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 ...

Height differences between countries can be staggering. A recent study compiled by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD RisC) research network updates the global ranking of average adult male ...

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.