Average height by country

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Posted on Mar 26, 2021, 11:06 pm

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Randomly found an interesting study the other day and thought I'd share it on here.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31859-6/fulltext

You guys are always talking about how younger guys are taller than the adult average and I found some relevant tidbits in here.

-Average height of 19-year old men in the Netherlands in 1985: 180.6cm
-Average height of 19-year old men in the Netherlands in 2019: 183.8cm (rank 1)

-Average height of 19-year old men in the US in 1985: 175.8 cm
-Average height of 19-year old men in the US in 2019: 176.9 cm (rank 48)
My thought on this one is that it's due to demographic change. The average height of white guys in the US is probably around 178-180cm.

-Average height of 19-year old men in China in 1985: 167.6cm
-Average height of 19-year old men in China in 2019: 175.7cm (rank 65)
The change over the last 35 years here is pretty crazy (more than a full femur CLL.) I can definitely see why this forum has so many Chinese visitors.

-Average height of 19-year old men in Japan in 1985: 170.4cm
-Average height of 19-year old men in Japan in 2019: 172.1cm (rank 115)
Japan was already rich by 1985 so it looks like they're limited by genetics.

Global height ranking for UK has worsened over past 35 years, with 19-year-old boys falling from 28th tallest in 1985 (176.3 cm) to 39th in 2019 (178.2 cm).

It looks like average heights in the whole world are growing still.

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10cmOnTibiaOrGTFO

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021, 12:19 am

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as access to food improves people's bodies have more energy available so they grow.

there are genetic limits though. at some point height becomes unhealthy. i think 6ft will be the new
standard in a couple centuries for developed countries. they need to improve LL though. it sucks so much now.
way too time consuming and painful.

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021, 2:04 am

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But most of Chinese regions' average heights aren't that tall since it's given that Chinese average height is 175cm by 2019(I'm a Chinese).It's not related to growing average height that there is an increasing rate of growth of Chinese visitors.Just cuz in China there are more and more people screaming for growing taller.

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021, 6:45 am

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Quote from: BelowTheMean on March 26, 2021, 11:06:33 PMRandomly found an interesting study the other day and thought I'd share it on here.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31859-6/fulltext

You guys are always talking about how younger guys are taller than the adult average and I found some relevant tidbits in here.

-Average height of 19-year old men in the Netherlands in 1985: 180.6cm
-Average height of 19-year old men in the Netherlands in 2019: 183.8cm (rank 1)

-Average height of 19-year old men in the US in 1985: 175.8 cm
-Average height of 19-year old men in the US in 2019: 176.9 cm (rank 48)
My thought on this one is that it's due to demographic change. The average height of white guys in the US is probably around 178-180cm.

-Average height of 19-year old men in China in 1985: 167.6cm
-Average height of 19-year old men in China in 2019: 175.7cm (rank 65)
The change over the last 35 years here is pretty crazy (more than a full femur CLL.) I can definitely see why this forum has so many Chinese visitors.

-Average height of 19-year old men in Japan in 1985: 170.4cm
-Average height of 19-year old men in Japan in 2019: 172.1cm (rank 115)
Japan was already rich by 1985 so it looks like they're limited by genetics.

Global height ranking for UK has worsened over past 35 years, with 19-year-old boys falling from 28th tallest in 1985 (176.3 cm) to 39th in 2019 (178.2 cm).

It looks like average heights in the whole world are growing still.

Uk and US are the same. Genes wise also you guys are the same. Been to both countries and I didn't see any difference in avg height for white folks.

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tallmen

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021, 6:47 am

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Quote from: 10cmOnTibiaOrGTFO on March 27, 2021, 12:19:42 AMas access to food improves people's bodies have more energy available so they grow.
there are genetic limits though. at some point height becomes unhealthy. i think 6ft will be the new
standard in a couple centuries for developed countries. they need to improve LL though. it sucks so much now.
way too time consuming and painful.

With proper nutrition, all countries will eventually catch up and height can not keep growing there must be a limit. I don't believe humans will be 7ft or 8ft on average in 10000 years.

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HeightGain

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021, 8:19 am

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There is enormous variation within countries. The rich areas of Western Europe and US, 183cm at 19 years old would be considered average, 178cm short.

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BelowTheMean

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021, 2:48 pm

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Quote from: HeightGain on March 27, 2021, 08:19:46 AMThere is enormous variation within countries. The rich areas of Western Europe and US, 183cm at 19 years old would be considered average, 178cm short.

Maybe in Europe, but Idk about the US. Even in the Midwest where there’s a ton of tall white guys there are plenty of short white guys too. I highly doubt the average is over 6ft in any part of the US.

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021, 3:02 pm

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It depends what groups you are part of. Young, wealthy white men and women that go to the top universities are a lot taller than those averages. That is to be expected as height is correlated with earnings and wealth which means better schools and better grades and the best universities

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021, 4:24 pm

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Quote from: HeightGain on March 27, 2021, 03:02:49 PMIt depends what groups you are part of. Young, wealthy white men and women that go to the top universities are a lot taller than those averages. That is to be expected as height is correlated with earnings and wealth which means better schools and better grades and the best universities

You could probably say that the elite university students from any country are taller than the average person in that country. But the percentage is so small that it doesn't affect the national average at all. I don't see your point. The topic is national averages and the US is not very tall because it is very diverse. I'm sure you can find the national average height for white men only but I would be very surprised if it was higher than 178-180cm.

Besides, if you attend a big public school in the US with 40000+ students the height distribution is not going to be that different from the national height distribution. Plenty of engineering departments at these schools (Michigan, Illinois, Berkeley) feed into the Bay Area with some of the highest earning recent college grads coming out of school.

The correlation with height and income is pretty weak ($600-$800/year/inch.) This is definitely not worth getting LL for. I don't know if there's a correlation between height and wealth. If there is, I haven't seen it before, but I would be interested if you can find a study. The much bigger issue regarding height and money is how much money you need to compensate for being a short guy in dating.

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Posted on Mar 27, 2021, 4:47 pm

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It is a joke that China has an 1,75 average and japan 1.72. Even 1,70 is much for China but 1,75 is really a joke.

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