A Navy honor guard accepts the flags for all five of NASA's shuttles: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour at Johnson Space Centerâs shuttle program celebration on Aug. 27, 2011.
Indonesians are the only people who are shorter than Filipinos in Southeast Asia. Based on the study, Filipino males and Vietnamese males have an average height of 162 centimeters, 2 cm shorter than the average Southeast Asian height of 164 cm. and 2 cm taller than the Indonesian males.
Global Comparison of Average Adult Male Height. The average adult American male is 5 feet 9.5 inches tall, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention between 2007 and 2010. Averages vary by racial and ethnic groups. For example, the average adult non-Hispanic white male is 5 feet 9.8 inches tall and the average adult non-Hispanic black male is 5 feet 9.5 inches tall. The average height of adult Hispanic males is 5 feet 7.1 inches. Among adult Mexican American males -- who are also included in the category of Hispanic -- the average height is 5 feet 6.9 inches. Height also varies by country. Here are a list of 15 countries and how they stack up with the US.