Which country has the shortest men?

At just shy of the five foot three mark, East Timorese men are the shortest in the world. And while they've grown from being just five feet tall in 1896, this progress has not been uniform. East Timorese men actually reached a peak height of five foot and 3.3 inches during the 1960s.
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What country has the shortest average male?

1. Timor-Leste — 155.47cm (5 feet 1.28 inches) People on the Southeast Asian island of Timor are an average 155.47cm (5 feet 1.28 inches) tall. The average Timorese man is 159.79cm (5 feet 2.90 inches) tall.
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Which country has the shortest man in the world?

At just 54.6 cm (21.5 in), Nepalese-born Chandra Bahadur Dangi was, at the time of his death in 2015, the world's shortest person ever verified.
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Which countries have the shortest people?

At the other end of the spectrum are the top ten countries with the shortest average height, which currently include:
  • The Philippines 63.7 inches.
  • Vietnam 63.82 inches.
  • Cambodia 63.98 inches.
  • Nepal 64.17 inches.
  • Ecuador 64.37 inches.
  • Sri Lanka 64.41 inches.
  • Nigeria 64.49 inches.
  • Peru 64.57 inches.
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Which ethnicity is the shortest?

The shortest tribe are the Mbutsi people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with an average height of 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in) for men and 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in) for women, with some groups averaging only 1.32 m (4 ft 4 in) for men and 1.24 m (4 ft 1 in) for women.
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What European country has the shortest men?

Based upon figures from Wikipedia.com and worldatlas.com, the Dutch turn out to be, in fact, the shortest people in Europe, and the third shortest globally, with the small country of Bhutan holding the crown of the 'Tallest People on Earth' and the Dutch's long-time rival Belgium towering over them in Europe.
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What race is the tallest?

Latvian women are the tallest on the planet, with an average height of 170cm. * The top four tallest countries for men are the Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Latvia. The top four tallest countries for women are Latvia, the Netherlands, Estonia and the Czech Republic.
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What country has the tallest race?

1. The Netherlands — 175.62cm (5 feet 7.96 inches) Dutch people are the world's tallest, with an average height of 175.62cm (5 feet 7.96 inches.) Dutch men are an average 182.53cm (5 feet 11.86 inches) tall.
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What is the average height in USA?

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average age-adjusted height for American men 20 years and older is is 69.1 inches (175.4 cm), or 5 feet 9 inches tall, and the average height of an American female over 20 years of age is 63.5 inches (161.5 cm), or 5' 3.5" tall.
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Does race affect height?

Ethnicity is an important factor determining the height of an individual. Ethnically different populations might respond differently to the same environmental factors and thus the final height in different ethnic groups is different. Height is a polygenic trait with a high degree of heritability.
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Who are the shortest people in Europe?

According to the research that is published in the journal eLife, Portuguese men's average height is the shortest male average in Europe, at 5 feet 7 inches (174 cm); while Maltese women's average height is the shortest female average in Europe, at 5 feet 2.7 inches (160.8 cm).
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Why are Europeans so tall?

In a paper published in Nature, the researchers show that northern Europeans seem to have a stronger genetic link to a particularly tall nomadic population from the Eurasian steppe who came to Europe around 4,500 years ago. Because of these genes, northern Europeans are still tall compared to others on the continent.
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How tall are Germans?

Germany — 172.87cm (5 feet 8.06 inches)

The average German woman is 165.86cm (5 feet 5.29 inches) tall.
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Which country has tall guys?

The Netherlands is renowned for its tall population and unsurprisingly the nation has the tallest average height on Earth. The average 19-year-old man stands at 183 cm, while women of the same age are typically 172 cm.
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What is the average male height in Mexico?

The average male height in Mexico is 5 feet 5.5 inches (170.2 cm) and the average female height in Mexico is 5 feet 1.8 inches (157.9 cm).
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What is China's average height?

The average height of men and women on the Chinese mainland is 171.8 cm (ninety-third in the world) and 159.7 cm (eighty-seventh in the world), with an increase in 11 cm and 10 cm, respectively, in the past 100 years [24].
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What states have the shortest men?

Shortest States

Hawaii is the shortest state, with the lowest average combined height for both males and females at 5'6″. New Mexico follows closely behind as the second shortest state with an average height of 5'6.4″.
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Which state has the shortest man?

Hawaii has the shortest average height among both men and women. This can be attributed to the race factor previously mentioned. Hawaii's population is less than one-third Black or white.
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Why are the Dutch so tall?

Scientists assume that a diet rich in milk and meat played a major role. The Dutch have become so much taller in such a short period that scientists chalk most of it up to their changing environment. As the Netherlands developed, it became one of the world's largest producers and consumers of cheese and milk.
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What is the best height for a man in US?

Average woman
  • Prefers men who are about 5'11”
  • Considers 5'4” or shorter is too short and over 6'3” is too tall.
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What is the ideal male height?

Ideal height for a man is probably around 6'1” or 6'2”. I have heard 5ft 10in,and above is the ideal height for men on dating sites,but according to a new survey men who are 5ft 8in,and above have more of a chance on dating sites one of the most swiped heights for men is between 5ft 8in and 6ft 2in.
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How tall is considered short?

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, short stature means an estimated final height below 5 feet 3 inches for boys or 4 feet 11 inches for girls. The average height in the United States is 5 feet 8 inches for men and 5 feet 4 inches for women.
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How tall were Vikings?

"The examination of skeletons from different localities in Scandinavia reveals that the average height of the Vikings was a little less than that of today: men were about 5 ft 7-3/4 in. tall and women 5 ft 2-1/2 in.
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How tall are the Irish?

The average Irishman is 178.92cm (5 feet 10.44 inches) tall. The average Irishwoman is 165.11cm (5 feet 5 inches) tall.
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