Average Height by Country

[Tadas Blinda]

(Males:18-30 years)

Country Average Male Height (cm)
Netherlands 184,80
Iceland 181,70
Denmark 180,60
Germany 180,30
Czech Republic 180,30
Austria 180,20
Sweden 180,10
Croatia 180,00
Norway 180,00
Hungary 180,00
Australia 179,50
Estonia 179,10
Luxembourg 179,10
Finland 178,20
Belgium 178,00
Switzerland 178,00
Romania 178,00
Poland 178,00
New Zealand 178,00
Sudan 178,00
United States 177,30
United Kingdom 177,00
France 177,00
Greece 176,80
Ukraine 176,50
Lithuania 176,30
Ireland 176,10
Russia 176,00
Israel 176,00
Italy 175,50
Uzbekistan 175,40
Malta 175,20
Egypt 175,00
Senegal 175,00
Argentina 175,00
Spain 175,00
Mali 175,00
Uruguay 174,90
Saudi Arabia 174,60
Canada 174,50
Portugal 174,00
Turkey 174,00
Cuba 173,50
Iran 173,40
South Korea 173,30
Syria 173,00
Morocco 173,00
Cameroon 172,60
South Africa 172,50
Tunisia 172,30
Algeria 172,20
Côte d'Ivoire 172,10
China 172,00
Taiwan 172,00
Brazil 171,60
Colombia 171,50
Japan 171,50
Ghana 171,50
Gambia 171,00
Hong Kong 171,00
Paraguay 171,00
Chile 171,00
Singapore 170,60
Thailand 169,50
Pakistan 169,30
Mongolia 168,40
Iraq 168,00
Malaysia 168,00
Sri Lanka 168,00
Malawi 168,00
Bahrain 168,00
Peru 167,00
Nigeria 167,00
North Korea 165,60
India 165,00
Vietnam 164,10
Philippines 164,00
Mexico 163,00
Indonesia 163,00
Cambodia 162,50

[One has to wonder how reliable this is. It's hard to imagine any
country at all having at its fingertips the statistics on height of
100% of males age 18-30 years in that country, so presumably for each
country the average height is based only on a partial sample. Not all
countires are represented. I notice Latvia is missing.

On these figures, for what it's worth {not much, curiosity value only}
it does seem that there is a tendency to relative talllness in
Germanic, particularly Scandinavian, genes. Seven of the tallest ten
countries (Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Sweden,
Norway) are Germanic (4 Sandinavian) and it would be fair to assume
that the other three (Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary) have a certain
percentage of Germanic genes.]

[J. Anderson]

Post by Tadas Blinda
One has to wonder how reliable this is.
It's hard to imagine any country at all
having at its fingertips the statistics on
height of 100% of males age 18-30 years
in that country, so presumably for each
country the average height is based only
on a partial sample.

If you have a conscript army, the age bracket 18 to 30 is usually when you
are required to carry out your military service. In Finland all male
citizens are measured and weighed in the physical examinations in connection
with the call-up, which takes place during the year when they become 18.
That's why we have very a comprehensive picture of how tall (and fat!) our
boys are at age 18. However, most boys keep growing for a couple of years
after that, so the Finnish figure 178.2 cm is not comparable with countries
where the average length is measured at higher ages.

Post by Tadas Blinda
I notice Latvia is missing.

My general impression is that the Latvians are a 'tall nation'; the figure
would probably be near the one for Estonia. Especially girls in the Baltics
seem to be tall. I've always admired their long legs, wondering whatever
happened to the leg growth of Finnish girls. The tallest population I've
ever met was in Split, Croatia. I was strolling along the local corso one
evening and felt like a midget despite my 6 feet (182.9 cm).

In Finland there are very clear regional differences in average height.
People are taller in the southwest and get shorter further away from the
coast. This would seem to support your theory regarding Germanic genes.

[Tadas Blinda]

Russians are themselves Slavic-Finnic hybrids.
Finno-Ugric people are to Russians as Mayans,
Aztecs and other Indian tribes are to Spanish-
speaking Mexican mestizos

Russians have an expression that mixed blood makes one stronger.

As to the Russian expression, it seems that it is well-founded at least as far as
physical health is concerned. We have a lot of rare, genetically transferred diseases
in > Finland as a result of our geographic seclusion, so we should import
more people from abroad (especially from areas where the girls have long
legs).

Try the Watusi tribe in Africa.

Btw, both physical and mental health is better within the coastal
population, which is mixed or Germanic.
Like Anton pointed out, the Finns are hardly the indigenous population
of this country. The Sami were here long before us, and we stole the
land from them (a judicial debate about this is actually still going
on), just like the colonists stole America from the Indios, and the
Slavs stole western Siberia and northeastern Europe from the Finno-Ugrics.

Lucky Icelandics. About the only people in the world who didn't steal
their land from no one. Probably the most homogenous country in the
world too (no indigenous ethnic minorities).

[lorad]

Post by J. Anderson

Post by Tadas Blinda
One has to wonder how reliable this is.
It's hard to imagine any country at all
having at its fingertips the statistics on
height of 100% of males age 18-30 years
in that country, so presumably for each
country the average height is based only
on a partial sample.

If you have a conscript army, the age bracket 18 to 30 is usually when you
are required to carry out your military service. In Finland all male
citizens are measured and weighed in the physical examinations in connection
with the call-up, which takes place during the year when they become 18.
That's why we have very a comprehensive picture of how tall (and fat!) our
boys are at age 18. However, most boys keep growing for a couple of years
after that, so the Finnish figure 178.2 cm is not comparable with countries
where the average length is measured at higher ages.

Post by Tadas Blinda
I notice Latvia is missing.

My general impression is that the Latvians are a 'tall nation'; the figure
would probably be near the one for Estonia. Especially girls in the Baltics
seem to be tall. I've always admired their long legs, wondering whatever
happened to the leg growth of Finnish girls. The tallest population I've
ever met was in Split, Croatia. I was strolling along the local corso one
evening and felt like a midget despite my 6 feet (182.9 cm).
In Finland there are very clear regional differences in average height.
People are taller in the southwest and get shorter further away from the
coast. This would seem to support your theory regarding Germanic genes.

No, it is consistant with ancient Baltic culture colonization of
Finland.

[J. Anderson]

Post by lorad

Post by J. Anderson
In Finland there are very clear regional differences
in average height. People are taller in the southwest
and get shorter further away from the coast. This
would seem to support your theory regarding Germanic
genes.

No, it is consistant with ancient Baltic culture
colonization of Finland.

Well, Indo-European in any case.

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Post by J. Anderson

Post by Tadas Blinda
One has to wonder how reliable this is.
It's hard to imagine any country at all
having at its fingertips the statistics on
height of 100% of males age 18-30 years
in that country, so presumably for each
country the average height is based only
on a partial sample.

If you have a conscript army, the age bracket 18 to 30 is usually when you
are required to carry out your military service. In Finland all male
citizens are measured and weighed in the physical examinations in connection
with the call-up, which takes place during the year when they become 18.
That's why we have very a comprehensive picture of how tall (and fat!) our
boys are at age 18. However, most boys keep growing for a couple of years
after that, so the Finnish figure 178.2 cm is not comparable with countries
where the average length is measured at higher ages.

Post by Tadas Blinda
I notice Latvia is missing.

My general impression is that the Latvians are a 'tall nation'; the figure
would probably be near the one for Estonia. Especially girls in the Baltics
seem to be tall. I've always admired their long legs, wondering whatever
happened to the leg growth of Finnish girls. The tallest population I've
ever met was in Split, Croatia. I was strolling along the local corso one
evening and felt like a midget despite my 6 feet (182.9 cm).
In Finland there are very clear regional differences in average height.
People are taller in the southwest and get shorter further away from the
coast. This would seem to support your theory regarding Germanic genes.

north europeans are taller than south europeans because you guys eat a
lot
raw meat people who eat a lot of pork grow tall. i am 1.75 and a very
happy
vegetarian. i don't worry about my "shortness" because i don't see too
many
healthy "giants". hormone abuse gives you health problems.

[Tadas Blinda]

Taking the topic in a slightly different direction, if I had to choose
a country that should be a role model for all other countries to
follow, then I would have to choose Switzerland.  Based on free
association right from the start, multilingual and multicultural right
from the start, always democratic, never invaded anyone and lucky
enough never to be invaded by anyone.  An ethic of hard work and
honesty prevails.  It is about the right size and population too.  In
my view, no country in an ideal world would be much bigger than
Switerland, or have a population of more than about five million.  Any
talk about having "too many countries" in the world is utter
to make it all manageable and efficient.
With the exception of USA and Canada, which have been fabulously lucky
in terms of geographical position and resources (and no foreign
invasions or occupations), the tendency noted in all sorts of tables
on "quality of life" is that the countries constantly around the top
of the list tend to be medium to smallish in size and/or population.
Once again, it's the Germanic (especially Scandinavian countries) that
always do very well in the statistics.  Finland too, because of its
integration with Germanic Scandinavia.  (Just think what a different
story it would have been if Finland had stayed part of the Russo-
Soviet empire until 1991.)

Another one: (English synopsis below)

En matière de recyclage, la Roumanie se situe à l’avant dernière place
en Europe, juste devant la Bulgarie, où l’on ne recycle aucun déchet,
selon une étude de l’Institut des statistiques européen Eurostat,
effectuée sur des données récoltées en 2007. Un roumain génère 379 kg
de déchets par an et n’en recyclerait que 1%. Les "restes" seraient
directement jetés dans les poubelles classiques. Juste devant la
Roumanie figure la Lituanie, qui recycle annuellement 4% de ses
déchets, puis Malte (7%) et la Pologne (10%). Aux premières places de
ce classement, on trouve l’Allemagne qui trie 99% de ses ordures
ménagères, les Pays-Bas (97%), la Belgique et la Suède (96%) et à la
cinquième place le Danemark (95%). (www.lepetitjournal.com - Bucarest)
mercredi 11 mars 2009

In recycling, Romania is located in the penultimate place in Europe,
just ahead of Bulgaria, where no waste is recycled. A Romanian
generates 379 kg of waste per year and only recycles less than 1%.
Just ahead of Romania, in second last place, is Lithuania, which
recycles only 4% of its waste, Malta (7%) and Poland (10%). At the top
of this list are Germany, which sorts 99% of its household waste, the
Netherlands (97%), Belgium and Sweden (96%) and fifth is Denmark
(95%) . (www.lepetitjournal.com - Bucharest) Wednesday 11 March 2009

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it's incorrect for canada.
canada is 178cm.

"Tadas Blinda" <***@lycos.es> wrote in message news:a515eb71-c226-42d0-b5bb-***@j38g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
(Males:18-30 years)

Country Average Male Height (cm)
Netherlands 184,80
Iceland 181,70
Denmark 180,60
Germany 180,30
Czech Republic 180,30
Austria 180,20
Sweden 180,10
Croatia 180,00
Norway 180,00
Hungary 180,00
Australia 179,50
Estonia 179,10
Luxembourg 179,10
Finland 178,20
Belgium 178,00
Switzerland 178,00
Romania 178,00
Poland 178,00
New Zealand 178,00
Sudan 178,00
United States 177,30
United Kingdom 177,00
France 177,00
Greece 176,80
Ukraine 176,50
Lithuania 176,30
Ireland 176,10
Russia 176,00
Israel 176,00
Italy 175,50
Uzbekistan 175,40
Malta 175,20
Egypt 175,00
Senegal 175,00
Argentina 175,00
Spain 175,00
Mali 175,00
Uruguay 174,90
Saudi Arabia 174,60
Canada 174,50
Portugal 174,00
Turkey 174,00
Cuba 173,50
Iran 173,40
South Korea 173,30
Syria 173,00
Morocco 173,00
Cameroon 172,60
South Africa 172,50
Tunisia 172,30
Algeria 172,20
Côte d'Ivoire 172,10
China 172,00
Taiwan 172,00
Brazil 171,60
Colombia 171,50
Japan 171,50
Ghana 171,50
Gambia 171,00
Hong Kong 171,00
Paraguay 171,00
Chile 171,00
Singapore 170,60
Thailand 169,50
Pakistan 169,30
Mongolia 168,40
Iraq 168,00
Malaysia 168,00
Sri Lanka 168,00
Malawi 168,00
Bahrain 168,00
Peru 167,00
Nigeria 167,00
North Korea 165,60
India 165,00
Vietnam 164,10
Philippines 164,00
Mexico 163,00
Indonesia 163,00
Cambodia 162,50

[One has to wonder how reliable this is. It's hard to imagine any
country at all having at its fingertips the statistics on height of
100% of males age 18-30 years in that country, so presumably for each
country the average height is based only on a partial sample. Not all
countires are represented. I notice Latvia is missing.

On these figures, for what it's worth {not much, curiosity value only}
it does seem that there is a tendency to relative talllness in
Germanic, particularly Scandinavian, genes. Seven of the tallest ten
countries (Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Sweden,
Norway) are Germanic (4 Sandinavian) and it would be fair to assume
that the other three (Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary) have a certain
percentage of Germanic genes.]

[c***@gmail.com]

Post by Tadas Blinda
[One has to wonder how reliable this is. It's hard to imagine any
country at all having at its fingertips the statistics on height of
100% of males age 18-30 years in that country, so presumably for each
country the average height is based only on a partial sample. Not all
countires are represented. I notice Latvia is missing.
On these figures, for what it's worth {not much, curiosity value only}
it does seem that there is a tendency to relative talllness in
Germanic, particularly Scandinavian, genes. Seven of the tallest ten
countries (Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Sweden,
Norway) are Germanic (4 Sandinavian) and it would be fair to assume
that the other three (Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary) have a certain
percentage of Germanic genes.]

You know... This is strange, I am Latvian and our passports have heights mentioned in them... Latvia should be the most accurate.
I am 1.90 m. Most of my male friends are the same height, one is a bit taller and a nother one is taller by one head. Ofcourse I have many friends that are less tall. Not everyone is tall here :DD