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How tall is Robert Downey Jr.?

5′ 8.5″174 cm · 1.74 m

Commonly reported · press and agency figures

Robert Downey Jr. is 2.9 cm (1″) shorter than the average American man. See what 5'9" looks like →

U.S. percentile
43rd
among men
World percentile
66th
among men
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Robert Downey Jr. compared with average U.S. adultsRobert Downey Jr.5′ 8.5″174 cmAverage U.S. man5′ 9.5″176.9 cmAverage U.S. woman5′ 4.5″163.3 cm
Robert Downey Jr. next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Robert Downey Jr.’s height around the world

The same height reads differently depending on where you stand. Here is where 174 cm places Robert Downey Jr. against adults in 55 countries, for both sexes.

Estimated percentile for Robert Downey Jr. among adults in each country, for men and women
Countryvs. menMen’s percentilevs. womenWomen’s percentile
Netherlands−9.8 cm8th+3.6 cm71st
Montenegro−9.3 cm10th+4 cm73rd
Bosnia & Herzegovina−8.5 cm12th+6.5 cm84th
Denmark−7.9 cm13th+4.5 cm76th
Ukraine−7 cm16th+7.4 cm87th
Croatia−6.8 cm17th+7.2 cm87th
Serbia−6.7 cm17th+5.7 cm81st
Poland−6.7 cm17th+8.2 cm90th
Finland−6.6 cm18th+7.5 cm88th
Norway−6.5 cm18th+7.6 cm88th
Sweden−6.5 cm18th+7.3 cm87th
Germany−6.3 cm19th+7.8 cm88th
Greece−5.3 cm23rd+8.2 cm90th
Ireland−5 cm24th+9.5 cm93rd
Australia−4.8 cm25th+9.3 cm92nd
Canada−4.7 cm25th+9.3 cm92nd
France−4.6 cm26th+9.5 cm93rd
United Kingdom−4.2 cm28th+10.1 cm94th
New Zealand−3.7 cm30th+9.3 cm92nd
Jamaica−3 cm34th+9.7 cm93rd
United States−2.9 cm34th+10.7 cm95th
Russia−2.6 cm36th+9.5 cm93rd
Turkey−2.4 cm37th+12.2 cm97th
Spain−2.1 cm38th+12 cm97th
Brazil−1.7 cm41st+11.6 cm96th
China−1.7 cm41st+10.5 cm95th
Iran−1.6 cm41st+12.8 cm98th
South Korea−1.5 cm42nd+10.8 cm95th
Argentina−0.8 cm46th+12.8 cm98th
Egypt−0.6 cm47th+13.1 cm98th
Italy−0.4 cm48th+12.2 cm97th
Portugal−0.4 cm48th+12.8 cm98th
Japan+1.9 cm61st+15.5 cm99th
Colombia+2.1 cm62nd+16 cm99th
Thailand+2.4 cm63rd+14.6 cm99th
Nigeria+2.4 cm63rd+15.9 cm99th
Saudi Arabia+3.3 cm68th+15.2 cm99th
Kenya+3.5 cm69th+14.6 cm99th
Mexico+3.7 cm70th+16.1 cm99th
South Africa+4.4 cm73rd+15.4 cm99th
Malaysia+4.8 cm75th+16.9 cm>99th
Vietnam+5.1 cm76th+15.6 cm99th
Ethiopia+5.2 cm77th+16.8 cm>99th
DR Congo+5.4 cm78th+17.7 cm>99th
Pakistan+6.7 cm83rd+19.2 cm>99th
Tanzania+7 cm84th+17.1 cm>99th
Peru+7.2 cm84th+19.6 cm>99th
Myanmar+7.3 cm85th+19.3 cm>99th
India+7.5 cm85th+18.8 cm>99th
Indonesia+7.7 cm86th+19.6 cm>99th
Philippines+8.8 cm89th+19.9 cm>99th
Bangladesh+8.9 cm89th+21.6 cm>99th
Nepal+9.6 cm91st+21.6 cm>99th
Guatemala+9.6 cm91st+23.1 cm>99th
Timor-Leste+13.9 cm97th+21.3 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 actors

19 of 32

Robert Downey Jr. is the 19th tallest of the 32 actors in our database, between Sylvester Stallone (177 cm) and Jackie Chan (174 cm).

Everyday reference

Refrigerator

At 174 cm, Robert Downey Jr. is within 4 cm of a refrigerator (178 cm).

Robert Downey Jr. 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 →