| Nationality | Height | Name | Notes | Lifespan |
| Nepal | 54.6 cm (21.5 in) | Chandra Bahadur Dangi | Chandra was declared the shortest human adult ever documented and verified, measuring 21.51 in (54.64 cm). Height confirmed by Guinness World Records.[1] | 1939–2015 |
| India | 57.0 cm (22.4 in) | Gul Mohammed | Guinness World Records verified Mohammed’s height at 22 in (57 cm).[2] He was the shortest man ever verified up to 2012, when he lost the title to Chandra Bahadur Dangi. | 1957–1997 |
| Philippines | 59.9 cm (23.6 in) | Junrey Balawing | Former shortest living man in the world, measuring 22.0 in (56.0 cm), verified by Guinness World Records in 2012.[3] Balawing became the world’s shortest non mobile person following Chandra’s death in September, 2015 until his own death in 2020.[4][5] | 1993–2020 |
| Hungary | 65 cm (26 in) | István Tóth | Shortest man claimant, was said to be 26 in (65 cm). Verification by Guinness World Records needs to be checked.[6][7] István died in May 2011 at the age of 48.[8] | 1963–2011 |
| Nepal | 67 cm (26 in) | Khagendra Thapa Magar | Khagendra was the shortest man in the world until 2011, when he became the’world’s shortest mobile man. Guinness World Records has since made multiple categories for World’s shortest….[9][5] Khagendra passed away in 2020. | 1992–2020 |
| Taiwan | 67.5 cm (26.6 in) | Lin Yü-chih | Former shortest man in the world until 2009.[10] | 1972– |
| Colombia | 70.21 cm (27.64 in) | Edward Niño Hernández | Named the shortest man after Pingping died in March 2010, at 27.64 in (70.21 cm), but lost the title in October 2010 to Magar.[11] Edward re-gained the title of World’s shortest mobile person following Magar’s death in 2020.[12] | 1986– |
| China | 74 cm (29 in) | He Pingping | Once officially verified as shortest living man (mobile) at 29 in (74 cm), until death in March 2010.[13] | 1988–2010 |
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_shortest_people
