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How tall is Zendaya?

5′ 10″178 cm · 1.78 m

Commonly reported · press and agency figures

Zendaya is 14.7 cm (6″) taller than the average American woman. See what 5'10" looks like →

U.S. percentile
99th
among women
World percentile
>99th
among women
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Zendaya compared with average U.S. adultsZendaya5′ 10″178 cmAverage U.S. man5′ 9.5″176.9 cmAverage U.S. woman5′ 4.5″163.3 cm
Zendaya next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Zendaya’s height around the world

The same height reads differently depending on where you stand. Here is where 178 cm places Zendaya against adults in 55 countries, for both sexes.

Estimated percentile for Zendaya among adults in each country, for men and women
Countryvs. menMen’s percentilevs. womenWomen’s percentile
Netherlands−5.8 cm21st+7.6 cm88th
Montenegro−5.3 cm23rd+8 cm89th
Bosnia & Herzegovina−4.5 cm26th+10.5 cm95th
Denmark−3.9 cm29th+8.5 cm90th
Ukraine−3 cm34th+11.4 cm96th
Croatia−2.8 cm35th+11.2 cm96th
Serbia−2.7 cm35th+9.7 cm93rd
Poland−2.7 cm35th+12.2 cm97th
Finland−2.6 cm36th+11.5 cm96th
Norway−2.5 cm36th+11.6 cm96th
Sweden−2.5 cm36th+11.3 cm96th
Germany−2.3 cm37th+11.8 cm97th
Greece−1.3 cm43rd+12.2 cm97th
Ireland−1 cm44th+13.5 cm98th
Australia−0.8 cm46th+13.3 cm98th
Canada−0.7 cm46th+13.3 cm98th
France−0.6 cm47th+13.5 cm98th
United Kingdom−0.2 cm49th+14.1 cm98th
New Zealand+0.3 cm52nd+13.3 cm98th
Jamaica+1 cm56th+13.7 cm98th
United States+1.1 cm56th+14.7 cm99th
Russia+1.4 cm58th+13.5 cm98th
Turkey+1.6 cm59th+16.2 cm99th
Spain+1.9 cm61st+16 cm99th
Brazil+2.3 cm63rd+15.6 cm99th
China+2.3 cm63rd+14.5 cm99th
Iran+2.4 cm63rd+16.8 cm>99th
South Korea+2.5 cm64th+14.8 cm99th
Argentina+3.2 cm67th+16.8 cm>99th
Egypt+3.4 cm68th+17.1 cm>99th
Italy+3.6 cm69th+16.2 cm99th
Portugal+3.6 cm69th+16.8 cm>99th
Japan+5.9 cm80th+19.5 cm>99th
Colombia+6.1 cm80th+20 cm>99th
Thailand+6.4 cm82nd+18.6 cm>99th
Nigeria+6.4 cm82nd+19.9 cm>99th
Saudi Arabia+7.3 cm85th+19.2 cm>99th
Kenya+7.5 cm85th+18.6 cm>99th
Mexico+7.7 cm86th+20.1 cm>99th
South Africa+8.4 cm88th+19.4 cm>99th
Malaysia+8.8 cm89th+20.9 cm>99th
Vietnam+9.1 cm90th+19.6 cm>99th
Ethiopia+9.2 cm90th+20.8 cm>99th
DR Congo+9.4 cm91st+21.7 cm>99th
Pakistan+10.7 cm93rd+23.2 cm>99th
Tanzania+11 cm94th+21.1 cm>99th
Peru+11.2 cm94th+23.6 cm>99th
Myanmar+11.3 cm94th+23.3 cm>99th
India+11.5 cm95th+22.8 cm>99th
Indonesia+11.7 cm95th+23.6 cm>99th
Philippines+12.8 cm96th+23.9 cm>99th
Bangladesh+12.9 cm97th+25.6 cm>99th
Nepal+13.6 cm97th+25.6 cm>99th
Guatemala+13.6 cm97th+27.1 cm>99th
Timor-Leste+17.9 cm99th+25.3 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

15 of 32

Zendaya is the 15th tallest of the 32 actors in our database, between Pedro Pascal (180 cm) and Timothée Chalamet (178 cm).

Everyday reference

Refrigerator

At 178 cm, Zendaya is within 0 cm of a refrigerator (178 cm).

Zendaya 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 →