Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh from Iran is the new world's shortest man living, measuring 65.24 cm (2 ft 1.6 in). He is almost 7 cm (2.7 in) shorter than the previous record holder, 36-year-old Edward "Niño" Hernandez from Colombia. Afshin was born with a body weight of 700 g and has grown now to be almost 6.5 kg.