Japan weight percentile tables (P3–P97)
Japan’s published weight figures, P3 to P97 month by month, up to 10y 1m. Boys and girls separately, on the standard’s own curves.
This table spans two standards: r5-nyuyoji-2023 from 0 months, then who-gr-2007 for older ages. The numbers step at the join — that is the reference changing, not the child.
boy
| Age | P3 | P15 | P50 | P85 | P97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 months | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 1 months | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2 months | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.4 |
| 3 months | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.4 |
| 4 months | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| 5 months | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.8 |
| 6 months | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 9.2 |
| 7 months | 6.5 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.6 |
| 8 months | 6.7 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 9.9 |
| 9 months | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 10.1 |
| 10 months | 7.1 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 10.3 |
| 11 months | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 10.6 |
| 12 months | 7.4 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 10.8 |
| 13 months | 7.6 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 11.0 |
| 14 months | 7.8 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
| 15 months | 7.9 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.4 |
| 16 months | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
| 17 months | 8.3 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| 18 months | 8.4 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 12.1 |
| 19 months | 8.6 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| 20 months | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 12.6 |
| 21 months | 8.9 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 12.8 |
| 22 months | 9.1 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 13.1 |
| 23 months | 9.2 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 13.3 |
| 2 years | 9.4 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 13.5 |
| 2y 3m | 9.9 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 14.2 |
| 2y 6m | 10.3 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 14.9 |
| 2y 9m | 10.7 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 15.5 |
| 3 years | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 16.1 |
| 3y 3m | 11.4 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 16.7 |
| 3y 6m | 11.7 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 17.3 |
| 3y 9m | 12.1 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 17.9 |
| 4 years | 12.5 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 18.6 |
| 4y 3m | 12.8 | 14.0 | 15.6 | 17.5 | 19.3 |
| 4y 6m | 13.2 | 14.5 | 16.1 | 18.1 | 20.0 |
| 4y 9m | 13.6 | 14.9 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 20.7 |
| 5 years | 14.1 | 15.3 | 17.1 | 19.4 | 21.5 |
| 5y 6m | 14.9 | 16.3 | 18.2 | 20.7 | 23.2 |
| 6 years | 15.8 | 17.2 | 19.3 | 22.1 | 25.1 |
| 6y 6m | 17.0 | 18.9 | 21.7 | 25.0 | 28.3 |
| 7 years | 17.9 | 19.9 | 22.9 | 26.5 | 30.1 |
| 7y 6m | 18.8 | 21.0 | 24.1 | 28.1 | 32.0 |
| 8 years | 19.8 | 22.0 | 25.4 | 29.7 | 34.0 |
| 8y 6m | 20.7 | 23.1 | 26.7 | 31.4 | 36.2 |
| 9 years | 21.6 | 24.2 | 28.1 | 33.2 | 38.6 |
| 9y 6m | 22.6 | 25.3 | 29.6 | 35.2 | 41.1 |
| 10 years | 23.6 | 26.6 | 31.2 | 37.3 | 43.9 |
girl
| Age | P3 | P15 | P50 | P85 | P97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 months | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 1 months | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2 months | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| 3 months | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 4 months | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| 5 months | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| 6 months | 5.9 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.7 |
| 7 months | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 9.1 |
| 8 months | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| 9 months | 6.6 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.7 |
| 10 months | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 9.9 |
| 11 months | 6.9 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.1 |
| 12 months | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 10.3 |
| 13 months | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.5 |
| 14 months | 7.3 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 10.8 |
| 15 months | 7.5 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 11.0 |
| 16 months | 7.7 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
| 17 months | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.5 |
| 18 months | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
| 19 months | 8.2 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 11.9 |
| 20 months | 8.3 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
| 21 months | 8.5 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 12.4 |
| 22 months | 8.7 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 12.7 |
| 23 months | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 12.9 |
| 2 years | 9.0 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 13.2 |
| 2y 3m | 9.5 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 13.9 |
| 2y 6m | 10.0 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 14.6 |
| 2y 9m | 10.5 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 15.3 |
| 3 years | 10.8 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 15.9 |
| 3y 3m | 11.2 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 |
| 3y 6m | 11.5 | 12.5 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 17.1 |
| 3y 9m | 11.8 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 17.7 |
| 4 years | 12.2 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 16.6 | 18.4 |
| 4y 3m | 12.5 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 17.2 | 19.1 |
| 4y 6m | 12.9 | 14.0 | 15.7 | 17.8 | 19.9 |
| 4y 9m | 13.2 | 14.4 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 20.7 |
| 5 years | 13.6 | 14.9 | 16.7 | 19.1 | 21.6 |
| 5y 6m | 14.4 | 15.7 | 17.8 | 20.6 | 23.5 |
| 6 years | 15.1 | 16.6 | 18.9 | 22.2 | 25.7 |
| 6y 6m | 16.3 | 18.2 | 21.2 | 25.0 | 28.9 |
| 7 years | 17.0 | 19.2 | 22.4 | 26.5 | 30.8 |
| 7y 6m | 17.9 | 20.2 | 23.6 | 28.1 | 32.8 |
| 8 years | 18.9 | 21.3 | 25.0 | 29.8 | 34.9 |
| 8y 6m | 20.0 | 22.6 | 26.6 | 31.8 | 37.4 |
| 9 years | 21.1 | 23.9 | 28.2 | 33.9 | 40.0 |
| 9y 6m | 22.3 | 25.3 | 30.0 | 36.1 | 42.7 |
| 10 years | 23.7 | 26.9 | 31.9 | 38.5 | 45.7 |
About this table
- The figures come from the government survey itself — the 2023 Infant and Toddler Growth Survey published through e-Stat — rather than from the paediatric endocrine society’s charts, which are drawn from the 2000 survey.
- The survey covers birth to 6 years, and head circumference only to 3. Japan publishes school-age figures separately, but as means without a percentile distribution, so nothing above 6 years can be read from them. WHO covers that range here instead.