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How tall is Danny DeVito?

4′ 10″147 cm · 1.47 m

Commonly reported · press and agency figures

Danny DeVito is 29.9 cm (12″) shorter than the average American man.

U.S. percentile
<1st
among men
World percentile
<1st
among men
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Danny DeVito compared with average U.S. adultsDanny DeVito4′ 10″147 cmAverage U.S. man5′ 9.5″176.9 cmAverage U.S. woman5′ 4.5″163.3 cm
Danny DeVito next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Danny DeVito’s height around the world

The same height reads differently depending on where you stand. Here is where 147 cm places Danny DeVito against adults in 55 countries, for both sexes.

Estimated percentile for Danny DeVito among adults in each country, for men and women
Countryvs. menMen’s percentilevs. womenWomen’s percentile
Netherlands−36.8 cm<1st−23.4 cm<1st
Montenegro−36.3 cm<1st−23 cm<1st
Bosnia & Herzegovina−35.5 cm<1st−20.5 cm<1st
Denmark−34.9 cm<1st−22.5 cm<1st
Ukraine−34 cm<1st−19.6 cm<1st
Croatia−33.8 cm<1st−19.8 cm<1st
Serbia−33.7 cm<1st−21.3 cm<1st
Poland−33.7 cm<1st−18.8 cm<1st
Finland−33.6 cm<1st−19.5 cm<1st
Norway−33.5 cm<1st−19.4 cm<1st
Sweden−33.5 cm<1st−19.7 cm<1st
Germany−33.3 cm<1st−19.2 cm<1st
Greece−32.3 cm<1st−18.8 cm<1st
Ireland−32 cm<1st−17.5 cm<1st
Australia−31.8 cm<1st−17.7 cm<1st
Canada−31.7 cm<1st−17.7 cm<1st
France−31.6 cm<1st−17.5 cm<1st
United Kingdom−31.2 cm<1st−16.9 cm<1st
New Zealand−30.7 cm<1st−17.7 cm<1st
Jamaica−30 cm<1st−17.3 cm<1st
United States−29.9 cm<1st−16.3 cm1st
Russia−29.6 cm<1st−17.5 cm<1st
Turkey−29.4 cm<1st−14.8 cm1st
Spain−29.1 cm<1st−15 cm1st
Brazil−28.7 cm<1st−15.4 cm1st
China−28.7 cm<1st−16.5 cm1st
Iran−28.6 cm<1st−14.2 cm1st
South Korea−28.5 cm<1st−16.2 cm1st
Argentina−27.8 cm<1st−14.2 cm1st
Egypt−27.6 cm<1st−13.9 cm2nd
Italy−27.4 cm<1st−14.8 cm1st
Portugal−27.4 cm<1st−14.2 cm1st
Japan−25.1 cm<1st−11.5 cm4th
Colombia−24.9 cm<1st−11 cm5th
Thailand−24.6 cm<1st−12.4 cm3rd
Nigeria−24.6 cm<1st−11.1 cm4th
Saudi Arabia−23.7 cm<1st−11.8 cm3rd
Kenya−23.5 cm<1st−12.4 cm3rd
Mexico−23.3 cm<1st−10.9 cm5th
South Africa−22.6 cm<1st−11.6 cm4th
Malaysia−22.2 cm<1st−10.1 cm6th
Vietnam−21.9 cm<1st−11.4 cm4th
Ethiopia−21.8 cm<1st−10.2 cm6th
DR Congo−21.6 cm<1st−9.3 cm8th
Pakistan−20.3 cm<1st−7.8 cm12th
Tanzania−20 cm<1st−9.9 cm6th
Peru−19.8 cm<1st−7.4 cm13th
Myanmar−19.7 cm<1st−7.7 cm12th
India−19.5 cm<1st−8.2 cm10th
Indonesia−19.3 cm<1st−7.4 cm13th
Philippines−18.2 cm1st−7.1 cm14th
Bangladesh−18.1 cm1st−5.4 cm20th
Nepal−17.4 cm1st−5.4 cm20th
Guatemala−17.4 cm1st−3.9 cm27th
Timor-Leste−13.1 cm3rd−5.7 cm19th

Estimated from NCD-RisC national averages for 19-year-olds and an assumed normal distribution. Greyed values sit beyond the 2nd or 98th percentile, where the estimate stops discriminating.How we calculate this →

In context

Among actors

31 of 32

Danny DeVito is the 31st tallest of the 32 actors in our database, between Sydney Sweeney (160 cm) and Peter Dinklage (135 cm).

Everyday reference

Sedan car

At 147 cm, Danny DeVito is within 2 cm of a sedan car (145 cm).

Danny DeVito head to head

Celebrities with a similar height

Commonly reported — A commonly reported figure from press and agency sources, rounded to the nearest centimetre. Published heights for the same person frequently differ.Percentiles are estimates based on NCD-RisC national averages.How we source and calculate this →