How tall is Angela Merkel?
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
Recorded height
165 cm 5′5″ · 1.65 m · 65.0 inches
165 cm 5′5″ · 1.65 m · 65.0 inches
- Angela Merkel is 165 cm tall (5′5″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- That is 4 cm taller than the average U.S. woman (161.3 cm, 5′4″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).
Compared with people of similar fame
Mao Zedong (180 cm) · Shakira (157 cm) · Che Guevara (176 cm) · Thomas Jefferson (189 cm) · Lionel Messi (169 cm) · Bill Clinton (189 cm)
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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved August 27, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.