The average height for the adult male is roughly 5'9 and the average female height is roughly 5'4.
The average height of a human man will probably never exceed that of basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, who stands 7ft 1in tall. According to Wikipedia, The NBA (National Basketball Association) average height for players was 6ft 7.62in. (2.0223 m) during the 1986-87 season. The NBA's shortest average player height season was 2006-07 with a height of 6ft 3.3in (1.988 m). Average Male Height By Country. According to the map below the tallest men on earth, on average, are from the Netherlands, standing at. 6ft 0in (184.8 cm) tall. The shortest people are from Indonesia standing at 5ft 2in tall. The average height of a 10-year-old girl in 1963 was about 55.5 inches; by 2002 the average height of a 10-year-old girl had increased to 56.4 inches. In 1966, the average height of a 15-year-old boy was 67.5 inches or almost 5'7½; by 2002 the average height of a 15-year-old boy was 68.4 or almost 5'8 and 1/2. In 1996, the average height of a 15-year-old girl was 63.9 inches; by 2002 the average height of a 15-year-old girl had not changed significantly (63.8 inches). Average Body Mass Index (BMI) for children and teens has increased as well: 1  In 1963, the average BMI for a 7-year-old boy was 15.9; in 2002 it was 17.0. The charts below illustrate average height charts for both genders varying by age. Typically height change with age accelerates quickly towards the end of puberty and then levels off-evident in the following charts. The left is an average female height chart, and the right is an average male height chart. Average Female Height. The average female height is roughly 5'4 historically-the tallest woman being 7'7.5 tall. A chart outlining average female heights around the world is illustrated in the following table. Photo Credit Jose Luis Pelaez Inc./Blend Images/Getty Images. The average height and weight of women varies around the world, but in the United States in 2010, the average adult female height was 63.8 inches (approximately 5 feet 4 inches) and 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the average Hispanic women weighs 160.6 pounds and is 5 feet 2 inches tall, and the average Mexican-American woman weight 161.5 pounds and is also 5 feet 2 inches tall. The average height for men is 5 foot, 10 inches. There’s more on the height and weight charts. A common search ‘average height for men’, is more common than ‘average weight’. And ‘tall men’ is more searched than ‘short men’. The average male American mens height is 177 cm, which is 69.7 inches, which is approximately 5 foot – 10 inches tall. (for white males*). A height chart for men of  White  race/ethnicity*, showing average height changes with age This page aims to offer average female height and average male height information segmented by country, current to 2014/2015. We also introduce gender-based height charts that identify average height variation by age, typically leveling off at the end of puberty. Average Female Height. The average female height is roughly 5'4 historically-the tallest woman being 7'7.5 tall. A chart outlining average female heights around the world is illustrated in the following table. Average Male Height. The average height for the adult male is roughly 5'9 historically. The tallest man recorded being around 8'11 tall, and the shortest being around 1'10.5 (who is also the shortest known adult human). A chart outlining average male heights around the world is illustrated in the following table. Average Female Height. The average female height is roughly 5'4 historically-the tallest woman being 7'7.5 tall. A chart outlining average female heights around the world is illustrated in the following table. Data derived from burials show that before 1850, the mean stature of males and females in Leiden, Netherlands was respectively 166.7 cm (5 ft 5.6 in) and 156.7 cm (5 ft 1.7 in). The average height of 19-year-old Dutch orphans in 1865 was 160 cm (5 ft 3 in). According to a study by J.W. Drukker and Vincent Tassenaar, the average height of Dutch decreased from 1830 to 1857, even while Dutch real GNP per capita was growing at an average rate of more than 0.5 percent per year. The worst decline were in urban areas that in 1847, the urban height penalty was 2.5cms (1 in). 
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