In the UK, where the HDI rose from 0.8 in 1900 to 0.94 in 2022, the average height of women rose from 159cm to 162cm, an increase of 1.9%. For men, it rose from 170cm to 177cm, an increase of 4%.

Gary's wife Dawn Andrews, who is a similar height to her husband, is certainly above the 5ft 3in UK average for women. Numerous studies show that a person's height can generally be predicted by ...

Erika Barbour, who lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, stands at 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 9.5 inches taller than the average height for women in the U.S. Her height difference was clear in a recent picture ...

Now, they have fallen to 37th-tallest for men and 42nd-tallest for women, after the two groups hit the American peak average height in 1996 and 1988, respectively. The study looked at growth ...