Chia seed
1.96 mm (0.07717 in)
Seed length
A small speckled seed from Salvia hispanica. About 2 mm long.
Published
How big is that?
1.96 mm is 28 times the width of a human hair and 27% of a grain of rice.
Chia seed is the 13th largest of the 32 Tiny Worlds objects, and the 20th smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Black peppercorn (Kitchen Table), 4.865 mm across.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Chia seed in orange beside the Tiny Worlds objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Chia seed |
|---|---|---|
| Deer tick (Nymph)A young blacklegged tick, the stage most likely to pass on Lyme disease. | 1.5 mm long | 77% of the size |
| Green peach aphid (Wingless adult)A sap-sucking garden pest, seen from the side with its two tail pipes. | 1.85 mm long | 94% of the size |
| Chia seed | 1.96 mm long | – |
| Cat fleaThe flea found on cats and dogs, flattened side to side for slipping through fur. | 2 mm long | about the same |
| Head louse (Adult)The wingless insect that lives in human hair, seen from above. | 2.5 mm long | 1.3× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 1.96 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 0.196 |
| Metres | 0.00196 |
| Inches | 0.07717 |
How it's measured
Seed length. Midpoint of the country means, 1.867 to 2.059 mm (Foods 2023).
The source gives a range, so this is the middle of it.
Sources
- europepmc.org: Foods 12:3013: seed length ranged from 1.867 mm (Ecuador) to 2.059 mm (Paraguay).
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Chia seed is one of the objects in Tiny Worlds, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.