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International Shoe Size Systems

With the charts below, you can convert women’s and men’s shoe sizes to and from American, British, European, Australian, Chinese and Japanese sizes.

Size conversion chart for women’s shoes

US	UK	Europe	Australia	China	Japan
5	2.5	35	3.5	35.5	21
6	3.5	36	4.5	37	22
6.5	4	37	5	38	22.5
7.5	5	38	6	39	23.5
8.5	6	39	7	40	24.5
9	6 ½	40	7.5	41	25
9.5	7	41	8	42	25.5
10	7.5	42	8.5	43	26
10.5	8	43	9	44	27

Size conversion chart for men’s shoes

US	UK	Europe	Australia	China	Japan
6	5	38	5	39	23.5
7	6	39	6	41	24.5
7.5	6.5	40	6.5	–	25
8	7	41	7	42	25.5
8.5	7.5	42	7.5	43	26
9	8	43	8	43.5	27
10.5	9.5	44	9.5	44.5	28
11.5	10.5	45	10.5	46	29
12	11	46	11	47	30
13	12	47	12	48	31
14	13	48	13	49	32

Note: For European sizes, women’s and men’s shoes share the same size system. Further down, you will find a description for other international shoe size systems.

Globally, there are about seven major shoe size systems. The most common are the US, British, European and Japanese size systems.

In the US and British systems, men and women have different shoe sizes. For example, a men’s 10.5 is a women’s 11.5. Children’s shoes, however, are the same regardless of gender. The US also has a special category for athletic shoes.

In Europe, shoe makers are supposed to follow on single size system. However, sizes still occasionally differ between European countries (such as France and Germany). As a result the sizes are not always totally standardized, which means that shoes from different manufacturers may have different sizes (although they will have the same measurements).

Note: These chart sizes are only guides. Specific manufacturers or brands may have their own systems of measurement.