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Shortest Humans
This list features the shortest people in recorded human history as verified by the Guinness Book of Records.
RANK | INDIVIDUAL | HEIGHT | LIFESPAN | COUNTRY | NOTES |
1 | Chandra Bahadur Dangi | 54.6 cm (21.5 in) | 1939–2015 | Nepal | The shortest human adult ever documented and verified. |
2 | Gul Mohammed | 57.0 cm (22.4 in) | 1957–1997 | India | Shortest man ever verified until 2012. |
3 | Junrey Balawing | 59.9 cm (23.6 in) | 1993–2020 | Philippines | Former world's shortest non-mobile person. |
4 | Pauline Musters | 61 cm (24 in) | 1878–1895 | Netherlands | Recognized as the shortest woman ever recorded. |
5 | Jyoti Amge | 62.8 cm (24.7 in) | 1993–present | India | Recognized as the World's Shortest Living Woman. |
6 | Madge Bester | 65 cm (26 in) | 1963–2018 | South Africa | Former smallest living woman. |
7 | István Tóth | 65 cm (26 in) | 1963–2011 | Hungary | Shortest man from Europe. |
8 | Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh | 65.24 cm (25.69 in) | 2002–present | Iran | Listed as World's Shortest Mobile Man Living |
9 | Khagendra Thapa Magar | 67 cm (26 in) | 1992–2020 | Nepal | Formerly the shortest man in the world. |
10 | Lin Yü-chih | 67.5 cm (26.6 in) | 1972–present | Taiwan | Listed as the World's shortest non-mobile man living. |
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