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Paper sizes

Two systems cover almost all paper: the ISO A and B sizes used worldwide, and the US inch sizes used in North America. This chart lists both, with the everyday size of each region first.

A3TabloidLegalA4LetterA5Half Letter
Drawn to the same scale.
ISO A sizes (worldwide)
Sizemmcminchespx at 300 dpi
A0841 × 118984.1 × 118.933.11 × 46.819933 × 14043
A1594 × 84159.4 × 84.123.39 × 33.117016 × 9933
A2420 × 59442 × 59.416.54 × 23.394961 × 7016
A3297 × 42029.7 × 4211.69 × 16.543508 × 4961
A4210 × 29721 × 29.78.27 × 11.692480 × 3508
A5148 × 21014.8 × 215.83 × 8.271748 × 2480
A6105 × 14810.5 × 14.84.13 × 5.831240 × 1748
A774 × 1057.4 × 10.52.91 × 4.13874 × 1240
A852 × 745.2 × 7.42.05 × 2.91614 × 874
A937 × 523.7 × 5.21.46 × 2.05437 × 614
A1026 × 372.6 × 3.71.02 × 1.46307 × 437
US and Canada
Sizemmcminchespx at 300 dpi
US Letter215.9 × 279.421.59 × 27.948.5 × 112550 × 3300
US Legal215.9 × 355.621.59 × 35.568.5 × 142550 × 4200
Half Letter (Statement)139.7 × 215.913.97 × 21.595.5 × 8.51650 × 2550
Tabloid / Ledger (11 × 17)279.4 × 431.827.94 × 43.1811 × 173300 × 5100
ISO B sizes
Sizemmcminchespx at 300 dpi
B3353 × 50035.3 × 5013.9 × 19.694169 × 5906
B4250 × 35325 × 35.39.84 × 13.92953 × 4169
B5176 × 25017.6 × 256.93 × 9.842079 × 2953
B6125 × 17612.5 × 17.64.92 × 6.931476 × 2079
JIS B sizes (Japan, notebooks)
Sizemmcminchespx at 300 dpi
JIS B4257 × 36425.7 × 36.410.12 × 14.333035 × 4299
JIS B5182 × 25718.2 × 25.77.17 × 10.122150 × 3035
JIS B6128 × 18212.8 × 18.25.04 × 7.171512 × 2150
Envelopes
Sizemmcminchespx at 300 dpi
C4 envelope229 × 32422.9 × 32.49.02 × 12.762705 × 3827
C5 envelope162 × 22916.2 × 22.96.38 × 9.021913 × 2705
C6 envelope114 × 16211.4 × 16.24.49 × 6.381346 × 1913
DL envelope110 × 22011 × 224.33 × 8.661299 × 2598
#10 envelope (business)104.8 × 241.310.48 × 24.134.13 × 9.51238 × 2850
9 × 12 in catalog envelope228.6 × 304.822.86 × 30.489 × 122700 × 3600
Cards and ID photos
Sizemmcminchespx at 300 dpi
ID-1 card (ID and bank cards)85.6 × 548.56 × 5.43.37 × 2.131011 × 638
US passport and visa photo50.8 × 50.85.08 × 5.082 × 2600 × 600
EU / Schengen passport photo35 × 453.5 × 4.51.38 × 1.77413 × 531
Canada passport photo50 × 705 × 71.97 × 2.76591 × 827

What is the standard paper size?

A4 (210 × 297 mm) everywhere except the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Philippines, where it is US Letter (8.5 × 11 in, 215.9 × 279.4 mm).

Biggest and smallest

The common ISO range runs from A0 (841 × 1189 mm, one square metre) to A10 (26 × 37 mm). 2A0 and 4A0 exist for very large prints.

Questions

What size is normal printer paper?

A4 in most of the world, US Letter in North America. Both are listed with exact dimensions above.

How do I find a size in pixels?

Multiply the size in inches by the resolution: A4 at 300 dpi is 8.27 × 11.69 in × 300 = 2480 × 3508 px. The table gives 72, 150 and 300 dpi.