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Average adult height by year of birth

Average height of men and women at age 18, by year of birth.

Men
centimeters
Women
centimeters
Country/area
1896
1996
Absolute Change
Relative Change
1896
1996
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan161.16 cm165.26 cm+4.09 cm+3%149.19 cm155.08 cm+5.89 cm+4%
Albania163.33 cm173.39 cm+10.06 cm+6%150.20 cm161.77 cm+11.57 cm+8%
Algeria160.39 cm170.07 cm+9.68 cm+6%151.86 cm159.09 cm+7.23 cm+5%
American Samoa169.72 cm176.05 cm+6.33 cm+4%158.20 cm164.52 cm+6.32 cm+4%
Andorra163.39 cm176.06 cm+12.67 cm+8%152.44 cm162.90 cm+10.47 cm+7%
Angola162.17 cm167.31 cm+5.14 cm+3%152.60 cm157.31 cm+4.70 cm+3%
Antigua and Barbuda161.71 cm172.71 cm+11.00 cm+7%150.61 cm160.65 cm+10.05 cm+7%
Argentina162.34 cm174.62 cm+12.28 cm+8%150.59 cm159.18 cm+8.59 cm+6%
Armenia161.85 cm172.00 cm+10.14 cm+6%149.63 cm158.09 cm+8.46 cm+6%
Australia168.95 cm179.20 cm+10.26 cm+6%155.49 cm165.86 cm+10.37 cm+7%
Austria168.03 cm177.41 cm+9.38 cm+6%157.55 cm164.62 cm+7.07 cm+4%
Azerbaijan161.67 cm169.75 cm+8.08 cm+5%149.93 cm158.25 cm+8.32 cm+6%
Bahamas161.73 cm172.75 cm+11.02 cm+7%150.56 cm160.68 cm+10.12 cm+7%
Bahrain156.71 cm167.74 cm+11.03 cm+7%149.66 cm156.69 cm+7.03 cm+5%
Bangladesh158.58 cm163.81 cm+5.23 cm+3%141.48 cm150.79 cm+9.31 cm+7%
Barbados164.85 cm175.92 cm+11.06 cm+7%152.06 cm165.28 cm+13.22 cm+9%
Belarus167.73 cm178.44 cm+10.71 cm+6%153.97 cm166.35 cm+12.38 cm+8%
Belgium167.20 cm181.70 cm+14.50 cm+9%155.42 cm165.49 cm+10.07 cm+6%
Belize158.13 cm168.73 cm+10.60 cm+7%146.18 cm156.88 cm+10.70 cm+7%
Benin162.51 cm167.06 cm+4.54 cm+3%153.16 cm156.16 cm+3.00 cm+2%
Bermuda161.75 cm172.69 cm+10.94 cm+7%150.52 cm160.69 cm+10.17 cm+7%
Bhutan161.27 cm165.31 cm+4.04 cm+3%146.97 cm153.63 cm+6.66 cm+5%
Bolivia156.32 cm166.85 cm+10.53 cm+7%143.19 cm153.89 cm+10.69 cm+7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina168.42 cm180.87 cm+12.45 cm+7%153.84 cm165.85 cm+12.00 cm+8%
Botswana166.19 cm171.63 cm+5.44 cm+3%156.03 cm161.38 cm+5.35 cm+3%
Brazil163.21 cm173.55 cm+10.34 cm+6%150.17 cm160.86 cm+10.70 cm+7%
Brunei155.79 cm165.01 cm+9.22 cm+6%145.74 cm153.98 cm+8.24 cm+6%
Bulgaria166.46 cm178.24 cm+11.78 cm+7%152.19 cm164.80 cm+12.61 cm+8%
Burkina Faso163.49 cm169.33 cm+5.83 cm+4%156.17 cm160.19 cm+4.02 cm+3%
Burundi161.59 cm166.64 cm+5.05 cm+3%151.14 cm154.02 cm+2.89 cm+2%
Cambodia154.88 cm163.33 cm+8.45 cm+5%146.23 cm152.91 cm+6.67 cm+5%
Cameroon163.51 cm167.82 cm+4.32 cm+3%153.80 cm158.82 cm+5.02 cm+3%
Canada170.72 cm178.09 cm+7.37 cm+4%157.61 cm163.91 cm+6.30 cm+4%
Cape Verde164.86 cm173.22 cm+8.36 cm+5%154.64 cm161.65 cm+7.01 cm+5%
Central African Republic161.36 cm166.67 cm+5.31 cm+3%152.10 cm158.04 cm+5.94 cm+4%
Chad164.89 cm170.44 cm+5.54 cm+3%156.69 cm160.17 cm+3.48 cm+2%
Chile160.69 cm171.81 cm+11.12 cm+7%147.59 cm159.36 cm+11.77 cm+8%
China160.97 cm171.83 cm+10.85 cm+7%150.16 cm159.71 cm+9.55 cm+6%
Colombia157.30 cm169.50 cm+12.19 cm+8%144.02 cm156.85 cm+12.83 cm+9%
Comoros159.72 cm166.19 cm+6.47 cm+4%150.54 cm155.58 cm+5.05 cm+3%
Congo161.88 cm167.45 cm+5.56 cm+3%152.51 cm157.57 cm+5.06 cm+3%
Cook Islands169.45 cm174.77 cm+5.31 cm+3%156.15 cm163.19 cm+7.04 cm+5%
Costa Rica157.68 cm168.93 cm+11.25 cm+7%142.73 cm156.37 cm+13.64 cm+10%
Cote d'Ivoire162.64 cm166.53 cm+3.90 cm+2%153.52 cm158.07 cm+4.55 cm+3%
Croatia168.13 cm180.78 cm+12.65 cm+8%150.08 cm165.63 cm+15.55 cm+10%
Cuba159.88 cm172.00 cm+12.12 cm+8%149.25 cm157.98 cm+8.74 cm+6%
Cyprus162.73 cm174.99 cm+12.26 cm+8%152.08 cm162.27 cm+10.20 cm+7%
Czechia168.00 cm180.10 cm+12.10 cm+7%152.76 cm168.46 cm+15.70 cm+10%
Democratic Republic of Congo161.84 cm166.80 cm+4.96 cm+3%151.00 cm155.25 cm+4.25 cm+3%
Denmark169.97 cm181.39 cm+11.42 cm+7%157.12 cm167.21 cm+10.09 cm+6%
Djibouti161.51 cm166.57 cm+5.07 cm+3%151.79 cm156.11 cm+4.32 cm+3%
Dominica164.47 cm176.31 cm+11.85 cm+7%152.81 cm164.34 cm+11.53 cm+8%
Dominican Republic160.26 cm172.75 cm+12.48 cm+8%148.92 cm159.03 cm+10.10 cm+7%
East Timor153.03 cm159.79 cm+6.76 cm+4%144.84 cm151.15 cm+6.31 cm+4%
Ecuador155.63 cm167.08 cm+11.45 cm+7%143.00 cm154.23 cm+11.23 cm+8%
Egypt158.64 cm166.68 cm+8.05 cm+5%148.72 cm157.33 cm+8.61 cm+6%
El Salvador158.47 cm169.77 cm+11.30 cm+7%141.21 cm154.55 cm+13.34 cm+9%
Equatorial Guinea162.12 cm167.36 cm+5.24 cm+3%152.61 cm157.33 cm+4.72 cm+3%
Eritrea163.79 cm168.36 cm+4.56 cm+3%152.11 cm156.39 cm+4.28 cm+3%
Estonia170.87 cm181.59 cm+10.72 cm+6%156.47 cm168.67 cm+12.20 cm+8%
Eswatini163.22 cm168.13 cm+4.91 cm+3%152.86 cm158.64 cm+5.78 cm+4%
Ethiopia161.28 cm166.23 cm+4.95 cm+3%152.17 cm155.71 cm+3.54 cm+2%
Fiji168.60 cm173.90 cm+5.30 cm+3%153.47 cm161.69 cm+8.22 cm+5%
Finland167.74 cm179.59 cm+11.85 cm+7%153.93 cm165.90 cm+11.97 cm+8%
France166.41 cm179.74 cm+13.33 cm+8%155.34 cm164.88 cm+9.54 cm+6%
French Polynesia170.04 cm177.41 cm+7.37 cm+4%156.30 cm164.52 cm+8.22 cm+5%
Gabon162.68 cm167.94 cm+5.25 cm+3%152.92 cm158.84 cm+5.91 cm+4%
Gambia160.71 cm165.40 cm+4.69 cm+3%155.52 cm160.93 cm+5.41 cm+3%
Georgia164.41 cm174.34 cm+9.93 cm+6%153.61 cm162.98 cm+9.37 cm+6%
Germany167.16 cm179.88 cm+12.72 cm+8%155.99 cm165.86 cm+9.87 cm+6%
Ghana162.37 cm168.85 cm+6.48 cm+4%153.31 cm157.91 cm+4.60 cm+3%
Greece162.52 cm177.32 cm+14.80 cm+9%150.57 cm164.87 cm+14.30 cm+10%
Greenland159.46 cm174.87 cm+15.40 cm+10%147.04 cm161.55 cm+14.51 cm+10%
Grenada164.52 cm176.97 cm+12.44 cm+8%153.80 cm164.51 cm+10.71 cm+7%
Guatemala153.88 cm163.41 cm+9.53 cm+6%140.29 cm149.39 cm+9.10 cm+6%
Guinea163.36 cm167.54 cm+4.19 cm+3%153.62 cm157.80 cm+4.18 cm+3%
Guinea-Bissau162.85 cm167.90 cm+5.05 cm+3%152.73 cm158.24 cm+5.51 cm+4%
Guyana159.91 cm170.21 cm+10.30 cm+6%148.66 cm157.92 cm+9.26 cm+6%
Haiti161.69 cm172.64 cm+10.94 cm+7%149.73 cm158.72 cm+8.98 cm+6%
Honduras158.37 cm166.39 cm+8.02 cm+5%143.52 cm153.84 cm+10.32 cm+7%
Hong Kong159.71 cm173.61 cm+13.90 cm+9%146.03 cm159.03 cm+13.00 cm+9%
Hungary166.31 cm177.26 cm+10.95 cm+7%153.25 cm163.66 cm+10.41 cm+7%
Iceland170.54 cm180.49 cm+9.95 cm+6%158.55 cm165.95 cm+7.40 cm+5%
India161.96 cm164.95 cm+2.99 cm+2%147.97 cm152.59 cm+4.62 cm+3%
Indonesia154.65 cm163.55 cm+8.91 cm+6%144.70 cm152.80 cm+8.10 cm+6%
Iran157.06 cm173.57 cm+16.51 cm+11%148.54 cm159.67 cm+11.13 cm+7%
Iraq159.26 cm170.43 cm+11.17 cm+7%149.68 cm158.67 cm+8.99 cm+6%
Ireland166.36 cm178.93 cm+12.56 cm+8%153.95 cm165.11 cm+11.16 cm+7%
Israel163.40 cm176.86 cm+13.46 cm+8%152.00 cm161.80 cm+9.81 cm+6%
Italy164.71 cm177.77 cm+13.06 cm+8%153.50 cm164.61 cm+11.11 cm+7%
Jamaica163.06 cm174.53 cm+11.47 cm+7%152.26 cm163.12 cm+10.86 cm+7%
Japan156.17 cm170.82 cm+14.65 cm+9%142.29 cm158.31 cm+16.02 cm+11%
Jordan158.89 cm171.03 cm+12.14 cm+8%150.20 cm158.83 cm+8.62 cm+6%
Kazakhstan161.23 cm171.14 cm+9.91 cm+6%151.13 cm159.58 cm+8.44 cm+6%
Kenya165.72 cm169.64 cm+3.92 cm+2%155.90 cm158.16 cm+2.26 cm+1%
Kiribati166.84 cm169.20 cm+2.36 cm+1%151.74 cm157.00 cm+5.26 cm+3%
Kuwait160.51 cm172.07 cm+11.56 cm+7%150.26 cm159.43 cm+9.17 cm+6%
Kyrgyzstan160.25 cm171.24 cm+10.99 cm+7%150.18 cm159.35 cm+9.17 cm+6%
Laos152.88 cm160.52 cm+7.63 cm+5%144.69 cm151.27 cm+6.58 cm+5%
Latvia169.38 cm181.42 cm+12.04 cm+7%155.51 cm169.80 cm+14.29 cm+9%
Lebanon160.71 cm174.39 cm+13.67 cm+9%149.61 cm162.43 cm+12.82 cm+9%
Lesotho161.32 cm165.59 cm+4.27 cm+3%153.06 cm155.71 cm+2.64 cm+2%
Liberia158.67 cm163.66 cm+4.99 cm+3%151.62 cm155.66 cm+4.04 cm+3%
Libya161.26 cm173.53 cm+12.26 cm+8%150.18 cm162.08 cm+11.91 cm+8%
Lithuania168.93 cm179.03 cm+10.10 cm+6%154.09 cm166.62 cm+12.53 cm+8%
Luxembourg167.33 cm177.86 cm+10.53 cm+6%154.83 cm164.43 cm+9.60 cm+6%
Madagascar158.68 cm161.55 cm+2.87 cm+2%149.68 cm151.18 cm+1.50 cm+1%
Malawi159.21 cm162.23 cm+3.02 cm+2%151.41 cm154.40 cm+2.99 cm+2%
Malaysia157.57 cm167.88 cm+10.31 cm+7%147.54 cm156.30 cm+8.75 cm+6%
Maldives155.83 cm167.68 cm+11.85 cm+8%143.89 cm155.02 cm+11.13 cm+8%
Mali165.09 cm171.12 cm+6.03 cm+4%156.07 cm160.47 cm+4.40 cm+3%
Malta161.89 cm173.32 cm+11.43 cm+7%150.19 cm160.85 cm+10.66 cm+7%
Marshall Islands162.29 cm162.81 cm+0.52 cm+0%148.71 cm151.31 cm+2.59 cm+2%
Mauritania161.52 cm163.28 cm+1.76 cm+1%154.96 cm157.72 cm+2.76 cm+2%
Mauritius160.63 cm170.50 cm+9.87 cm+6%148.12 cm157.24 cm+9.12 cm+6%
Mexico156.75 cm169.01 cm+12.26 cm+8%143.48 cm156.85 cm+13.37 cm+9%
Micronesia (country)164.66 cm168.51 cm+3.85 cm+2%152.45 cm156.09 cm+3.64 cm+2%
Moldova164.63 cm175.49 cm+10.86 cm+7%152.25 cm163.24 cm+10.99 cm+7%
Mongolia159.10 cm169.07 cm+9.97 cm+6%147.89 cm158.22 cm+10.32 cm+7%
Montenegro166.46 cm178.28 cm+11.82 cm+7%152.15 cm164.86 cm+12.70 cm+8%
Morocco159.21 cm170.40 cm+11.19 cm+7%150.77 cm157.82 cm+7.05 cm+5%
Mozambique159.12 cm164.80 cm+5.68 cm+4%150.87 cm153.96 cm+3.09 cm+2%
Myanmar157.31 cm164.67 cm+7.36 cm+5%145.60 cm154.37 cm+8.77 cm+6%
Namibia164.20 cm166.96 cm+2.77 cm+2%156.80 cm158.78 cm+1.98 cm+1%
Nauru164.81 cm167.83 cm+3.02 cm+2%151.79 cm153.98 cm+2.19 cm+1%
Nepal157.55 cm162.32 cm+4.77 cm+3%144.14 cm150.86 cm+6.72 cm+5%
Netherlands169.43 cm182.54 cm+13.10 cm+8%154.82 cm168.72 cm+13.89 cm+9%
New Zealand167.48 cm177.74 cm+10.25 cm+6%155.96 cm164.94 cm+8.98 cm+6%
Nicaragua157.19 cm166.71 cm+9.52 cm+6%146.11 cm154.39 cm+8.28 cm+6%
Niger163.90 cm167.68 cm+3.78 cm+2%156.28 cm158.25 cm+1.98 cm+1%
Nigeria161.05 cm165.91 cm+4.86 cm+3%153.13 cm156.32 cm+3.20 cm+2%
Niue168.60 cm175.83 cm+7.23 cm+4%152.06 cm164.80 cm+12.73 cm+8%
North Korea160.58 cm171.99 cm+11.42 cm+7%149.12 cm158.97 cm+9.85 cm+7%
North Macedonia166.51 cm178.33 cm+11.82 cm+7%149.58 cm159.78 cm+10.21 cm+7%
Norway171.24 cm179.75 cm+8.51 cm+5%159.22 cm165.56 cm+6.34 cm+4%
Oman155.75 cm169.16 cm+13.40 cm+9%146.81 cm157.19 cm+10.38 cm+7%
Pakistan165.68 cm166.95 cm+1.27 cm+1%150.60 cm153.84 cm+3.25 cm+2%
Palau164.14 cm167.69 cm+3.55 cm+2%152.00 cm156.22 cm+4.22 cm+3%
Palestine160.86 cm172.09 cm+11.23 cm+7%150.87 cm158.75 cm+7.89 cm+5%
Panama156.98 cm168.49 cm+11.51 cm+7%144.49 cm155.47 cm+10.98 cm+8%
Papua New Guinea159.29 cm163.57 cm+4.28 cm+3%149.92 cm154.87 cm+4.96 cm+3%
Paraguay162.04 cm172.83 cm+10.79 cm+7%149.18 cm159.86 cm+10.68 cm+7%
Peru154.93 cm165.23 cm+10.30 cm+7%141.48 cm152.93 cm+11.45 cm+8%
Philippines154.73 cm163.23 cm+8.50 cm+5%147.90 cm149.61 cm+1.71 cm+1%
Poland163.66 cm177.33 cm+13.66 cm+8%150.54 cm164.59 cm+14.05 cm+9%
Portugal158.96 cm172.93 cm+13.97 cm+9%150.46 cm163.04 cm+12.58 cm+8%
Puerto Rico160.50 cm172.08 cm+11.59 cm+7%147.30 cm159.20 cm+11.90 cm+8%
Qatar159.22 cm170.48 cm+11.26 cm+7%150.43 cm159.38 cm+8.95 cm+6%
Romania163.82 cm174.74 cm+10.92 cm+7%151.07 cm162.73 cm+11.65 cm+8%
Russia166.97 cm176.46 cm+9.49 cm+6%153.59 cm165.27 cm+11.68 cm+8%
Rwanda159.95 cm162.68 cm+2.73 cm+2%152.27 cm154.79 cm+2.52 cm+2%
Saint Kitts and Nevis160.30 cm169.62 cm+9.32 cm+6%152.72 cm159.20 cm+6.48 cm+4%
Saint Lucia162.01 cm171.95 cm+9.94 cm+6%153.66 cm162.31 cm+8.66 cm+6%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines161.77 cm172.78 cm+11.01 cm+7%150.56 cm160.70 cm+10.13 cm+7%
Samoa169.14 cm174.38 cm+5.24 cm+3%157.21 cm161.97 cm+4.76 cm+3%
Sao Tome and Principe162.19 cm167.38 cm+5.19 cm+3%152.89 cm158.91 cm+6.02 cm+4%
Saudi Arabia158.13 cm167.67 cm+9.54 cm+6%149.12 cm155.88 cm+6.76 cm+5%
Senegal166.67 cm173.14 cm+6.47 cm+4%156.94 cm162.52 cm+5.58 cm+4%
Serbia167.44 cm180.57 cm+13.12 cm+8%152.00 cm167.69 cm+15.70 cm+10%
Seychelles165.48 cm174.22 cm+8.74 cm+5%155.45 cm162.08 cm+6.62 cm+4%
Sierra Leone160.56 cm164.41 cm+3.85 cm+2%152.42 cm156.60 cm+4.18 cm+3%
Singapore162.86 cm172.57 cm+9.71 cm+6%147.05 cm160.32 cm+13.27 cm+9%
Slovakia168.34 cm179.50 cm+11.16 cm+7%155.58 cm167.47 cm+11.89 cm+8%
Slovenia167.38 cm179.80 cm+12.42 cm+7%152.51 cm166.05 cm+13.54 cm+9%
Solomon Islands160.85 cm164.14 cm+3.30 cm+2%148.45 cm154.42 cm+5.97 cm+4%
Somalia161.45 cm166.60 cm+5.15 cm+3%151.77 cm156.06 cm+4.29 cm+3%
South Africa165.26 cm166.68 cm+1.42 cm+1%154.91 cm158.03 cm+3.12 cm+2%
South Korea159.75 cm174.92 cm+15.17 cm+9%142.17 cm162.34 cm+20.16 cm+14%
Spain162.29 cm176.59 cm+14.30 cm+9%151.11 cm163.40 cm+12.29 cm+8%
Sri Lanka156.92 cm165.69 cm+8.77 cm+6%145.26 cm154.56 cm+9.30 cm+6%
Sudan161.51 cm166.63 cm+5.13 cm+3%151.76 cm156.04 cm+4.28 cm+3%
Suriname161.72 cm172.72 cm+11.01 cm+7%150.49 cm160.66 cm+10.17 cm+7%
Sweden171.90 cm179.74 cm+7.84 cm+5%160.29 cm165.70 cm+5.41 cm+3%
Switzerland167.53 cm178.42 cm+10.89 cm+7%157.53 cm163.45 cm+5.92 cm+4%
Syria159.24 cm170.43 cm+11.19 cm+7%149.61 cm158.65 cm+9.04 cm+6%
Taiwan161.31 cm174.52 cm+13.21 cm+8%149.38 cm161.45 cm+12.07 cm+8%
Tajikistan161.39 cm171.26 cm+9.87 cm+6%150.89 cm157.33 cm+6.44 cm+4%
Tanzania160.79 cm164.80 cm+4.01 cm+2%150.98 cm155.86 cm+4.89 cm+3%
Thailand158.46 cm169.16 cm+10.71 cm+7%148.19 cm157.87 cm+9.68 cm+7%
Togo162.79 cm168.33 cm+5.54 cm+3%153.01 cm158.30 cm+5.29 cm+3%
Tokelau168.15 cm175.26 cm+7.11 cm+4%155.32 cm162.46 cm+7.14 cm+5%
Tonga170.41 cm176.76 cm+6.35 cm+4%157.57 cm165.52 cm+7.95 cm+5%
Trinidad and Tobago163.90 cm173.74 cm+9.84 cm+6%154.22 cm160.64 cm+6.43 cm+4%
Tunisia164.07 cm173.95 cm+9.88 cm+6%150.86 cm160.35 cm+9.49 cm+6%
Turkey160.32 cm174.21 cm+13.89 cm+9%149.58 cm160.50 cm+10.92 cm+7%
Turkmenistan161.70 cm171.97 cm+10.27 cm+6%152.85 cm161.73 cm+8.87 cm+6%
Tuvalu165.36 cm169.64 cm+4.28 cm+3%156.58 cm158.10 cm+1.52 cm+1%
Uganda162.18 cm165.62 cm+3.45 cm+2%153.60 cm156.72 cm+3.12 cm+2%
Ukraine167.70 cm178.46 cm+10.76 cm+6%153.95 cm166.34 cm+12.39 cm+8%
United Arab Emirates159.30 cm170.46 cm+11.15 cm+7%149.61 cm158.68 cm+9.07 cm+6%
United Kingdom166.87 cm177.49 cm+10.62 cm+6%153.38 cm164.40 cm+11.02 cm+7%
United States171.08 cm177.13 cm+6.05 cm+4%158.51 cm163.54 cm+5.02 cm+3%
Uruguay163.81 cm173.43 cm+9.62 cm+6%149.61 cm162.13 cm+12.52 cm+8%
Uzbekistan161.09 cm169.38 cm+8.30 cm+5%150.88 cm157.82 cm+6.94 cm+5%
Vanuatu163.59 cm168.09 cm+4.51 cm+3%152.72 cm158.17 cm+5.46 cm+4%
Venezuela159.96 cm171.59 cm+11.63 cm+7%144.74 cm157.44 cm+12.70 cm+9%
Vietnam155.30 cm164.45 cm+9.15 cm+6%144.78 cm153.59 cm+8.81 cm+6%
Yemen154.50 cm159.89 cm+5.38 cm+3%145.10 cm153.97 cm+8.87 cm+6%
Zambia162.21 cm166.52 cm+4.31 cm+3%151.53 cm155.82 cm+4.29 cm+3%
Zimbabwe164.78 cm168.59 cm+3.81 cm+2%155.30 cm158.22 cm+2.91 cm+2%
Other
East Asia and Pacific161.41 cm169.21 cm+7.80 cm+5%149.72 cm157.62 cm+7.90 cm+5%
Europe and Central Asia165.72 cm177.22 cm+11.49 cm+7%153.19 cm164.10 cm+10.92 cm+7%
Latin America and Caribbean160.18 cm171.11 cm+10.93 cm+7%147.92 cm158.51 cm+10.60 cm+7%
Middle East and North Africa159.55 cm170.51 cm+10.97 cm+7%149.80 cm158.75 cm+8.94 cm+6%
North America167.85 cm175.97 cm+8.12 cm+5%155.55 cm162.71 cm+7.16 cm+5%
South Asia159.87 cm165.24 cm+5.37 cm+3%146.19 cm153.30 cm+7.11 cm+5%
Sub-Saharan Africa162.42 cm167.30 cm+4.88 cm+3%153.24 cm157.53 cm+4.28 cm+3%
World162.48 cm171.28 cm+8.80 cm+5%151.15 cm159.49 cm+8.34 cm+6%
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