Turkish Rumeysa Gelgi, who is more than 7 feet tall; World’s tallest woman

“The category of tallest living woman is not one that changes hands very often, so I'm excited to share this news with the world.” The tallest living man in the world, Sultan Kosen, is also from Turkey and was measured as standing at 8ft 2.8in (251cm) in 2018. The tallest woman to have ever been recorded was Zeng Jinlian, from Hunan Province, China, who was measured at 8ft 1in (246.3cm) before her death in 1982.