is 5'10" tall for a man?
it depends on your age and where you grew up. here's the actual percentile.
59th percentile
a 5'10" man in the us is taller than about 59% of men in their early twenties, so above average. the typical american man that age is 5'9" (176 cm). whether 5'10" is tall depends a lot on where you are:
| country | 5'10" is | typical man, 21–24 |
|---|---|---|
| Philippines | taller than 96% | 5'5" (166 cm) |
| India | taller than 94% | 5'6" (167 cm) |
| Mexico | taller than 83% | 5'7" (171 cm) |
| Japan | taller than 78% | 5'8" (172 cm) |
| Nigeria | taller than 78% | 5'8" (172 cm) |
| Italy | taller than 67% | 5'9" (175 cm) |
| United States | taller than 59% | 5'9" (176 cm) |
| Spain | taller than 59% | 5'9" (176 cm) |
| South Korea | taller than 59% | 5'9" (176 cm) |
| Brazil | taller than 57% | 5'9" (176 cm) |
| China | taller than 55% | 5'10" (177 cm) |
| United Kingdom | taller than 46% | 5'10" (178 cm) |
| France | taller than 45% | 5'10" (179 cm) |
| Australia | taller than 44% | 5'10" (179 cm) |
| Canada | taller than 43% | 5'11" (179 cm) |
| Germany | taller than 36% | 5'11" (180 cm) |
| Netherlands | taller than 21% | 6'0" (184 cm) |
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how this is worked out
us: United States, ages 21-24: normal, mean 176.1 cm, sd 7.5, chosen to match the published centre and spread in the sources; breakpoints are the world curve's own (every wheel edge). other countries: national means from ncd-risc with the who's spread. people overstate their height by 1–3 cm on average.
- Anthropometric Reference Data for Children and Adults: United States, 2015–2018 · CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NHSR 160), 2021
- Height and BMI trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents, 1985-2019, 200 countries (NCD-RisC), Lancet 396:1511-1524 · NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, 2020
- WHO growth reference 5-19 years: height-for-age · World Health Organization, 2007
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