A wallet size photo is 2.5 × 3.5 inches (6.35 × 8.89 cm). At 300 PPI that is 750 × 1,050 pixels. Some school portrait packages and photo labs use a smaller 2 × 3 inch wallet instead, so check the size your lab lists before preparing files or buying sleeves.
Wallet size photo dimensions
| Detail | Standard wallet | Small wallet |
|---|---|---|
| Inches | 2.5 × 3.5 | 2 × 3 |
| Centimeters | 6.35 × 8.89 | 5.08 × 7.62 |
| Millimeters | 63.5 × 88.9 | 50.8 × 76.2 |
| Aspect ratio | 5:7 | 2:3 |
| Pixels at 300 PPI | 750 × 1,050 | 600 × 900 |
| Pixels at 240 PPI | 600 × 840 | 480 × 720 |
| Matches the shape of | A 5×7 print | A 4×6 print and most camera photos |
Dimensions are written portrait; swap them for a landscape wallet. The pixel values are inches × PPI. Nearly every phone or camera photo has far more pixels than a wallet needs, so resolution is rarely the problem. Cropping is: a 2.5 × 3.5 wallet is a 5:7 shape and trims about 7% from a 3:2 camera photo.
How many wallet photos fit on a 4×6?
Four small 2 × 3 wallets fit on a 4×6 exactly, in a two-by-two grid with nothing left over. Standard 2.5 × 3.5 wallets are too large for that: only two fit on a 4×6, side by side, with a strip of paper wasted. That is why the standard size is usually printed four to a 5×7 sheet, where four 2.5 × 3.5 rectangles fill the paper exactly.
| Sheet | 2.5 × 3.5 wallets | 2 × 3 wallets |
|---|---|---|
| 4×6 | 2 | 4 (exact fit) |
| 5×7 | 4 (exact fit) | 4 |
| 8×10 | 8 | 12 |
| US Letter, 8.5×11 | 9, with narrow margins | 12 |
These counts are the most whole rectangles that fit at full size, without borders between them. Cutting needs a straight edge and care: each cut line has to fall exactly on the boundary, so leave a thin white line between photos if you are trimming by hand.
Prepare a photo for wallet prints
- Crop to the wallet shape first. Crop to 5:7 for a standard wallet or 2:3 for a small one, so the lab does not decide what gets trimmed.
- Keep the face away from the edges. On a print this small, a head-and-shoulders crop reads better than a full-length photo.
- Export at 750 × 1,050 pixels or more. Use the photo resizer to make a smaller copy if a lab or form limits file size. Never enlarge a small image to reach the number; it adds no detail.
- Check the sheet layout. If you print a sheet of wallets yourself, set the print dialog to actual size (100%), not “fit to page.”
To check how far a particular photo can go, the print size calculator opens with the wallet size selected and reports the crop and resolution for your file.
Wallet photos, passport photos and ID cards
A wallet print is not a passport photo. A US passport photo is 2 × 2 inches with strict rules for head size and background, set by the US Department of State; other countries use their own sizes. A wallet print is also slightly larger than a bank card (2.125 × 3.375 inches), so it fits a photo sleeve but may need trimming to slide into a card slot.
Related sizes
The photo print sizes chart lists every common size from wallet to 24×36, and 4×6 vs 5×7 compares the two sizes wallet sheets are cut from. For a strip of small photos instead, see the photo booth strip maker.
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