Average height in Timor-Leste

The average man in Timor-Leste is 5 ft 3 in (160.1 cm) and the average woman 5 ft 0 in (152.7 cm), according to NCD-RisC estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019.

In Timor-Leste, the average man is 7.4 cm (3 in) taller than the average woman.Timor-Leste: Average man: 5 ft 3 in (160.1 cm). Timor-Leste: Average woman: 5 ft 0 in (152.7 cm).

Timor-Leste ranks 200th of 200 countries and territories for men and 197th for women on the NCD-RisC estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019. Men in the Netherlands, the tallest, are 9.5 in (23.7 cm) taller on that basis. See every country, tallest first.

Near Timor-Leste in the ranking

RankCountryMenWomen
196Mozambique5 ft 4.5 in (164.3 cm)5 ft 1 in (155.4 cm)
197Papua New Guinea5 ft 4 in (163.1 cm)5 ft 2 in (156.9 cm)
197Solomon Islands5 ft 4 in (163.1 cm)5 ft 1.5 in (156.8 cm)
199Laos5 ft 4 in (162.8 cm)5 ft 0.5 in (153.1 cm)
200Timor-Leste5 ft 3 in (160.1 cm)5 ft 0 in (152.7 cm)

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

Timor-Leste 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; Timor-Leste is outlined and circled. Tap a country for its page, or see the whole world. Map shapes: Natural Earth.

See who is listed at these heights: 5 ft 3 in, closest to the average man, and 5 ft 0 in, closest to the average woman.

What the study measured

SamplePopulationYearMethodSource
Timor-Leste19-year-olds2019modelled from measured survey heightsNCD Risk Factor Collaboration, 2020 study

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