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How Big Is an African Elephant?

An African elephant is about 10 ft (3.2 m) tall. That is 4 ft 11 in (149 cm) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). The largest land animal alive today.

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How big is an African elephant compared to the average man?

An African elephant is 4 ft 11 in (149 cm) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). That makes an African elephant 1.9× the size of the average man. By volume, about 95 average men would fit inside an African elephant.

African Elephant height in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

An African elephant measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	10 ft 6 in
Inches	126 in
Centimeters	320 cm
Meters	3.2 m

African Elephant size facts

Adult male African bush elephants stand about 3.2 meters (10.5 ft) tall at the shoulder.
They weigh about 6 tonnes, and the largest males reach about 10 tonnes.
Females are smaller, around 2.6 meters tall.

How does an African elephant compare to other things?

An African elephant next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to African elephant
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	435 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	3.98 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	2,770× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	103× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	3.8× bigger
Great hammerhead	13 ft (4 m) long	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm) bigger
White rhinoceros	13 ft (3.9 m) long	2 ft 3.5 in (70 cm) bigger
Tiger shark	12 ft (3.7 m) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) bigger
Hippopotamus	11 ft (3.5 m) long	12 in (30 cm) bigger
Woolly mammoth	10 ft (3.2 m)	0 pm smaller
Basketball hoop	10 ft (3.05 m)	6 in (15.2 cm) smaller
Tiger	9 ft 10 in (3 m) long	7.9 in (20 cm) smaller
Bottlenose dolphin	9 ft 10 in (3 m) long	7.9 in (20 cm) smaller
Sunflower	9 ft 10 in (3 m)	7.9 in (20 cm) smaller
Goliath	9 ft 6 in (290 cm)	12 in (30 cm) smaller
Moose	9 ft 6 in (290 cm) long	12 in (30 cm) smaller
Lion	9 ft 6 in (290 cm) long	12 in (30 cm) smaller
Robert Wadlow	8 ft 11 in (272 cm)	1 ft 7 in (48 cm) smaller
Komodo dragon	8 ft 6 in (260 cm) long	1 ft 11.5 in (60 cm) smaller
Sultan Kösen	8 ft 3 in (251 cm)	2 ft 3 in (69 cm) smaller
Polar bear	8 ft 2 in (250 cm) long	2 ft 3.5 in (70 cm) smaller
Bigfoot	7 ft 10 in (240 cm)	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm) smaller
Horse	7 ft 10 in (240 cm) long	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	4 ft 11 in (149 cm) smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	5 ft 3 in (161 cm) smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.

Silhouettes from PhyloPic: African elephant by Sarah Werning. See credits.