HeightPredictorHeight comparison quiz
Taller or shorter than you think?
See yourself on the ruler next to the average for your age, a friend, or your parents. Then find out if the gap closes. A height comparison that ends with a prediction, not a silhouette.
Is your height tall, short, or average?
"Am I short?" and "am I tall?" only mean something next to a group. For adults in the United States, the CDC measured this in 2021–2023: half of men are under 5'9" and half of women are under 5'4". The table shows where each height lands.
US adults, age 20 and over. Where the percentiles fall.
| Percentile | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 5th | 5'3.9" · 162 cm | 4'10.9" · 150 cm |
| 10th | 5'5" · 165 cm | 4'11.8" · 152 cm |
| 25th | 5'6.9" · 170 cm | 5'1.6" · 156 cm |
| 50th | 5'9" · 175 cm | 5'3.5" · 161 cm |
| 75th | 5'10.9" · 180 cm | 5'5.4" · 166 cm |
| 90th | 6'0.7" · 185 cm | 5'7.1" · 170 cm |
| 95th | 6'1.7" · 187 cm | 5'7.9" · 172 cm |
Source: CDC/NCHS, Anthropometric Reference Data for Children and Adults: United States, August 2021–August 2023 (Series 3, No. 50), Table 8.
Is this height tall? Estimated percentile for US adults.
| Height | Men (est.) | Women (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| 5'2" · 157 cm | <1 | 29th |
| 5'4" · 163 cm | 4th | 57th |
| 5'5" · 165 cm | 9th | 71st |
| 5'6" · 168 cm | 16th | 83rd |
| 5'7" · 170 cm | 25th | 90th |
| 5'8" · 173 cm | 38th | 95th |
| 5'9" · 175 cm | 51st | 98th |
| 5'10" · 178 cm | 65th | 99+ |
| 5'11" · 180 cm | 77th | 99+ |
| 6'0" · 183 cm | 86th | 99+ |
| 6'1" · 185 cm | 92nd | 99+ |
| 6'2" · 188 cm | 96th | 99+ |
| 6'4" · 193 cm | 99+ | 99+ |
Source: estimated from the CDC 2021–2023 adult distribution (normal fit to the published percentiles).
So is 5'10" tall? For a man it is above average, around the 65th percentile. Is 6 feet tall? Around the 85th. For a woman, 5'7" is already near the 90th percentile. What percentile is my height is the first thing the quiz shows, using your age, not just the adult table.
Height comparison chart by age
Adults are the easy case. If you are 13, comparing yourself with adult men is the wrong ruler. This height comparison chart shows the median for boys and girls at each age, the line the quiz places you against.
| Age | Boys (median) | Girls (median) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4'2.1" · 127 cm | 4'1.8" · 127 cm |
| 10 | 4'6.3" · 138 cm | 4'6.6" · 139 cm |
| 12 | 4'10.7" · 149 cm | 4'11.5" · 151 cm |
| 13 | 5'1.4" · 156 cm | 5'1.6" · 156 cm |
| 14 | 5'4.3" · 163 cm | 5'2.9" · 160 cm |
| 15 | 5'6.5" · 169 cm | 5'3.7" · 162 cm |
| 16 | 5'7.7" · 172 cm | 5'4" · 163 cm |
| 17 | 5'8.3" · 173 cm | 5'4.1" · 163 cm |
| 18 | 5'8.7" · 175 cm | 5'4.2" · 163 cm |
| 19 | 5'9.3" · 176 cm | 5'4.3" · 163 cm |
Source: WHO 2007 growth reference (5–19 years) and WHO Child Growth Standards (2–5 years), median height by age. Full table with every age and by country on the average height page.
Height difference between two people
Pick "a friend" or "a partner" at the top and the quiz asks for their height too. Your result puts both of you on the same ruler with the height difference in inches and centimetres, which is all a height difference calculator does, plus one thing it never does: whether your side of the gap is still moving.
For a couple, the average height difference between men and women in the US is about 5.5 inches (14 cm). Most height comparison tool pages stop at drawing two figures. We skip the drawing and tell you what happens next.
People also ask
What percentile is my height?
Your percentile is the share of people your age and sex who are shorter than you. The 50th percentile is the median. The quiz calculates it from your age, sex and current height against WHO and CDC references, so a 14-year-old is compared with 14-year-olds, not with adults.
Is 5'10" tall for a guy?
In the United States, 5'10" is above the adult male median of 5'9" and lands around the 65th percentile: taller than roughly two out of three men. In the Netherlands it would be slightly below average.
Is 5'5" tall for a girl?
For adult women in the US, 5'5" is a little above the 5'4" median, around the 70th percentile. For a 13-year-old girl it is well above average, since the median at 13 is about 5'2".
What is the average height difference in a couple?
About 5.5 inches (14 cm) in the US, which is simply the gap between the male and female medians. Individual couples vary a lot, and the gap says nothing about either person's growth.
Will I end up taller than my friends?
Maybe. At 13 to 15 the ranking changes every year because growth spurts land at different ages. Compare yourself with the average for your age, then look at how much growth is still open on your curve. That number matters more than today's line-up.
Do you have a 3D height comparison tool?
No. There are plenty of silhouette and 3D pages already. This is a height comparison with the average for your age, a friend, your parents or a partner, followed by a prediction of where you end up.