Those hunting for a tall romantic partner are in luck — as researchers have produced an analysis that may speed up your search. Data analysed by Oxford University has revealed the country where you're most likely to find the tallest men and women.
Turkey is home to the world's tallest man — Sultan Kosen, who stands at 8 feet 3 inches, and the tallest woman, Rumeysa Gelgi, who is 7 feet 1 inch. Yet, despite Mr Kosen's and Ms Gelgi's towering statures, Turkey doesn't have the tallest average heights.
That title goes to the Netherlands and Latvia, home to the tallest men and women on the planet, on average. Men born in 1996 in the European country measure 182.54cm, on average, figures show — the equivalent of roughly 6ft. The shortest man ever, Chandra Bahadur Dangi pictured with the worlds tallest man, Sultan Kosen (left). Jyoti Amge, shortest woman, and Rumeysa Gelgi, tallest woman (right).
While Dutch women measure 168.72cm, or 5ft 5. Latvia is home to the tallest women with an average height of 169.80cm (5ft 5). Men in the northern European country rank in fourth place measuring 181.42cm (5ft 9). The UK is lagging far behind with the typical male Brit born in the same year measuring 177.49 cm, or around 5ft 10 — 31st place in the global height ranking.
British women measure an average height of 164.40cm, which is about 5ft 3 — that's 38th place in the rankings. In comparison, men in the United States measure about 177.13cm (5ft 8) and women 163.54cm (5ft 3). At the other end of the scale, East Timor, an island in South East Asia is home to the smallest men, who measure 159.79cm (5ft 2), on average.
