Is 199 cm tall?

199 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, you would most likely be the tallest. It takes about 4,298 men to find one at least 199 cm.
• Across the 186 countries in our data, 199 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 99%.
• For a woman, 199 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 199 cm tall for a man?

199 cm is taller than over 99% of men worldwide, over 99% of men in the United States and over 99% of men in Norway. That is tall by any country's standard.

Is 199 cm tall for a woman?

For women, 199 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 199 cm is 40.0 cm above it.

What is 199 cm in feet?

199 cm is 78.3 inches, which is 6 ft 6 in to the nearest inch. One foot is 30.48 cm and one inch is 2.54 cm.

How rare is 199 cm?

Worldwide, about 1 in 4,298 men are at least 199 cm, and under 1 in 10,000 women. In Norway it is 1 in 504 men, in the United States 1 in 571.