40×50 mm photo size
17 documents in 10 countries are issued from a 40×50 mm photo. It is the everyday passport and ID format outside North America, and the numbers below are the ones those offices measure.
Quick facts
- Photo size
- 40×50 mm
- Digital size
- 472×591 px
- Head height (chin to crown)
- 70–80% of the photo height
- Background colour
- #FFFFFF
- Print resolution
- 300 DPI
- Documents at this size
- 17
- Countries using this size
- 10
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Documents at 40×50 mm
- Bangladesh Passport PhotoStandardبنگلادش · 40×50 mm
- Belarus Passport PhotoStandardبلاروس · 40×50 mm
- Cameroon Passport set 2 PhotoStandardکامرون · 40×50 mm
- Cyprus Passport PhotoStandardقبرس · 40×50 mm
- Estonia Aliens passport PhotoStandardاستونی · 40×50 mm
- Estonia Passport PhotoStandardاستونی · 40×50 mm
- Hong Kong Passport PhotoStandardهنگکنگ، منطقهٔ ویژهٔ اداری چین · 40×50 mm
- Kuwait Passport PhotoStandardکویت · 40×50 mm
- Sudan Passport PhotoStandardسودان · 40×50 mm
- Estonia ID card PhotoStandardاستونی · 40×50 mm
- Sudan ID card PhotoStandardسودان · 40×50 mm
- Estonia Visa PhotoStandardاستونی · 40×50 mm
Questions about 40×50 mm photos
How many pixels is a 40×50 mm photo?
A 40×50 mm photo is 472×591 px at 300 DPI. Anything smaller is upscaled when it is printed and loses the detail the clerk checks.
How big should the head be in a 40×50 mm photo?
The head should measure 70–80% of the photo height from chin to crown, centred in the frame, with the eyes looking straight into the lens.
What background does a 40×50 mm photo need?
Most documents at this size ask for #FFFFFF: plain, evenly lit and with no shadow behind the head. Check your own document's page for its exact colour.
How do I print a 40×50 mm photo at home?
Print the sheet we generate on 10×15 cm or A4 photo paper at 300 DPI and cut along the guides. The sheet already repeats the photo at exactly 40×50 mm.
Guides
- How to take a passport photo with an iPhoneWhere to stand, which camera to use, and why portrait-mode blur costs you the photo.
- Taking the photo at home without helpA door, a window and a timer are enough. Here is the setup that works in an ordinary room.
- Six mistakes that get a photo rejectedA shadow behind the head, a slight smile, glare on glasses — what reviewers actually look at, and the check that catches each one.
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