Worldwide, scientists have found that there's around a 20 centimeter, or 7.8 inch, difference between the average height of a child in the tallest and shortest countries, according to the BBC.
When it comes to adults, in countries like the Netherlands — ranked as the tallest on earth — the average person towers as high as 175.62cm (5 feet 7.96 inches). But at the other end of the scale, the average height is considerably lower.
Insider compiled a ranking of average height data using a 2020 medical database run by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, a project linked to Imperial College London. It lists separate figures for male and female heights for each country.
We took an average of those two figures to get a rough idea of the average height of a person in each country, and also listed the separate male and female figures.
Scroll down to see the 25 countries with the shortest average populations.
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