It's a question we sometimes ask ourselves without really looking for the answer: what is the average height of men and women around the world? This figure, although very real, is often shrouded in ...

Statistics show that 17-year-old boys in Japan are around 10 centimeters taller than their peers 100 years ago. Statistics from Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology ...

A man with a beard and a black t-shirt measures his height with a tape measure. Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult.

Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult. The average height of a population can indicate the health of its people since ...