See if you're 5'9" or taller. Though this measurement can change depending on your age and what country you're from. For example in Baltic countries, this is only a few inches above the average, whereas, in countries like Mexico, where people are shorter, this is quite a tall height for a woman.
Yes, she would definitely be considered tall. The average height for a woman in the US is 5' 3" 1/2. The standard deviation is about 2.7 inches. So a woman who is 5' 7" is more than one standard deviation above the mean, so she is taller than at least ~85% of the woman in the US.
5'8 is above the average height for women, but it doesn't feel terribly tall at all. It's all the benefits of height without any extremes. You can reach high things, but don't get as many of the “you should play basketball” comments. You're less likely to be pudgy due to your long frame.
It is an average for height for a girl.
The average US woman is 5′4″ or 163 cm so a 5′8″ woman would be considered quite tall. An average African women is 162 cm so it would be considered quite tall too. An average Asian or Latina woman is 5′1″ so 5′8″ would be considered very tall.
Men are most satisfied when they are 3 inches (8cm) taller than their partners. Another study found that among men, 13.5 percent prefer to date only women shorter than them. But among women, about half (48.9 percent) preferred to date only men taller than them.
At what age do girls stop growing? Girls tend to have a major growth spurt between the ages of 10 and 14. Most will have reached their adult height by the time they are 14 or 15 years old. This major growth spurt happens during the phase of physical and psychosocial development known as puberty.
People's heights and weights are all roughly bell- shaped and symmetrical around a central value called the mean. In the U.S. population, about 14.5 percent of all men are six feet or over. Roughly 1% of US women are 6 feet tall or taller.
Ever wondered where the tallest men and women live in the world? Well, the answer is Netherlands. Also called a land of giants, the Netherlands is home to men with an average height of a Dutch man is 182.5 cm (about 6 feet).
The Netherlands
Dutch people are the tallest people in the world. They have an average height of 175.62 cm (5 feet 7.96 inches). The Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander is 183 cm tall and Queen Maxim is 178 cm tall.
175 cm is tall for a girl, but the average height for a girl is 160 cm - 165 cm tall, above 170 cm for a girl is considered to be tall.
Statistics show that 90 percent of all women are between 4 feet 11 1/2 inches tall and 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall. About 10 percent of the female population in the United States is over 5 feet 7 inches.
As expected, the CDC growth chart shows a plateau in height between 15 and 16 years, reflecting the fact that most girls stop growing around age 15 while others will continue to get taller up to and beyond the age of 16 but not generally past the age of 18.
Although a few people may continue growing even in their early 20s, most adults cannot increase their height after age 21 if their growth plates close. However, there are ways to maximize your height in your growing years through nutrition and exercise. And if you're already over 21, there are ways to appear taller.
He explains that men don't care much or only slightly care if a woman is shorter than they are, but women really do prefer a taller mate. Height is one factor that could spark physical attraction, but Stulp suggests that clearly other partner traits play a role in selecting a mate and may be much more important.
While men might see taller women as more conventionally attractive — and even more intelligent — than shorter women, men find the latter to be “more nurturing and likely to be better mothers.” According to Dobson, “men believed that shorter women were more considerate, nurturing and homely.”
If you weigh 107 pounds or less at this height, you are considered underweight with a BMI of 18.4. A healthy weight range for that woman would be 108 to 145 pounds. BMI is just one way to measure healthy weight. Some women have a low, but still healthy weight.