average height for a 16 year old girl
by exact age, from the cdc growth charts, and where your height falls.
5'4"
that's the typical 16-year-old american girl: 162.6 cm (64 inches). the middle half of girls this age run from 5'2" to 5'6", and nine in ten fall between 5'0" and 5'8".
that is about 100% of the typical adult woman's height (5'4"). between 13 and 17 the typical girl adds about 4 cm in total; from 15 to 16 the typical gain is 0.6 cm and from 16 to 17 it is 0.4 cm.
height percentile at 16
| height | in cm | for a 16-year-old girl |
|---|---|---|
| 5'0" | 152 cm | taller than 6% |
| 5'1" | 155 cm | taller than 12% |
| 5'2" | 157 cm | taller than 22% |
| 5'3" | 160 cm | taller than 35% |
| 5'4" | 163 cm | taller than 50% |
| 5'5" | 165 cm | taller than 65% |
| 5'6" | 168 cm | taller than 78% |
| 5'7" | 170 cm | taller than 87% |
| 5'8" | 173 cm | taller than 94% |
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other ages
see also the 16-year-old boy page, and every teen age side by side. a full-grown woman of 5'4" is on its own page.
how this is worked out
United States, age 16: normal, mean 162.6 cm, sd 6.6, 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 a normal height for a 16 year old girl?
- About 5'4" (162.6 cm) in the US. Most girls that age are between 5'0" and 5'8".
- How tall is tall for a 16-year-old girl?
- 5'6" is taller than 78% of American girls aged 16, so it is on the tall side.
- Will a 16 year old girl keep growing?
- The typical 16-year-old girl has reached about 100% of the typical adult woman's 5'4".
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