Very good question. Many people have been wondering this, actually. How thick is the Earth's mantle? Well, I did some research and found out that the Earth's mantle is about 1800 miles thick, or 2900 kilometers thick. It contains about 80 percent of the Earth's mass. Wow!
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The mantle is found between the core and the innermost layer of the earth. The mantle is made up of mostly solid rock that is 1,802 miles thick.
yes it is 2893 kilometers thick
The thickness of the Earth's mantle is about 2900 km and it's upper boundary is about 100km deep. There is a really cool cutaway drawing available by using the Wikipedia link.
the crust is the thickness of earths layers
crust: average of 32 km thick mantle: 2900 km thick outer core: 2200 km thick inner core 1250 km thick
Inner core: 2450 km thick Outer core: 2300 km thick Lower mantle: 2500 km thick Upper Mantle: 400 km thick continental crust: 30-70 km thick Oceanic Crust: 6 km thick