Height
How tall is 5'5"?
165.1 cm1.65 m · 65″
5 foot 5 is exactly 165.1 cm. For an adult in the United States that is short for a man and above average for a woman — but the same number lands very differently elsewhere, which is what the table below is for.
Key figures for 5'5"
- Centimetres
- 165.1 cm
- Exact conversion
- Metres
- 1.65 m
- Total inches
- 65″
- 5 ft × 12 + 5
- US percentile
- 9th / 71st
- Men / women (CDC adults)
Is 5'5" 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
9th percentile
About 9% of American men are shorter than 5'5", so it reads as short. Worldwide it is around the 20th percentile.
For a woman
71st percentile
About 71% of American women are shorter than 5'5", so it reads as above average. Worldwide it is around the 81st percentile.
5'5" around the world
Where a height sits depends entirely on who you stand next to. For men, 5'5" runs from the <1st percentile in Netherlands to the 76th percentile in Timor-Leste.
| Country | vs. men | Men’s percentile | vs. women | Women’s percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | −18.7 cm | <1st | −5.3 cm | 21st |
| Montenegro | −18.2 cm | 1st | −4.9 cm | 23rd |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | −17.4 cm | 1st | −2.4 cm | 36th |
| Denmark | −16.8 cm | 1st | −4.4 cm | 25th |
| Ukraine | −15.9 cm | 1st | −1.5 cm | 41st |
| Croatia | −15.7 cm | 1st | −1.7 cm | 40th |
| Serbia | −15.6 cm | 1st | −3.2 cm | 31st |
| Poland | −15.6 cm | 1st | −0.7 cm | 46th |
| Finland | −15.5 cm | 1st | −1.4 cm | 41st |
| Norway | −15.4 cm | 2nd | −1.3 cm | 42nd |
| Sweden | −15.4 cm | 2nd | −1.6 cm | 40th |
| Germany | −15.2 cm | 2nd | −1.1 cm | 43rd |
| Greece | −14.2 cm | 2nd | −0.7 cm | 46th |
| Ireland | −13.9 cm | 3rd | +0.6 cm | 54th |
| Australia | −13.7 cm | 3rd | +0.4 cm | 52nd |
| Canada | −13.6 cm | 3rd | +0.4 cm | 52nd |
| France | −13.5 cm | 3rd | +0.6 cm | 54th |
| United Kingdom | −13.1 cm | 3rd | +1.2 cm | 57th |
| New Zealand | −12.6 cm | 4th | +0.4 cm | 52nd |
| Jamaica | −11.9 cm | 5th | +0.8 cm | 55th |
| United States | −11.8 cm | 5th | +1.8 cm | 61st |
| Russia | −11.5 cm | 5th | +0.6 cm | 54th |
| Turkey | −11.3 cm | 6th | +3.3 cm | 69th |
| Spain | −11 cm | 6th | +3.1 cm | 68th |
| Brazil | −10.6 cm | 7th | +2.7 cm | 66th |
| China | −10.6 cm | 7th | +1.6 cm | 60th |
| Iran | −10.5 cm | 7th | +3.9 cm | 73rd |
| South Korea | −10.4 cm | 7th | +1.9 cm | 61st |
| Argentina | −9.7 cm | 9th | +3.9 cm | 73rd |
| Egypt | −9.5 cm | 9th | +4.2 cm | 74th |
| Italy | −9.3 cm | 10th | +3.3 cm | 69th |
| Portugal | −9.3 cm | 10th | +3.9 cm | 73rd |
| Japan | −7 cm | 16th | +6.6 cm | 85th |
| Colombia | −6.8 cm | 17th | +7.1 cm | 86th |
| Thailand | −6.5 cm | 18th | +5.7 cm | 81st |
| Nigeria | −6.5 cm | 18th | +7 cm | 86th |
| Saudi Arabia | −5.6 cm | 22nd | +6.3 cm | 83rd |
| Kenya | −5.4 cm | 22nd | +5.7 cm | 81st |
| Mexico | −5.2 cm | 23rd | +7.2 cm | 87th |
| South Africa | −4.5 cm | 26th | +6.5 cm | 84th |
| Malaysia | −4.1 cm | 28th | +8 cm | 89th |
| Vietnam | −3.8 cm | 30th | +6.7 cm | 85th |
| Ethiopia | −3.7 cm | 30th | +7.9 cm | 89th |
| DR Congo | −3.5 cm | 31st | +8.8 cm | 91st |
| Pakistan | −2.2 cm | 38th | +10.3 cm | 94th |
| Tanzania | −1.9 cm | 39th | +8.2 cm | 90th |
| Peru | −1.7 cm | 41st | +10.7 cm | 95th |
| Myanmar | −1.6 cm | 41st | +10.4 cm | 95th |
| India | −1.4 cm | 42nd | +9.9 cm | 94th |
| Indonesia | −1.2 cm | 43rd | +10.7 cm | 95th |
| Philippines | −0.1 cm | 49th | +11 cm | 95th |
| Bangladesh | ±0 | 50th | +12.7 cm | 97th |
| Nepal | +0.7 cm | 54th | +12.7 cm | 97th |
| Guatemala | +0.7 cm | 54th | +14.2 cm | 99th |
| Timor-Leste | +5 cm | 76th | +12.4 cm | 97th |
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 5'5"?
Public figures with a reported height within 2 cm of 5'5".
- Emma WatsonActor5′ 5″165 cm
- Daniel RadcliffeActor5′ 5″165 cm
- Selena GomezSinger & actor5′ 5″165 cm
- Bruno MarsSinger5′ 5″165 cm
Seen side by side: Daniel Radcliffe vs Emma Watson and Selena Gomez vs Taylor Swift.
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Questions about 5'5"
How tall is 5'5" in cm?
5 foot 5 is exactly 165.1 cm, or 1.65 m. That is 65 inches in total (5 × 12 + 5), and each inch is 2.54 cm.
Is 5'5" tall for a man?
In the United States, 5'5" is short for a man — around the 9th percentile, so roughly 9% 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 5'5" tall for a woman?
In the United States, 5'5" is above average for a woman — around the 71st percentile, meaning roughly 71% of American women are shorter, against a CDC adult mean of 161.3 cm.
Does 5'5" count as tall everywhere?
No. For men it ranges from about the <1st percentile in Netherlands to the 76th percentile in Timor-Leste. The same height reads very differently depending on where you are.
See 5'5" next to anyone
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