Height varies from person to person, but population averages can help us understand how height differs between countries and generations. So, what is the average height for women in India? According to internationally comparable data from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), the average height of Indian women born in 1996 was approximately 152.6 cm (5 feet). The global average for women in the same birth cohort was around…

Yes. In Europe, people in the late Middle Ages and early modern period were on average shorter than people today. Skeletal data indicate adult male height in northern Europe was roughly 170 to 173 centimeters (about 5 ft 7 in) in the early Middle Ages, fell to around 165 to 168 centimeters (about 5 ft 5 to 5 ft 6 in) by the 17th century, then began to rise again from the 18th century onward as nutrition and health improved.