Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD The average height for women is different across the world. In the United States, the ...

The average height for men varies across the world. The average male is about 5 feet 9 inches tall in the United States. Factors like genetics, nutrition, and health conditions can affect where ...

Human height has been evolving over the past century, with both men and women getting taller and heavier across the spectrum.

Now, they have fallen to 37th-tallest for men and 42nd-tallest for women, after the two groups hit the American peak average height in 1996 and 1988, respectively. The study looked at growth ...