How tall are Koreans?

The average height for South Korean men is 170.7 cm (5 ft 7 in), whilst for women it is 157.4 cm (5 ft 2 in). On average, South Korean men are 5 inches or so taller than North Korean men, whilst there is but a mere inch in it when you compare the height of North Korean women with their southern cousins.

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How tall is the average Korean female?

In 2021, the average height of South Korean women in their twenties as well as those in thirties lay at 161.77 centimeters. Women in older age categories tended to be shorter. On average, South Korean women were 158.17 centimeters tall.

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How much does an average 12 year old Korean girl weigh?

In 2021, the average male middle school student in South Korea weighed 63.7 kilograms, while the average female student weight 53.6 kilograms.

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What country has the tallest people?

The Netherlands

Dutch people are the tallest people in the world. They have an average height of 175.62 cm (5 feet 7.96 inches). The Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander is 183 cm tall and Queen Maxim is 178 cm tall.

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Are or Korean people tall or short?

The average height for South Korean men is 170.7 cm (5 ft 7 in), whilst for women it is 157.4 cm (5 ft 2 in). On average, South Korean men are 5 inches or so taller than North Korean men, whilst there is but a mere inch in it when you compare the height of North Korean women with their southern cousins.

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How South Koreans got so much taller

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How much does an average Korean girl weigh?

In 2021, the average weight of South Korean women aged 19 years or younger lay at 59.87 kilograms. Women across all age categories tended to have similar weight averages, with the exception of women aged 80 years and older, who weighed significantly less.

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What is the ideal Korean height weight?

In fact, many people have even referred to the standard of beauty in Korea as unobtainable, as the ideal height of 162 cm (approximately 5 feet and 4 inches) and weight of 42 kg (about 93 pounds) is outside the reach for many, due to the strict exercise and diet regimen necessary to attain and maintain such a figure.

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Are North Koreans shorter than South Koreans?

"The height gap is approximately 4cm (1.6in) among pre-school boys and 3cm (1.2in) among pre-school girls, and again the South Koreans would be taller." Schwekendiek points out that the height difference cannot be attributed to genetics, because the two populations are the same.

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Which race are the tallest?

* Dutch men are the tallest on the planet, with an average height of 182.5cm. Latvian women are the tallest on the planet, with an average height of 170cm. * The top four tallest countries for men are the Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Latvia.

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Which country has tallest girls?

Dutch people are the world's tallest, with an average height of 175.62cm (5 feet 7.96 inches.) Dutch men are an average 182.53cm (5 feet 11.86 inches) tall. Dutch women are an average 168.72cm (5 feet 6.42 inches) tall.

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What race is the tallest person?

Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer of Kurdish ethnicity who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm (8 ft 2.82 in).

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What height do guys like for a girl?

A study on women's and men's height preferences found that women are most satisfied when their partner was 8 inches (21cm) taller. Men are most satisfied when they are 3 inches (8cm) taller than their partners. Another study found that among men, 13.5 percent prefer to date only women shorter than them.

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Are Australian children getting taller?

They couldn't have known that Australians would start growing at a rate of knots: over the past 150 years our average height has soared almost 15cm. Now each generation is 3-4cm taller than the previous one.

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How much should a 16 year old Korean girl weigh?

In 2021, the male student population aged 16 in South Korea weighed 71.5 kilograms on average. Their female classmates had an average weight of 57.8 kilograms. The average weight for male high school students gradually increased in recent years, while the weight for female students fluctuated.

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What is the age of puberty in Korea?

The overall mean age at menarche was estimated at 12.7 years (Table 2). The mean age at menarche decreased between 2001 and 2010/2011, from 13.4 years in 2001 to 12.4 years in 2010/2011 (p < 0.0001).

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Is 70 kg overweight for a 12 year old?

So, you are between 30 and 40 lbs overweight. So technically, you would be considered borderline obese based on medical guidelines(30% over ideal weight).

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