सरासरी उंची by country
Measured, pooled and published by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration for the born 1996 cohort — not self-reported, and not scraped from a listicle.
The table
| Country | Men (cm) | Men (ft-in) | Women (cm) | Women (ft-in) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| नेदरलँड्स | 182.5 | 6'0" | 168.7 | 5'6" |
| बेल्जियम | 181.7 | 6'0" | 165.5 | 5'5" |
| डेन्मार्क | 181.4 | 5'11" | 167.2 | 5'6" |
| जर्मनी | 179.9 | 5'11" | 165.9 | 5'5" |
| फ्रान्स | 179.7 | 5'11" | 164.9 | 5'5" |
| स्वीडन | 179.7 | 5'11" | 165.7 | 5'5" |
| नॉर्वे | 179.7 | 5'11" | 165.6 | 5'5" |
| ऑस्ट्रेलिया | 179.2 | 5'11" | 165.9 | 5'5" |
| आयर्लंड | 178.9 | 5'10" | 165.1 | 5'5" |
| युक्रेन | 178.5 | 5'10" | 166.3 | 5'5" |
| स्वित्झर्लंड | 178.4 | 5'10" | 163.5 | 5'4" |
| कॅनडा | 178.1 | 5'10" | 163.9 | 5'5" |
| इटली | 177.8 | 5'10" | 164.6 | 5'5" |
| न्यूझीलंड | 177.7 | 5'10" | 164.9 | 5'5" |
| युनायटेड किंग्डम | 177.5 | 5'10" | 164.4 | 5'5" |
| ऑस्ट्रिया | 177.4 | 5'10" | 164.6 | 5'5" |
| पोलंड | 177.3 | 5'10" | 164.6 | 5'5" |
| ग्रीस | 177.3 | 5'10" | 164.9 | 5'5" |
| अमेरिकेची संयुक्त संस्थाने | 177.1 | 5'10" | 163.5 | 5'4" |
| इस्रायल | 176.9 | 5'10" | 161.8 | 5'4" |
| स्पेन | 176.6 | 5'10" | 163.4 | 5'4" |
| रशियन संघराज्य | 176.5 | 5'9" | 165.3 | 5'5" |
| दक्षिण कोरिया | 174.9 | 5'9" | 162.3 | 5'4" |
| अर्जेंटिना | 174.6 | 5'9" | 159.2 | 5'3" |
| तुर्कस्तान | 174.2 | 5'9" | 160.5 | 5'3" |
| फिजी | 173.9 | 5'8" | 161.7 | 5'4" |
| ब्राझील | 173.6 | 5'8" | 160.9 | 5'3" |
| पोर्तुगाल | 172.9 | 5'8" | 163.0 | 5'4" |
| सिंगापूर | 172.6 | 5'8" | 160.3 | 5'3" |
| चीन | 171.8 | 5'8" | 159.7 | 5'3" |
| जपान | 170.8 | 5'7" | 158.3 | 5'2" |
| संयुक्त अरब अमिराती | 170.5 | 5'7" | 158.7 | 5'2" |
| केनिया | 169.6 | 5'7" | 158.2 | 5'2" |
| कोलंबिया | 169.5 | 5'7" | 156.9 | 5'2" |
| थायलंड | 169.2 | 5'7" | 157.9 | 5'2" |
| मेक्सिको | 169.0 | 5'7" | 156.8 | 5'2" |
| मलेशिया | 167.9 | 5'6" | 156.3 | 5'2" |
| सौदी अरेबिया | 167.7 | 5'6" | 155.9 | 5'1" |
| पाकिस्तान | 166.9 | 5'6" | 153.8 | 5'1" |
| दक्षिण आफ्रिका | 166.7 | 5'6" | 158.0 | 5'2" |
| इजिप्त | 166.7 | 5'6" | 157.3 | 5'2" |
| इथिओपिया | 166.2 | 5'5" | 155.7 | 5'1" |
| नायजेरिया | 165.9 | 5'5" | 156.3 | 5'2" |
| श्रीलंका | 165.7 | 5'5" | 154.6 | 5'1" |
| पेरू | 165.2 | 5'5" | 152.9 | 5'0" |
| India | 164.9 | 5'5" | 152.6 | 5'0" |
| व्हिएतनाम | 164.4 | 5'5" | 153.6 | 5'0" |
| बांगलादेश | 163.8 | 5'4" | 150.8 | 4'11" |
| इंडोनेशिया | 163.6 | 5'4" | 152.8 | 5'0" |
| ग्वाटेमाला | 163.4 | 5'4" | 149.4 | 4'11" |
| फिलिपिन्स | 163.2 | 5'4" | 149.6 | 4'11" |
| नेपाळ | 162.3 | 5'4" | 150.9 | 4'11" |
स्रोत·NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). “A century of trends in adult human height.” eLife 2016;5:e13410, ncdrisc.org वर अद्ययावत केलेल्या देशनिहाय सरासरी उंचीसह.·measured heights, pooled by birth cohort·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
संपूर्ण संदर्भ: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). “A century of trends in adult human height.” eLife 2016;5:e13410, ncdrisc.org वर अद्ययावत केलेल्या देशनिहाय सरासरी उंचीसह. Data downloads.
What a country average is worth
Roughly 80% of the variation in adult height between individuals is genetic, but almost all of the variation between countries and across generations is nutritional and environmental. That is why national averages have moved by ten centimetres or more in a century in some countries and barely at all in others, while the genetics did not change.
It also means a national average predicts an individual poorly. The spread within any country is far wider than the gap between most pairs of countries in this table.
India compared with…
Country means from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration pooled analysis of measured adult height. General information only — not medical advice. Growth varies enormously between healthy individuals; a single measurement means little. Discuss any concern about a child's growth with a paediatrician. See data & method for every source, survey round and rounding rule used on this site.
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