Average Weight and Height Chart

What should be ideal weight for a particular height? This is a question asked by many people, specially those who are trying to shed some pounds. Here is an article that provides average weight and height charts for men, women and children. Read on...

Knowing the ideal weight for your height can help you know if you are leading a healthy life. We all know that being overweight causes several health problems that include fatal health ailments like heart problems. Thus, being overweight automatically makes you prone to a myriad of health problems. Now, weight of an individual is governed by lot of factors like age, sex, race, body frame, bone weight, etc. It may happen that your height and weight may not match with the data given in ideal weight and height charts. The weight of a pregnant woman or a body builder would obviously be more than normal and hence this does not mean that they are overweight. Thus, to confirm whether you are having a healthy weight, you need to find out your Body Mass Index (BMI). Read more on, how to calculate BMI.

Once you find out your BMI you can compare your BMI with values given in the chart. The BMI chart is as given below,

BMI	Weight Status
Below 18.5	Underweight
18.5 -24.9	Normal
25 - 29.9	Overweight
30 & Above	Obese

Given below are height-weight charts for men, women and children.

Average Weight and Height Chart for Men

Men
Average Height (feet, inches)	Average Weight (pounds)
4' 6"	63 - 77
4' 7"	68 - 84
4' 8"	74 - 90
4' 9"	79 - 97
4' 10"	85 - 103
4' 11"	90 - 110
5' 0"	95 - 117
5' 1"	101 - 123
5' 2"	106 - 130
5' 3"	112 - 136
5' 4"	117 - 143
5' 5"	122 - 150
5' 6"	128 - 156
5' 7"	133 - 163
5' 8"	139 - 169
5' 9"	144 - 176
5' 10"	149 - 183
5' 11"	155 - 189
6' 0"	160 - 196
6' 1"	166 - 202
6' 2"	171 - 209
6' 3"	176 - 216
6' 4"	182 - 222
6' 5"	187 - 229
6' 6"	193 - 235
6' 7"	198 - 242
6' 8"	203 - 249
6' 9"	209 - 255
6' 10"	214 - 262
6' 11"	220 - 268
7' 0"	225 - 275

Average Weight and Height Chart for Women

Women
Average Height (feet, inches)	Average Weight (pounds)
4' 6"	63 - 77
4' 7"	68 - 83
4' 8"	72 - 88
4' 9"	77 - 94
4' 10"	81 - 99
4' 11"	86 - 105
5' 0"	90 - 110
5' 1"	95 - 116
5' 2"	99 - 121
5' 3"	104 - 127
5' 4"	108 - 132
5' 5"	113 - 138
5' 6"	117 - 143
5' 7"	122 - 149
5' 8"	126 - 154
5' 9"	131 - 160
5' 10"	135 - 165
5' 11"	140 - 171
6' 0"	144 - 176
6' 1"	149 - 182
6' 2"	153 - 187
6' 3"	158 - 193
6' 4"	162 - 192
6' 5"	167 - 204
6' 6"	171 - 209
6' 7"	176 - 215
6' 8"	180 - 220
6' 9"	185 - 226
6' 10"	189 - 231
6' 11"	194 - 237
7' 0"	198 - 242

Average Weight and Height Chart for Children

Average Weight and Height Chart For Boys
Age	Average Height	Average Weight
	in Inches	in Pounds
Newborn		7.16
1 Month		9.15
2 Months		10.91
3 Months		12.56
4 Months		14
5 Months		15.43
6 Months		16.53
7 Months		17.64
8 Months		18.74
9 Months		19.62
10 Months		20.28
11 Months		21.05
1 year	28 - 29	22
13 Months		22.27
14 Months		22.82
15 Months		23.26
16 Months		23.7
17 Months		24.14
18 Months		24.58
19 Months		25.02
20 Months		25.35
21 Months		25.79
22 Months		26.12
23 Months		26.57
2 years	31	28.4
3 years	33	33
4 years	37	35 -37
5 years	40	41.8
6 years	42	46.2
7 years	44	50.6
8 years	45	57.2
9 years	49	61.6
10 years	51	70.4
11 years	52	77
12 - 13 years	58 - 62	85 - 100
14 - 15 years	63 - 66	105 - 125
16 - 17 years	67 - 70	130 - 150
18 - 20 years	68 - 70	150 - 160

Average Weight and Height Chart For Girls
Age	Average Height	Average Weight
	in Inches	in Pounds
Newborn		7.16
1 Month		9.15
2 Months		10.91
3 Months		12.56
4 Months		14
5 Months		15.43
6 Months		16.53
7 Months		17.64
8 Months		18.74
9 Months		19.62
10 Months		20.28
11 Months		21.05
1 year	28 - 29	21.76
13 Months		22.27
14 Months		22.82
15 Months		23.26
16 Months		23.7
17 Months		24.14
18 Months		24.58
19 Months		25.02
20 Months		25.35
21 Months		25.79
22 Months		26.12
23 Months		26.57
2 year	30	28.4
3 year	33	30.8
4 year	37	35.2
5 year	40	39.6
6 year	41	46.2
7 year	43	50.6
8 year	45	57.2
9 year	47	63.8
10 year	51	70.4
11 year	52	79.2
12 - 13 years	60 - 63	95 - 105
14 - 15 years	63 - 64	105 - 115
16 - 17 years	64	115 - 120
18 - 20 years	64	125 - 130

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