| Country | Mean height, 1914 | Mean height, 2014 | Difference, cm |
| Afghanistan |
161.2 |
165.3 |
4.1 |
| Albania |
163.3 |
173.4 |
10.1 |
| Algeria |
160.4 |
170.1 |
9.7 |
| American Samoa |
169.7 |
176 |
6.3 |
| Andorra |
163.4 |
176.1 |
12.7 |
| Angola |
162.2 |
167.3 |
5.1 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
161.7 |
172.7 |
11 |
| Argentina |
162.3 |
174.6 |
12.3 |
| Armenia |
161.9 |
172 |
10.1 |
| Australia |
168.9 |
179.2 |
10.3 |
| Austria |
168 |
177.4 |
9.4 |
| Azerbaijan |
161.7 |
169.7 |
8 |
| Bahamas |
161.7 |
172.7 |
11 |
| Bahrain |
156.7 |
167.7 |
11 |
| Bangladesh |
158.6 |
163.8 |
5.2 |
| Barbados |
164.9 |
175.9 |
11 |
| Belarus |
167.7 |
178.4 |
10.7 |
| Belgium |
167.2 |
181.7 |
14.5 |
| Belize |
158.1 |
168.7 |
10.6 |
| Benin |
162.5 |
167.1 |
4.6 |
| Bermuda |
161.7 |
172.7 |
11 |
| Bhutan |
161.3 |
165.3 |
4 |
| Bolivia |
156.3 |
166.8 |
10.5 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
168.4 |
180.9 |
12.5 |
| Botswana |
166.2 |
171.6 |
5.4 |
| Brazil |
163.2 |
173.6 |
10.4 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
155.8 |
165 |
9.2 |
| Bulgaria |
166.5 |
178.2 |
11.7 |
| Burkina Faso |
163.5 |
169.3 |
5.8 |
| Burundi |
161.6 |
166.6 |
5 |
| Cabo Verde |
164.9 |
173.2 |
8.3 |
| Cambodia |
154.9 |
163.3 |
8.4 |
| Cameroon |
163.5 |
167.8 |
4.3 |
| Canada |
170.7 |
178.1 |
7.4 |
| Central African Republic |
161.4 |
166.7 |
5.3 |
| Chad |
164.9 |
170.4 |
5.5 |
| Chile |
160.7 |
171.8 |
11.1 |
| China |
161 |
171.8 |
10.8 |
| China (Hong Kong SAR) |
159.7 |
173.6 |
13.9 |
| Colombia |
157.3 |
169.5 |
12.2 |
| Comoros |
159.7 |
166.2 |
6.5 |
| Congo |
161.9 |
167.4 |
5.5 |
| Cook Islands |
169.5 |
174.8 |
5.3 |
| Costa Rica |
157.7 |
168.9 |
11.2 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
162.6 |
166.5 |
3.9 |
| Croatia |
168.1 |
180.8 |
12.7 |
| Cuba |
159.9 |
172 |
12.1 |
| Cyprus |
162.7 |
175 |
12.3 |
| Czech Republic |
168 |
180.1 |
12.1 |
| Denmark |
170 |
181.4 |
11.4 |
| Djibouti |
161.5 |
166.6 |
5.1 |
| Dominica |
164.5 |
176.3 |
11.8 |
| Dominican Republic |
160.3 |
172.7 |
12.4 |
| DR Congo |
161.8 |
166.8 |
5 |
| Ecuador |
155.6 |
167.1 |
11.5 |
| Egypt |
158.6 |
166.7 |
8.1 |
| El Salvador |
158.5 |
169.8 |
11.3 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
162.1 |
167.4 |
5.3 |
| Eritrea |
163.8 |
168.4 |
4.6 |
| Estonia |
170.9 |
181.6 |
10.7 |
| Ethiopia |
161.3 |
166.2 |
4.9 |
| Fiji |
168.6 |
173.9 |
5.3 |
| Finland |
167.7 |
179.6 |
11.9 |
| France |
166.4 |
179.7 |
13.3 |
| French Polynesia |
170 |
177.4 |
7.4 |
| Gabon |
162.7 |
167.9 |
5.2 |
| Gambia |
160.7 |
165.4 |
4.7 |
| Georgia |
164.4 |
174.3 |
9.9 |
| Germany |
167.2 |
179.9 |
12.7 |
| Ghana |
162.4 |
168.8 |
6.4 |
| Greece |
162.5 |
177.3 |
14.8 |
| Greenland |
159.5 |
174.9 |
15.4 |
| Grenada |
164.5 |
177 |
12.5 |
| Guatemala |
153.9 |
163.4 |
9.5 |
| Guinea |
163.4 |
167.5 |
4.1 |
| Guinea Bissau |
162.8 |
167.9 |
5.1 |
| Guyana |
159.9 |
170.2 |
10.3 |
| Haiti |
161.7 |
172.6 |
10.9 |
| Honduras |
158.4 |
166.4 |
8 |
| Hungary |
166.3 |
177.3 |
11 |
| Iceland |
170.5 |
180.5 |
10 |
| India |
162 |
164.9 |
2.9 |
| Indonesia |
154.6 |
163.6 |
9 |
| Iran |
157.1 |
173.6 |
16.5 |
| Iraq |
159.3 |
170.4 |
11.1 |
| Ireland |
166.4 |
178.9 |
12.5 |
| Israel |
163.4 |
176.9 |
13.5 |
| Italy |
164.7 |
177.8 |
13.1 |
| Jamaica |
163.1 |
174.5 |
11.4 |
| Japan |
156.2 |
170.8 |
14.6 |
| Jordan |
158.9 |
171 |
12.1 |
| Kazakhstan |
161.2 |
171.1 |
9.9 |
| Kenya |
165.7 |
169.6 |
3.9 |
| Kiribati |
166.8 |
169.2 |
2.4 |
| Kuwait |
160.5 |
172.1 |
11.6 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
160.2 |
171.2 |
11 |
| Lao PDR |
152.9 |
160.5 |
7.6 |
| Latvia |
169.4 |
181.4 |
12 |
| Lebanon |
160.7 |
174.4 |
13.7 |
| Lesotho |
161.3 |
165.6 |
4.3 |
| Liberia |
158.7 |
163.7 |
5 |
| Libya |
161.3 |
173.5 |
12.2 |
| Lithuania |
168.9 |
179 |
10.1 |
| Luxembourg |
167.3 |
177.9 |
10.6 |
| Macedonia (TFYR) |
166.5 |
178.3 |
11.8 |
| Madagascar |
158.7 |
161.5 |
2.8 |
| Malawi |
159.2 |
162.2 |
3 |
| Malaysia |
157.6 |
167.9 |
10.3 |
| Maldives |
155.8 |
167.7 |
11.9 |
| Mali |
165.1 |
171.1 |
6 |
| Malta |
161.9 |
173.3 |
11.4 |
| Marshall Islands |
162.3 |
162.8 |
0.5 |
| Mauritania |
161.5 |
163.3 |
1.8 |
| Mauritius |
160.6 |
170.5 |
9.9 |
| Mexico |
156.7 |
169 |
12.3 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) |
164.7 |
168.5 |
3.8 |
| Moldova |
164.6 |
175.5 |
10.9 |
| Mongolia |
159.1 |
169.1 |
10 |
| Montenegro |
166.5 |
178.3 |
11.8 |
| Morocco |
159.2 |
170.4 |
11.2 |
| Mozambique |
159.1 |
164.8 |
5.7 |
| Myanmar |
157.3 |
164.7 |
7.4 |
| Namibia |
164.2 |
167 |
2.8 |
| Nauru |
164.8 |
167.8 |
3 |
| Nepal |
157.6 |
162.3 |
4.7 |
| Netherlands |
169.4 |
182.5 |
13.1 |
| New Zealand |
167.5 |
177.7 |
10.2 |
| Nicaragua |
157.2 |
166.7 |
9.5 |
| Niger |
163.9 |
167.7 |
3.8 |
| Nigeria |
161 |
165.9 |
4.9 |
| Niue |
168.6 |
175.8 |
7.2 |
| North Korea |
160.6 |
172 |
11.4 |
| Norway |
171.2 |
179.7 |
8.5 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
160.9 |
172.1 |
11.2 |
| Oman |
155.8 |
169.2 |
13.4 |
| Pakistan |
165.7 |
166.9 |
1.2 |
| Palau |
164.1 |
167.7 |
3.6 |
| Panama |
157 |
168.5 |
11.5 |
| Papua New Guinea |
159.3 |
163.6 |
4.3 |
| Paraguay |
162 |
172.8 |
10.8 |
| Peru |
154.9 |
165.2 |
10.3 |
| Philippines |
154.7 |
163.2 |
8.5 |
| Poland |
163.7 |
177.3 |
13.6 |
| Portugal |
159 |
172.9 |
13.9 |
| Puerto Rico |
160.5 |
172.1 |
11.6 |
| Qatar |
159.2 |
170.5 |
11.3 |
| Romania |
163.8 |
174.7 |
10.9 |
| Russian Federation |
167 |
176.5 |
9.5 |
| Rwanda |
159.9 |
162.7 |
2.8 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
160.3 |
169.6 |
9.3 |
| Saint Lucia |
162 |
171.9 |
9.9 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
161.8 |
172.8 |
11 |
| Samoa |
169.1 |
174.4 |
5.3 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
162.2 |
167.4 |
5.2 |
| Saudi Arabia |
158.1 |
167.7 |
9.6 |
| Senegal |
166.7 |
173.1 |
6.4 |
| Serbia |
167.4 |
180.6 |
13.2 |
| Seychelles |
165.5 |
174.2 |
8.7 |
| Sierra Leone |
160.6 |
164.4 |
3.8 |
| Singapore |
162.9 |
172.6 |
9.7 |
| Slovakia |
168.3 |
179.5 |
11.2 |
| Slovenia |
167.4 |
179.8 |
12.4 |
| Solomon Islands |
160.8 |
164.1 |
3.3 |
| Somalia |
161.4 |
166.6 |
5.2 |
| South Africa |
165.3 |
166.7 |
1.4 |
| South Korea |
159.8 |
174.9 |
15.1 |
| Spain |
162.3 |
176.6 |
14.3 |
| Sri Lanka |
156.9 |
165.7 |
8.8 |
| Sudan |
161.5 |
166.6 |
5.1 |
| Suriname |
161.7 |
172.7 |
11 |
| Swaziland |
163.2 |
168.1 |
4.9 |
| Sweden |
171.9 |
179.7 |
7.8 |
| Switzerland |
167.5 |
178.4 |
10.9 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
159.2 |
170.4 |
11.2 |
| Taiwan |
161.3 |
174.5 |
13.2 |
| Tajikistan |
161.4 |
171.3 |
9.9 |
| Tanzania |
160.8 |
164.8 |
4 |
| Thailand |
158.5 |
169.2 |
10.7 |
| Timor0Leste |
153 |
159.8 |
6.8 |
| Togo |
162.8 |
168.3 |
5.5 |
| Tokelau |
168.1 |
175.3 |
7.2 |
| Tonga |
170.4 |
176.8 |
6.4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
163.9 |
173.7 |
9.8 |
| Tunisia |
164.1 |
174 |
9.9 |
| Turkey |
160.3 |
174.2 |
13.9 |
| Turkmenistan |
161.7 |
172 |
10.3 |
| Tuvalu |
165.4 |
169.6 |
4.2 |
| Uganda |
162.2 |
165.6 |
3.4 |
| Ukraine |
167.7 |
178.5 |
10.8 |
| United Arab Emirates |
159.3 |
170.5 |
11.2 |
| United Kingdom |
166.9 |
177.5 |
10.6 |
| United States of America |
171.1 |
177.1 |
6 |
| Uruguay |
163.8 |
173.4 |
9.6 |
| Uzbekistan |
161.1 |
169.4 |
8.3 |
| Vanuatu |
163.6 |
168.1 |
4.5 |
| Venezuela |
160 |
171.6 |
11.6 |
| Viet Nam |
155.3 |
164.4 |
9.1 |
| Yemen |
154.5 |
159.9 |
5.4 |
| Zambia |
162.2 |
166.5 |
4.3 |
| Zimbabwe |
164.8 |
168.6 |
3.8 |
