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Average height in Thailand

In a study of students aged 15–19 at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (self-reported, 2005), men averaged 5 ft 7 in (170.3 cm) and women 5 ft 2.5 in (159 cm). That is not a national average: NCD-RisC estimates Thailand’s 19-year-olds in 2019 at 5 ft 7.5 in (171.6 cm) for men and 5 ft 3 in (159.4 cm) for women.

In Thailand, the average man (university students) is 11.3 cm (4.5 in) taller than the average woman (university students).Thailand: Average man (university students): 5 ft 7 in (170.3 cm). Thailand: Average woman (university students): 5 ft 2.5 in (159 cm).

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Thailand ranks 120th of 200 countries and territories for men and 130th for women on the NCD-RisC estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019. Men in the Netherlands, the tallest, are 5 in (12.2 cm) taller on that basis. See every country, tallest first.

Near Thailand in the ranking

RankCountryMenWomen
120Nigeria5 ft 7.5 in (171.6 cm)5 ft 2 in (158.1 cm)
120Syria5 ft 7.5 in (171.6 cm)5 ft 3 in (159.4 cm)
120Thailand5 ft 7.5 in (171.6 cm)5 ft 3 in (159.4 cm)
123Tuvalu5 ft 7.5 in (171.3 cm)5 ft 4.5 in (163.6 cm)
124Republic of the Congo5 ft 7.5 in (171.2 cm)5 ft 2.5 in (158.8 cm)

Ranked by the average man, on NCD-RisC’s estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019.

Thailand on the map

  1. under 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
  2. 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) to 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
  3. 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) to 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm)
  4. 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm) to 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm)
  5. 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm) to 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm)
  6. 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm) to 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
  7. 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) and over
  8. no NCD-RisC figure
The average man or woman in each country nearby, on NCD-RisC’s estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019; Thailand 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 7 in, closest to the average man, and 5 ft 3 in, closest to the average woman. Thailand also appears in the Southeast Asia comparison.

What the study measured

SamplePopulationYearMethodSource
ThailandStudents aged 15–19 at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University2005self-reportedWikipedia, citing the survey

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