Food · #972 biggest of 1,014
How big is a chia seed?
2 mm
A chia seed measures 2 mm. That's about 29 human-hair widths lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 2 mm across — roughly the width of a few human hairs.
- You'd need about 850 of them stacked up to reach the height of an average adult.
- Roughly 29 human-hair widths could line up across it.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #972 by size.
Size comparison
How chia seed stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
sesame seed
3.0 mm
stapes (smallest bone)
3.0 mm
grain of pyrite
3.0 mm
flea
2.5 mm
chia seed
2.0 mm
tiny seed pearl
2.0 mm
tardigrade
5.0e+2 µm
grain of sand
5.0e+2 µm
grain of sugar
5.0e+2 µm
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
It's so small that about 0.5 of them would fit across a single millimeter.
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