Height
How tall is 5'11"?
180.34 cm1.8 m · 71″
5 foot 11 is exactly 180.34 cm. For an adult in the United States that is above average for a man and very tall for a woman — but the same number lands very differently elsewhere, which is what the table below is for.
Key figures for 5'11"
- Centimetres
- 180.34 cm
- Exact conversion
- Metres
- 1.8 m
- Total inches
- 71″
- 5 ft × 12 + 11
- US percentile
- 75th / >99th
- Men / women (CDC adults)
Is 5'11" tall?
Measured against US adults aged 20 and over, from the CDC's NHANES survey (mean 175.3 cm for men, 161.3 cm for women).
For a man
75th percentile
About 75% of American men are shorter than 5'11", so it reads as above average. Worldwide it is around the 91st percentile.
For a woman
>99th percentile
5'11" sits at the far tall end of the female distribution in every country we hold data for, so a percentile stops being a useful number here.
5'11" around the world
Where a height sits depends entirely on who you stand next to. For men, 5'11" runs from the 31st percentile in Netherlands to the >99th percentile in Timor-Leste.
| Country | vs. men | Men’s percentile | vs. women | Women’s percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | −3.5 cm | 31st | +9.9 cm | 94th |
| Montenegro | −3 cm | 34th | +10.3 cm | 94th |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | −2.2 cm | 38th | +12.8 cm | 98th |
| Denmark | −1.6 cm | 41st | +10.8 cm | 95th |
| Ukraine | −0.7 cm | 46th | +13.7 cm | 98th |
| Croatia | −0.5 cm | 47th | +13.5 cm | 98th |
| Serbia | −0.4 cm | 48th | +12 cm | 97th |
| Poland | −0.4 cm | 48th | +14.5 cm | 99th |
| Finland | −0.3 cm | 49th | +13.8 cm | 98th |
| Norway | −0.2 cm | 49th | +13.9 cm | 98th |
| Sweden | −0.2 cm | 49th | +13.6 cm | 98th |
| Germany | ±0 | 50th | +14.1 cm | 99th |
| Greece | +1 cm | 56th | +14.5 cm | 99th |
| Ireland | +1.3 cm | 57th | +15.8 cm | 99th |
| Australia | +1.5 cm | 59th | +15.6 cm | 99th |
| Canada | +1.6 cm | 59th | +15.6 cm | 99th |
| France | +1.7 cm | 60th | +15.8 cm | 99th |
| United Kingdom | +2.1 cm | 62nd | +16.4 cm | 99th |
| New Zealand | +2.6 cm | 64th | +15.6 cm | 99th |
| Jamaica | +3.3 cm | 68th | +16 cm | 99th |
| United States | +3.4 cm | 69th | +17 cm | >99th |
| Russia | +3.7 cm | 70th | +15.8 cm | 99th |
| Turkey | +3.9 cm | 71st | +18.5 cm | >99th |
| Spain | +4.2 cm | 72nd | +18.3 cm | >99th |
| Brazil | +4.6 cm | 74th | +17.9 cm | >99th |
| China | +4.6 cm | 74th | +16.8 cm | >99th |
| Iran | +4.7 cm | 75th | +19.1 cm | >99th |
| South Korea | +4.8 cm | 75th | +17.1 cm | >99th |
| Argentina | +5.5 cm | 78th | +19.1 cm | >99th |
| Egypt | +5.7 cm | 79th | +19.4 cm | >99th |
| Italy | +5.9 cm | 80th | +18.5 cm | >99th |
| Portugal | +5.9 cm | 80th | +19.1 cm | >99th |
| Japan | +8.2 cm | 88th | +21.8 cm | >99th |
| Colombia | +8.4 cm | 88th | +22.3 cm | >99th |
| Thailand | +8.7 cm | 89th | +20.9 cm | >99th |
| Nigeria | +8.7 cm | 89th | +22.2 cm | >99th |
| Saudi Arabia | +9.6 cm | 91st | +21.5 cm | >99th |
| Kenya | +9.8 cm | 92nd | +20.9 cm | >99th |
| Mexico | +10 cm | 92nd | +22.4 cm | >99th |
| South Africa | +10.7 cm | 93rd | +21.7 cm | >99th |
| Malaysia | +11.1 cm | 94th | +23.2 cm | >99th |
| Vietnam | +11.4 cm | 95th | +21.9 cm | >99th |
| Ethiopia | +11.5 cm | 95th | +23.1 cm | >99th |
| DR Congo | +11.7 cm | 95th | +24 cm | >99th |
| Pakistan | +13 cm | 97th | +25.5 cm | >99th |
| Tanzania | +13.3 cm | 97th | +23.4 cm | >99th |
| Peru | +13.5 cm | 97th | +25.9 cm | >99th |
| Myanmar | +13.6 cm | 97th | +25.6 cm | >99th |
| India | +13.8 cm | 97th | +25.1 cm | >99th |
| Indonesia | +14 cm | 98th | +25.9 cm | >99th |
| Philippines | +15.1 cm | 98th | +26.2 cm | >99th |
| Bangladesh | +15.2 cm | 98th | +27.9 cm | >99th |
| Nepal | +15.9 cm | 99th | +27.9 cm | >99th |
| Guatemala | +15.9 cm | 99th | +29.4 cm | >99th |
| Timor-Leste | +20.2 cm | >99th | +27.6 cm | >99th |
Estimated from NCD-RisC national averages for 19-year-olds and an assumed normal distribution. This is the only series that covers every country on a consistent basis, and it runs a little taller than measured adult figures — which is why the US percentiles above, taken from the CDC's adult survey, differ slightly from the US row here. Greyed values sit beyond the 2nd or 98th percentile, where the estimate stops discriminating.How we calculate this → Check your own percentile →
Who is 5'11"?
Public figures with a reported height within 2 cm of 5'11".
- Brad PittActor5′ 11″180 cm
- Pedro PascalActor5′ 11″180 cm
- Kendall JennerModel5′ 10.5″179 cm
- DrakeRapper5′ 11.5″182 cm
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Everyday things about this tall
- Refrigerator 178 cm · 5′ 10″
- SUV 178 cm · 5′ 10″
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Questions about 5'11"
How tall is 5'11" in cm?
5 foot 11 is exactly 180.34 cm, or 1.8 m. That is 71 inches in total (5 × 12 + 11), and each inch is 2.54 cm.
Is 5'11" tall for a man?
In the United States, 5'11" is above average for a man — around the 75th percentile, so roughly 75% of American men are shorter. That is measured against CDC NHANES data for adults aged 20 and over, whose mean is 175.3 cm.
Is 5'11" tall for a woman?
In the United States, 5'11" is very tall for a woman — around the >99th percentile, meaning roughly 100% of American women are shorter, against a CDC adult mean of 161.3 cm.
Does 5'11" count as tall everywhere?
No. For men it ranges from about the 31st percentile in Netherlands to the >99th percentile in Timor-Leste. The same height reads very differently depending on where you are.
See 5'11" next to anyone
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