average height for a 16 year old boy
by exact age, from the cdc growth charts, and where your height falls.
5'9"
that's the typical 16-year-old american boy: 174.2 cm (69 inches). the middle half of boys this age run from 5'7" to 5'11", and nine in ten fall between 5'4" and 6'1".
that is about 99% of the typical adult man's height (5'9"). between 13 and 17 the typical boy adds about 16 cm in total; from 15 to 16 the typical gain is 3.1 cm and from 16 to 17 it is 1.5 cm.
height percentile at 16
| height | in cm | for a 16-year-old boy |
|---|---|---|
| 5'4" | 163 cm | taller than 6% |
| 5'5" | 165 cm | taller than 11% |
| 5'6" | 168 cm | taller than 19% |
| 5'7" | 170 cm | taller than 29% |
| 5'8" | 173 cm | taller than 42% |
| 5'9" | 175 cm | taller than 56% |
| 5'10" | 178 cm | taller than 69% |
| 5'11" | 180 cm | taller than 80% |
| 6'0" | 183 cm | taller than 88% |
| 6'1" | 185 cm | taller than 94% |
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other ages
see also the 16-year-old girl page, and every teen age side by side. a full-grown man of 5'9" is on its own page.
how this is worked out
United States, age 16: normal, mean 174.2 cm, sd 7.4, the CDC growth chart at 16.5 years.
- CDC Growth Charts: stature-for-age percentiles, 2 to 20 years · CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2000
questions people ask
- What is the average height of a 16 year old boy?
- About 5'9" (174.2 cm) in the US. Most boys that age are between 5'4" and 6'1".
- Is 5'11" tall for a 16 year old boy?
- 5'11" is taller than 80% of American boys aged 16, so it is on the tall side.
- How close is a 16-year-old boy to adult height?
- The typical 16-year-old boy has reached about 99% of the typical adult man's 5'9".
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