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Average Height in Guatemala

Men: 163.4 cm·Women: 149.4 cm
Men · 1996
163.4 cm
Women · 1996
149.4 cm
Men · 1896 baseline
153.9 cm
Women · 1896 baseline
140.3 cm
Men world rank:#180Women world rank:#191

Height trend across birth cohorts

Mean adult height trendMean adult height in Guatemala by birth cohort, 1896–1996, in centimetres.140145150155160165190019201940196019801996Birth YearHeight (cm)163.4 cm149.4 cmMaleFemale

Insights

Between 1896 and 1996, the mean adult male height in Guatemala rose from 153.9 cm to 163.4 cm — a gain of 9.5 cm over 100 years.

  • Women in Guatemala were among the ten shortest populations in the 1996 birth cohort.
  • The 14.0 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)
1896153.9140.313.6
1897154.1140.513.6
1898154.2140.613.6
1899154.4140.813.6
1900154.6141.013.6
1901154.8141.213.6
1902155.0141.313.7
1903155.2141.513.7
1904155.3141.713.6
1905155.5141.913.6
1906155.7142.013.7
1907155.9142.213.7
1908156.1142.413.7
1909156.3142.513.8
1910156.5142.713.8
1911156.6142.913.7
1912156.8143.013.8
1913157.0143.213.8
1914157.2143.413.8
1915157.4143.613.8
1916157.6143.713.9
1917157.8143.913.9
1918158.0144.113.9
1919158.2144.313.9
1920158.4144.513.9
1921158.6144.713.9
1922158.8144.814.0
1923159.0145.014.0
1924159.2145.214.0
1925159.4145.314.1
1926159.5145.514.0
1927159.7145.714.0
1928159.9145.814.1
1929160.1146.014.1
1930160.2146.214.0
1931160.4146.314.1
1932160.6146.514.1
1933160.7146.614.1
1934160.8146.714.1
1935161.0146.914.1
1936161.1147.014.1
1937161.3147.114.2
1938161.4147.314.1
1939161.5147.414.1
1940161.6147.514.1
1941161.7147.614.1
1942161.8147.714.1
1943161.9147.814.1
1944162.0147.914.1
1945162.2148.014.2
1946162.3148.114.2
1947162.4148.214.2
1948162.5148.314.2
1949162.6148.414.2
1950162.7148.514.2
1951162.8148.614.2
1952162.8148.714.1
1953162.9148.714.2
1954163.0148.814.2
1955163.0148.914.1
1956163.1148.914.2
1957163.2149.014.2
1958163.2149.014.2
1959163.3149.114.2
1960163.3149.114.2
1961163.4149.114.3
1962163.4149.214.2
1963163.5149.214.3
1964163.5149.214.3
1965163.6149.214.4
1966163.6149.214.4
1967163.6149.214.4
1968163.6149.214.4
1969163.6149.214.4
1970163.7149.214.5
1971163.7149.214.5
1972163.7149.114.6
1973163.7149.114.6
1974163.7149.114.6
1975163.8149.114.7
1976163.8149.114.7
1977163.8149.114.7
1978163.8149.114.7
1979163.8149.114.7
1980163.7149.114.6
1981163.7149.114.6
1982163.7149.114.6
1983163.7149.114.6
1984163.7149.114.6
1985163.6149.114.5
1986163.6149.214.4
1987163.6149.214.4
1988163.6149.214.4
1989163.5149.214.3
1990163.5149.214.3
1991163.5149.314.2
1992163.5149.314.2
1993163.5149.314.2
1994163.4149.314.1
1995163.4149.414.0
1996163.4149.414.0

Explore by sex and age

Men in Guatemala
Average height of a man: 163.4 cm
Women in Guatemala
Average height of a woman: 149.4 cm
Growth by birth year
Decade-by-decade height gains, 1896–present

Notable people from Guatemala with known heights

Carlos Ruiz
175 cm · 5'9"
b. 1979
Erick Barrondo
172 cm · 5'8"
b. 1991

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.

License: CC BY 4.0. Last updated: 2026-04-21.

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