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How tall is Ed Sheeran?

Q: How tall is Ed Sheeran?

Ed Sheeran is reported to be 5′ 8″ (173 cm) tall.

5′ 8″173 cm · 1.73 m

Commonly reported · press and agency figures

Ed Sheeran is 3.9 cm (1.5″) shorter than the average American man. See what 5'8" looks like →

U.S. percentile: 38th; among men
World percentile: 61st; among men

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Ed Sheeran next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Ed Sheeran’s height around the world

The same height reads differently depending on where you stand. Here is where 173 cm places Ed Sheeran against adults in 55 countries, for both sexes.

Estimated percentile for Ed Sheeran among adults in each country, for men and women
Country	vs. men	Men’s percentile	vs. women	Women’s percentile
Netherlands	−10.8 cm	6th	+2.6 cm	66th
Montenegro	−10.3 cm	7th	+3 cm	68th
Bosnia & Herzegovina	−9.5 cm	9th	+5.5 cm	80th
Denmark	−8.9 cm	11th	+3.5 cm	70th
Ukraine	−8 cm	13th	+6.4 cm	84th
Croatia	−7.8 cm	14th	+6.2 cm	83rd
Serbia	−7.7 cm	14th	+4.7 cm	77th
Poland	−7.7 cm	14th	+7.2 cm	87th
Finland	−7.6 cm	14th	+6.5 cm	84th
Norway	−7.5 cm	15th	+6.6 cm	85th
Sweden	−7.5 cm	15th	+6.3 cm	83rd
Germany	−7.3 cm	15th	+6.8 cm	85th
Greece	−6.3 cm	19th	+7.2 cm	87th
Ireland	−6 cm	20th	+8.5 cm	90th
Australia	−5.8 cm	21st	+8.3 cm	90th
Canada	−5.7 cm	21st	+8.3 cm	90th
France	−5.6 cm	22nd	+8.5 cm	90th
United Kingdom	−5.2 cm	23rd	+9.1 cm	92nd
New Zealand	−4.7 cm	25th	+8.3 cm	90th
Jamaica	−4 cm	29th	+8.7 cm	91st
United States	−3.9 cm	29th	+9.7 cm	93rd
Russia	−3.6 cm	31st	+8.5 cm	90th
Turkey	−3.4 cm	32nd	+11.2 cm	96th
Spain	−3.1 cm	33rd	+11 cm	95th
Brazil	−2.7 cm	35th	+10.6 cm	95th
China	−2.7 cm	35th	+9.5 cm	93rd
Iran	−2.6 cm	36th	+11.8 cm	97th
South Korea	−2.5 cm	36th	+9.8 cm	93rd
Argentina	−1.8 cm	40th	+11.8 cm	97th
Egypt	−1.6 cm	41st	+12.1 cm	97th
Italy	−1.4 cm	42nd	+11.2 cm	96th
Portugal	−1.4 cm	42nd	+11.8 cm	97th
Japan	+0.9 cm	55th	+14.5 cm	99th
Colombia	+1.1 cm	56th	+15 cm	99th
Thailand	+1.4 cm	58th	+13.6 cm	98th
Nigeria	+1.4 cm	58th	+14.9 cm	99th
Saudi Arabia	+2.3 cm	63rd	+14.2 cm	99th
Kenya	+2.5 cm	64th	+13.6 cm	98th
Mexico	+2.7 cm	65th	+15.1 cm	99th
South Africa	+3.4 cm	68th	+14.4 cm	99th
Malaysia	+3.8 cm	70th	+15.9 cm	99th
Vietnam	+4.1 cm	72nd	+14.6 cm	99th
Ethiopia	+4.2 cm	72nd	+15.8 cm	99th
DR Congo	+4.4 cm	73rd	+16.7 cm	99th
Pakistan	+5.7 cm	79th	+18.2 cm	>99th
Tanzania	+6 cm	80th	+16.1 cm	99th
Peru	+6.2 cm	81st	+18.6 cm	>99th
Myanmar	+6.3 cm	81st	+18.3 cm	>99th
India	+6.5 cm	82nd	+17.8 cm	>99th
Indonesia	+6.7 cm	83rd	+18.6 cm	>99th
Philippines	+7.8 cm	86th	+18.9 cm	>99th
Bangladesh	+7.9 cm	87th	+20.6 cm	>99th
Nepal	+8.6 cm	89th	+20.6 cm	>99th
Guatemala	+8.6 cm	89th	+22.1 cm	>99th
Timor-Leste	+12.9 cm	97th	+20.3 cm	>99th

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 musicians

7 of 13

Ed Sheeran is the 7th tallest of the 13 musicians in our database, between Rihanna (173 cm) and Beyoncé (169 cm).

Everyday reference

Refrigerator

At 173 cm, Ed Sheeran is within 5 cm of a refrigerator (178 cm).

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 →