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Is 195 cm tall?

195 cm (6 ft 5 in) is taller than over 99% of men worldwide, 99% of American men and 99% of Norwegian men. For women it is above the 99th percentile worldwide.

Percentile
>99%
of men worldwide are shorter than 195 cm
195 cm = 6 ft 5 in

195 cm by group

Men

Share of men shorter than 195 cm, by country
GroupMeanShorter than you1 in X
World171.0 cm>99%1 in 741
India164.9 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
China171.8 cm>99%1 in 3,098
United States177.1 cm99%1 in 118
Indonesia163.6 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Pakistan166.9 cm>99%1 in 4,505
Nigeria165.9 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Brazil173.6 cm>99%1 in 676
Bangladesh163.8 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Russia176.5 cm99%1 in 196
Mexico169.0 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Norway179.7 cm99%1 in 89

Women

Share of women shorter than 195 cm, by country
GroupMeanShorter than you1 in X
World159.0 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
India152.6 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
China159.7 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
United States163.5 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Indonesia152.8 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Pakistan153.8 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Nigeria156.3 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Brazil160.9 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Bangladesh150.8 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Russia165.3 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Mexico156.8 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000
Norway165.6 cm>99%under 1 in 10,000

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 tallest. It takes about 741 men to find one at least 195 cm.
  • Across the 186 countries in our data, 195 cm stands out most in the Philippines, where it is taller than over 99% of men, and least in Estonia, where it is taller than 95%.
  • For a woman, 195 cm is above the 99th 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 195 cm tall for a man?
195 cm is taller than over 99% of men worldwide, 99% of men in the United States and 99% of men in Norway. That is tall by any country's standard.
Is 195 cm tall for a woman?
For women, 195 cm is above the 99th percentile worldwide and above the 99th percentile in the United States. The global mean for women is 159.0 cm (5 ft 3 in), so 195 cm is 36.0 cm above it.
What is 195 cm in feet?
195 cm is 76.8 inches, which is 6 ft 5 in to the nearest inch. One foot is 30.48 cm and one inch is 2.54 cm.
How rare is 195 cm?
Worldwide, about 1 in 741 men are at least 195 cm, and under 1 in 10,000 women. In Norway it is 1 in 89 men, in the United States 1 in 118.

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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