La mayoría de los países utilizan el sistema métrico para medir la altura. Sin embargo, tres países aún no han roto su dedicación y lealtad a las medidas del sistema imperial. Estos tres países son Liberia, Myanmar y los Estados Unidos de América. Aunque el sistema métrico es el más común, incluiremos la altura media por país tanto en unidades métricas como imperiales.
Para aclarar, el sistema imperial mide la altura por pies y pulgadas, mientras que el sistema métrico utiliza metros y centímetros. Estas unidades de medida no son difíciles de cambiar, pero los países tienden a ceñirse a una sobre la otra para mantener la coherencia.
Los diez países más altos
- Países Bajos 72,36 pulgadas
- Montenegro 72,13 pulgadas
- Dinamarca 71,89 pulgadas
- Noruega 71,81 pulgadas
- Serbia 71,65 pulgadas
- Alemania 71,26 pulgadas
- Croacia 71,06 pulgadas
- República Checa 70,97 pulgadas
- Eslovenia 70,98 pulgadas
- Luxemburgo 70,83 pulgadas
Los diez países con menor altura media
- Indonesia 62,2 pulgadas
- Bolivia 62,9 pulgadas
- Filipinas 63,7 pulgadas
- Vietnam 63,82 pulgadas
- Camboya 63,98 pulgadas
- Nepal 64,17 pulgadas
- Ecuador 64,37 pulgadas
- Sri Lanka 64,41 pulgadas
- Nigeria 64,49 pulgadas
- Perú 64,57 pulgadas
País Altura media de los hombres (cm) – Altura media de las mujeres (cm) – Altura media de los hombres (pies) – Altura media de las mujeres (pies) – Población
| Samoa | 166.6 | 5 pies 5 1â2 pulgadas | 200,149 | ||
| Comoras | 154.8 | 5 ft 1 in | 888,451 | ||
| Eswatini | 159.1 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 1,172,362 | ||
| Montenegro | 183.4 | 169.4 | 6 ft 0 in | 5 pies 6 1â2 pulgadas | 628,053 |
| Serbia | 182 | 166.8 | 5 pies 11 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 5 1â2 pulgadas | 8,697,550 |
| Bosnia y Herzegovina | 181.7 | 169.4 | 5 pies 11 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 6 1â2 pulgadas | 3,263,466 |
| Suecia | 181.5 | 166.8 | 5 pies 11 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 5 1â2 pulgadas | 10,160,169 |
| Lituania | 181.3 | 167.5 | 5 pies 11 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 6 in | 2,689,862 |
| Islandia | 181 | 168 | 5 pies 11 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 6 in | 343,353 |
| Países Bajos | 180.8 | 167.5 | 5 ft 11 in | 5 ft 6 in | 17,173,099 |
| Croacia | 180.4 | 166.49 | 5 ft 11 in | 5 pies 5 1â2 pulgadas | 4,081,651 |
| República Checa | 180.31 | 167.22 | 5 ft 11 in | 5 ft 6 in | 10,724,555 |
| Slovenia | 180.3 | 167.4 | 5 ft 11 in | 5 ft 6 in | 2,078,724 |
| Noruega | 179.7 | 167.1 | 5 pies 10 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 6 in | 5,465,630 |
| Eslovaquia | 179.4 | 165.6 | 5 pies 10 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 5 in | 5,460,721 |
| Estonia | 179.1 | 5 pies 10 1â2 pulgadas | 1,325,185 | ||
| Lesotho | 157.6 | 5 ft 2 in | 2,159,079 | ||
| Gabon | 158.4 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 2,278,825 | ||
| Namibia | 160.7 | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 2,587,344 | ||
| Armenia | 158.1 | 5 ft 2 in | 2,968,127 | ||
| Moldova | 161.2 | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 4,024,019 | ||
| República Centroafricana | 158.9 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 4,919,981 | ||
| Liberia | 157.3 | 5 ft 2 in | 5,180,203 | ||
| República del Congo | 159 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 5,657,013 | ||
| Dinamarca | 180.4 | 5 ft 11 in | 5,813,298 | ||
| El Salvador | 160.3 | 5 ft 3 in | 6,518,499 | ||
| Kirguistán | 158 | 5 ft 2 in | 6,628,356 | ||
| Nicaragua | 153.7 | 5 pies 1â2 pulgadas | 6,702,385 | ||
| Togo | 159 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 8,478,250 | ||
| Suiza | 178.2 | 5 ft 10 in | 8,715,494 | ||
| Honduras | 152 | 5 ft 0 in | 10,062,991 | ||
| Jordan | 158.2 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 10,269,021 | ||
| Haiti | 158.6 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 11,541,685 | ||
| Bolivia | 151.8 | 5 ft 0 in | 11,832,940 | ||
| Benin | 159.3 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 12,451,040 | ||
| Ruanda | 157.7 | 5 ft 2 in | 13,276,513 | ||
| Guinea | 158.8 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 13,497,244 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 160.3 | 5 ft 3 in | 15,092,171 | ||
| Chad | 162.6 | 5 ft 4 in | 16,914,985 | ||
| Camboya | 152.4 | 5 ft 0 in | 16,946,438 | ||
| Senegal | 163 | 5 ft 4 in | 17,196,301 | ||
| Guatemala | 147.3 | 4 ft 10 in | 18,249,860 | ||
| Zambia | 158.5 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 18,920,651 | ||
| Kazajstán | 159.8 | 5 ft 3 in | 18,994,962 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 161.6 | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 21,497,096 | ||
| Madagascar | 154.3 | 5 pies 1â2 pulgadas | 28,427,328 | ||
| Mozambique | 156 | 5 pies 1 1â2 pulgadas | 32,163,047 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 159.9 | 5 ft 3 in | 33,935,763 | ||
| Marruecos | 158.5 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 37,344,795 | ||
| Uganda | 159.2 | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 47,123,531 | ||
| Tanzania | 156.6 | 5 pies 1 1â2 pulgadas | 61,498,437 | ||
| Dr. Congo | 157.7 | 5 ft 2 in | 92,377,993 | ||
| Etiopía | 157.6 | 5 ft 2 in | 117,876,227 | ||
| Bangladesh | 150.6 | 4 pies 11 1â2 pulgadas | 166,303,498 | ||
| Austria | 179 | 166 | 5 pies 10 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 5 1â2 pulgadas | 9,043,070 |
| Finlandia | 178.9 | 165.3 | 5 pies 10 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 5 in | 5,548,360 |
| Polonia | 178.7 | 165.1 | 5 pies 10 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 5 in | 37,797,005 |
| Bélgica | 178.6 | 168.1 | 5 pies 10 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 6 in | 11,632,326 |
| Russia | 177.2 | 164.1 | 5 ft 10 in | 5 pies 4 1â2 pulgadas | 145,912,025 |
| Irlanda | 177 | 163 | 5 pies 9 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 4 in | 4,982,907 |
| Nueva Zelanda | 177 | 164 | 5 pies 9 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 4 1â2 pulgadas | 4,860,643 |
| Grecia | 177 | 165 | 5 pies 9 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 5 in | 10,370,744 |
| Israel | 177 | 166 | 5 pies 9 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 5 1â2 pulgadas | 8,789,774 |
| Italia | 176.5 | 162.5 | 5 pies 9 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 4 in | 60,367,477 |
| Tonga | 176.1 | 165.3 | 5 pies 9 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 5 in | 106,760 |
| Hungría | 176 | 164 | 5 pies 9 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 4 1â2 pulgadas | 9,634,164 |
| Australia | 175.6 | 161.8 | 5 ft 9 in | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 25,788,215 |
| Francia | 175.6 | 162.5 | 5 ft 9 in | 5 ft 4 in | 65,426,179 |
| Alemania | 175.4 | 162.8 | 5 ft 9 in | 5 ft 4 in | 83,900,473 |
| Estados Unidos | 175.3 | 161.5 | 5 ft 9 in | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 332,915,073 |
| Reino Unido | 175.3 | 161.9 | 5 ft 9 in | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 68,207,116 |
| Bulgaria | 175.2 | 163.2 | 5 ft 9 in | 5 pies 4 1â2 pulgadas | 6,896,663 |
| Canada | 175.1 | 162.3 | 5 ft 9 in | 5 ft 4 in | 38,067,903 |
| Argentina | 174.46 | 161.01 | 5 pies 8 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 45,605,826 |
| Albania | 174 | 161.8 | 5 pies 8 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 2,872,933 |
| España | 174 | 163 | 5 pies 8 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 4 in | 46,745,216 |
| Portugal | 173.7 | 163.7 | 5 pies 8 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 4 1â2 pulgadas | 10,167,925 |
| Turquía | 173.6 | 161.9 | 5 pies 8 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 85,042,738 |
| Emiratos Árabes Unidos | 173.4 | 156.4 | 5 pies 8 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 1 1â2 pulgadas | 9,991,089 |
| República Dominicana | 172.7 | 159 | 5 ft 8 in | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 10,953,703 |
| Romania | 172 | 157 | 5 pies 7 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 2 in | 19,127,774 |
| Japón | 172 | 158 | 5 pies 7 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 2 in | 126,050,804 |
| México | 172 | 159 | 5 pies 7 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 130,262,216 |
| Jamaica | 171.8 | 160.8 | 5 pies 7 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 2,973,463 |
| Azerbaijan | 171.8 | 165.4 | 5 pies 7 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 5 in | 10,223,342 |
| Hong Kong | 171.7 | 158.7 | 5 pies 7 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 7,552,810 |
| Taiwan | 171.4 | 159.9 | 5 pies 7 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 3 in | 23,855,010 |
| Mali | 171.3 | 160.4 | 5 pies 7 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 3 in | 20,855,735 |
| Singapore | 171 | 160 | 5 pies 7 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 3 in | 5,896,686 |
| Qatar | 170.8 | 161.1 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 2,930,528 |
| Corea del Sur | 170.7 | 157.4 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 ft 2 in | 51,305,186 |
| Brasil | 170.7 | 158.8 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 213,993,437 |
| Colombia | 170.6 | 158.7 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 51,265,844 |
| Camerún | 170.6 | 161.3 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 pies 3 1â2 pulgadas | 27,224,265 |
| Iran | 170.3 | 157.2 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 ft 2 in | 85,028,759 |
| Egipto | 170.3 | 158.9 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 104,258,327 |
| Tailandia | 170.3 | 159 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 69,950,850 |
| Costa de Marfil | 170.1 | 159.1 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 27,053,629 |
| Uruguay | 170 | 158 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 ft 2 in | 3,485,151 |
| Malta | 169.9 | 159.9 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 ft 3 in | 442,784 |
| Chile | 169.6 | 156.1 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 pies 1 1â2 pulgadas | 19,212,361 |
| Kenya | 169.6 | 158.2 | 5 ft 7 in | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 54,985,698 |
| China | 169.5 | 158 | 5 pies 6 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 2 in | 1,444,216,107 |
| Ghana | 169.5 | 158.5 | 5 pies 6 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 31,732,129 |
| Arabia Saudí | 168.9 | 156.3 | 5 pies 6 1â2 pulgadas | 5 pies 1 1â2 pulgadas | 35,340,683 |
| Mongolia | 168.4 | 157.7 | 5 pies 6 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 2 in | 3,329,289 |
| Cuba | 168 | 156 | 5 ft 6 in | 5 pies 1 1â2 pulgadas | 11,317,505 |
| Gambia | 168 | 157.8 | 5 ft 6 in | 5 ft 2 in | 2,486,945 |
| Sudáfrica | 168 | 159 | 5 ft 6 in | 5 pies 2 1â2 pulgadas | 60,041,994 |
| India | 166.3 | 152.6 | 5 pies 5 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 0 in | 1,393,409,038 |
| Malasia | 166.3 | 154.7 | 5 pies 5 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 1 in | 32,776,194 |
| Malawi | 166 | 155 | 5 pies 5 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 1 in | 19,647,684 |
| Corea del Norte | 165.6 | 154.9 | 5 ft 5 in | 5 ft 1 in | 25,887,041 |
| Iraq | 165.4 | 155.8 | 5 ft 5 in | 5 pies 1 1â2 pulgadas | 41,179,350 |
| Bahrain | 165.1 | 154.2 | 5 ft 5 in | 5 pies 1â2 pulgadas | 1,748,296 |
| Perú | 164 | 151 | 5 pies 4 1â2 pulgadas | 4 pies 11 1â2 pulgadas | 33,359,418 |
| Nigeria | 163.8 | 157.8 | 5 pies 4 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 2 in | 211,400,708 |
| Sri Lanka | 163.6 | 151.4 | 5 pies 4 1â2 pulgadas | 4 pies 11 1â2 pulgadas | 21,497,310 |
| Filipinas | 163.5 | 151.8 | 5 pies 4 1â2 pulgadas | 5 ft 0 in | 111,046,913 |
| Nepal | 163 | 150.8 | 5 ft 4 in | 4 pies 11 1â2 pulgadas | 29,674,920 |
| Vietnam | 162.1 | 152.2 | 5 ft 4 in | 5 ft 0 in | 98,168,833 |
| Indonesia | 158 | 147 | 5 ft 2 in | 4 ft 10 in | 276,361,783 |
