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Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Nnenna1(f): 2:16am On Nov 30, 2011 |
I came across this interesting piece in wikipedia about the average human height per country in the world, and did a tally of the reported heights from Some African countries. See below: Male Female Nigeria 1.638 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) 1.578 m (5 ft 2 in) Mali 1.713 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) 1.604 m (5 ft 3 in) Cameroon 1.706 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.613 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Cote D'Ivoire 1.701 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.591 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Ghana 1.695 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 1.585 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Gambia 1.680 m (5 ft 6 in) 1.578 m (5 ft 2 in) Malawi 1.660 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) 1.550 m (5 ft 1 in) South Africa 1.690 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 1.590 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Nigerian men came out to be the shortest in this list. I find this a little strange - obviously there are issues that undermine the data (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_height). And yes, I know it's Wikipedia. But hmm, If you look at the source even Chinese, Vietnamese and Mexican men one-upped Nigerians. 2 Likes |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by anonymous6(f): 2:33am On Nov 30, 2011 |
Nnenna1: wow I am surprised about this average height information, Average for Nigerian men are 5 ft 4 in, wow I guess Cameroon and Ivory coast take the lead |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by tpia5: 3:05am On Nov 30, 2011 |
Wow that's amazing. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by kelz88(f): 3:06am On Nov 30, 2011 |
Dunno why anyone would be bothered enough to research this. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by tpia5: 3:07am On Nov 30, 2011 |
Thread should be in romance section btw. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Nnenna1(f): 3:12am On Nov 30, 2011 |
tpia@: Lol I wasn't sure of where to post this, but if the moderator can move this to the appropriate section it would be great. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by tpia5: 3:40am On Nov 30, 2011 |
Majority of the shortest males usually open threads over there. It would be hard to find them anywhere else. Lmao. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Nnenna1(f): 3:48am On Nov 30, 2011 |
^^^ Hahaha. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by odumchi: 5:29am On Nov 30, 2011 |
So much for the nutritional benefits of living on bread and soaked Garri. 4 Likes |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by dayokanu(m): 5:04pm On Nov 30, 2011 |
I dont think I agree with that stat How many men do I know that are below 5ft 4? very few and I know a lot of people above 6ft How can Nigerians be shorter than Chinese? 2 Likes |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by dominique(f): 8:51pm On Nov 30, 2011 |
how can the average naija male be 5ft4" when i'm 5/5 and the shortest out of 3 girls. i don't believe the stats. 1 Like |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by ArQueBusieR(m): 11:22pm On Nov 30, 2011 |
Terribly wrong stats. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Sissy3(f): 12:44am On Dec 01, 2011 |
How was the 'research' done 1 Like |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Nobody: 12:46am On Dec 01, 2011 |
TBH, I'm not surprised. I know a lot of Nigerian men who are shorter than me, and I am not even that tall. I barely escaped the avg height. When I come on NL to say that Nigerian men are short, I was not trying to be rude. It's just simply fact. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by adconline(m): 8:22am On Dec 01, 2011 |
Confirmed that we were so deprived growing up |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Nobody: 8:29am On Dec 01, 2011 |
Kai, Now I know I live in a country of short men and I am indeed a short. Thank God I still own 2 Range Sports and Ivorians own cocoa and nama |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by dabrake(m): 8:48am On Dec 01, 2011 |
Nawah oh. Even for ma class, u go hardly see any guy @ 5ft4. U go fear lame inference nah. Which kain lie b dat? Even my younger bros of 14 is already 6ft1. Wel, maybe na those 'foreigners' wey bokoharam dey employ na him dem use as data do hypothesis test. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by moremi2008(m): 8:51am On Dec 01, 2011 |
This makes no sense at all, I don't think I have ever met a tall Ghanaian guy and we are definitely taller on average than the Chinese. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by jmoore(m): 8:53am On Dec 01, 2011 |
wiki is sometimes filled with wrong info. If you believe that stats, then nigerian women will be the shortest in africa because men are mostly taller than women. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by naso2(m): 9:07am On Dec 01, 2011 |
watch our football teams when we play other african countries and you will agree that we are amongst the shortest in africa. I think we should rank higher than Ghana anyway, because kurekure plenty there. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Emmyk(m): 9:13am On Dec 01, 2011 |
Abeg, na them know! |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Prince344(m): 9:22am On Dec 01, 2011 |
have u seen Nigerian basketballers? |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by tunnytox(m): 9:24am On Dec 01, 2011 |
Na lie! I'm 5ft9 and among my friends only few are not above 6ft, I can't remember the last time I saw a Nigerian man that short. 1 Like |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Baawaa(m): 9:27am On Dec 01, 2011 |
hard to believe |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by stepo707: 9:29am On Dec 01, 2011 |
na dem sabi oh |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by indoorlove(m): 9:30am On Dec 01, 2011 |
In Africa, i give to Kenya or Togo. In the whole world i give to china. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Claus(m): 9:30am On Dec 01, 2011 |
Wikipedia lists their source for Nigeria as a research publication called "Association of waist circumference with risk of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in Nigerians, Jamaicans and African-Americans". Since the research paper is targeted at a particular study area, the sample population is unlikely to be representative of the full population. For those believing the statistic, the best comparison I can try to make is of Danny Devito, who is 5ft. The statistic is saying that on average, Nigerian men are only 4.5 inches taller than Danny Devito. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by wikitruth: 9:31am On Dec 01, 2011 |
I guess it was the Calabar men as a benchmark |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Tekepama: 9:32am On Dec 01, 2011 |
jmoore: I agree with u, wiki is just too wick for this research. In my family non of us is below 5ft7. [s]Except they travel to Calabar to make their research[/s]. |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by scholes23(m): 9:52am On Dec 01, 2011 |
what abt d pygmies, i tot they were d shortest pple in africa and they are found in central african republic & congo. @ least, by virtue of dar the average height ova der wud not be up 2 dat of 9ja cos these pple are even shorter dan d dwarfs in nigeria |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by Orikinla(m): 10:10am On Dec 01, 2011 |
Lack of good nutrition makes affects growth and in Nigerian poverty ravages the majority who cannot afford good food. The solution is simple. We must produce more foodstuffs for the poor majority and while waiting for that to happen, all short men MUST STOP dating our girls and women and simply pass them on to tall and heroic looking men like Orikinla (6 ft 3 in). , Tall men will breed tall children. It is in our genes. Thank God for the blessing! |
Re: Average Nigerian Height (Nigerian Males - Africa's Shortest?) by joe4christ(m): 10:16am On Dec 01, 2011 |
[size=75pt]Hell no! That statistic aint correct, i'm 5.10 feet yet i feel a bit below average when around 85% of my friends from the northern region of nigeria. So they should'nt get it twisted, we no dey ever carry last, kpata kpata na unto draw level e go be.[/size] 1 Like 1 Share |
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