Warg2 of UK writes: hey solid gold factmaster! could you resolve a long-standing (and somewhat tedious) point of disagreement between me and a friend who lives in Germany please... what is the average height of a fully-grown adult male in the UK (ie the average without babies and small children)?
This is one that is easy to clear up: the often quoted average of 177.5cm includes babies and small children. The average for fully-grown adult males is 189.7cm. If it helps this is 5.3% higher than the German equivalent and 8.0% higher than the French average. Hope this finally resolves your discussion!
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hey solid gold factmaster... thanks for this. but my friend still stubbornly refuses to accept what you say. do you have any statistics to back this up?
Table 4
Mean height, by survey year, age and sex
Adults aged 16 and over with a valid height measurement 1993-2004
Height (cm) Age Total
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
Men
1993
Mean 191.5 191.3 190.7 189.2 187.7 184.9 182.8 189.1
Standard error of the mean 0.22 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.21 0.23 0.34 0.08
1994
Mean 191.5 191.6 191.0 189.5 187.7 185.3 182.9 189.3
Standard error of the mean 0.23 0.18 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.24 0.39 0.09
1995
Mean 191.7 191.5 190.6 189.4 187.8 185.3 182.4 189.2
Standard error of the mean 0.23 0.19 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.22 0.31 0.09
1996
Mean 191.2 191.5 190.5 189.1 187.8 185.3 182.2 189.1
Standard error of the mean 0.23 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.22 0.22 0.30 0.09
1997
Mean 191.6 191.3 190.6 189.4 187.5 185.3 182.7 189.2
Standard error of the mean 0.32 0.26 0.25 0.26 0.29 0.33 0.46 0.12
1998
Mean 191.5 191.5 190.4 189.5 187.7 185.6 182.6 189.1
Standard error of the mean 0.24 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.22 0.24 0.31 0.09
1999
Mean 191.7 191.9 189.8 189.3 187.8 185.7 183.0 189.1
Standard error of the mean 0.37 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.31 0.33 0.44 0.13
2000
Mean 191.2 191.8 190.6 189.0 187.6 185.8 182.4 189.1
Standard error of the mean 0.35 0.29 0.26 0.28 0.30 0.35 0.42 0.13
2001
Mean 191.8 191.6 191.1 189.6 187.7 186.4 182.4 189.3
Standard error of the mean 0.25 0.21 0.19 0.19 0.21 0.23 0.33 0.09
2002
Mean 191.9 191.5 190.9 189.7 188.3 185.9 183.6 189.5
Standard error of the mean 0.18 0.31 0.27 0.30 0.32 0.36 0.48 0.13
2003 (unweighted)b
Mean 192.1 191.9 190.8 189.7 188.2 186.0 183.9 189.4
Standard error of the mean 0.26 0.22 0.20 0.22 0.21 0.23 0.33 0.09
2004 (unweighted)b
Mean 192.2 192.3 191.0 190.0 188.2 185.7 183.3 189.4
Standard error of the mean 0.48 0.35 0.31 0.35 0.32 0.38 0.48 0.15
2003 (weighted)
Mean 192.2 191.8 190.7 189.7 188.1 185.9 183.8 189.7
Standard error of the mean 0.29 0.27 0.21 0.23 0.21 0.22 0.33 0.11
2004 (weighted)
Mean 192.1 192.1 190.9 189.6 188.1 185.6 183.2 189.7
Standard error of the mean 0.58 0.38 0.34 0.39 0.33 0.38 0.44 0.18
Women
1993
Mean 163.1 163.0 162.4 161.7 160.2 158.1 154.3 161.1
Standard error of the mean 0.19 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.20 0.20 0.25 0.07
1994
Mean 163.0 163.3 162.3 161.9 160.4 158.4 154.6 161.1
Standard error of the mean 0.21 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.23 0.08
1995
Mean 163.1 162.8 162.1 161.3 159.9 158.1 154.6 160.9
Standard error of the mean 0.19 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.20 0.25 0.07
1996
Mean 163.1 163.2 162.2 161.4 159.9 157.8 154.7 161.0
Standard error of the mean 0.19 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.19 0.19 0.23 0.07
1997
Mean 162.9 163.1 162.4 161.4 159.4 158.2 154.3 160.9
Standard error of the mean 0.27 0.21 0.23 0.22 0.26 0.28 0.30 0.10
Will this do?
1998
Mean 163.4 163.0 162.5 161.4 160.2 157.8 154.7 161.0
Standard error of the mean 0.21 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.19 0.20 0.25 0.07
1999
Mean 163.6 162.6 162.2 161.3 159.8 158.2 154.7 161.0
Standard error of the mean 0.31 0.23 0.23 0.25 0.28 0.30 0.35 0.11
2000
Mean 162.8 162.9 162.8 161.5 160.1 157.9 154.4 161.0
Standard error of the mean 0.31 0.24 0.21 0.25 0.25 0.27 0.33 0.11
2001
Mean 163.5 163.2 162.3 161.5 160.6 158.2 154.5 161.1
Standard error of the mean 0.21 0.17 0.15 0.17 0.19 0.20 0.25 0.08
2002
Mean 163.3 163.1 162.6 161.8 160.4 158.6 155.4 161.3
Standard error of the mean 0.15 0.28 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.30 0.37 0.11
2003 (unweighted)b
Mean 163.6 163.1 162.8 161.7 160.3 158.5 155.4 161.2
Standard error of the mean 0.21 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.22 0.25 0.08
2004 (unweighted)b
Mean 163.1 162.8 163.2 161.9 160.6 158.9 155.2 161.2
Standard error of the mean 0.38 0.29 0.23 0.27 0.27 0.29 0.38 0.12
2003 (weighted)
Mean 163.7 163.1 162.7 161.7 160.3 158.5 155.4 161.4
Standard error of the mean 0.23 0.20 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.22 0.25 0.09
2004 (weighted)
Mean 163.0 162.7 163.1 161.8 160.6 158.9 155.3 161.4
Standard error of the mean 0.45 0.28 0.25 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.36 0.14
Bases
Men
1993 1010 1473 1337 1261 1038 850 411 7380
1994 949 1394 1299 1093 948 826 390 6900
1995 893 1352 1331 1121 944 847 435 6923
1996 927 1330 1378 1280 955 848 444 7162
1997 483 722 727 680 516 420 196 3744
1998 841 1298 1267 1236 935 771 453 6801
1999 396 581 642 595 472 391 205 3282
2000 417 609 681 542 481 386 243 3359
2001 774 1071 1244 1145 980 782 410 6406
2002a 1575 476 639 495 455 336 207 3027
2003 (unweighted) 697 971 1196 1015 1013 740 410 6042
2004 (unweighted) 259 400 482 395 432 334 194 2496
2003 (weighted) 976 1205 1338 1088 959 668 373 6605
2004 (weighted) 6016 7014 8195 6676 5760 4099 2311 40070
Women
1993 1100 1704 1520 1336 1081 1012 675 8428
1994 1059 1678 1471 1259 1011 1063 706 8249
1995 1050 1686 1457 1318 1068 975 640 8194
1996 1093 1642 1576 1436 1043 1011 698 8499
1997 549 900 820 784 562 493 354 4462
1998 980 1587 1540 1430 1083 887 697 8204
1999 484 719 788 711 481 425 300 3908
2000 396 757 832 671 527 442 335 3960
2001 915 1365 1613 1396 1073 891 601 7854
2002a 1844 575 770 615 537 411 304 3684
2003 (unweighted) 841 1206 1543 1181 1221 827 630 7449
2004 (unweighted) 319 502 688 546 558 411 287 3311
2003 (weighted) 975 1205 1373 1109 1004 709 548 6923
2004 (weighted) 5809 7279 8495 6712 6259 4389 3346 42289
a All young adults from core and boost samples were included in analysis of 16-24 year olds but only the core sample was included in the overall total
b Data from 2003 onwards has been weighted for non-response. Unweighted data for 2003 onwards are provided for consistency with previous years which are also unweighted
hi, i am the stubborn friend. thanks for providing the stats but could you post the official link to the study you refer to? thanks in advance.
hi there... the statistics came from the UK Height Society's Longitudinal Study 2006. This is good yes?
hello, thanks a lot. do you have an internet link which would take me to the study?
what is weird is that this study shows that between 16 and 24, the average is at around 178 cm... weird, no: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height
(look at UK study - 16-24)
oh, and a happy new year!
Sorry, but there is absolutely no way that the UK average height for men is over 6'2"! I'm sure that the oft-quoted value of about 5'10" really is based only on fully-grown men. I'd love to see a link to this UK Height Society's Longitudinal Study 2006.
what the hell? lokk anywhere on the internet and you'll see that the adverage UK male is 5:10 or 5:9
definatly not 6:2
that's ridiculus
only the swedes are that tall on adverage
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