Top 11 Countries With The Tallest People
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| Sultan Kösen - Tallest Man Living. Photo: Time Magazine |
A new study published by The Lancet medical journal has revealed the tallest and shortest peoples and the places that continue to grow in height. Ever wondered which nationalities are the tallest? Perhaps not. But we're going to tell you anyway.
Here are the 11 countries with the tallest people in the world:
11. Iceland: Icelandic people have an average height of 173.21cm (5 feet 8.19 inches.) Icelandic women are 165.94cm (5 feet 5.15 inches) tall on average, while Icelandic men are an average 180.49cm (5 feet 11.05 inches) tall.
10. Australia: Apparently Australians are growing even taller. Australian men have an average height of 5 foot 9 inches. However, among the youngest men in Australia, the average height is around 6-foot.
9. United States: The United States has a huge mix of different ethnic backgrounds hence the reason the United States is on this list is hard to simply explain. It is a country that has huge differences in health care, living standards, and diet. Additionally, some ethnic groups in the United States are very tall, while others tend to have much shorter stature.
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| Trump with his wife and his son. Photo: Gia dinh |
8. Greece: You may not associate the Greeks with height, yet here they are. The Mediterranean outdoor lifestyle of sunshine and a healthy diet might be a factor here.
7. Germany: Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, German living standards have risen to be among the very best in the world. Nutrition and health are, therefore, very good. This helps to explain why Germans have been getting taller in recent generations.
6. Finland: Vaino Myllyrinne of Finland is considered the tallest soldier ever, having served in the Finnish Defense Forces. For some time he was (1940-1957) considered the world’s tallest person. He stood 7 feet 3.5 inches at the age of 21, but continued growing slowly until his late thirties when he attaining a final height of 8 feet 3 inches.
5. Estonia: A high quality of life may not seem to be a reason for tall Estonians, but one important factor contributing to their height may be genetics. The nation does share an ethnic background with the Finns.
4. Norway: Apart from the clear heredity influences, standards of living in Scandinavian nations are usually very high, with Norway ranked by the United Nations as having the world’s second-highest standard of living.
3. Denmark: Among military conscripts, Danish men averaged an impressive 5 feet 11 inches. Again, the Scandinavian genes and a comfortable, healthy lifestyle are the main factors here.
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| Denmark People. Photo: Pinterest |
2. Sweden: In this country, the average height of guys is a towering 5 feet 11 inches. Are you starting to notice a trend yet?
1. Netherlands: The Netherlands is the tallest country in the world, where the average height of men is an incredible six feet. This is supported by the fact that the Dutch government recently promised to change building regulations to increase the height of doorways, as the population has grown in recent generations.
| Sultan Kösen: Tallest living man In 2009, Sultan Kösen became the first man over 8 ft to be measured by Guinness World Records for more than 20 years. In fact, Guinness World Records only knows often confirmed or reliable cases in history reaching 8 ft or more. The part-time farmer from Turkey was found to be a towering 246.5 cm (8 ft 1 in) in height and he took the iconic title of Tallest living man. Two years later, the 26-year-old was measured again in Ankara, Turkey, by which time he had grown to a staggering 251 cm (8 ft 2.8 in). |
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