Height varies a lot around the world. Using medical data, Insider calculated average height figures for the 25 shortest countries. Scroll down to see the nations with the shortest people on earth.

Sealand is a micro-nation located in the North Sea, known for being the smallest country in the world without any sovereign recognition.

The shortest people in the world live on the 11,883 ... The Netherlands, meanwhile, is the tallest country in the world. Men, on average, measure 5 feet 11.86 inches, and women are 5 feet 6. ...

Tuvalu, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, is recognized as the fourth smallest country in the world, with an area of just 26 square kilometers (10 square miles). Home of over 9000 people ...

Rumeysa Gelgi was confirmed as the tallest woman alive in 2021, while Jyoti Amge was named the shortest woman in 2011 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in ...

The world's smallest living men and women, though? Only one of the officially listed world's shortest living people is from a country on this list. Their heights stem from forms of dwarfism. In 2009, ...

Despite being the world’s smallest country, the Vatican holds immense significance as the spiritual and administrative centre of the Catholic Church. Visitors flock to marvel at iconic landmarks ...