How tall is YOUR country? Men from the Netherlands top the table at just under 6ft while women from Guatemala stand at 4'10

In this world bodies are growing must faster than the brains ..

I am from Nepal and I don't think this study takes our height into account :D We are short people. I am just 5.6 and my dad was only 5.5. When I visited a Dutch friend of mine last time in Utrecht, I had to climb a railing or something when he insisted on taking a selfie. That is when I felt how small I was.

I was recently on a holiday in Croatia, and as a 6' 2'' man never felt so short, so many guys were taller than me, I was gobsmacked.

Apartheight?

As long as my feet make it all the way to the ground I will be okay.

Means very little in a country like the US. An American of Dutch ancestry is obviously going to be far taller than a Honduran living in America.

I looked after Japanese and Chinese students for ten summers and saw them get noticeably taller during that time. They now eat a diet high in red meat and processed food, and their cancer rates are much higher than their parents' generation. While it is true that poor nutrition can stunt growth, being tall doesn't always mean being healthy. Look what the short Japanese and Chinese acheived before MacDonalds.

My mother is 5'10 and my father is 5'11. Between them they have 4 daughters ranging from my sister at 5'2 to me at 6'1. I find height and genetics so interesting, can't wait to see where my son ends up with my husband just hitting 5'8.

People travel and settle all over the world these days - so you can't apply these old measurements any more. There was a time when you could even generalise about height within the UK - tall blond southerners, little dark Welshmen etc. But not any more - due to travel, intermarriage, better nutrition etc.

I am 5 ft 5 and hubbie is 5ft 8 our son is 6ft2. I am Dutch and he is half Spanish.......

I always loved Nordic men

While being tall is looked upon favorably ( sometimes lol ) it can be a right pain, when I lived in Cornwall we had the most gorgeous home, but there was one 'slight' problem...it was a very old "country farm house"...that was built for the average Cornish-man of the day...and I'm 6ft 3" tall. We had to move in the end...after I knocked myself out a number of times when forgetting to duck after getting up for the loo in the middle of the night.

A lot of people are heightists!

Have a look at the queue for KLM next time you're at an airport - they are noticeably taller. As for myself, I'm moving to Guatemala where I'll be able to be one of the tall people for a change.....

Well I'm half English, half Russian and bang on 6 foot... not sure what part of my DNA is responsible but I thought I'd Putin my comment anyway! Ha!

My grandmother, born in 1908 was 5'8''. An american Indian, she married an Irish immigrant and their four daughters, all born during the depression, ranged from 5'8" to 6'. My mother married married another Irishman and I was born during a period of prosperity and good nutrition. I'm 5'3''. What happened?

I never stood a chance at being a tall elegant graceful woman, which I always wished. It's simply not in my genetics! My Dad was a rather short dumpy Welshman, and my Mum is Viennese and her family are also short in stature and have small feet. So I am just over 5ft 1in, and a size 3 in shoes. My husband is British/Irish and is 6 foot 2 and quite lanky...Crikey! I hope he is not reading this......... ?

With most of Holland below sea level it pays to be tall !!

shame there are no tall Swedish guys around here,,,,,,,,,,,

Those conversions from cm to inches are a bit inaccurate. 177cm is nearer to 5ft 10 than 5ft 9. 182.5 isn't 5ft 11 it's fractionally under 6ft.