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Height Percentile

Where your height ranks in a country's adult population.

Height percentile
63.4th
177.8 cm · taller than 63% of men in United States

Population mean: 175.4 cm (5.8 ft)

Standard deviation: 7.0 cm

Z-score: 0.34

Approximate, based on national health survey averages (NHANES, ONS, Statistics Netherlands, etc.). Heights are normally distributed within a population. Numbers are for adult populations - children are tracked on growth charts.

About

Pick country, sex, and unit. The tool returns the percentile (taller than X% of adults) using national health survey averages. Tallest country: Netherlands.

How to use

  1. Pick country and sex.
  2. Enter your height.

FAQ

Where do the means come from?+

NHANES (US), ONS (UK), Statistics Netherlands, NFHS (India), and similar national health surveys. Standard deviation is roughly 7 cm for men, 6.5 cm for women across populations.