Is 5′ 8″ tall?
5′ 8″ (172.7 cm, 68 inches) is below average for a man and tall for a woman. In the United States it is taller than about 37% of men and 95% of women. 96 celebrities are listed at this height.
Is 5′ 8″ tall for a man?
5′ 8″ is below average for a man. It is 2.6 cm (1.0 in) shorter than the average American man (5′ 9″).
| Taller than, US men | 37% |
| Taller than, young men worldwide | 48% |
Is 5′ 8″ tall for a woman?
5′ 8″ is tall for a woman. It is 11.4 cm (4.5 in) taller than the average American woman (5′ 3½″).
| Taller than, US women | 95% |
| Taller than, young women worldwide | 96% |
Adults only: CDC NHANES 2015-2018, adults 20+ for the US, NCD-RisC 2019 (19-year-olds) for the world, assuming a normal spread of about 7 cm. The same numbers apply to a teenage girl or boy who has finished growing. For children who are still growing, compare with the growth charts for their age in the height percentile calculator.
What should you weigh at 5′ 8″?
A healthy weight at 5′ 8″ is about 122 to 164 lb (55 to 74 kg). That is the weight range for a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9, the World Health Organization's healthy range for adults. BMI does not tell muscle from fat, so very muscular people can sit above it and still be healthy. Work out your own BMI with the BMI calculator.
Male celebrities who are 5′ 8″
Shah Rukh Khan height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Tom Holland height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Ed Sheeran height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Eminem height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Zac Efron height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Kanye West height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
The Weeknd height5′ 8″ (173 cm)Mason Thames height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Joe Rogan height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
IShowSpeed height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Fernando Alonso height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Sean Penn height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Joaquin Phoenix height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Tarō Asō height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Rupert Grint height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Alessandro Del Piero height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Daniel Alves height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Michael Bloomberg height5′ 8½″ (174 cm)
Michael Owen height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Rod Stewart height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Robinho height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Zico height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Carlos Tevez height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Philippe Coutinho height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Raheem Sterling height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
James Blunt height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Andrey Arshavin height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Patrice Evra height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Park Ji-Sung height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Takumi Minamino height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Gavi height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Rubens Barrichello height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Tim Roth height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Denis Cheryshev height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Bernardo Silva height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Donnie Yen height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Jack Wilshere height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)Hiroshi Kiyotake height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Lucas Vázquez height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Valtteri Bottas height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Kenny Dalglish height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Aaron Paul height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Jarno Trulli height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Kimi Antonelli height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Tye Sheridan height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Rohit Sharma height5′ 8½″ (174 cm)Female celebrities who are 5′ 8″
Tate McRae height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Rihanna height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Dua Lipa height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Anne Hathaway height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Theresa May height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Paris Hilton height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Monica Bellucci height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Martina Navratilova height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Tarja Halonen height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Anna Kournikova height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Tyra Banks height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Lisa Kudrow height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Patti Smith height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Bella Thorne height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Alexandra Daddario height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Angelique Kerber height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Cobie Smulders height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Anushka Sharma height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Elizabeth Warren height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Kate Moss height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Li Na height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Sania Mirza height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Andie MacDowell height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Lara Dutta height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Anya Taylor-Joy height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Bipasha Basu height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Sushmita Sen height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Julia Stiles height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Elizabeth Hurley height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Shailene Woodley height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Heather Graham height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Chloë Sevigny height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Candice King height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Alsou height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Mary Steenburgen height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Emily Watson height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Margaret Qualley height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Carole Bouquet height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Natalia Vodianova height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Maggie Q height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Téa Leoni height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Abbie Cornish height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Kseniya Sobchak height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Phoebe Tonkin height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Adèle Exarchopoulos height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Emmanuelle Seigner height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Mia Goth height5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Solange Knowles height5′ 7½″ (172 cm)
Joanna Lumley height5′ 8″ (173 cm)