Adult man (US average)
1.75 m (5.741 ft)
Standing height
An average adult man, for scale. Mean height of US men: 175 cm (5 ft 9 in).
Published
How big is that?
1.75 m is 5.9 times an A4 sheet and 6.5% of a blue whale.
Adult man is the 7th smallest of the 31 Prehistoric Giants objects, and the 27th smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Bowling pin (Ten-pin) (Classic), 38.1 cm tall and Perseverance (Mars rover) (Cosmic Scale), 3 m long.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Adult man in orange beside the Prehistoric Giants objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Adult man |
|---|---|---|
| Polar bear (Adult male)The largest land carnivore alive today, measured at the shoulder. | 1.52 m tall | 87% of the size |
| Hippopotamus (Large adult)Africa's river giant, measured at the shoulder. | 1.6 m tall | 91% of the size |
| Adult man (US average) | 1.75 m tall | – |
| VelociraptorA feathered predator from Cretaceous Mongolia, measured nose to tail. | 1.8 m long | about the same |
| Ostrich (Adult male)The tallest bird alive, head held up. | 2.4 m tall | 1.4× bigger |
In other units
| Centimetres | 175 |
|---|---|
| Metres | 1.75 |
| Inches | 68.9 |
| Feet | 5.741 |
| Yards | 1.914 |
How it's measured
Standing height. CDC NCHS: mean of men aged 20+, NHANES 2021-2023, 68.9 in.
Sources
- cdc.gov: Men: height in inches 68.9 (175.0 cm).
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Adult man is one of the objects in Prehistoric Giants, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.