The Netherlands maintains its leading position, with an average height of 182.54 cm, more than 10 centimeters above the world average. Just behind the Dutch are the Belgians (181.70 cm), Estonians ...

The target adult height was calculated as described by Luo et al., 17,18 with the addition of 0.7 cm to the height for boys and 1.0 cm to the height for girls because of trends over time, as 45.99 ...

The global average height in 2014 for males born in 1996 was 67.45 inches. In 2019, the country with the shortest average male height was Timor-Leste, at 63.01 inches.

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By adding the child's present height to how many centimeters (cm) the child has to grow, the authors were able to predict the final height of boys within a 5.4 cm range and a 6.8 cm range for girls.

The mean peak height velocity during the pubertal growth spurt was not significantly higher in the growth hormone–treated children (8.8 cm per year for boys and 7.8 cm per year for girls) than ...