Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

How tall is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is commonly listed at 6 ft 1 in (185 cm).

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) is tall for a US man: about 90 in 100 US men are shorter.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (23.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than the average US man by 4 in (9.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (23.8 cm).Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (23.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than the average US man by 4 in (9.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (23.8 cm).

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan beside others

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is one of the taller politicians we have heights for: John Fetterman (6 ft 8 in) stands 7 in (18.2 cm) taller and Benito Juárez (4 ft 6 in) is 1 ft 7 in (48 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 1 in: David Cameron, Jair Bolsonaro and Ronald Reagan.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 1 in (185 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.

Photo: PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY Official website, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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