Average height in North Macedonia
Men in North Macedonia average 178.3 cm (5 ft 10 in), women 159.8 cm (5 ft 3 in). That puts North Macedonia 25th of 186 countries in our data.
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North Macedonia among its neighbours
What counts as tall in North Macedonia
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in North Macedonia is taller than 80% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in North Macedonia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 170.3 and 186.3 cm, and roughly 95% between 162.3 and 194.3 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 North Macedonia are on average 18.5 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 7.3 cm taller and women 0.8 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 North Macedonia?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 58% of men in North Macedonia. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in North Macedonia.
- What is the average height of women in North Macedonia?
- Women in North Macedonia average 159.8 cm (5 ft 3 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 152.3 and 167.3 cm. That ranks 77th of 186 countries for women.
- How does North Macedonia compare to Montenegro?
- Men in Montenegro average 178.3 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in North Macedonia. Women average 164.9 cm against 159.8 cm. Montenegro ranks 24th, North Macedonia 25th.
- How does North Macedonia compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in North Macedonia are 7.3 cm taller than that, women 0.8 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. North Macedonia 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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