What percentage of men in Ireland are 6 feet tall?
Out Of Pocket TV · November 11, 2026
About 1 in 4 men in Ireland is 6 feet (183 cm) or taller: 26.0% of men aged 18 to 80, or roughly 480,000 men. In the UK next door it’s about 1 in 5.
Here are Ireland’s height odds, from the same calculator that runs the U.S. numbers, inch by inch and in centimeters, next to the UK and American men under 45.
Irish men, inch by inch
Share and number of Irish men aged 18 to 80 at or above each height, next to the share of UK men and U.S. men aged 18 to 44:
| Height | Irish men | UK men | U.S. men under 45 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5′8″ (173 cm) | 78% 1.46 million | 70% | 67% |
| 5′9″ (175 cm) | 67% 1.24 million | 57% | 54% |
| 5′10″ (178 cm) | 53% 983,000 | 43% | 41% |
| 5′11″ (180 cm) | 39% 721,000 | 30% (about 1 in 3) | 29% (about 1 in 3) |
| 6′0″ (183 cm) | 26% (about 1 in 4) 484,000 | 19% (about 1 in 5) | 19% (about 1 in 5) |
| 6′1″ (185 cm) | 16% (about 1 in 6) 295,000 | 11% (about 1 in 9) | 11% (about 1 in 9) |
| 6′2″ (188 cm) | 8.7% (about 1 in 11) 162,000 | 5.4% (about 1 in 19) | 6.1% (about 1 in 16) |
| 6′3″ (191 cm) | 4.3% (about 1 in 23) 80,000 | 2.5% (about 1 in 40) | 3.0% (about 1 in 33) |
| 6′4″ (193 cm) | 1.9% (about 1 in 52) 36,000 | 1.0% (about 1 in 99) | 1.4% (about 1 in 73) |
| 6′5″ (196 cm) | 0.76% (about 1 in 130) 14,000 | 0.37% (about 1 in 270) | 0.57% (about 1 in 180) |
Irish women
Share and number of Irish women aged 18 to 80 at or above each height, next to UK women:
| Height | Irish women | UK women |
|---|---|---|
| 5′4″ (163 cm) | 58% 1.09 million | 50% |
| 5′5″ (165 cm) | 42% 799,000 | 35% |
| 5′6″ (168 cm) | 28% (about 1 in 4) 532,000 | 22% (about 1 in 5) |
| 5′7″ (170 cm) | 17% (about 1 in 6) 317,000 | 12% (about 1 in 8) |
| 5′8″ (173 cm) | 8.9% (about 1 in 11) 168,000 | 6.2% (about 1 in 16) |
| 5′9″ (175 cm) | 4.2% (about 1 in 24) 79,000 | 2.7% (about 1 in 37) |
| 5′10″ (178 cm) | 1.7% (about 1 in 58) 32,000 | 1.1% (about 1 in 95) |
| 6′0″ (183 cm) | 0.20% (about 1 in 510) 3,700 | 0.10% (about 1 in 960) |
How Ireland compares
Share of men who are 6′0″ or taller:
| Country | 6′0″ or taller |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 46% |
| Norway | 32% |
| Germany | 30% (about 1 in 3) |
| Australia | 27% (about 1 in 4) |
| Ireland | 26% (about 1 in 4) |
| United Kingdom | 19% (about 1 in 5) |
| Canada | 18% (about 1 in 5) |
| United States, men under 45 | 19% (about 1 in 5) |
| United States, all men | 16% (about 1 in 6) |
What stands out
- The typical Irish man is about 5′10″ (178 cm). 53% of Irish men are 5′10″ or taller, so a 5′10″ minimum rules out a little under half.
- Irish men are about 40% more likely than men in the UK to be 6 feet. 26.0% against 18.6%. The averages behind those figures are less than an inch apart, but at 6 feet a small difference in the average becomes a big difference in the share.
- From 6 feet up, each inch cuts the pool by about 40%, then more. About 1 Irish man in 4 is 6′0″, 1 in 11 is 6′2″, about 1 in 52 is 6′4″ and about 1 in 130 is 6′5″.
- Irish women are taller too. About 1 in 11 is 5′8″ or taller, against about 1 in 16 in the UK. About 1 in 58 is 5′10″ and about 1 in 510 is 6 feet.
- Ireland is in the tall group, not the tallest. It comes 16th of the 177 countries with their own data, level with Australia and Czechia. Norway (32%), Germany (30%) and the Netherlands (46%) are taller.
How these numbers are worked out
The Irish figures are estimates, not a count of measured men. The calculator takes an average height and spread for Irish adults (an average of about 5′10″ for men and 5′4½″ for women), drawn from CSO Ireland and WHO data, and fits a bell curve, the same way it treats every country outside the U.S. That curve is the same at every age, so it can’t show that younger men tend to be taller, and the tallest rows are the least certain. Because the share above 6 feet is so sensitive to the average, treat the gap with the UK as a sign that Irish men are a little taller, not a precise figure. The U.S. figures come from the CDC’s measured health survey (NHANES 2021–2023) for each age group, which is why the fair comparison is with American men under 45. Countries close together in the table are effectively tied. Centimeters are rounded. See also the UK, Australia, Canada and every country ranked.
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