Akihito vs John McCain: height compared

Drawn to a common scale from sourced heights.

• John McCain: 172.7 cm (5′8″). Akihito: 165 cm (5′5″).
• John McCain is about 8 cm (3.0 in) taller than Akihito.
• John McCain is 1.05x the height of Akihito.

Both heights are as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved September 8, 2026; recorded heights of real people are approximate, so treat differences of a centimeter or two as noise.

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