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Is 151 cm tall?

151 cm (4 ft 11 in) is taller than 1% of men worldwide, under 1% of American men and under 1% of Norwegian men. For women it is the 14th percentile worldwide.

Percentile
1%
of men worldwide are shorter than 151 cm
151 cm = 4 ft 11 in

151 cm by group

Men

Share of men shorter than 151 cm, by country
GroupMeanShorter than you1 in X
World171.0 cm1%1 in 161
India164.9 cm2%1 in 45
China171.8 cm<1%1 in 900
United States177.1 cm<1%1 in 3,988
Indonesia163.6 cm3%1 in 38
Pakistan166.9 cm2%1 in 43
Nigeria165.9 cm1%1 in 91
Brazil173.6 cm<1%1 in 1,179
Bangladesh163.8 cm5%1 in 18
Russia176.5 cm<1%1 in 5,029
Mexico169.0 cm<1%1 in 246
Norway179.7 cm<1%under 1 in 10,000

Women

Share of women shorter than 151 cm, by country
GroupMeanShorter than you1 in X
World159.0 cm14%1 in 7
India152.6 cm40%1 in 3
China159.7 cm8%1 in 12
United States163.5 cm4%1 in 27
Indonesia152.8 cm38%1 in 3
Pakistan153.8 cm35%1 in 3
Nigeria156.3 cm19%1 in 5
Brazil160.9 cm6%1 in 16
Bangladesh150.8 cm51%1 in 2
Russia165.3 cm2%1 in 66
Mexico156.8 cm17%1 in 6
Norway165.6 cm1%1 in 108

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, about 99 would be taller than 151 cm and 1 shorter.
  • Across the 186 countries in our data, 151 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 14%.
  • For a woman, 151 cm is the 14th 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 151 cm tall for a man?
151 cm is taller than 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 14% of men.
Is 151 cm tall for a woman?
For women, 151 cm is the 14th percentile worldwide and the 4th percentile in the United States. The global mean for women is 159.0 cm (5 ft 3 in), so 151 cm is 8.0 cm below it.
What is 151 cm in feet?
151 cm is 59.4 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 151 cm?
Worldwide, about 1 in 161 men are at most 151 cm, and 1 in 7 women. In Norway it is under 1 in 10,000 men, in the United States 1 in 3,988.

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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