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How tall is Mao Zedong?

Q: How tall is Mao Zedong?

Mao Zedong is 180 cm tall, which is 5′11″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China

Recorded height
180 cm 5′11″ · 1.80 m · 70.9 inches

Mao Zedong is 180 cm tall (5′11″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 5 cm taller 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)).

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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved September 21, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.