height

[FLICKG]

what is the average height of males in the world

[4getmenot]

5' 9" the tallest men being the dutch

[whiffey]

That is fascinating, presumably it is because much of their country is below sea level and rather than having to keep leaping into the air to see over the dykes they evolved to be a little taller.

[Octavius]

The worldwide average height of adult men is 177.77cm or 5 feet 7 inches.

The average tallest men are from the Dinaric Alps at 6ft 1" average (Netherlands avg is 6ft 0.4")

The average shortest men are from Japan and Spain at 5'5.2" and 5'7" respectively.

[Octavius]

Sorry must have mistyped, but avg should be 177.77cm or 5 feet 9 inches as 4getmenot said.

[4getmenot]

I think there getting shorter. I like a nice tall man

[Octavius]

You are not wrong. Evidence has shown that height decreased in Britain in the early nineteenth century, before beginning its long increase around mid-century. Increase in height has not been constant; however. The European Middle Ages was an era of tallness with men of above six feet (1.83 m) considered unremarkable. In Europe human height reached its nadir at the start of the 19th C. Until the general rise in human health, as urbanisation increased, the accompanying trend was a height decline.

[Supernick]

Wahey. I'm 5'10". Call me Lofty.

[Octavius]

Shortass, I'm 5'11" !

[Rufio]

Pair o' midgets, i'm 6ft!

[Octavius]

I wasn't counting my spiked up quiff.

[Rufio]

Hehe ok ok how big is it Octavious?