Height Chart for Men Ages 50–59

Selected standing height percentiles for men at ages 50–59, reported in centimeters and feet-inches from the cited official reference table.

NHANES percentile table

Percentile	Metric	US customary
5th	163.0 cm	5 ft 4.2 in
10th	164.7 cm	5 ft 4.9 in
15th	167.2 cm	5 ft 5.8 in
25th	169.0 cm	5 ft 6.6 in
50th	174.5 cm	5 ft 8.7 in
75th	179.0 cm	5 ft 10.5 in
85th	181.3 cm	5 ft 11.4 in
90th	183.6 cm	6 ft 0.3 in
95th	185.6 cm	6 ft 1.1 in

How to read this table

For this table, a percentile is a position in the cited NHANES reference distribution for adults of the same sex and published age group. The 50th percentile is the median. These cross-sectional values describe a reference distribution; they are not a personal forecast, target, diagnosis, or recommendation.

Measurement: NCHS publishes this result only for the stated 10-year age group.

Adjacent ages

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Data source

Dataset: NHANES Anthropometric Reference Data: United States, August 2021-August 2023. All displayed values come from Tables 7 (centimeters) and 8 (inches), row Male, 50–59. See the official NHANES dataset page.

Reference distribution only. This page does not provide medical advice, a diagnosis, or an individual forecast.