Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1919 — Average Height of People of the Various Countries [ARTICLE]

Average Height of People of the Various Countries

The Germans, as a people, do«not constitute the tallest of the nations. According to the report of the Anthropometric committee of the British association (1883), of the nations of the British isles on the average the Scotch stand first in height. 68.71 inches; the Irish stand second, being 67.90 inches; the English come' h&£t, 67.36 Inches; and the Welsh last, being 66.66 inches. The committee figured the average height of other nations In inches as follows: American whites 4n the United. States, 67.67; French, upper classes, 66.14; Germans, 66.10; Russians, 66.04. They award the , greatest stature to the Polynesian tribes, 69.33 Inches, and the lowest stature of any known people to the Bushmen of South Africa, with 52.78 inches. ,