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In a study of adults aged 45–69 in Kraków (measured, 2007), men averaged 5 ft 8 in (172.2 cm) and women 5 ft 3 in (159.4 cm). That is not a national average: NCD-RisC estimates Poland’s 19-year-olds in 2019 at 5 ft 11 in (180.7 cm) for men and 5 ft 5.5 in (165.8 cm) for women.
Poland ranks 13th of 200 countries and territories for men and 30th for women on the NCD-RisC estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019. Men in the Netherlands, the tallest, are 1 in (3.1 cm) taller on that basis. See every country, tallest first.
Ranked by the average man, on NCD-RisC’s estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019.
Poland on the map
under 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
5 ft 5 in (165 cm) to 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
5 ft 6 in (168 cm) to 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm)
5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm) to 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm)
5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm) to 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm)
5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm) to 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
5 ft 11 in (180 cm) and over
no NCD-RisC figure
under 5 ft 0 in (153 cm)
5 ft 0 in (153 cm) to 5 ft 1.5 in (156 cm)
5 ft 1.5 in (156 cm) to 5 ft 2.5 in (159 cm)
5 ft 2.5 in (159 cm) to 5 ft 4 in (162 cm)
5 ft 4 in (162 cm) to 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
5 ft 5 in (165 cm) to 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
5 ft 6 in (168 cm) and over
no NCD-RisC figure
The average man or woman in each country nearby, on NCD-RisC’s estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019; Poland is outlined. Tap a country for its page, or see the whole world. Map shapes: Natural Earth.
See who is listed at these heights: 5 ft 8 in, closest to the average man, and 5 ft 3 in, closest to the average woman.
