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How tall is Kim Jong-un?

Q: How tall is Kim Jong-un?

Kim Jong-un is 170 cm tall, which is 5′7″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011

Recorded height
170 cm 5′7″ · 1.70 m · 66.9 inches

Kim Jong-un is 170 cm tall (5′7″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 5 cm shorter than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

Compared with people of similar fame

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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.