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How tall is Shah Rukh Khan?

5′ 8″173 cm · 1.73 m

Commonly reported · press and agency figures

Shah Rukh Khan 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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Shah Rukh Khan compared with average U.S. adultsShah Rukh Khan5′ 8″173 cmAverage U.S. man5′ 9.5″176.9 cmAverage U.S. woman5′ 4.5″163.3 cm
Shah Rukh Khan next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Shah Rukh Khan’s height around the world

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

Estimated percentile for Shah Rukh Khan among adults in each country, for men and women
Countryvs. menMen’s percentilevs. womenWomen’s percentile
Netherlands−10.8 cm6th+2.6 cm66th
Montenegro−10.3 cm7th+3 cm68th
Bosnia & Herzegovina−9.5 cm9th+5.5 cm80th
Denmark−8.9 cm11th+3.5 cm70th
Ukraine−8 cm13th+6.4 cm84th
Croatia−7.8 cm14th+6.2 cm83rd
Serbia−7.7 cm14th+4.7 cm77th
Poland−7.7 cm14th+7.2 cm87th
Finland−7.6 cm14th+6.5 cm84th
Norway−7.5 cm15th+6.6 cm85th
Sweden−7.5 cm15th+6.3 cm83rd
Germany−7.3 cm15th+6.8 cm85th
Greece−6.3 cm19th+7.2 cm87th
Ireland−6 cm20th+8.5 cm90th
Australia−5.8 cm21st+8.3 cm90th
Canada−5.7 cm21st+8.3 cm90th
France−5.6 cm22nd+8.5 cm90th
United Kingdom−5.2 cm23rd+9.1 cm92nd
New Zealand−4.7 cm25th+8.3 cm90th
Jamaica−4 cm29th+8.7 cm91st
United States−3.9 cm29th+9.7 cm93rd
Russia−3.6 cm31st+8.5 cm90th
Turkey−3.4 cm32nd+11.2 cm96th
Spain−3.1 cm33rd+11 cm95th
Brazil−2.7 cm35th+10.6 cm95th
China−2.7 cm35th+9.5 cm93rd
Iran−2.6 cm36th+11.8 cm97th
South Korea−2.5 cm36th+9.8 cm93rd
Argentina−1.8 cm40th+11.8 cm97th
Egypt−1.6 cm41st+12.1 cm97th
Italy−1.4 cm42nd+11.2 cm96th
Portugal−1.4 cm42nd+11.8 cm97th
Japan+0.9 cm55th+14.5 cm99th
Colombia+1.1 cm56th+15 cm99th
Thailand+1.4 cm58th+13.6 cm98th
Nigeria+1.4 cm58th+14.9 cm99th
Saudi Arabia+2.3 cm63rd+14.2 cm99th
Kenya+2.5 cm64th+13.6 cm98th
Mexico+2.7 cm65th+15.1 cm99th
South Africa+3.4 cm68th+14.4 cm99th
Malaysia+3.8 cm70th+15.9 cm99th
Vietnam+4.1 cm72nd+14.6 cm99th
Ethiopia+4.2 cm72nd+15.8 cm99th
DR Congo+4.4 cm73rd+16.7 cm99th
Pakistan+5.7 cm79th+18.2 cm>99th
Tanzania+6 cm80th+16.1 cm99th
Peru+6.2 cm81st+18.6 cm>99th
Myanmar+6.3 cm81st+18.3 cm>99th
India+6.5 cm82nd+17.8 cm>99th
Indonesia+6.7 cm83rd+18.6 cm>99th
Philippines+7.8 cm86th+18.9 cm>99th
Bangladesh+7.9 cm87th+20.6 cm>99th
Nepal+8.6 cm89th+20.6 cm>99th
Guatemala+8.6 cm89th+22.1 cm>99th
Timor-Leste+12.9 cm97th+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 actors

22 of 32

Shah Rukh Khan is the 22nd tallest of the 32 actors in our database, between Tom Holland (173 cm) and Tom Cruise (170 cm).

Everyday reference

Refrigerator

At 173 cm, Shah Rukh Khan is within 5 cm of a refrigerator (178 cm).

Shah Rukh Khan 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 →