Height comparison: see who is taller, side by side

The example couple: a woman of 5 ft 3.5 in and a man of 5 ft 9 in, the US averages.
Change them to yours, or to anyone’s.

One shared scale
Partner is taller than you by 5.5 in (14 cm).You: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.3 cm). Example height Partner: 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm). Example height

The height difference

Partner is taller than you by 5.5 in (14 cm).

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Heights as a table
FigureHeight
You5 ft 3.5 in (161.3 cm). Example height
Partner5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm). Example height
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Partner is taller than you by 5.5 in (14 cm).

The PNG includes labels and sources. Copy the result as a text description when you post it.

Your lineup

Figure 1
Example height
Art and details

Full-body art works best. Only the height is scaled.

Figure 2
Example height
Art and details

Full-body art works best. Only the height is scaled.

Find a known height
Use your character art

Choose a figure's “Art and details”, then add a full-body PNG. Trim to the head and feet so the stated height matches the drawing.

To keep your pictures with the lineup, save it below: it reopens with each picture and its trims, in this browser or from the downloaded file. A share link uses the outline instead.

Build a character lineup with labels, notes and your own art.

Save this lineup

Keep lineups in this browser and come back to them. Names, heights, colours, notes and the pictures you added are saved. Download them as a file to move them to another browser or keep a copy. Nothing is sent to us.

    Who’s in your lineup?

    Pick a starting point.

    Compare with someone famous

    Actors, musicians and athletes, beside you.

    Dogs, drawn to scale

    Every breed at the shoulder, tallest first.

    Size up the world

    Towers and mountain summits, on one scale.

    Line up your characters

    Your own heights and art, or a random cast.

    Most looked up

    All people

    Drawn to one scale; the dashed line is 5 ft 9 in, the average US man. Pick anyone to open their page.

    Familiar faces. Surprising gaps.

    Popular comparisons

    Put your height in context

    How tall am I compared with other adults? Use the US survey percentiles, see how tall a child is likely to grow, browse the tallest people and places in our lists, or learn why morning and evening heights differ.

    How big is the difference?

    Type your height and anyone else’s, in feet and inches or centimeters: 5 9, 5'9 and 175 all work. The drawing and the gap change as you type, and everyone stands on the same floor at the same scale.

    For just two heights, open the height difference calculator. It carries your first two figures with you.

    Your art, your lineup

    Drawing characters? Upload a full-body picture for any figure under “Art and details”, and trim it at the head and feet; it is scaled to the height you give it.

    The saved PNG keeps your art. A share link keeps only the names and heights.

    A height needs context

    Famous heights are often rounded up or taken in shoes. When a person has more than one published height, their page shows each one and where it comes from, so you choose which to draw.

    For a bigger perspective, see the Burj Khalifa beside the Eiffel Tower. A person stays tiny beside a tower.