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How Tall Is the Great Pyramid of Giza?

The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 454 ft (139 m) tall. That is about 81 times the height of the average man. The largest of the Egyptian pyramids, built about 4,500 years ago.

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How tall is the Great Pyramid of Giza compared to the average man?

The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 81 times the height of the average man. The Great Pyramid of Giza is 81× the size of the average man: about 81 average men stacked up would match it.

Great Pyramid of Giza height facts

The Great Pyramid is about 138.5 meters (454 ft) tall today; it was originally about 146.6 meters.
It was the tallest human-made structure in the world for about 3,800 years.

How does the Great Pyramid of Giza compare to other things?

The Great Pyramid of Giza next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Great Pyramid of Giza
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	10.1 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	92,000× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	63.9× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	628 ft (192 m) bigger
Titanic	883 ft (269 m) long	428 ft (131 m) bigger
Devils Tower	869 ft (265 m)	415 ft (127 m) bigger
Golden Gate Bridge tower	745 ft (227 m)	290 ft (88.5 m) bigger
Gateway Arch	630 ft (192 m)	176 ft (53.5 m) bigger
Space Needle	604 ft (184 m)	149 ft (45.5 m) bigger
Sagrada Família	566 ft (173 m)	112 ft (34 m) bigger
Washington Monument	554 ft (169 m)	100 ft (30.5 m) bigger
London Eye	443 ft (135 m)	11 ft (3.5 m) smaller
Starship	397 ft (121 m)	57 ft (17.5 m) smaller
Hyperion (tallest tree)	381 ft (116 m)	74 ft (22.5 m) smaller
Saturn V	363 ft (111 m)	92 ft (27.9 m) smaller
International Space Station	358 ft (109 m) long	97 ft (29.5 m) smaller
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)	315 ft (96 m)	139 ft (42.5 m) smaller
Statue of Liberty	305 ft (93 m)	149 ft (45.5 m) smaller
General Sherman tree	276 ft (84 m)	179 ft (54.5 m) smaller
Taj Mahal	240 ft (73 m)	215 ft (65.5 m) smaller
Airbus A380	239 ft (72.7 m) long	216 ft (65.8 m) smaller
Boeing 747	232 ft (70.7 m) long	222 ft (67.8 m) smaller
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	11.4× smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	81× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	87.1× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

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