5'8" in Inches — 5 Feet 8 Inches Is 68 Inches

How to convert 5 feet 8 inches to inches

A foot is exactly 12 inches, so multiply the feet by 12 and add the inches:

5 ft × 12 + 8 in = 60 + 8 = 68 in

The converter above starts at 5 ft 8 in, with feet and inches in separate fields, and also shows the height in centimeters and meters. For other heights, use the full feet to inches converter; to split inches back into feet, see inches to feet.

5’8” is not 5.8 feet

The apostrophe notation mixes two units, and a decimal point means something else. 5’8” is five feet and eight inches; 5.8 ft is five and eight-tenths of a foot:

Written	Feet	Inches	Centimeters
5’8”	5.667 ft	68 in	172.72 cm
5.8 ft	5.8 ft	69.6 in	176.78 cm

Typing 5.8 into a feet-only field overstates the height by 1.6 inches, or 4.06 cm. Use the separate inches field, or enter 68 in a field that takes inches. The same trap works in reverse: a total of 68 inches divided by 12 is 5.667, which is 5 feet and 8 inches, not 5 feet 6.67 inches. Read the decimal as a fraction of a foot and multiply it by 12 to get the inches back.

How tall is 5’8”?

172.72 cm among U.S. adults
Group	Percentile	Median height	Compared with the median
U.S. men, 20 and over	about the 37th percentile	175.4 cm	2.7 cm below the median
U.S. women, 20 and over	above the 95th percentile	161.3 cm	11.4 cm above the median

Percentile: the share of adults shorter than this height. Source: CDC/NCHS — Anthropometric Reference Data for Children and Adults: United States, 2015–2018 (Vital Health Stat 3(46)), Tables 9 and 11, measured heights, all race and Hispanic-origin groups; values between published percentiles are interpolated.

In plain words: about 37% of U.S. men and more than 95% of U.S. women are shorter than 5’8”. The median adult man in the U.S. is about 69 inches (175.4 cm) and the median woman about 63.5 inches (161.3 cm). The table covers adults only.

Nearby heights in inches

Height	Inches	Centimeters
5’0”	60 in	152.4 cm
5’2”	62 in	157.48 cm
5’4”	64 in	162.56 cm
5’5”	65 in	165.1 cm
5’6”	66 in	167.64 cm
5’7”	67 in	170.18 cm
5’8”	68 in	172.72 cm
5’9”	69 in	175.26 cm
5’10”	70 in	177.8 cm
5’11”	71 in	180.34 cm
6’0”	72 in	182.88 cm
6’2”	74 in	187.96 cm

The same height in centimeters, with rounding for forms, is on 5 feet 8 inches to cm.

Frequently asked questions

How many inches is 5'8"?

68 inches: 5 × 12 = 60, plus 8.

Is 5'8" the same as 5.8 feet?

No. 5.8 feet is 69.6 inches (5 ft 9.6 in). 5'8" is 5.667 feet, because 8 inches is 8/12 of a foot.

What is 5'8" in cm?

172.72 cm: 68 × 2.54.

How many inches is 5'9"?

69 inches. Each extra inch of height adds one to the total: 5'7" is 67, 5'10" is 70.

Is 5'8" tall?

5'8" (172.72 cm) is about the 37th percentile for U.S. men and above the 95th percentile for U.S. women aged 20 and over (CDC, 2015–2018).

Why do some forms ask for height in inches?

A single number is easier to store and calculate with. Medical records, fitness apps and some sports rosters record height as total inches, such as 68.