#the 25 Countries With the Tallest People in the World

• Height varies a lot around the world — and some countries have a definite lead.
• Using medical data, Insider calculated the mean height for the 25 tallest countries.
• Many of the countries with the tallest people are found in Europe.

At nearly 8 feet 3 inches tall, Sultan Kösen, who hails from Turkey, may be the tallest person on the planet.

Despite his commanding size, his country doesn’t make the list of those with the tallest people.

Insider used mean height data from the medical database NCD Risk Factor Collaboration to find the countries with the tallest people. The project collected information on metrics like height, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels from over 2,500 population surveys from 193 countries.

The NCD lists separate heights for 19-year-old males and females in each country. We took an average of these two figures to give a rough idea of how tall the typical person is in the country and also broke down the list by sex.

It’s also important to note that the dataset is only through 2019, and it may not include complete or fully representative information for every country.

Notably, the United States didn’t make the ranking either, coming in 58th for women and 47th for men at 5 feet 4.29 inches (163.3 cm) and 5 feet 9.65 inches (176.9 cm), respectively.

These are the 25 countries that (literally) came out on top.