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How Tall Is a Newborn Baby?

A newborn baby is about 1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) tall. That is about 3.4 times smaller than the average man. A baby at birth.

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How tall is a newborn baby compared to the average man?

A newborn baby is about 3.4 times smaller than the average man. The average man is 3.4× the size of a newborn baby: about 3.4 newborn babies stacked up would match it. By volume, about 40 newborn babies would fit inside the average man.

Newborn Baby height in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A newborn baby measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	1 ft 7.5 in
Inches	19.7 in
Centimeters	50 cm
Meters	0.5 m

Newborn Baby height facts

A newborn baby is about 50 cm (20 in) long.

How does a newborn baby compare to other things?

A newborn baby next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Newborn baby
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	2.79 billion× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	25.5 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	17,700× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	660× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	24.4× bigger
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	3.4× bigger
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	3.2× bigger
5-year-old	3 ft 7 in (110 cm)	1 ft 11.5 in (60 cm) bigger
Labrador retriever	3 ft 7 in (110 cm) long	1 ft 11.5 in (60 cm) bigger
Red fox	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) bigger
Fisher	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) bigger
Wolverine	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) bigger
Compsognathus	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) bigger
Bald eagle	2 ft 11.5 in (90 cm)	1 ft 3.5 in (40 cm) bigger
Pallas's cat	2 ft 9.5 in (85 cm) long	1 ft 2 in (35 cm) bigger
Dodo	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm)	12 in (30 cm) bigger
1-year-old	2 ft 5.5 in (75 cm)	9.8 in (25 cm) bigger
House cat	2 ft 5.5 in (75 cm) long	9.8 in (25 cm) bigger
Common raven	2 ft 1 in (63 cm) long	5.1 in (13 cm) bigger
Jyoti Amge	2 ft 0.5 in (63 cm)	5 in (12.8 cm) bigger
Great horned owl	1 ft 9.5 in (55 cm)	2 in (5 cm) bigger
Chandra Bahadur Dangi	1 ft 9.5 in (55 cm)	1.8 in (4.6 cm) bigger
American crow	1 ft 5.5 in (45 cm) long	2 in (5 cm) smaller
Goliath birdeater	11 in (28 cm) long	8.7 in (22 cm) smaller
Basketball	9.4 in (24 cm) across	10 in (26 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.

WHO Child Growth Standards