Is 159 cm tall?

159 cm by group

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 93 would be taller than 159 cm and 7 shorter.
• Across the 186 countries in our data, 159 cm stands out most in the Netherlands, where it is taller than under 1% of men, and least in Timor-Leste, where it is taller than 46%.
• For a woman, 159 cm is the 50th 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 159 cm tall for a man?

159 cm is taller than 7% of men worldwide, 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 46% of men.

Is 159 cm tall for a woman?

For women, 159 cm is the 50th percentile worldwide and the 26th percentile in the United States. The global mean for women is 159.0 cm (5 ft 3 in), so 159 cm is 0.0 cm above it.

What is 159 cm in feet?

159 cm is 62.6 inches, which is 5 ft 3 in to the nearest inch. One foot is 30.48 cm and one inch is 2.54 cm.

How rare is 159 cm?

Worldwide, about 1 in 15 men are at most 159 cm, and 1 in 2 women. In Norway it is 1 in 998 men, in the United States 1 in 127.