SE deliberately kept racial stat differences to a minimum, both so that people could feel free to play the race they prefer aesthetically, and probably also because it makes it easier for those who want to advance all the classes/jobs on the same character.

It's only in the very early levels that the differences are significant, but early-level content is easy enough you don't need the best stats at that point. By the time content starts getting challenging enough that you start to really care about your stats, those racial differences are already starting to look minor, and they become completely trivial as you level further towards endgame.

So go ahead and just pick whichever race you like best and whichever class(es) you like best.