WHO growth standard for 0 to 5 years (daily tables)
Infants and children, birth to 5 years: weight, length/height, head circumference, BMI and weight-for-length/height.
WHO Child Growth Standards (2006; head circumference 2007), from WHO's daily tables.
Z-scores beyond ±3 use WHO's restricted LMS method.
Tips
- Age: months. For days, enter e.g. 10d; for years and months, e.g. 2y 6m.
- Weight: kg. For pounds and ounces, enter e.g. 8-4 for 8 lb 4 oz.
- Length/height: cm. For inches, enter e.g. 19".
- Measured: if the child was not measured in the usual position for the age (lying before 2 years, standing from 2), choose Lying or Standing for WHO's 0.7 cm adjustment (WHO Anthro software). Details: Sources and methods.
- Head circumference: cm. For inches, enter e.g. 19".
- For a corrected age (former preterm infants), use the WHO 0–24 months calculator.