You are considered one of the best, and you have to show them why,' " Hype told Wayne. But sometimes people may think you shoot a video that makes it seem like you go for looks, instead of actually getting these people to understand what you're talking about. You shoot great videos, don't get me wrong. " 'I like the little "Inception" thing, but if I'm going to shoot a video with you, I really want to capitalize on your bars to make people get the stuff you're saying. So, being 7 foot tall is very rare."When I got with him he was like, 'It's time for you to shoot a video,' " Wayne recalled Hype telling him when MTV News visited the video set in Miami. In 2011 Paul Torre of Sports Illustrated estimated that only about 70 American men between the ages of 20-40 are 7 foot tall or taller. That is one in about 2-4 million people meaning, statistically, that only about 85 – 150 people in the U.S. In researching this topic the most common estimate is that there are about 2,000 – 3,000 7 foot tall (or taller) people in the world. So, how many 7 foot tall people are there? It’s hard to gauge as being 7 foot tall is a 5 standard deviation event and billions of people live in poverty (which affects height) and throws off the statistics. Here’s a chart from tall.life showing height distribution: women are 6 feet tall or more and about 1% of U.S. Further, 95% of males are between 6’3″ and 5’3.4″ and 95% of females are between 5’9.1″ and 4’10.3″.
The standard deviation for height is 2.9 inches for males and 2.7 inches for females.
are taller than 5’9″ and half are shorter.
This means that half of the adult males in the U.S. If you know someone really tall, like 6’8″ (about 1 in 8,000 males), now imagine someone six inches taller than that! Crazy.Īccording to the Centers of Disease Control, the median height for American men is 69.2 inches (5’9.2’\”) and women is 63.7 inches (5’3.7″). I had never stood next to someone that tall – it was really shocking. About 5 years ago we interviewed a guy for a position with our firm who was 7’2″ tall (yes, he played college basketball).