Is 4 ft 8 tall for a man?

4 ft 8 in is taller than under 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 1% of men.

Is 4 ft 8 tall for a woman?

For women, 4 ft 8 in is the 1st percentile worldwide and below the 1st percentile in the United States. The global mean for women is 159.0 cm (5 ft 3 in), so 4 ft 8 in is 16.8 cm below it.

What is 4 ft 8 in cm?

4 ft 8 in is 142.2 cm, which rounds to 142 cm. One inch is exactly 2.54 cm, so 56 inches is 142.24 cm.

Worldwide, about 1 in 6,164 men are at most 4 ft 8 in, and 1 in 79 women. In Norway it is under 1 in 10,000 men, in the United States under 1 in 10,000.

Is 4 ft 8 tall?

4 ft 8 in (142.2 cm) is taller than under 1% of men worldwide, under 1% of American men and under 1% of Norwegian men. For women it is the 1st percentile worldwide.

Percentile

<1%

of men worldwide are shorter than 4 ft 8 in

4 ft 8 in = 142.2 cm

4 ft 8 in by group

Men

Share of men shorter than 4 ft 8 in, by country
Group	Mean	Shorter than you	1 in X
World	171.0 cm	<1%	1 in 6,164
India	164.9 cm	<1%	1 in 1,954
China	171.8 cm	<1%	under 1 in 10,000
United States	177.1 cm	<1%	under 1 in 10,000
Indonesia	163.6 cm	<1%	1 in 1,969
Pakistan	166.9 cm	<1%	1 in 974
Nigeria	165.9 cm	<1%	1 in 7,334
Brazil	173.6 cm	<1%	under 1 in 10,000
Bangladesh	163.8 cm	<1%	1 in 284
Russia	176.5 cm	<1%	under 1 in 10,000
Mexico	169.0 cm	<1%	under 1 in 10,000
Norway	179.7 cm	<1%	under 1 in 10,000

Women

Share of women shorter than 4 ft 8 in, by country
Group	Mean	Shorter than you	1 in X
World	159.0 cm	1%	1 in 79
India	152.6 cm	5%	1 in 20
China	159.7 cm	<1%	1 in 411
United States	163.5 cm	<1%	1 in 837
Indonesia	152.8 cm	4%	1 in 26
Pakistan	153.8 cm	6%	1 in 16
Nigeria	156.3 cm	1%	1 in 105
Brazil	160.9 cm	<1%	1 in 488
Bangladesh	150.8 cm	13%	1 in 8
Russia	165.3 cm	<1%	1 in 4,201
Mexico	156.8 cm	1%	1 in 106
Norway	165.6 cm	<1%	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 shortest. About 1 in 6,164 men are 4 ft 8 in or under.
Across the 186 countries in our data, 4 ft 8 in stands out most in Denmark, where it is taller than under 1% of men, and least in Timor-Leste, where it is taller than 1%.
For a woman, 4 ft 8 in is the 1st 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 4 ft 8 tall for a man?: 4 ft 8 in is taller than under 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 1% of men.
Is 4 ft 8 tall for a woman?: For women, 4 ft 8 in is the 1st percentile worldwide and below the 1st percentile in the United States. The global mean for women is 159.0 cm (5 ft 3 in), so 4 ft 8 in is 16.8 cm below it.
What is 4 ft 8 in cm?: 4 ft 8 in is 142.2 cm, which rounds to 142 cm. One inch is exactly 2.54 cm, so 56 inches is 142.24 cm.
How rare is 4 ft 8?: Worldwide, about 1 in 6,164 men are at most 4 ft 8 in, and 1 in 79 women. In Norway it is under 1 in 10,000 men, in the United States under 1 in 10,000.

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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