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America's tallest president was Lincoln. At 6'4" He loomed above Lyndon Johnson, our number two. Third tallest is Donald Trump, listed at 6'3".  Compare that to Xi Jinping, leader of China, listed at 5'9" to 5'11".

Last week we saw Trump and Xi side by side on television. They looked about the same.  Xi seemed a hair or two taller than Trump.  Xi must actually be 6'3" or 6'4", not 5'9".  The Chinese have misled us. There's no other explanation.

By the way, Winston Churchill was  5'6" around the waist. 

Xi Jinping

China

175–180 cm (5′9″–5′11″)

Kim Jong Un

North Korea

163–170 cm (5′4″–5′7″)

List the American presidents by height

Here are the U.S. presidents generally ranked by height (tallest to shortest). Heights are based on historical records and may vary slightly by source.

1. Abraham Lincoln — 6'4" (193 cm)
2. Lyndon B. Johnson — 6'3½" (192 cm)
3. Donald Trump — 6'3" (191 cm)
4. Thomas Jefferson — 6'2½" (189 cm)
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt — 6'2" (188 cm)
6. George H. W. Bush — 6'2" (188 cm)
7. Bill Clinton — 6'2" (188 cm)
8. Chester A. Arthur — 6'2" (188 cm)
9. Andrew Jackson — 6'1" (185 cm)
10. George Washington — 6'1" (185 cm)
11. Ronald Reagan — 6'1" (185 cm)
12. Barack Obama — 6'1" (185 cm)
13. George W. Bush — 5'11½" (182 cm)
14. Gerald Ford — 6'0" (183 cm)
15. Joe Biden — 6'0" (183 cm)
16. John F. Kennedy — 6'0" (183 cm)
17. Calvin Coolidge — 5'10" (178 cm)
18. Woodrow Wilson — 5'11" (180 cm)
19. Richard Nixon — 5'11" (180 cm)
20. Jimmy Carter — 5'10½" (179 cm)
21. Harry S. Truman — 5'9" (175 cm)
22. Dwight D. Eisenhower — 5'10½" (179 cm)
23. Theodore Roosevelt — 5'10" (178 cm)
24. Grover Cleveland — 5'11" (180 cm)
25. James Madison — 5'4" (163 cm)

Shortest president:

• James Madison — 5'4" (163 cm)

Tallest president:

• Abraham Lincoln — 6'4" (193 cm)

A commonly noted trend is that modern presidents tend to be taller than average for their era, and taller candidates have often had an advantage in televised elections.

Here’s a list of well-known current and recent world political leaders sorted roughly by height (tallest to shortest). Heights are approximate because official figures sometimes vary by source.

Leader	Country	Height
Aleksandar Vučić	Serbia	198–199 cm (6′6″)
Donald Trump	United States	190 cm (6′3″)
Justin Trudeau	Canada	188 cm (6′2″)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Turkey	185 cm (6′1″)
Barack Obama	United States	185 cm (6′1″)
Joe Biden	United States	182 cm (5′11½″)
Xi Jinping	China	175–180 cm (5′9″–5′11″)
Boris Johnson	United Kingdom	175 cm (5′9″)
Emmanuel Macron	France	173–177 cm (5′8″–5′9½″)
Fumio Kishida	Japan	173 cm (5′8″)
Vladimir Putin	Russia	170 cm (5′7″)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Ukraine	170 cm (5′7″)
Narendra Modi	India	170 cm (5′7″)
Rishi Sunak	United Kingdom	170 cm (5′7″)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	Brazil	168 cm (5′6″)
Kim Jong Un	North Korea	163–170 cm (5′4″–5′7″)
Michael D. Higgins	Ireland	160 cm (5′3″)

Some famous historical leaders by height:

Historical Leader	Height
Abraham Lincoln	193 cm (6′4″)
Charles de Gaulle	196 cm (6′5″)
Fidel Castro	190 cm (6′3″)
Winston Churchill	168 cm (5′6″)
Napoleon Bonaparte	168–170 cm (5′6″–5′7″)
Benito Juárez	~137–150 cm (4′6″–4′11″, disputed)

Sources compiled from public comparisons and political height databases.