How tall is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?
President of Turkey since 2014
By Nitin Raja · Software developer, founder of CheckMyHeight
· 2 min read · Heights from Wikidata · How we check heights
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is 6′ 1″ tall - that's 185 cm or 72.8 inches.
Averages are for US adults (CDC NHANES).
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About Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's height
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is listed at 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) in a 2021 ranking of world leaders by height published by Daily Sabah. A 2015 list reported by Rudaw gave a slightly taller figure of 1.87 m and ranked him fourth among the world leaders it compared. No official measurement has been published.
Sources: Daily Sabah · Rudaw
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared with the average in Turkey
The average young man in Turkey is 5′ 9½″ (176.4 cm) at age 19, according to the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (2019). At 6′ 1″, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is 8.6 cm taller than that, and 11.9 cm taller than the world average for young men (5′ 8″).
Among the 4 men from Turkey in our list, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the 1st tallest. In the world leaders list, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ranks 18th of 81 by height.
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How tall is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is 6′ 1″ tall, which is 185 cm or 72.8 inches.
How tall is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in cm?
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's height is 185 cm (1.85 m).
Is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan taller than average?
Yes - the average American man is 5′ 9″ (175.3 cm), so Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is 9.7 cm taller, taller than about 90% of US men.
How tall is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared with the average person in Turkey?
The average young man in Turkey is 5′ 9½″ (176.4 cm) at age 19 (NCD-RisC, 2019). At 6′ 1″, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is 8.6 cm taller.
Who is the same height as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?
Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafael Nadal, Jair Bolsonaro, Denzel Washington are also listed at about 6′ 1″.
Source: Wikidata (Q39259). Celebrities often round up or are measured in shoes, so treat this as within a centimetre or two.