Ten Surprising Things Taller Than the World's Shortest Man Leah Beckmann · 02/22/12 02:01PM At 23.5 inches tall, Junrey Balawing is currently the shortest man alive, or so says Guinness World Records. But 74-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who measures in at 22.56 inches, is now a contender for the title.