Average Height by Country

by | Jun 29, 2025 | Population, World

How tall are teenagers around the world? Using 2019 height data compiled by country and gender, we explore the average height of 18-year-old boys and girls across the globe in 2024. This article reveals which countries top the charts for tallest youth — and what these trends might indicate.

Tallest Countries for 18-Year-Old Boys

Among male 18-year-olds, the tallest populations are overwhelmingly found in Europe. The top five countries based on average height are:

RankCountryAverage Height (cm)
1Netherlands183.46
2Montenegro183.07
3Denmark181.74
4Iceland180.96
5Slovenia180.97

Western and Central European countries dominate this list, with the Netherlands consistently ranking first in global height surveys.

Tallest Countries for 18-Year-Old Girls

For girls, the tallest 18-year-olds also come from Europe, particularly the Balkans and Nordic regions:

RankCountryAverage Height (cm)
1Netherlands169.73
2Montenegro169.46
3Denmark168.91
4Estonia168.14
5Serbia168.13

Though the gap between male and female heights is consistent, similar geographic trends apply, with nutrition and healthcare access contributing significantly to adolescent growth.

Average Height by Country (Male)

RankCountryYearAge groupBoys’ Mean height
1Netherlands201918183.4585646
2Montenegro201918183.0731472
3Estonia201918182.5405239
4Denmark201918181.7370742
5Bosnia and Herzegovina201918181.073131
6Slovenia201918180.9717818
7Iceland201918180.9595709
8Czech Republic201918180.8353728
9Slovakia201918180.7750497
10Croatia201918180.6694218
11Norway201918180.3487942
12Sweden201918180.3365387
13Serbia201918180.333709
14Poland201918180.1708408
15Finland201918180.1164122
16Lithuania201918180.0935878
17Ukraine201918179.9900904
18Germany201918179.8317454
19Dominica201918179.7077714
20Latvia201918179.5098194
21Greece201918178.7622819
22Canada201918178.7511154
23Australia201918178.7435691
24Bermuda201918178.7316916
25Lebanon201918178.697021
26Belgium201918178.6346537
27Switzerland201918178.4633505
28Puerto Rico201918178.4484727
29France201918178.3365732
30Ireland201918178.2945698
31French Polynesia201918178.26462
32Cook Islands201918178.219494
33Belarus201918178.1472538
34Antigua and Barbuda201918178.0600552
35Austria201918178.0146569
36United Kingdom201918177.8688589
37Luxembourg201918177.8272356
38Andorra201918177.7434855
39New Zealand201918177.6541002
40Grenada201918177.4610352
41Niue201918177.2125528
42Saint Vincent and the Grenadines201918177.0642797
43Romania201918177.0464128
44United States of America201918176.9549756
45Barbados201918176.7950962
46American Samoa201918176.5085536
47Jamaica201918176.4619319
48Russian Federation201918176.1305114
49Hungary201918175.9565628
50Tunisia201918175.921267
51Trinidad and Tobago201918175.8565653
52Tokelau201918175.8552197
53Turkey201918175.8393176
54Spain201918175.6102006
55Saint Lucia201918175.6024701
56Israel201918175.5715017
57Macedonia (TFYR)201918175.3759355
58Seychelles201918175.23176
59South Korea201918175.186113
60Brazil201918175.1237989
61Morocco201918175.0662327
62China201918174.9062799
63Moldova201918174.8998635
64Libya201918174.8813543
65China (Hong Kong SAR)201918174.851323
66Iran201918174.6398723
67Kuwait201918174.5842397
68Italy201918174.486288
69Tonga201918174.4071641
70Georgia201918174.3940692
71Dominican Republic201918174.3401157
72Bahamas201918174.3320358
73Suriname201918174.293243
74Uruguay201918174.1582656
75Argentina201918174.1237825
76Costa Rica201918173.9238794
77Kazakhstan201918173.8880087
78Senegal201918173.8799547
79Saint Kitts and Nevis201918173.8331286
80Cabo Verde201918173.8219516
81North Korea201918173.8090108
82Albania201918173.7754849
83Portugal201918173.7511266
84Occupied Palestinian Territory201918173.7188042
85United Arab Emirates201918173.7144124
86Cuba201918173.6681069
87Taiwan201918173.6120916
88Jordan201918173.5667058
89Fiji201918173.3691605
90Greenland201918173.3505637
91Bulgaria201918173.3380851
92Malta201918173.3225876
93Algeria201918173.2712526
94Egypt201918173.1433996
95Singapore201918173.1221814
96Azerbaijan201918173.0693557
97Paraguay201918173.0652616
98Iraq201918173.0186471
99Mali201918172.9606473
100Armenia201918172.9568858
101Mauritius201918172.9401525
102Bahrain201918172.7655152
103Venezuela201918172.7638231
104Cyprus201918172.7568502
105Chile201918172.7352867
106Samoa201918172.6731046
107Qatar201918172.6652048
108Turkmenistan201918172.6057418
109Haiti201918172.1881854
110Guyana201918171.9612694
111Thailand201918171.703823
112Botswana201918171.6520079
113Colombia201918171.5474872
114Japan201918171.4092815
115Tuvalu201918170.9167723
116Syrian Arab Republic201918170.7221492
117Belize201918170.61979
118Palau201918170.5467281
119Uzbekistan201918170.5437825
120Mongolia201918170.3729509
121Cameroon201918170.2764162
122Sudan201918170.207386
123El Salvador201918170.1972323
124Oman201918170.1970576
125Kyrgyzstan201918170.1694245
126Eritrea201918170.1418512
127Panama201918170.0574666
128Kiribati201918170.0548109
129Chad201918169.9780013
130Mexico201918169.8467173
131Somalia201918169.8242117

Average Height by Country (Female)

RankCountryYearAge groupGirls’ Mean height
1Netherlands201918169.730402
2Montenegro201918169.4582648
3Denmark201918168.9070445
4Estonia201918168.1425435
5Serbia201918168.1333414
6Iceland201918167.9665171
7Czech Republic201918167.6690387
8Latvia201918167.4341406
9Cook Islands201918167.2130004
10Lithuania201918167.1587496
11Slovenia201918167.1239425
12Slovakia201918166.8756889
13Bosnia and Herzegovina201918166.8097505
14American Samoa201918166.7769901
15Croatia201918166.7403834
16Dominica201918166.624934
17Norway201918166.4523501
18Niue201918166.4284801
19Sweden201918166.4186244
20Finland201918166.1327714
21French Polynesia201918166.0436374
22Ukraine201918165.9133485
23Belarus201918165.8853502
24Germany201918165.8264248
25Austria201918165.7640019
26Tokelau201918165.665449
27Tonga201918165.5412158
28Bermuda201918165.4396684
29Barbados201918165.2734252
30Poland201918165.2650609
31Greece201918165.242504
32Grenada201918164.9993731
33Antigua and Barbuda201918164.9417673
34Saint Vincent and the Grenadines201918164.8156489
35Andorra201918164.7875195
36Canada201918164.7690464
37Australia201918164.6642031
38New Zealand201918164.6255527
39Russian Federation201918164.5728059
40Saint Lucia201918164.5644946
41France201918164.4991406
42Luxembourg201918164.3841831
43Jamaica201918164.1356601
44Romania201918164.0844198
45Ireland201918164.0480278
46United Kingdom201918163.8940815
47Bulgaria201918163.8751857
48Lebanon201918163.6062882
49Switzerland201918163.4809147
50Fiji201918163.3064767
51Bahamas201918163.2277818
52Trinidad and Tobago201918163.1661044
53Puerto Rico201918163.1532152
54Senegal201918163.1366384
55China201918163.120571
56Tuvalu201918163.0989405
57Belgium201918163.0816729
58United States of America201918163.0702695
59Saint Kitts and Nevis201918162.7959816
60Moldova201918162.6257069
61South Korea201918162.5420967
62Samoa201918162.3692269
63Hungary201918162.2958609
64Georgia201918162.147452
65Malta201918162.0873389
66Spain201918162.007723
67Albania201918162.0023093
68Seychelles201918161.981343
69Brazil201918161.9612876
70Cabo Verde201918161.8974567
71Algeria201918161.8817039
72Israel201918161.8809092
73Tunisia201918161.8182061
74Libya201918161.6859266
75Turkmenistan201918161.6587872
76Turkey201918161.4739128
77Kazakhstan201918161.4516525
78Uruguay201918161.3902584
79Suriname201918161.3707653
80Chad201918161.3616874
81Botswana201918161.3169232
82Greenland201918161.309914
83Mali201918161.2804321
84Italy201918161.2544142
85Gambia201918161.2029812
86Iran201918161.1303749
87Dominican Republic201918161.0099704
88Singapore201918161.0055392
89Kiribati201918160.9338766
90Argentina201918160.873892
91Occupied Palestinian Territory201918160.8430804
92Macedonia (TFYR)201918160.6787907
93North Korea201918160.6747735
94Portugal201918160.6696727
95Azerbaijan201918160.5579064
96Morocco201918160.5496006
97China (Hong Kong SAR)201918160.5365742
98Cyprus201918160.4428085
99Burkina Faso201918160.4136167
100Qatar201918160.401706
101Taiwan201918160.3896212
102Cuba201918160.2437084
103Costa Rica201918160.1630343
104Egypt201918160.0419449
105United Arab Emirates201918160.0386511
106Haiti201918159.9828324
107Mongolia201918159.8755244
108Kuwait201918159.8550164
109Cameroon201918159.8498396
110Uzbekistan201918159.8416582
111Kyrgyzstan201918159.7989159
112Vanuatu201918159.7885426
113Namibia201918159.7005248
114Guyana201918159.6192728
115Paraguay201918159.5345727
116Palau201918159.5228289
117Venezuela201918159.5219335
118Thailand201918159.5044056
119Gabon201918159.4642161
120Chile201918159.3534808
121Mauritania201918159.2297843
122Sao Tome and Principe201918159.2235411
123Zimbabwe201918159.2201515
124Armenia201918159.2067273
125Micronesia (Federated States of)201918159.1183763
126Djibouti201918159.0946445
127Jordan201918159.0252042
128Sudan201918159.0242968
129Mauritius201918158.9564525
130Somalia201918158.9366323
131Kenya201918158.9138218
132Niger201918158.8396016
133Togo201918158.8178801
134Syrian Arab Republic201918158.7787173
135Central African Republic201918158.6703914
136Swaziland201918158.4296005
137Ghana201918158.3935072
138Bahrain201918158.3415234
139Guinea Bissau201918158.3310206
140Congo201918158.2804181
141Uganda201918158.2681651
142Iraq201918158.243534
143Cote d’Ivoire201918158.2118972
144Saudi Arabia201918158.1600141
145Guinea201918158.1427827
146South Africa201918158.0702626
147Viet Nam201918158.0583927
148Belize201918158.0413749
149Colombia201918157.98277
150Japan201918157.9129757
151Oman201918157.7128378
152Panama201918157.6659023
153Nauru201918157.6414564
154Benin201918157.544377
155Tajikistan201918157.5071392
156Mexico201918157.4810514
157Angola201918157.4234615
158Nigeria201918157.4156428
159Equatorial Guinea201918157.3744846
160Eritrea201918157.2947189
161Malaysia201918156.9384073
162Zambia201918156.8293548
163Ethiopia201918156.6839896
164Sierra Leone201918156.4513397
165Papua New Guinea201918156.4484913
166Tanzania201918156.3907654
167Lesotho201918156.2398053
168Comoros201918156.1363197
169Solomon Islands201918156.0496149
170Liberia201918156.0476425
171Rwanda201918155.9612505
172El Salvador201918155.9090783
173DR Congo201918155.6861303
174Malawi201918155.6441291
175Bolivia201918155.5303771
176Sri Lanka201918155.5069381
177Nicaragua201918155.450691
178India201918155.1705973
179Honduras201918155.0932975
180Ecuador201918154.839246
181Bhutan201918154.8214498
182Brunei Darussalam201918154.8138387
183Afghanistan201918154.7509203
184Marshall Islands201918154.6278994
185Mozambique201918154.5491252
186Burundi201918154.478171
187Cambodia201918154.4476233
188Maldives201918154.3843082
189Indonesia201918154.3467579
190Myanmar201918154.3117472
191Peru201918154.2104096
192Pakistan201918154.1877069
193Yemen201918153.7609661
194Philippines201918153.6973193
195Lao PDR201918153.0534519
196Madagascar201918152.5177779
197Nepal201918152.3898225
198Bangladesh201918152.2930479
199Timor-Leste201918151.8718087
200Guatemala201918150.704137

Source:

NCD-RisC: http://www.ncdrisc.org

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