Medically reviewed by Daniel Combs, MD The average male height in the United States is 5 feet 9 inches.Men in the Netherlands have the tallest average height of about 6 feet.Genetics and nutrition are ...

Men, on average, are about 13 centimeters (5 inches) taller than women, with sex hormones and growth genes thought to be the main drivers of this height difference. However, while numerous studies ...

On average, human males tend to be about 5 inches (13 centimeters) taller than females. But why? In short, we're not sure. Even though this sex-linked height difference exists across the world, we ...

Women around the world have increased their height and weight at half the rate of men over the last century, widening the physical gap between the sexes, new research finds. For the study, titled 'The ...