Table 2.

Age and sex-specific percentiles of height, weight and body mass index in children and adolescents aged 5–19 years in 2003

	Boys							Girls
	P5	P10	P25	P50	P75	P90	P95	P5	P10	P25	P50	P75	P90	P95
Height (cm)
5	104	105	108	111	114	117	118	102	104	107	110	114	117	119
6	108	109	112	116	119	123	124	106	107	111	114	118	122	124
7	112	114	117	121	125	129	131	111	113	116	120	124	128	131
8	117	119	123	127	131	135	137	117	119	123	126	131	135	139
9	123	125	129	133	137	142	144	124	126	130	134	138	143	146
10	128	131	135	139	144	148	151	130	133	137	141	145	150	153
11	134	136	140	145	150	155	157	136	139	143	147	152	156	159
12	139	142	146	151	156	161	163	141	144	148	152	157	161	164
13	145	147	152	157	162	166	169	145	148	152	156	161	165	168
14	150	152	157	162	167	171	174	148	150	154	159	164	167	170
15	154	157	161	166	172	176	179	150	152	156	160	165	168	171
16	158	160	165	170	175	179	182	151	152	156	161	165	169	172
17	161	164	168	173	178	182	185	151	152	157	160	165	169	171
18	163	166	170	175	179	183	186	151	152	157	160	165	169	171
19	164	167	171	175	180	183	186	152	153	159	161	166	169	172
Weight (kg)
5	16	16	18	19	20	21	23	15	16	17	19	20	22	23
6	16	17	18	19	22	26	29	15	16	17	19	21	24	29
7	17	18	19	21	25	31	34	16	17	18	21	24	28	37
8	19	19	21	24	28	36	40	19	20	21	24	29	34	44
9	21	22	24	27	32	41	46	21	23	25	29	35	42	50
10	23	24	27	31	37	46	52	25	26	29	34	41	50	56
11	26	28	31	35	41	51	58	28	30	34	39	46	56	61
12	29	31	35	39	46	56	63	31	33	38	43	51	62	66
13	33	35	39	44	50	60	69	34	36	41	47	55	66	71
14	36	38	43	48	55	65	74	36	39	44	50	58	69	74
15	40	42	47	52	59	69	79	38	41	46	52	60	70	77
16	43	46	51	56	63	73	83	40	43	48	54	61	70	79
17	47	49	54	60	67	77	86	41	44	49	54	60	69	80
18	50	52	57	63	70	81	89	42	45	49	54	60	69	81
19	53	55	59	65	73	84	90	43	46	49	54	60	70	81
Body mass index (kg/m2)
5	12.5	13.1	14.0	14.7	15.5	17.4	18.2	12.5	12.9	13.6	14.6	15.7	16.9	18.0
6	12.5	13.1	14.0	14.8	16.0	18.4	19.5	12.5	13.0	13.7	14.7	16.3	18.4	19.8
7	12.5	13.1	14.0	14.9	16.5	19.3	20.7	12.5	13.1	13.8	15.0	17.1	19.8	21.5
8	12.6	13.2	14.1	15.2	17.0	20.1	21.9	12.7	13.2	13.9	15.4	17.9	21.1	23.0
9	12.8	13.1	14.4	15.5	17.5	20.9	22.9	12.9	13.6	14.4	16.0	18.7	22.3	24.4
10	13.2	13.7	14.7	16.0	18.0	21.7	23.9	13.3	14.0	15.0	16.7	19.5	23.3	25.7
11	13.6	14.1	15.1	16.5	18.5	22.4	24.8	13.7	14.5	15.6	17.5	20.4	24.2	26.7
12	14.1	14.5	15.6	17.1	19.1	23.0	25.6	14.2	15.0	16.3	18.3	21.2	25.0	27.7
13	14.6	15.0	16.1	17.7	19.7	23.6	26.3	14.7	15.6	17.0	19.1	21.9	25.6	28.5
14	15.1	15.6	16.7	18.3	20.2	24.2	27.0	15.3	16.1	17.5	19.8	22.5	26.2	29.2
15	15.7	16.1	17.3	18.9	20.8	24.7	27.5	15.8	16.7	18.0	20.3	23.0	26.6	29.7
16	16.2	16.7	17.8	19.4	21.4	25.1	28.0	16.3	17.2	18.4	20.7	23.3	26.9	30.0
17	16.7	17.3	18.4	19.9	22.0	25.5	28.4	16.8	17.6	18.6	20.8	23.3	27.0	30.3
18	17.1	17.8	19.0	20.3	22.3	25.8	28.8	17.1	17.9	18.7	20.8	23.4	27.0	30.4
19	17.3	18.3	19.5	20.6	23.3	26.1	29.0	17.4	18.0	18.7	20.9	23.4	27.1	30.4

Values correspond to the exact age mentioned (e.g. age 5 stands for age 5.0)