: Bays Mountain Range Tennessee, US Helvellyn: 950: 3,117: Eastern Fells England (Cumbria) Mount Gimie: 950: 3,117 Saint Lucia ...
The people of the Dinaric Alps are on record as being the tallest in the world, with an average male adolescent height of 185.6 cm (6 ft 1.1 in). [11] The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have the highest recorded average of any single country, with 183.9 cm average for men and 171.8 cm for women. [12] [13] [14]
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Map of countries coloured according to their highest point. The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.