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Average Height in East Timor

Men: 159.8 cm·Women: 151.2 cm
Men · 1996
159.8 cm
Women · 1996
151.2 cm
Men · 1896 baseline
153.0 cm
Women · 1896 baseline
144.8 cm
Men world rank:#191Women world rank:#187

Height trend across birth cohorts

Mean adult height trendMean adult height in East Timor by birth cohort, 1896–1996, in centimetres.145150155160190019201940196019801996Birth YearHeight (cm)159.8 cm151.2 cmMaleFemale

Insights

Between 1896 and 1996, the mean adult male height in East Timor rose from 153.0 cm to 159.8 cm — a gain of 6.8 cm over 100 years.

  • Men in East Timor were among the ten shortest populations in the 1996 birth cohort.
  • Women in East Timor were among the ten shortest populations in the 1996 birth cohort.
  • The 8.6 cm gap between men and women is below the typical range.
  • Height gains have plateaued since 1976.

All cohorts, 1896–1996

CohortMen (cm)Women (cm)Gap (cm)
1896153.0144.88.2
1897153.2145.08.2
1898153.3145.18.2
1899153.5145.28.3
1900153.6145.38.3
1901153.8145.48.4
1902153.9145.58.4
1903154.1145.78.4
1904154.2145.88.4
1905154.4145.98.5
1906154.5146.08.5
1907154.6146.18.5
1908154.8146.28.6
1909154.9146.38.6
1910155.1146.48.7
1911155.2146.58.7
1912155.4146.68.8
1913155.5146.78.8
1914155.7146.88.9
1915155.8146.98.9
1916155.9147.08.9
1917156.1147.19.0
1918156.2147.38.9
1919156.4147.49.0
1920156.5147.59.0
1921156.6147.69.0
1922156.7147.79.0
1923156.9147.99.0
1924157.0148.09.0
1925157.1148.19.0
1926157.2148.38.9
1927157.3148.48.9
1928157.5148.68.9
1929157.6148.78.9
1930157.7148.98.8
1931157.8149.08.8
1932157.9149.28.7
1933158.1149.38.8
1934158.2149.58.7
1935158.3149.78.6
1936158.4149.88.6
1937158.6150.08.6
1938158.7150.18.6
1939158.8150.38.5
1940158.9150.48.5
1941159.1150.68.5
1942159.2150.78.5
1943159.3150.88.5
1944159.4151.08.4
1945159.6151.18.5
1946159.7151.28.5
1947159.8151.38.5
1948160.0151.48.6
1949160.1151.68.5
1950160.2151.78.5
1951160.3151.88.5
1952160.5151.88.7
1953160.6151.98.7
1954160.7152.08.7
1955160.8152.08.8
1956160.9152.18.8
1957160.9152.18.8
1958161.0152.18.9
1959161.1152.28.9
1960161.1152.28.9
1961161.2152.29.0
1962161.2152.29.0
1963161.2152.29.0
1964161.2152.29.0
1965161.2152.29.0
1966161.2152.19.1
1967161.2152.19.1
1968161.2152.19.1
1969161.2152.19.1
1970161.2152.09.2
1971161.1152.09.1
1972161.1152.09.1
1973161.1151.99.2
1974161.1151.99.2
1975161.1151.99.2
1976161.0151.89.2
1977161.0151.89.2
1978161.0151.79.3
1979160.9151.79.2
1980160.9151.79.2
1981160.9151.69.3
1982160.8151.69.2
1983160.8151.59.3
1984160.7151.59.2
1985160.7151.59.2
1986160.6151.49.2
1987160.5151.49.1
1988160.5151.49.1
1989160.4151.39.1
1990160.3151.39.0
1991160.2151.38.9
1992160.1151.28.9
1993160.0151.28.8
1994160.0151.28.8
1995159.9151.28.7
1996159.8151.28.6

Explore by sex and age

Men in East Timor
Average height of a man: 159.8 cm
Women in East Timor
Average height of a woman: 151.2 cm
Growth by birth year
Decade-by-decade height gains, 1896–present

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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