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How tall is Kim Kardashian?

5′ 2.5″159 cm · 1.59 m

Commonly reported · press and agency figures

Kim Kardashian is 4.3 cm (1.5″) shorter than the average American woman. See what 5'3" looks like →

U.S. percentile
37th
among women
World percentile
47th
among women
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Kim Kardashian compared with average U.S. adultsKim Kardashian5′ 2.5″159 cmAverage U.S. man5′ 9.5″176.9 cmAverage U.S. woman5′ 4.5″163.3 cm
Kim Kardashian next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Kim Kardashian’s height around the world

The same height reads differently depending on where you stand. Here is where 159 cm places Kim Kardashian against adults in 55 countries, for both sexes.

Estimated percentile for Kim Kardashian among adults in each country, for men and women
Countryvs. menMen’s percentilevs. womenWomen’s percentile
Netherlands−24.8 cm<1st−11.4 cm4th
Montenegro−24.3 cm<1st−11 cm5th
Bosnia & Herzegovina−23.5 cm<1st−8.5 cm10th
Denmark−22.9 cm<1st−10.5 cm5th
Ukraine−22 cm<1st−7.6 cm12th
Croatia−21.8 cm<1st−7.8 cm12th
Serbia−21.7 cm<1st−9.3 cm8th
Poland−21.7 cm<1st−6.8 cm15th
Finland−21.6 cm<1st−7.5 cm12th
Norway−21.5 cm<1st−7.4 cm13th
Sweden−21.5 cm<1st−7.7 cm12th
Germany−21.3 cm<1st−7.2 cm13th
Greece−20.3 cm<1st−6.8 cm15th
Ireland−20 cm<1st−5.5 cm20th
Australia−19.8 cm<1st−5.7 cm19th
Canada−19.7 cm<1st−5.7 cm19th
France−19.6 cm<1st−5.5 cm20th
United Kingdom−19.2 cm<1st−4.9 cm23rd
New Zealand−18.7 cm<1st−5.7 cm19th
Jamaica−18 cm1st−5.3 cm21st
United States−17.9 cm1st−4.3 cm25th
Russia−17.6 cm1st−5.5 cm20th
Turkey−17.4 cm1st−2.8 cm33rd
Spain−17.1 cm1st−3 cm32nd
Brazil−16.7 cm1st−3.4 cm30th
China−16.7 cm1st−4.5 cm24th
Iran−16.6 cm1st−2.2 cm37th
South Korea−16.5 cm1st−4.2 cm26th
Argentina−15.8 cm1st−2.2 cm37th
Egypt−15.6 cm1st−1.9 cm39th
Italy−15.4 cm2nd−2.8 cm33rd
Portugal−15.4 cm2nd−2.2 cm37th
Japan−13.1 cm3rd+0.5 cm53rd
Colombia−12.9 cm3rd+1 cm56th
Thailand−12.6 cm4th−0.4 cm48th
Nigeria−12.6 cm4th+0.9 cm56th
Saudi Arabia−11.7 cm5th+0.2 cm51st
Kenya−11.5 cm5th−0.4 cm48th
Mexico−11.3 cm6th+1.1 cm57th
South Africa−10.6 cm7th+0.4 cm52nd
Malaysia−10.2 cm8th+1.9 cm61st
Vietnam−9.9 cm8th+0.6 cm54th
Ethiopia−9.8 cm8th+1.8 cm61st
DR Congo−9.6 cm9th+2.7 cm66th
Pakistan−8.3 cm12th+4.2 cm74th
Tanzania−8 cm13th+2.1 cm63rd
Peru−7.8 cm14th+4.6 cm76th
Myanmar−7.7 cm14th+4.3 cm75th
India−7.5 cm15th+3.8 cm72nd
Indonesia−7.3 cm15th+4.6 cm76th
Philippines−6.2 cm19th+4.9 cm77th
Bangladesh−6.1 cm20th+6.6 cm85th
Nepal−5.4 cm22nd+6.6 cm85th
Guatemala−5.4 cm22nd+8.1 cm89th
Timor-Leste−1.1 cm44th+6.3 cm83rd

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 public figures

5 of 5

Kim Kardashian is the shortest of the 5 public figures in our database.

Everyday reference

1.59 m

Kim Kardashian is 44 cm shorter than a standard door frame.

Kim Kardashian 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 →