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Height Statistics

Did you know that the country with the tallest people overall is the Netherlands? The males average 6 feet and the females average just over 5’ 7. The average American male height is 5’ 9 while the females average 5’ 4.

The Dutch may have the tallest country, but the tallest people in the world reside in an Eastern European republic called Montenegro which is part of the country of Serbia and Montenegro. The former Yugoslavia. If Montenegro were it’s own country, it would have the tallest people in the world. And the Dutch wouldn’t even be close.

The average male in Montenegro is 6’3 while the females average just under 5, 11. The average female is taller than the average American male.

There are over 5.5 million American males that are 6’ 2 or taller. 1 in 7 American males is 6 feet or taller, about 15% of the population. 1 in 2 Dutch males is 6 feet or taller i.e. 50% of the population.

There are over 1.5 million American females 5’ 9 or taller. The average Japanese male is 5 feet, 5 1/8 inches tall.

Each generation seems to be getting taller. The main factor is nutrition.

Since poor people hundreds of years ago and even a few generations ago had poor unbalanced diets that lacked what they needed to grow properly, they in effect stunted their own growth. This brought down the average height for most countries.

It is general knowledge that wealthier people are on average a couple of inches taller than poorer people based solely on nutrition.

Generations ago, the differences in height between wealthy and poor were even more pronounced because of malnutrition among poor people. The gap in nutrition between wealthy and poor has closed significantly in recent generations.

The height gap has also closed but not completely caught up. Wealthy people are still taller and that can be attributed to genetics. Over the years they built up a genetic height advantage based mainly on their diets.

Why do some wealthy nations such as Japan and other Asian nations still lag in their height? A lot has to do with the types of food they traditionally eat. Although the Japanese are still way shorter than Americans and Europeans, they are slowly catching up and growing at a faster rate.

The reason? Their diets are changing. The Japanese have recently passed the Chinese and for the first time in history they are now taller than the Chinese.