5 ft 4 in (162.6 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.
How tall was Elizabeth II?
Elizabeth II, known as Queen Elizabeth, is commonly listed at 5 ft 4 in (162.6 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Elizabeth II’s 5 ft 4 in (162.6 cm) is about average for a US woman: about 57 in 100 US women are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 4 in
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Elizabeth II beside others
Elizabeth II is one of the shorter monarchs we have heights for: Maximinus Thrax (7 ft 10.5 in) stands 2 ft 6.5 in (77.4 cm) taller and Queen Victoria (5 ft 0 in) is 4 in (10.2 cm) shorter.
- Napoleon: 5 ft 5.5 in (167 cm), 1.5 in (4.4 cm) taller than Elizabeth II.
- Sukarno: 5 ft 7.5 in (172 cm), 3.5 in (9.4 cm) taller than Elizabeth II.
- Queen Victoria: 5 ft 0 in (152.4 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm) shorter than Elizabeth II.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Donald McKague, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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