How tall you would be, by destination

The US mean man is 176.9 cm. He is taller than the local mean man in 40 destinations and shorter in 11. Mean women's height is on the same row.

Dumbbell chart of mean adult height for men and women in every Geomaxxing destination, with the USA marked and a dashed line at the US mean man

One row per destination: mean woman, mean man, and the bar between them. The dashed line is the US mean man.

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What the chart says

40 destinations have a shorter mean man than the USA's 176.9 cm; 11 have a taller one. Central and Eastern Europe are the ones above.
The tallest men on record are Netherlands at 183.8 cm, the shortest Timor-Leste at 160.1 cm — a 24 cm spread across the full table.
The men-to-women gap is roughly constant everywhere. A market with taller men has taller women.

All 151

Every country NCD-RisC publishes a mean adult height for, tallest men first.

#	Country	On this site	Mean height, men	Mean height, women	Gap, cm
1	Netherlands	—	183.8 cm	170.4 cm	13.4
2	Montenegro	—	183.3 cm	170.0 cm	13.3
3	Estonia	—	182.8 cm	168.7 cm	14.1
4	Iceland	—	182.1 cm	168.9 cm	13.2
5	Denmark	—	181.9 cm	169.5 cm	12.4
6	Latvia	yes	181.2 cm	168.8 cm	12.4
7	Czechia	yes	181.2 cm	168.0 cm	13.2
8	Ukraine	—	181.0 cm	166.6 cm	14.4
9	Slovenia	—	181.0 cm	167.2 cm	13.8
10	Slovakia	yes	181.0 cm	167.1 cm	13.9
11	Croatia	—	180.8 cm	166.8 cm	14.0
12	Poland	yes	180.7 cm	165.8 cm	14.9
13	Lithuania	—	180.7 cm	167.6 cm	13.1
14	Serbia	yes	180.7 cm	168.3 cm	12.4
15	Finland	—	180.6 cm	166.5 cm	14.1
16	Norway	—	180.5 cm	166.4 cm	14.1
17	Sweden	—	180.5 cm	166.7 cm	13.8
18	Germany	yes	180.3 cm	166.2 cm	14.1
19	Greece	—	179.3 cm	165.8 cm	13.5
20	Belgium	—	179.1 cm	163.4 cm	15.7
21	Lebanon	yes	179.0 cm	163.7 cm	15.3
22	Ireland	—	179.0 cm	164.5 cm	14.5
23	Australia	—	178.8 cm	164.7 cm	14.1
24	Canada	yes	178.7 cm	164.7 cm	14.0
25	Belarus	yes	178.7 cm	166.9 cm	11.8
26	Switzerland	—	178.7 cm	164.3 cm	14.4
27	France	—	178.6 cm	164.5 cm	14.1
28	Austria	—	178.5 cm	166.9 cm	11.6
29	Luxembourg	—	178.5 cm	165.1 cm	13.4
30	United Kingdom	yes	178.2 cm	163.9 cm	14.3
31	Romania	yes	177.8 cm	164.7 cm	13.1
32	New Zealand	—	177.7 cm	164.7 cm	13.0
33	Jamaica	—	177.0 cm	164.3 cm	12.7
34	United States of America	yes	176.9 cm	163.3 cm	13.6
35	Tunisia	—	176.9 cm	161.7 cm	15.2
36	Hungary	yes	176.6 cm	162.5 cm	14.1
37	Turkey	yes	176.4 cm	161.8 cm	14.6
38	Morocco	yes	176.4 cm	161.2 cm	15.2
39	Libya	—	176.4 cm	162.6 cm	13.8
40	Senegal	—	176.2 cm	163.9 cm	12.3
41	Spain	yes	176.1 cm	162.0 cm	14.1
42	Israel	—	176.0 cm	162.2 cm	13.8
43	Georgia	—	176.0 cm	163.2 cm	12.8
44	Trinidad and Tobago	—	176.0 cm	163.4 cm	12.6
45	Brazil	yes	175.7 cm	162.4 cm	13.3
46	China	yes	175.7 cm	163.5 cm	12.2
47	Iran	yes	175.6 cm	161.2 cm	14.4
48	Moldova	—	175.6 cm	163.0 cm	12.6
49	Kazakhstan	yes	175.5 cm	161.7 cm	13.8
50	South Korea	yes	175.5 cm	163.2 cm	12.3
51	Mali	—	175.0 cm	162.0 cm	13.0
52	Algeria	—	175.0 cm	162.3 cm	12.7
53	Kuwait	—	175.0 cm	160.1 cm	14.9
54	Argentina	yes	174.8 cm	161.2 cm	13.6
55	Jordan	yes	174.8 cm	159.5 cm	15.3
56	North Korea	—	174.7 cm	161.2 cm	13.5
57	Egypt	—	174.6 cm	160.9 cm	13.7
58	Suriname	—	174.5 cm	162.3 cm	12.2
59	Bahamas	—	174.4 cm	163.5 cm	10.9
60	Turkmenistan	—	174.4 cm	162.8 cm	11.6
61	Portugal	yes	174.4 cm	161.2 cm	13.2
62	Italy	—	174.4 cm	161.8 cm	12.6
63	Uruguay	yes	174.3 cm	161.6 cm	12.7
64	Bulgaria	yes	174.2 cm	164.6 cm	9.6
65	United Arab Emirates	—	174.1 cm	160.5 cm	13.6
66	Albania	—	174.1 cm	162.2 cm	11.9
67	Fiji	—	174.0 cm	164.3 cm	9.7
68	Costa Rica	yes	174.0 cm	160.4 cm	13.6
69	Azerbaijan	—	174.0 cm	161.4 cm	12.6
70	Greenland	—	173.8 cm	161.4 cm	12.4
71	Iraq	—	173.8 cm	158.7 cm	15.1
72	Paraguay	yes	173.8 cm	159.8 cm	14.0
73	Armenia	—	173.7 cm	159.9 cm	13.8
74	Cuba	—	173.6 cm	160.1 cm	13.5
75	Venezuela	—	173.5 cm	160.0 cm	13.5
76	Taiwan	yes	173.5 cm	160.7 cm	12.8
77	Qatar	—	173.3 cm	160.7 cm	12.6
78	Botswana	—	173.2 cm	162.1 cm	11.1
79	Chile	yes	172.9 cm	159.4 cm	13.5
80	Cyprus	—	172.7 cm	160.6 cm	12.1
81	Haiti	—	172.2 cm	160.6 cm	11.6
82	Guyana	—	172.2 cm	159.6 cm	12.6
83	Sudan	—	172.1 cm	160.4 cm	11.7
84	Cameroon	—	172.1 cm	160.4 cm	11.7
85	Japan	yes	172.1 cm	158.5 cm	13.6
86	Colombia	yes	171.9 cm	158.0 cm	13.9
87	Burkina Faso	—	171.9 cm	161.3 cm	10.6
88	Chad	—	171.8 cm	162.1 cm	9.7
89	Oman	—	171.7 cm	158.4 cm	13.3
90	Kyrgyzstan	yes	171.7 cm	160.2 cm	11.5
91	Nigeria	yes	171.6 cm	158.1 cm	13.5
92	Thailand	yes	171.6 cm	159.4 cm	12.2
93	Congo	—	171.2 cm	158.8 cm	12.4
94	Uzbekistan	—	170.9 cm	160.3 cm	10.6
95	Djibouti	—	170.8 cm	159.8 cm	11.0
96	El Salvador	yes	170.7 cm	156.4 cm	14.3
97	Zimbabwe	—	170.7 cm	159.8 cm	10.9
98	Guinea	—	170.7 cm	158.8 cm	11.9
99	Mongolia	—	170.7 cm	159.9 cm	10.8
100	Saudi Arabia	—	170.7 cm	158.8 cm	11.9
101	Eritrea	—	170.6 cm	157.6 cm	13.0
102	Kenya	yes	170.5 cm	159.4 cm	11.1
103	Belize	—	170.5 cm	158.1 cm	12.4
104	Gabon	—	170.5 cm	160.0 cm	10.5
105	Mexico	yes	170.3 cm	157.9 cm	12.4
106	Niger	—	170.3 cm	159.8 cm	10.5
107	Ghana	—	170.3 cm	158.9 cm	11.4
108	Panama	yes	170.2 cm	158.2 cm	12.0
109	Togo	—	170.1 cm	159.1 cm	11.0
110	Nicaragua	yes	169.9 cm	155.6 cm	14.3
111	Namibia	—	169.7 cm	160.3 cm	9.4
112	South Africa	—	169.6 cm	158.6 cm	11.0
113	Honduras	yes	169.6 cm	155.2 cm	14.4
114	Malaysia	yes	169.2 cm	157.1 cm	12.1
115	Vietnam	yes	168.9 cm	158.4 cm	10.5
116	Ethiopia	—	168.8 cm	157.2 cm	11.6
117	Uganda	—	168.7 cm	158.5 cm	10.2
118	Angola	—	168.5 cm	158.1 cm	10.4
119	Afghanistan	—	168.5 cm	156.1 cm	12.4
120	Benin	—	168.4 cm	158.4 cm	10.0
121	Gambia	—	168.4 cm	161.7 cm	6.7
122	Tajikistan	—	168.4 cm	158.1 cm	10.3
123	Vanuatu	—	168.3 cm	160.5 cm	7.8
124	Bolivia	—	168.1 cm	155.6 cm	12.5
125	Sri Lanka	—	168.1 cm	155.9 cm	12.2
126	Lesotho	—	167.9 cm	156.7 cm	11.2
127	Zambia	—	167.6 cm	157.3 cm	10.3
128	Ecuador	yes	167.3 cm	155.2 cm	12.1
129	Burundi	—	167.3 cm	155.1 cm	12.2
130	Pakistan	—	167.3 cm	154.8 cm	12.5
131	Tanzania	—	167.0 cm	156.9 cm	10.1
132	Bhutan	—	167.0 cm	155.2 cm	11.8
133	Peru	yes	166.8 cm	154.4 cm	12.4
134	Myanmar	yes	166.7 cm	154.7 cm	12.0
135	India	yes	166.5 cm	155.2 cm	11.3
136	Sierra Leone	—	166.4 cm	157.3 cm	9.1
137	Indonesia	yes	166.3 cm	154.4 cm	11.9
138	Rwanda	—	166.0 cm	156.7 cm	9.3
139	Malawi	—	165.7 cm	156.1 cm	9.6
140	Mauritania	—	165.5 cm	160.1 cm	5.4
141	Liberia	—	165.5 cm	156.5 cm	9.0
142	Cambodia	yes	165.3 cm	154.7 cm	10.6
143	Madagascar	—	165.2 cm	153.1 cm	12.1
144	Philippines	yes	165.2 cm	154.1 cm	11.1
145	Bangladesh	yes	165.1 cm	152.4 cm	12.7
146	Guatemala	yes	164.4 cm	150.9 cm	13.5
147	Nepal	—	164.4 cm	152.4 cm	12.0
148	Yemen	—	164.4 cm	154.8 cm	9.6
149	Mozambique	—	164.3 cm	155.4 cm	8.9
150	Papua New Guinea	—	163.1 cm	156.9 cm	6.2
151	Timor-Leste	—	160.1 cm	152.7 cm	7.4

Centimetres here, feet and inches in the chart and the CSV.

Where this is wrong

A mean, not a distribution. NCD-RisC publishes no spread, so no percentile is derivable and none is shown — "taller than X% of men there" is not a number this data can produce.
Measured at age 19. Adult height is reached by then for almost everyone, but it is a birth-cohort figure, so a country with fast recent growth reads slightly taller than its living adults.
Country level. Says nothing about a particular city.
Height is the metric on this site that varies least between destinations. It is here because it is asked about, not because it should decide anything.

Sources

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

Height and BMI drawn as to-scale figures are on the ten-destination chart.

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