Is 180 cm tall in Australia?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 54% of men in Australia. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 98% of women in Australia.

What is the average height of women in Australia?

Women in Australia average 165.9 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 6.6 cm. About two thirds of women are between 159.3 and 172.5 cm. That ranks 12th of 186 countries for women.

How does Australia compare to Slovakia?

Men in Slovakia average 179.5 cm, 0.3 cm more than men in Australia. Women average 167.5 cm against 165.9 cm. Slovakia ranks 17th, Australia 18th.

How does Australia compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Australia are 8.2 cm taller than that, women 6.9 cm taller.

Average height in Australia

Men in Australia average 179.2 cm (5 ft 11 in), women 165.9 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Australia 18th of 186 countries in our data.

Key numbers

Men

179.2 cm

5 ft 11 in

Women

165.9 cm

5 ft 5 in

SD, men / women

7.2 / 6.6

cm

vs global mean

+8.2 cm

women +6.9 cm

Rank, men

18 of 186

women 12 of 186

Men minus women

13.3 cm

global 12.0 cm

Australia among its neighbours

Ranking neighbours (three above and below) plus every Oceania country in our data
#	Country	Men (cm)	Women (cm)	Region
15	Sweden	179.7	165.7	Europe
16	Finland	179.6	165.9	Europe
17	Slovakia	179.5	167.5	Europe
18	Australia	179.2	165.9	Oceania
19	Lithuania	179.0	166.6	Europe
20	Ireland	178.9	165.1	Europe
21	Ukraine	178.5	166.3	Europe
30	New Zealand	177.7	164.9	Oceania
33	French Polynesia	177.4	164.5	Oceania
40	Tonga	176.8	165.5	Oceania
52	Samoa	174.4	162.0	Oceania
57	Fiji	173.9	161.7	Oceania
109	Kiribati	169.2	157.0	Oceania
118	Micronesia	168.5	156.1	Oceania
123	Vanuatu	168.1	158.2	Oceania
171	Solomon Islands	164.1	154.4	Oceania
175	Papua New Guinea	163.6	154.9	Oceania

What counts as tall in Australia

Share of adults shorter than each height, estimated from mean and SD
Height	ft in	Shorter men	Shorter women
160 cm	5 ft 3 in	<1%	19%
165 cm	5 ft 5 in	2%	45%
170 cm	5 ft 7 in	10%	73%
175 cm	5 ft 9 in	28%	92%
180 cm	5 ft 11 in	54%	98%
185 cm	6 ft 1 in	79%	>99%
190 cm	6 ft 3 in	93%	>99%
195 cm	6 ft 5 in	99%	>99%
200 cm	6 ft 7 in	>99%	>99%

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Australia is taller than 79% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Australia is 7.2 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 172.0 and 186.4 cm, and roughly 95% between 164.8 and 193.6 cm. A man of 186 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 194 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Australia are on average 13.3 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 8.2 cm taller and women 6.9 cm taller. These are means for people born in 1996, measured at 18. Older generations in most countries are shorter, by several centimetres where heights rose fast.

Questions

Is 180 cm tall in Australia?: A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 54% of men in Australia. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 98% of women in Australia.
What is the average height of women in Australia?: Women in Australia average 165.9 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 6.6 cm. About two thirds of women are between 159.3 and 172.5 cm. That ranks 12th of 186 countries for women.
How does Australia compare to Slovakia?: Men in Slovakia average 179.5 cm, 0.3 cm more than men in Australia. Women average 167.5 cm against 165.9 cm. Slovakia ranks 17th, Australia 18th.
How does Australia compare to the world average?: The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Australia are 8.2 cm taller than that, women 6.9 cm taller.

Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, eLife 2016, mean height at 18 of adults born in 1996. Percentiles on this page are our estimate from a normal distribution with the stated mean and SD.

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