After playing with boots that add 4cm height - 184cm in shoes is still average.

I'm 179cm end of the day, living in the UK in a predominantly white area. Also spent a lot of time working in secondary schools.

I can say without a doubt from my anecdotal experience the height amongst middle class white kids is definitely leaning towards 5'11 average.

I have some pretty hefty boots which add a very solid 4cm, making me 184cm in the day. Even walking around like this I'd say I'm nothing out of the ordinary. Plenty of taller dudes, a few shorter, but overall, feels bang on average.

I think the new average for white males from a decent background, under 60, is 178cm-182cm barefoot. I think anywhere in here you're going to feel middle of the road. I think people are underestimating how much height is changing, especially in white males with good nutrition, the fact is these averages are artifically pulled down by

>Malnutrition and poorer people

>Elderly shrinkage

Young healthy white males are pretty much always going to be at least in the range I quoted. 5'9 is going to look compact, and 5'8 is without a doubt a short guy now. Meanwhile 186cm you start to feel a bit tall, and 188cm you're definitely tall. Heck I'm in the school at 180cm and often feeling a tad below average amongst the older boys.

It really is crazy how the average height is moving! Makes me wonder why. Perhaps meat and food consumption, or dense calorific foods, takeaways etc? Hard to tell.