The average height for women in the United States is about 5 foot 4 inches (or about 63.7 inches) tall.
In general, older people are shorter than younger people with the average male aged 75 years and over (169.7 cm) being 8.1 cm shorter than one aged 18-24 years (177.8 cm). Women aged 75 years and over (155.7 cm) were also 8.1 cm shorter than women aged 18-24 years (163.8 cm) on average.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, short stature means an estimated final height below 5 feet 3 inches for boys or 4 feet 11 inches for girls. The average height in the United States is 5 feet 8 inches for men and 5 feet 4 inches for women.
In fact, women care more about dating taller men than men care about dating shorter women. A study on women and men's height preferences found that women are most satisfied when their partner was 8 inches (21cm) taller.
Latvian women are the tallest on the planet, with an average height of 170cm. * The top four tallest countries for men are the Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Latvia. The top four tallest countries for women are Latvia, the Netherlands, Estonia and the Czech Republic.
Bhutan — 159.46cm (5 fet 2.77 inches)
The average Bhutanese person is 159.46cm (5 fet 2.77 inches) tall. The average Bhutanese man 165.30cm (5 feet 5.07 inches) tall. The average Bhutanese woman is 153.62cm (5 feet 0.48 inches) tall.
According to the report, the Netherlands is still the world's tallest nation with the average height in the country for men 183.78 cm, or 6 foot, and 170.36 cm, or 5 foot 7 inches for women.
Australia's population has grown taller and taller over the past century, thanks to improved healthcare, nutrition and hygiene. A global height analysis of 200 countries quite literally measured the average growth of global populations from 1914 to 2014, with every country recording an increase in height.
The ideal height for a woman, according to the average man, is 5'6”.
Australia — 172.53cm (5 feet 7.92 inches)
Australian men are 179.20cm (5 feet 10.55 inches) tall on average. Australian women are 165.85cm (5 feet 5.29 inches) tall.
Based on previous growth rates, it is estimated that Australian women's average height will grow to 166 cm by 2023. In general, younger women are taller than older people. In Australia, women aged 75 years and over (155.7 cm) were also 8.1 cm shorter than women aged 18–24 years (163.8 cm) on average.
It is based on an analysis of hundreds of population-based studies and displays typical heights for men born between 2009 and 2019. Australia's average male's height drops from 24th place to 29th place with an average height of 179.8cm.
The Netherlands is renowned for its tall population and unsurprisingly the nation has the tallest average height on Earth. The average 19-year-old man stands at 183 cm, while women of the same age are typically 172 cm.
Despite these drops, the Netherlands still has the tallest people in the world – with CBS reporting that today's generation stands, on average, at 6 feet (182.9 centimeters) for men and 5.55 feet (169.3 centimeters) for women.
According to Japan's National Health and Nutrition Survey, the average height for a man in Japan was only 160.3 cm (5 feet 2 inches) and the average height for women in Japan was only 148.9 cm (4 feet 9 inches) 70 years ago, which shows that there is approximately 10 cm height increase in Japan over the 70 years.
In a paper published in Nature, the researchers show that northern Europeans seem to have a stronger genetic link to a particularly tall nomadic population from the Eurasian steppe who came to Europe around 4,500 years ago. Because of these genes, northern Europeans are still tall compared to others on the continent.
The average height of men and women on the Chinese mainland is 171.8 cm (ninety-third in the world) and 159.7 cm (eighty-seventh in the world), with an increase in 11 cm and 10 cm, respectively, in the past 100 years [24].
Sexual attraction
Study after study has found that taller men and women are generally considered more attractive. Intriguingly, you can even guess someone's height from their face, meaning a mugshot on a dating website is not going to hide a more diminutive frame.
Vertical prints or stripes
So any vertical stripes, seams, or prints help the eye to move from top-to-bottom of the outfit, as opposed to horizontally. This helps with appearing thinner and taller. My favorite option to do this is a wide-leg pant with vertical stripes.
What can I do to become taller? Taking good care of yourself — eating well, exercising regularly, and getting plenty of rest — is the best way to stay healthy and help your body reach its natural potential. There's no magic pill for increasing height. In fact, your genes are the major determinant of how tall you'll be.