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Height Percentile Calculator to determine how tall or short you are versus your peers. Calculates height percentile by accounting for gender, age, and country. Estimate what percentage of the population or of your biological gender are taller or shorter than you.
The height percentile calculator also lets you specify male or female gender. Some country specific data was missing one gender. To fill in the missing data, an average 8% gender height gap was used.
While the average height of men around the world increased by 5%, the percentage change varies worldwide, with the greatest relative increases in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. In women, the largest relative increases were seen in Europe, South America, and East Asia.
The following table shows the average sizes, weights and BMI from 128 countries. All figures refer to men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 years. In the US, the average male is 1.77 m tall. The average US-american woman reaches 14 cm less with a height of 1.63 m.
Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country or geographical region. With regard to the first table, original studies and sources should be consulted for details on methodology and the exact populations measured, surveyed, or considered.
The Netherlands ranks as the country with the tallest average human height, followed by Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Countries with the shortest average height include Timor Leste, Laos, and the Solomon Islands.
The following map shows the ratio of male-to-female average heights across the world. Globally, the ratio is 1.07, meaning that on average, men are about 7% taller than women. Across the world, this relative difference between the sexes can vary from only 2-3% to over 12%.
