When I measure my waist I get a little over 32 inches (I'm 5'8 and 143), but all my jeans that I wear are size 30x30 and they sag a little bit.WTFthat is all.
Stores mark sizes down so you will try something on and think "Huh, I never wear a size this small! I'm totally buying these!"Also, not really /fit/ related.
they increased the size of the jeans because everyone is bigger, just to make them feel better..welcome to the century of fat
Oddly enough, waist size 30 issue trousers from 1938 fit me loose. I am normally a 32 waist. It's like sizes were all large, then they went true in the 60's, then they got large again in the 90's.
they don't want you to feel like a giant fat ass so they mark the sizes down even if you are a 32 waist, the basically want you to buy as muck as possible mostly because they are douches