Is 149 cm tall for a man?

149 cm is taller than under 1% of men worldwide, under 1% of men in the United States and under 1% of men in Norway. Short in most countries, though less so in Timor-Leste, where it is taller than 9% of men.

Is 149 cm tall for a woman?

For women, 149 cm is the 9th percentile worldwide and the 2nd percentile in the United States. The global mean for women is 159.0 cm (5 ft 3 in), so 149 cm is 10.0 cm below it.

What is 149 cm in feet?

149 cm is 58.7 inches, which is 4 ft 11 in to the nearest inch. One foot is 30.48 cm and one inch is 2.54 cm.

Worldwide, about 1 in 336 men are at most 149 cm, and 1 in 11 women. In Norway it is under 1 in 10,000 men, in the United States under 1 in 10,000.

Is 149 cm tall?

149 cm (4 ft 11 in) is taller than under 1% of men worldwide, under 1% of American men and under 1% of Norwegian men. For women it is the 9th percentile worldwide.

Percentile

<1%

of men worldwide are shorter than 149 cm

149 cm = 4 ft 11 in

149 cm by group

Men

Share of men shorter than 149 cm, by country
Group	Mean	Shorter than you	1 in X
World	171.0 cm	<1%	1 in 336
India	164.9 cm	1%	1 in 94
China	171.8 cm	<1%	1 in 2,501
United States	177.1 cm	<1%	under 1 in 10,000
Indonesia	163.6 cm	1%	1 in 81
Pakistan	166.9 cm	1%	1 in 79
Nigeria	165.9 cm	<1%	1 in 215
Brazil	173.6 cm	<1%	1 in 3,154
Bangladesh	163.8 cm	3%	1 in 31
Russia	176.5 cm	<1%	under 1 in 10,000
Mexico	169.0 cm	<1%	1 in 612
Norway	179.7 cm	<1%	under 1 in 10,000

Women

Share of women shorter than 149 cm, by country
Group	Mean	Shorter than you	1 in X
World	159.0 cm	9%	1 in 11
India	152.6 cm	28%	1 in 4
China	159.7 cm	4%	1 in 24
United States	163.5 cm	2%	1 in 52
Indonesia	152.8 cm	26%	1 in 4
Pakistan	153.8 cm	26%	1 in 4
Nigeria	156.3 cm	11%	1 in 9
Brazil	160.9 cm	3%	1 in 30
Bangladesh	150.8 cm	41%	1 in 2
Russia	165.3 cm	1%	1 in 148
Mexico	156.8 cm	10%	1 in 10
Norway	165.6 cm	<1%	1 in 270

Percentile is the share of the group shorter than this height. “1 in X” counts the rarer side: people at or beyond this value above the median, at or under it below. Percentiles are estimated from a normal distribution with each group's mean and standard deviation.

What this means

In a room of 100 men from around the world, you would most likely be the shortest. About 1 in 336 men are 149 cm or under.
Across the 186 countries in our data, 149 cm stands out most in Denmark, where it is taller than under 1% of men, and least in Timor-Leste, where it is taller than 9%.
For a woman, 149 cm is the 9th percentile worldwide. The global mean is 159.0 cm for women and 171.0 cm for men, a gap of 12.0 cm.

Questions

Is 149 cm tall for a man?: 149 cm is taller than under 1% of men worldwide, under 1% of men in the United States and under 1% of men in Norway. Short in most countries, though less so in Timor-Leste, where it is taller than 9% of men.
Is 149 cm tall for a woman?: For women, 149 cm is the 9th percentile worldwide and the 2nd percentile in the United States. The global mean for women is 159.0 cm (5 ft 3 in), so 149 cm is 10.0 cm below it.
What is 149 cm in feet?: 149 cm is 58.7 inches, which is 4 ft 11 in to the nearest inch. One foot is 30.48 cm and one inch is 2.54 cm.
How rare is 149 cm?: Worldwide, about 1 in 336 men are at most 149 cm, and 1 in 11 women. In Norway it is under 1 in 10,000 men, in the United States under 1 in 10,000.

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

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