Height Chart for Women Ages 20–29

Selected standing height percentiles for women at ages 20–29, reported in centimeters and feet-inches from the cited official reference table.

NHANES percentile table

PercentileMetricUS customary
5th153.2 cm5 ft 0.3 in
10th155.1 cm5 ft 1.1 in
15th156.1 cm5 ft 1.4 in
25th158.4 cm5 ft 2.4 in
50th163.3 cm5 ft 4.3 in
75th168.2 cm5 ft 6.2 in
85th170.8 cm5 ft 7.2 in
90th171.9 cm5 ft 7.7 in
95th174.6 cm5 ft 8.7 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 Female, 20–29. See the official NHANES dataset page.

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