How tall is Angela Merkel?

Angela Merkel is commonly listed at 5 ft 5 in (165 cm).

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Angela Merkel’s 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) is a little above average for a US woman: about 69 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Angela Merkel beside others

Angela Merkel is one of the shorter politicians we have heights for: John Fetterman (6 ft 8 in) stands 1 ft 3 in (38.2 cm) taller and Benito Juárez (4 ft 6 in) is 11 in (28 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 5 in: Daniel Noboa, Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton.

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5 ft 5 in (165 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

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Angela Merkel, 5 ft 5 in (165 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)