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Child Growth Percentile Calculator

Plot a child's length, height or weight against the WHO growth-standard percentile curves for 0–5 years, read off the percentile, and follow the growth curve as you add measurements over time.

This is a screening reference, not a diagnosis. Growth is judged by the trend over time, not by a single point, and a healthy child can sit anywhere from the 1st to the 99th percentile. Only a clinician — with a proper measuring technique and your child's whole history — can assess growth. If you are worried, ask your child health service.

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Length is measured lying down before age 2, height standing after — the reference curves switch at 24 months, which is why there is a small step there.

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Length / height for age — WHO 0–5 years

Curve values are printed in the table below. The darker band is the 15th–85th percentile, where roughly seven in ten children fall.

4061831041250 m12 m24 m36 m48 m60 mmedian (50th)this child
3rd · 15th · 50th · 85th · 97th percentile curves the child's measurements

Reference values at each age

WHO Child Growth Standards, boys, length/height-for-age.

WHO percentile reference values by age
Age3th15th50th85th97th
0 mo46.348.549.951.353.4
3 mo57.359.561.463.365.5
6 mo63.665.967.669.371.6
9 mo67.770.072.073.976.2
12 mo71.073.475.777.980.2
18 mo76.979.382.385.087.7
24 mo81.083.687.190.393.2
30 mo85.187.891.995.398.4
36 mo88.791.996.199.9103.1
42 mo91.995.299.9103.8107.3
48 mo94.998.4103.3107.5111.2
54 mo97.8101.4106.4110.9114.8
60 mo100.7104.4109.4114.1118.2

Values in cm and kg. Between the printed ages the tool interpolates linearly, which matches the published curves closely enough for screening.

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A single point below the 3rd or above the 97th percentile is not by itself a problem; a curve that crosses two or more percentile lines, or drops away from its own trend, is what clinicians look at.

About this tool

The curves are the WHO Child Growth Standards for 0–5 years, embedded as a compact percentile table and interpolated across age and between the five plotted lines. Your child's measurement is converted to a z-score against those lines and back into a percentile. Growth reference data is a screening tool: measurements, feeding, gestation and genetics all matter, so discuss any concern with your child health service. Everything runs locally in your browser.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Child Growth Percentile Chart really free?

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Does Child Growth Percentile Chart upload my data?

No. Child Growth Percentile Chart runs entirely inside your browser, so anything you type, paste, or open stays on your own device.

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Neither. There is no account and nothing to download — open the page and Child Growth Percentile Chart is ready to use on desktop or mobile.

Does Child Growth Percentile Chart work offline?

Once the page has loaded, yes. All of the processing happens locally in your browser, so it keeps working without a connection.