What Percentage of People are Shorter Than Me
From TallPeople.net
Disclaimer: This is a statistical estimate of the population. Because the data gathered was not intended for this type of analysis, we cannot verify how close this estimate is to the actual population.
Have you ever wonder how tall you really are? Even though you know what your own height is, you don't know how tall all the other people are. Unless you know this, you can't really say whether you are "really" tall or not.
The following is an interpretation from a survey conducted by National Center for Health Statistics. The original data table is converted so that people can view it more easily.
The original data can be found at this address if you want to verify our conclusions:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/growthcharts/statage.txt
1) How Tall is an Average 20-Year-Old American?
In this survey, the average height of 20-year-old a male American is 69.63 inches, or 5-foot-9 6/10 inches (176.85 cm) and for a 20-year-old female American is 64.31 inches, or 5-foot-4 3/10 inches (163.34 cm).
For how this statistic breaks down among different ethnicities, see: How Tall is an Average American?
2) What Percentage of People are Shorter Than You?
Men
If you are 5-3, then 0.9694%
If you are 5-4, then 2.3426%
If you are 5-5, then 5.0879%
If you are 5-6, then 9.9531%
If you are 5-7, then 17.5881%
If you are 5-8, then 28.1888%
If you are 5-9, then 41.1988%
If you are 5-10, then 55.2995%
If you are 5-11, then 68.7845%
If you are 6-0, then 80.1534%
If you are 6-1, then 88.5957%
If you are 6-2, then 94.1128%
If you are 6-3, then 97.2832%
If you are 6-4, then 98.8837%
If you are 6-5, then 99.5930%
If you are 6-6, then 99.8687%
If you are 6-7, then 99.9626%
If you are 6-8, then 99.9906%
If you are 6-9, then 99.9979%
If you are 6-10, then 99.9996%
If you are 6-11, then 99.9999%
Women
If you are 5-0, then 5.8341%
If you are 5-1, then 11.3986%
If you are 5-2, then 19.9978%
If you are 5-3, then 31.6622%
If you are 5-4, then 45.5409%
If you are 5-5, then 60.0163%
If you are 5-6, then 74.2421%
If you are 5-7, then 83.8212%
If you are 5-8, then 91.2246%
If you are 5-9, then 95.9545%
If you are 5-10, then 98.1764%
If you are 5-11, then 99.3071%
If you are 6-0, then 99.7678%
If you are 6-1, then 99.9316%
If you are 6-2, then 99.9823%
If you are 6-3, then 99.9960%
If you are 6-4, then 99.9992%
If you are 6-5, then 99.9999%
From this table, we can see that if you are a 6-5 male, 99.5930%, or 9,959 out of 10,000 other 20-year-old male whom you randomly come across will be shorter than you. Out of 10,000 you randomly see, there would be 41 people taller than you.
If you are a 6-2 female, 99.9823% of random 20-year-old women you see will be shorter than you. This means there will be less than 2 people out of 10,000 that will be taller than you.
On another token, if you are 6-11 male or 6-5 female, 99.9999% of people of same gender that you randomly come across will be shorter than you.
If you come across 10,000 random 20-year-old people, you have a very good chance that you will not see anyone taller than you.
3) Will I be the tallest person in the room?
By using the same data, we can find the statistical likelyhood of you being the tallest person in the room.
Men
If you are 5-3, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.0098 people.
If you are 5-4, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.0240 people.
If you are 5-5, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.0536 people.
If you are 5-6, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.1105 people.
If you are 5-7, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.2134 people.
If you are 5-8, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.3925 people.
If you are 5-9, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.7006 people.
If you are 5-10, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 2.2371 people.
If you are 5-11, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 3.2035 people.
If you are 6-0, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 5.0386 people.
If you are 6-1, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 8.7686 people.
If you are 6-2, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 16.9860 people.
If you are 6-3, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 36.8080 people.
If you are 6-4, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 89.5817 people.
If you are 6-5, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 245.70 people.
If you are 6-6, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 761.61 people.
If you are 6-7, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 2673.80 people.
If you are 6-8, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 10638.30 people.
If you are 6-9, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 47619.05 people.
If you are 6-10, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 250,000 people.
If you are 6-11, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1,000,000 people.
Women
If you are 5-0, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.0620 people.
If you are 5-1, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.1287 people.
If you are 5-2, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.2500 people.
If you are 5-3, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.4633 people.
If you are 5-4, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1.8362 people.
If you are 5-5, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 2.5010 people.
If you are 5-6, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 3.7372 people.
If you are 5-7, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 6.1809 people.
If you are 5-8, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 11.3955 people.
If you are 5-9, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 23.5544 people.
If you are 5-10, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 54.8366 people.
If you are 5-11, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 144.32 people.
If you are 6-0, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 430.66 people.
If you are 6-1, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1461.98 people.
If you are 6-2, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 5649.72 people.
If you are 6-3, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 25,000 people.
If you are 6-4, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 125,000 people.
If you are 6-5, then you will be the tallest person in a room of 1,000,000 people.
The table above is just an estimate of the size of a random 20-year-old crowd of the same gender you are likely to be the tallest.
If you are a 6-3 male, then you are likely to be the tallest person in a crowd of 36 people. If you are a 5-10 female, you are likely to be the tallest woman in a random crowd of 23 20-year-women.
If you are a 6-8 male, you are likely to be the tallest person in a random crowd of 10,000 people, or if you are a 6-2 female, you are likely to be the tallest person in a crowd of about 5,000 20-year-old women, a crowd the size of a popular sports game (of course, a sporting game is not a random crowd)..
On the other hand, if you are 5-5 male or 5-1 female, you are not likely to be the tallest person in a crowd.
Please keep in mind this is just a statistical estimate- just like other polls like the president's approval ratings. This is just to give you a better idea of how tall you really are!
