40×60 mm photo size
39 documents in 19 countries are issued from a 40×60 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
- 40×60 mm
- Digital size
- 472×709 px
- Head height (chin to crown)
- 70–80% of the photo height
- Background colour
- #FFFFFF
- Print resolution
- 300 DPI
- Documents at this size
- 39
- Countries using this size
- 19
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Documents at 40×60 mm
- United Arab Emirates Passport PhotoStandardEmirados Árabes Unidos · 40×60 mm
- Bahrain Passport PhotoStandardBarein · 40×60 mm
- Egypt Passport PhotoStandardEgito · 40×60 mm
- Greece Passport PhotoStandardGrécia · 40×60 mm
- Kyrgyzstan Passport PhotoStandardQuirguistão · 40×60 mm
- Cambodia Passport PhotoStandardCamboja · 40×60 mm
- Kuwait Passport 2 PhotoStandardKuwait · 40×60 mm
- Laos Passport PhotoStandardLaos · 40×60 mm
- Libya Passport PhotoStandardLíbia · 40×60 mm
- Oman Passport PhotoStandardOmã · 40×60 mm
- Saudi Arabia Passport PhotoStandardArábia Saudita · 40×60 mm
- United Arab Emirates ID card PhotoStandardEmirados Árabes Unidos · 40×60 mm
Questions about 40×60 mm photos
How many pixels is a 40×60 mm photo?
A 40×60 mm photo is 472×709 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 40×60 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 40×60 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 40×60 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 40×60 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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