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Average Height in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Men: 180.9 cm·Women: 165.8 cm
Men · 1996
180.9 cm
Women · 1996
165.8 cm
Men · 1896 baseline
168.4 cm
Women · 1896 baseline
153.8 cm
Men world rank:#6Women world rank:#16

Height trend across birth cohorts

Mean adult height trendMean adult height in Bosnia and Herzegovina by birth cohort, 1896–1996, in centimetres.155160165170175180190019201940196019801996Birth YearHeight (cm)180.9 cm165.8 cmMaleFemale

Insights

Between 1896 and 1996, the mean adult male height in Bosnia and Herzegovina rose from 168.4 cm to 180.9 cm — a gain of 12.5 cm over 100 years.

  • Men in Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked 6th globally in the 1996 birth cohort.
  • The 15.1 cm gap between men and women is above the typical range.
  • Height gains have plateaued since 1976.

All cohorts, 1896–1996

CohortMen (cm)Women (cm)Gap (cm)
1896168.4153.814.6
1897168.6154.114.5
1898168.7154.314.4
1899168.9154.614.3
1900169.0154.814.2
1901169.2155.114.1
1902169.3155.314.0
1903169.5155.613.9
1904169.6155.813.8
1905169.8156.113.7
1906169.9156.313.6
1907170.0156.613.4
1908170.2156.813.4
1909170.3157.113.2
1910170.5157.313.2
1911170.7157.513.2
1912170.8157.813.0
1913171.0158.013.0
1914171.1158.312.8
1915171.3158.512.8
1916171.4158.812.6
1917171.6159.012.6
1918171.8159.312.5
1919171.9159.512.4
1920172.1159.812.3
1921172.2160.012.2
1922172.4160.212.2
1923172.5160.512.0
1924172.7160.712.0
1925172.8160.911.9
1926172.9161.211.7
1927173.1161.411.7
1928173.2161.611.6
1929173.4161.811.6
1930173.6162.011.6
1931173.7162.211.5
1932173.9162.411.5
1933174.0162.611.4
1934174.2162.811.4
1935174.4163.011.4
1936174.6163.211.4
1937174.7163.411.3
1938174.9163.611.3
1939175.1163.711.4
1940175.2163.911.3
1941175.4164.111.3
1942175.6164.211.4
1943175.7164.411.3
1944175.9164.611.3
1945176.1164.711.4
1946176.3164.811.5
1947176.5165.011.5
1948176.7165.111.6
1949176.9165.211.7
1950177.1165.411.7
1951177.3165.511.8
1952177.5165.611.9
1953177.7165.712.0
1954177.8165.911.9
1955178.0166.012.0
1956178.2166.112.1
1957178.4166.212.2
1958178.6166.312.3
1959178.8166.412.4
1960179.0166.512.5
1961179.2166.612.6
1962179.3166.712.6
1963179.5166.812.7
1964179.7166.912.8
1965179.8167.012.8
1966180.0167.112.9
1967180.1167.113.0
1968180.2167.213.0
1969180.4167.213.2
1970180.5167.313.2
1971180.6167.313.3
1972180.7167.313.4
1973180.8167.413.4
1974180.9167.413.5
1975180.9167.413.5
1976181.0167.313.7
1977181.0167.313.7
1978181.1167.313.8
1979181.1167.213.9
1980181.1167.213.9
1981181.1167.114.0
1982181.1167.114.0
1983181.1167.014.1
1984181.1166.914.2
1985181.1166.914.2
1986181.1166.814.3
1987181.1166.714.4
1988181.1166.614.5
1989181.1166.514.6
1990181.0166.414.6
1991181.0166.314.7
1992181.0166.214.8
1993180.9166.114.8
1994180.9166.014.9
1995180.9165.915.0
1996180.9165.815.1

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Notable people from Bosnia and Herzegovina with known heights

Heights from Wikidata (property P2048). Shown for published persons sorted by priority score.

Sources & methodology

Mean adult height by birth cohort, ages 20+. Figures are modelled from pooled population-representative surveys and measurement studies compiled by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) and published via Our World in Data.

Cohorts are labelled by birth year, not by survey year. Reported heights reflect the adult height those cohorts reached, typically measured in their 20s or 30s.

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