<Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Metric </Th> <Th> Imperial </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Note </Th> <Th> Lifespan (age of death) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> People's Republic of China </Td> <Td> 248 cm </Td> <Td> 8 ft 1 3⁄4 in </Td> <Td> Zeng Jinlian </Td> <Td> Confirmed by Guinness World Records as tallest female ever . Suffered from spine curvature and could not stand at full height . Tallest recorded Chinese person and world's tallest person shortly before her death . </Td> <Td> 1964--1982 (17) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> 243 cm </Td> <Td> 7 ft 11 in </Td> <Td> Anna Haining Bates </Td> <Td> Second tallest woman and tallest woman in her lifetime . She and Martin Van Buren Bates were the tallest married couple ever . </Td> <Td> 1846--1888 (41) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> 241 cm </Td> <Td> 7 ft 11 in </Td> <Td> Jane Bunford </Td> <Td> Tallest recorded English person and possibly the world's tallest person at the time of her death . Given height is adjusted for spinal curvature; peak standing height was 7 ft 10 in (239 cm). </Td> <Td> 1895--1922 (27) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> People's Republic of China </Td> <Td> 234 cm </Td> <Td> 7 ft 8 in </Td> <Td> Yao Defen </Td> <Td> Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records, until her death on November 13, 2012 . </Td> <Td> 1972--2012 (40) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> 231.78 cm </Td> <Td> 7 ft 7 1⁄4 in </Td> <Td> Sandy Allen </Td> <Td> Listed as tallest living female by Guinness World Records, until her death on August 13, 2008 . </Td> <Td> 1955--2008 (53) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greece </Td> <Td> 229.87 cm </Td> <Td> 7 ft 6.5 in </Td> <Td> Wassiliki Calliandji </Td> <Td> Tallest woman in Greece . </Td> <Td> 1882--1904 (22) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> People's Republic of China </Td> <Td> 221 cm </Td> <Td> 7 ft 3 in </Td> <Td> Sun Fang </Td> <Td> Tallest living woman . </Td> <Td> 1987 - </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Metric </Th> <Th> Imperial </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Note </Th> <Th> Lifespan (age of death) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> People's Republic of China </Td> <Td> 248 cm </Td> <Td> 8 ft 1 3⁄4 in </Td> <Td> Zeng Jinlian </Td> <Td> Confirmed by Guinness World Records as tallest female ever . Suffered from spine curvature and could not stand at full height . Tallest recorded Chinese person and world's tallest person shortly before her death . </Td> <Td> 1964--1982 (17) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> 243 cm </Td> <Td> 7 ft 11 in </Td> <Td> Anna Haining Bates </Td> <Td> Second tallest woman and tallest woman in her lifetime . She and Martin Van Buren Bates were the tallest married couple ever . </Td> <Td> 1846--1888 (41) </Td> </Tr>

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