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Map of the average height of men in the world
This map shows the latest average male height for each country in the world. These data come from local studies for each country. Some studies are recent and date from 2020. For other countries, the data is unfortunately older and can go back as far as 2001.
It is observed that the countries with the largest size for a man are located in Europe, North America, Australia, as well as Russia. Note that in some Western countries, such as the United States, the national average has lost 4 cm in recent years due to overweight and obesity that sag the stature.
The countries where the height of men is the lowest are the countries of Oceania, India, Nigeria, Peru, Yemen. However, the average height will increase rapidly in parallel with the standard of living.
| Country | Average height of men in cm | Average male height in feet and inches | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 169.2 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| South Africa | 168 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Albania | 176.6 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Algeria | 169.7 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Germany | 178.9 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Andorra | 178 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Angola | 168 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Antarctica | na | na | ||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 178 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 167.1 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Argentina | 175.5 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Armenia | 171.5 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Australia | 175.6 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Austria | 179 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 171.8 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Bahamas | 176 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Bahrain | 165.1 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Bangladesh | 162.1 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Barbados | 176 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Belgium | 178.6 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Belize | 166.3 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Benin | 167.6 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Bermuda | 179 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Bhutan | 163.9 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Belarus | 175.9 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Burma | 163.5 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Bolivia | 167 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 183.9 | 6' 0" | ||||||
| Botswana | 170.9 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Brazil | 170.7 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Brunei | 165 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 175.2 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Burkina Faso | 170.6 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Burundi | 167 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Cambodia | 161.7 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Cameroon | 170.6 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Canada | 175.1 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Cape Verde | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Chile | 169.6 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| China | 167.1 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Cyprus | 175 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Colombia | 170.6 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Comoros | 167.72 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| North Korea | 165.4 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| South Korea | 174.6 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Costa Rica | 169.4 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Ivory Coast | 170.1 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Croatia | 180.4 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Cuba | 168 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Curacao | 181.2 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Denmark | 180.4 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Djibouti | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Dominica | 180 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Egypt | 170.3 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 173.4 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Ecuador | 167.1 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Eritrea | 170 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Spain | 173.1 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Estonia | 178.6 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Eswatini | 168.4 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Federated States of Micronesia | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| United States | 175.3 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Ethiopia | 167.6 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Falkland | 176 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Fiji | 173.4 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Finland | 178.9 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| France | 175.6 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Gabon | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Gambia | 167.2 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Georgia | 173.8 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Ghana | 169.5 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Greece | 177 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Grenada | 178 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Greenland | 174 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Guatemala | 160.1 | 5' 3" | ||||||
| Guinea | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 167 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 170 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Guyana | 174 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| French Guiana | 176 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Haiti | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Honduras | 167.2 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 171.7 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Hungary | 176 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Cayman Islands | 175.3 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Faroe Islands | 175.3 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Marshall Islands | 163.3 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| India | 163.7 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Indonesia | 164.03 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Iraq | 171.3 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Iran | 170.3 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Ireland | 177 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Iceland | 181 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Israel | 177 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Italy | 176.5 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Jamaica | 171.8 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Japan | 171.64 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Jordan | 174 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Kenya | 169.6 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Kiribati | 170.7 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Kosovo | 179.5 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Kuwait | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Laos | 162.2 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Lesotho | 170 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Latvia | 181.2 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Lebanon | 174.1 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Liberia | 161.1 | 5' 3" | ||||||
| Libya | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Liechtenstein | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Lithuania | 181.3 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Luxemburg | 178 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Macau | 167.1 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Macedonia | 179.2 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Madagascar | 163 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Malaysia | 165.2 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Malawi | 164.3 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Maldives | 164.7 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Mali | 171.3 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Malta | 169.9 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Morocco | 171.8 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Mauritius | 173 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Mauritania | 167.9 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Mexico | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Moldova | 173 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Monaco | 175.6 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Mongolia | 167.8 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Montenegro | 182.9 | 6' 0" | ||||||
| Mozambique | 166.5 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Namibia | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Nauru | 168.1 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Nepal | 161.7 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Nicaragua | 166.8 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Nigeria | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Nigeria | 163.8 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Norway | 179.7 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| New Zealand | 177 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Oman | 167.4 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Uganda | 166.9 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Uzbekistan | 173 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Pakistan | 165.8 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Palau | 170 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| West Bank | 174 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Panama | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 161.7 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Paraguay | 174 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Netherlands | 181.2 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Peru | 164 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Philippines | 163.5 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Poland | 178.7 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | 179 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Portugal | 173.9 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Qatar | 171.2 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Central African Republic | 169.01 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 168.6 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | 172.7 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Republic of the Congo | 171.23 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 177.7 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Romania | 177 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 175.3 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Russia | 178 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Rwanda | 163.9 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 175.3 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Saint Lucia | 176 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| San Marino | 177 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 178 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Solomon | 166.4 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Salvador | 168.1 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Samoa | 173 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Senegal | 175.9 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Serbia | 177.4 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Seychelles | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Sierra Leone | 166 | 5' 5" | ||||||
| Singapore | 170.6 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Slovakia | 180.3 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Slovenia | 181 | 5' 11" | ||||||
| Somalia | 172 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Sudan | 171.2 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| South Sudan | 171.2 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 163.6 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Sweden | 177.9 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Switzerland | 175.4 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Suriname | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Svalbard | 178 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Syria | 173 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Tajikistan | 170 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Taiwan | 171.4 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Tanzania | 170 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Chad | 171.84 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Thailand | 170.3 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| East Timor | 158.7 | 5' 2" | ||||||
| Togo | 169.1 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Tonga | 177.9 | 5' 10" | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 173.2 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Tunisia | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Turkmenistan | 173.3 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Turkey | 171.4 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Tuvalu | 171 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Ukraine | 175 | 5' 9" | ||||||
| Uruguay | 170 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Vanuatu | 167.8 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Venezuela | 173 | 5' 8" | ||||||
| Vietnam | 168.1 | 5' 6" | ||||||
| Yemen | 163 | 5' 4" | ||||||
| Zambia | 170 | 5' 7" | ||||||
| Zimbabwe | 170 | 5' 7" | ||||||
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