Height and weight chart — men aged 18–24
The healthy range by height, and an honest account of what does and does not change at this age.
The range at 18–24, and what moves it
50.4–62.4kg
Height is essentially final in this band — most women reached their adult height around 15 or 16, most men around 17 or 18. From here the height number stops moving and only the weight does.
For an adult man of 5 feet 5 inches, that band is 12.0 kg wide — and it reads the same at 18–24 as at any other adult age, because BMI carries no age term. What genuinely changes at this age is below the table.
সূত্র·WHO Expert Consultation। “Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies.” The Lancet 2004;363(9403):157–163।·Asian-Indian BMI action points·পর্যালোচিত জুলাই 2026
Why this range does not move with age
- Convert the height to metres and square it: 5'5" is 165.1 cm, so 1.6510² = 2.7258.
- Multiply by each end of the published band. That is the entire calculation; there is no decade coefficient to apply, because no adult classification publishes one.
- Check what a chart claiming otherwise is citing. Age-varying "ideal weight" tables trace back to mid-twentieth-century American life-insurance data, not to a current classification.
- Read the range as a range. Two men at opposite ends of the same row can both be healthy.
weight (kg) = BMI × 2.7258 age term: none published
Healthy weight for every height
| Height | সেন্টিমিটার | Healthy weight (Asian-Indian, BMI 18.5–22.9) | Healthy weight (WHO international, BMI 18.5–24.9) | In pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4'10" | 147.3 | 40.2 – 49.7 kg | 40.2 – 54.0 kg | 89 – 110 lb |
| 4'11" | 149.9 | 41.5 – 51.4 kg | 41.5 – 55.9 kg | 92 – 113 lb |
| 5'0" | 152.4 | 43.0 – 53.2 kg | 43.0 – 57.8 kg | 95 – 117 lb |
| 5'1" | 154.9 | 44.4 – 55.0 kg | 44.4 – 59.8 kg | 98 – 121 lb |
| 5'2" | 157.5 | 45.9 – 56.8 kg | 45.9 – 61.8 kg | 101 – 125 lb |
| 5'3" | 160.0 | 47.4 – 58.6 kg | 47.4 – 63.8 kg | 104 – 129 lb |
| 5'4" | 162.6 | 48.9 – 60.5 kg | 48.9 – 65.8 kg | 108 – 133 lb |
| 5'5" | 165.1 | 50.4 – 62.4 kg | 50.4 – 67.9 kg | 111 – 138 lb |
| 5'6" | 167.6 | 52.0 – 64.4 kg | 52.0 – 70.0 kg | 115 – 142 lb |
| 5'7" | 170.2 | 53.6 – 66.3 kg | 53.6 – 72.1 kg | 118 – 146 lb |
| 5'8" | 172.7 | 55.2 – 68.3 kg | 55.2 – 74.3 kg | 122 – 151 lb |
| 5'9" | 175.3 | 56.8 – 70.3 kg | 56.8 – 76.5 kg | 125 – 155 lb |
| 5'10" | 177.8 | 58.5 – 72.4 kg | 58.5 – 78.7 kg | 129 – 160 lb |
| 5'11" | 180.3 | 60.2 – 74.5 kg | 60.2 – 81.0 kg | 133 – 164 lb |
| 6'0" | 182.9 | 61.9 – 76.6 kg | 61.9 – 83.3 kg | 136 – 169 lb |
| 6'1" | 185.4 | 63.6 – 78.7 kg | 63.6 – 85.6 kg | 140 – 174 lb |
| 6'2" | 188.0 | 65.4 – 80.9 kg | 65.4 – 88.0 kg | 144 – 178 lb |
| 6'3" | 190.5 | 67.1 – 83.1 kg | 67.1 – 90.4 kg | 148 – 183 lb |
| 6'4" | 193.0 | 68.9 – 85.3 kg | 68.9 – 92.8 kg | 152 – 188 lb |
Both columns are the same arithmetic — weight = BMI × height in metres squared — read against two different published band sets. The height links go to SehatCheck, which publishes the full BMI table for each height.
সূত্র·World Health Organization. Body mass index — BMI, international classification of adult underweight, overweight and obesity.·WHO international classification·পর্যালোচিত জুলাই 2026
What actually changes at 18–24
This is the decade in which body composition is easiest to change and hardest to notice going wrong. Weight gained here tends to arrive as fat rather than muscle unless training is deliberate. It is also the age at which a lot of Indian adults first get a BMI reading from a college or employment medical and are surprised by it.
None of that moves the numbers in the table, and this page is not going to pretend otherwise. It changes what the numbers are worth paying attention to.
প্রশ্ন
What is the ideal weight for a man aged 18–24?
It depends on height, not on age. At 5'5" (165.1 cm) the healthy range is 50.4 kg to 62.4 kg on the Asian-Indian BMI band. The full table on this page gives the range for every height. No Indian or WHO adult classification publishes a different weight range for a 18–24 year old than for any other adult.
Why do other height weight charts show different numbers by age?
Most of them are reproducing a mid-twentieth-century American insurance table, or they have added an age adjustment that no published classification supports. The honest position is that adult BMI bands have no age term. This page shows what genuinely differs at 18–24: this is the decade in which body composition is easiest to change and hardest to notice going wrong.
Does height change after 18?
Height is essentially final in this band — most women reached their adult height around 15 or 16, most men around 17 or 18. From here the height number stops moving and only the weight does.
Should I use the Asian-Indian column or the WHO column?
If you are Indian and living in India, the Asian-Indian column is the more relevant reference population — that is the entire finding of the 2004 WHO expert consultation. The international column is shown because it remains the WHO classification and is what international comparisons use. Between the two columns is a genuine grey zone, not an error.
Healthy weight ranges from the BMI bands published by the WHO Expert Consultation on BMI in Asian populations (2004) and the WHO international classification. No age adjustment is applied because none is published. General information only — not medical advice. Growth varies enormously between healthy individuals; a single measurement means little. Discuss any concern about a child's growth with a paediatrician. See ডেটা & পদ্ধতি এই সাইটে ব্যবহৃত প্রতিটি উৎস, সমীক্ষার পর্ব ও রাউন্ডিংয়ের নিয়মের জন্য।
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