Average Height For Women in US and World Wide

What is The Average Height For Women?

As per the 2015-2018 reports, the average height for women over the age of 20 is 161.3 cm or 5 foot 29 inches (63.50 inches).

The average height of non-Hispanic women was 162.4 and the average height for Asian women is 156.3.

Age of Women	Height in Inches
20 and Over	63.5 inches
20-29	64.0 inches
30-39	64.1 inches
40-49	63.9 inches
50-59	63.5 inches
60-69	63.3 inches
70-79	62.3 inches
80 and Over	61.3 inches

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Average Female Height in the US

According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) between 2015 and 2018, the average height for adult women in the United States is approximately 63.6 inches (161.5 cm), which is about 5 feet 4 inches.

This is just an average, and individual heights can vary greatly based on factors such as genetics, nutrition, and environment.

Below is the table showing the average height for women in US as per their ethnicity.

Ethnicity	Average Height (inches)
All Women	63.6
Non-Hispanic White	64.2
Non-Hispanic Black	64.0
Mexican American	62.5
Other Hispanic	62.8
Non-Hispanic Asian	62.6

Average Height For Women By Country

According to the reports, the average American women’s height has increased only very slightly since the 1960s. However, weight has increased significantly in the last 60 years (4).

Research from a 2016 study shows that height is related to the nutrition quality in childhood.

According to Majid Ezzati, a professor of Global Environmental Health at Imperial College London, the immigration of people from countries with shorter height may also have some impact on the average.

On the other hand, the tallest women can be found in the Netherlands, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Estonia. In these countries, the average height is just above 66 inches, or around 5 feet 6 inches.

For women, the average height by country is as follows: