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[spaghetti743]

Every website claims something different.

Is mens average height 5'9.4 or 5'10.2?

Women is either 5'3.8 or 5'4.4?

These are two most common heights I found. Which is it?

[spaghetti743]

U.S heights are what I researched. Thanks.

[Devildog 0331]

I could only speak for NYC based on thousands of people I see.

Average women are 5' 5"- 5' 6"

Men not sure but definitely around 5' 8"- 5' 9"

[DoingItForMe]

I would trust a 2012 U.S. Department of Health study: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_252.pdf

Between 2007-2010, the average male height in the U.S. is 175.9 cm (5 ft 9.25 in) and 162.1 cm for U.S. females (5 ft 3.81 in). However, this statistic is for everyone over the age of 20. The problem with that is that it includes people over 50 who usually start shrinking an inch or two until they die.

To get a real measure of average height, you have to look at people who are 20-39 years old. And that average height is 176.3 cm (5 ft 9.4 in) for all races, 178.4 cm (5 ft 10.2 in) for non-Hispanic Whites and 170.5 cm (5 ft 7.1 in) for a Mexican American. I think this is where you got differing numbers. As you can see, the immigrants bring down the average height of males.

So the question between 5'9.4" vs 5'10.2" is: are you looking at the average height of every male in the U.S., or just the white males in the U.S.?

The reason why DevilDog is reporting the average height at around 5' 8"- 5' 9" is probably because NYC has a very high immigrant population, which brings down the average. Immigrants are usually shorter because of malnutrition and genetics.

[Alu]

I can agree with DIFM's view point. For context I go one of the most diverse universities in the entire U.S and I see a incredible variety in people's heights. I would probably speculate that because of this the spectrum of height for males is around 5'8-5'9.5. There are very tall men, and some other short(er) gentleman in my university. For girls it's definitely 5'2-5'4; but there are just as many petie girls are there are tall ones

[Uppland]

In the US white people between 19-45 are 177-180 on average I believe, in northern europe it is 180-183 and other anglo saxon countries match the US.

France is around 178-180 and southern euro countries like Italy and Spain have an average height of around 175-180. These are for young men.

Basically if you are maybe 183-184 you should be at least comfortably average more or less everywhere.

[spaghetti743]

Thank you this is very informative. What I get out of this is the national average is 5'9.4. For white races it is 5'10.2.


This means in the future we  should expect the average height to go down. White races are breeding less and immigrants are reproducing much faster.


Currently for men:

173 cm should be taller then 25%
177 cm should be taller then 50%
185cm should be then 90% of the U.S population.

[Cartman]

My generation is 174-175 on average. 20 y.o. people are probably a bit taller, but not a lot: these are the data from the army (so I think they are correct). If you look to old people they are probably on average not taller than 165-167.
In my town 30 y.o. people are on average shorter: probably 172-173, so if I was 170-171 I stayed probably fine with my height... mah!!

[Keep Growing]

Does anyone know the average height for Europe? I'm not talking about a particular country, I'm talking about the average for the whole EU.

[Uppland]

Does anyone know the average height for Europe? I'm not talking about a particular country, I'm talking about the average for the whole EU.

Most likely around 178-180

[endomorphisme]

The average for a young French man should be 177-178 cm but I always feel it is 182-183 cm.
I see too many young men who are 190 cm+ these days, more than expected.
It s not uncommon to see a bunch of 185-190 cm young men.I think it's time for the government to lead a study about the average height.Compared to most European countries, we don't have reliable datas about the national and the youngsters average height.

[Keep Growing]

I would have expected an average of about 175. I know for sure that the latin countries, like Spain, Portugal, Italy, have a lower average height...

[DoingItForMe]

The average for a young French man should be 177-178 cm but I always feel it is 182-183 cm.
I see too many young men who are 190 cm+ these days, more than expected.
It s not uncommon to see a bunch of 185-190 cm young men.I think it's time for the government to lead a study about the average height.Compared to most European countries, we don't have reliable datas about the national and the youngsters average height.

According to a 2004 study of 11,000 French people, the average male height is 175.6 cm (5 ft 9 in). For all over Europe, it is 177.6 cm (5 ft 10 in). The reason why you see so many tall young men, is probably because of confirmation bias. If you purposefully notice tall people, you'll notice them more often. If you do the opposite and purposefully look for short people, you'll think the average is shorter. I noticed this happening before and after my surgery. Before my surgery, I was shorter than 80-95% of males, and everyone looked tall in comparison. But after I got the surgery, I began noticing how many people I was taller than. On average, I am only taller than maybe 40-50% of males. But if I only focus on noticing how many people I'm taller than, I begin to think that I'm taller than most people. This is what fixed my height neurosis, even though I'm only 3 inches taller, which isn't much on paper, but to my psychology, it was a lot.

[Uppland]

According to a 2004 study of 11,000 French people, the average male height is 175.6 cm (5 ft 9 in). For all over Europe, it is 177.6 cm (5 ft 10 in). The reason why you see so many tall young men, is probably because of confirmation bias. If you purposefully notice tall people, you'll notice them more often. If you do the opposite and purposefully look for short people, you'll think the average is shorter. I noticed this happening before and after my surgery. Before my surgery, I was shorter than 80-95% of males, and everyone looked tall in comparison. But after I got the surgery, I began noticing how many people I was taller than. On average, I am only taller than maybe 40-50% of males. But if I only focus on noticing how many people I'm taller than, I begin to think that I'm taller than most people. This is what fixed my height neurosis, even though I'm only 3 inches taller, which isn't much on paper, but to my psychology, it was a lot.

It's true that we tend to notice taller people but there is also quite the difference between age groups. The older generation in Sweden is about 179 on average and I really do feel much taller in such company. The young are 180-182 however that now includes men with foreign background (about 20%), I estimate the average ethnic swedish man between 20-29 to be maybe 183 or 184 cm but obviously I could be wrong.

[Bruno Mars]

French is no way that tall. I ve met lots of french guys and I could say they are right at 1m77-1m78 at most. Most of them are 1m76-1m77, however some of them are 1m82-83. White American, Canadian, British and Australian are a bit taller at 1m78.5-1m79. Southern European are slighly taller than Korean: 1m75-76ish. Countries like Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Croatia could be 1m80-1m83ish

[ub40]

According to a 2004 study of 11,000 French people, the average male height is 175.6 cm (5 ft 9 in). For all over Europe, it is 177.6 cm (5 ft 10 in). The reason why you see so many tall young men, is probably because of confirmation bias. If you purposefully notice tall people, you'll notice them more often. If you do the opposite and purposefully look for short people, you'll think the average is shorter. I noticed this happening before and after my surgery. Before my surgery, I was shorter than 80-95% of males, and everyone looked tall in comparison. But after I got the surgery, I began noticing how many people I was taller than. On average, I am only taller than maybe 40-50% of males. But if I only focus on noticing how many people I'm taller than, I begin to think that I'm taller than most people. This is what fixed my height neurosis, even though I'm only 3 inches taller, which isn't much on paper, but to my psychology, it was a lot.

You're absolutely right me and a couple of guys that are doing LL in Serbia were sitting near the side walk having some beers when one of them said this country is filled with giants and I pointed out the exact thing you just said. The next 3-4 people were all under 5'7

[Whereintheworld?]

You're absolutely right me and a couple of guys that are doing LL in Serbia were sitting near the side walk having some beers when one of them said this country is filled with giants and I pointed out the exact thing you just said. The next 3-4 people were all under 5'7

I visited Serbia once and I remember thinking to myself that there was no one between 5'8-6'0 - everyone was either under or over.

[Bander72]

The average is 5" 9 but for whites it is 5 10 so that is why some people who are 5"7-5"9 might still feel short especially in the mid west America.

[onemorefoot]

Average in US is 5 9", but considering all the races. Whites and blacks are 5 10", but being honest, it could reach 5 11" in pure white places.