Average height in Ireland
Men in Ireland average 178.9 cm (5 ft 10 in), women 165.1 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Ireland 20th of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Ireland
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Ireland is taller than 78% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Ireland is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 170.9 and 186.9 cm, and roughly 95% between 162.9 and 194.9 cm. A man of 187 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 195 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Ireland are on average 13.8 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 7.9 cm taller and women 6.1 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 Ireland?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 55% of men in Ireland. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 98% of women in Ireland.
- What is the average height of women in Ireland?
- Women in Ireland average 165.1 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 157.6 and 172.6 cm. That ranks 24th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Ireland compare to Lithuania?
- Men in Lithuania average 179.0 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Ireland. Women average 166.6 cm against 165.1 cm. Lithuania ranks 19th, Ireland 20th.
- How does Ireland compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Ireland are 7.9 cm taller than that, women 6.1 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Ireland is one of them, so the SD and the percentiles above use the global spread rather than one measured here.
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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