China is home to the World’s Shortest Man and the World’s Tallest Man. According to Guinness World Records, He Ping Ping, who measures 2 ft 5.37 in (74.61 centimeters) is twenty years old and is the World’s Shortest Man. His father said that he was no larger than the size of a man’s palm at birth.
The World’s Tallest Man, Bao Xishun, also from China, lives 500 miles from He Ping Ping. Bao is 7 ft 8.95 in tall. He recently moved into top spot when Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new Guiness guidelines, which called for 6 measuring sessions over the course of one day, in standing and prone positions. The 8 ft 5.5 in giant didn’t want to be bothered.
Some 75 years ago the U.S. claimed the World’s Tallest Man, Robert Wadlow, who died at age 22 in 1940. He measured 8 ft 11.1 in. Check out the World’s Tiniest Teenager here.
See photos of He Ping Ping, Bao Xishun, Leonid Stadnyk and Robert Wadlow below – click to enlarge.