Even though the metric system is the most common system of measurements we will include the average height by country in both metric units and imperial units. This can be determined if you know your weight and your height. The healthy weight range is based on a measurement known as the body mass index bmi. More than one third of americans in the united states are considered obese. All the surveys apart from wales measure their respondents height and weight in order to calculate bmi. 1753 cm 5 ft 9 in 1615.
Using your age sex nationality height and weight it will come up with a number. Countryregion average male height average female height stature ratio male to female sample population age range share of pop. Visit bbc news for up to the minute news breaking news video audio and feature stories. For clarification the imperial system measures height by way of feet and inches whereas the metric system uses meters and centimeters. The welsh survey asks for self reported measurements which may lead to an underestimate of. The height charts are now utterly dominated by european countries but the data would suggest that growth trends in general in the west have largely levelled out.
This impacts all ethnic groups in the follow statistics as according to the center for disease control and prevention. Average weight by country and us states. Over 18 covered methodology year source united states. Using un data on population size in 177 countries together with estimates of global weight from the who and mean height from national health examination surveys the team were able to calculate. While north korea is the 52nd largest country by population it is considered to have the worlds fourth. United states obesity by ethnicity.
Bbc news provides trusted world and uk news as well as local and regional perspectives. North korea stagnated in the 1980s as the country stuck rigidly to its state run system. The body mass index or bmi is a way of. The bbc has launched a new app that shows how your body weight ranks against people globally. The smallest men on the planet.
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