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Official: Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepali poses with his certificates after being declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records officials at 21.5 inches.
Scroll down for video. Standing tall: The world's smallest man, 72-year-old Chandra Dangi from Nepal meet Jyoti Amge, aged 18 from India, who is the shortest woman in the world as they launch the new edition of Guinness Book of Records.