BMI Chart — Weight Ranges by Height

Find your height in the left column and read across: the second column is the weight range that puts your BMI between 18.5 and 24.9, the healthy range for adults according to the NHLBI.

Height	Healthy weight	Overweight	Obesity
4 ft 10 in	89–119 lb	120–143 lb	144 lb and up
4 ft 11 in	92–123 lb	124–148 lb	149 lb and up
5 ft 0 in	95–128 lb	129–153 lb	154 lb and up
5 ft 1 in	98–132 lb	133–158 lb	159 lb and up
5 ft 2 in	102–136 lb	137–164 lb	165 lb and up
5 ft 3 in	105–141 lb	142–169 lb	170 lb and up
5 ft 4 in	108–145 lb	146–174 lb	175 lb and up
5 ft 5 in	112–150 lb	151–180 lb	181 lb and up
5 ft 6 in	115–154 lb	155–185 lb	186 lb and up
5 ft 7 in	119–159 lb	160–191 lb	192 lb and up
5 ft 8 in	122–164 lb	165–197 lb	198 lb and up
5 ft 9 in	126–169 lb	170–203 lb	204 lb and up
5 ft 10 in	129–174 lb	175–209 lb	210 lb and up
5 ft 11 in	133–179 lb	180–215 lb	216 lb and up
6 ft 0 in	137–184 lb	185–221 lb	222 lb and up
6 ft 1 in	141–189 lb	190–227 lb	228 lb and up
6 ft 2 in	145–194 lb	195–233 lb	234 lb and up
6 ft 3 in	149–200 lb	201–240 lb	241 lb and up
6 ft 4 in	152–205 lb	206–246 lb	247 lb and up
6 ft 5 in	157–210 lb	211–253 lb	254 lb and up
6 ft 6 in	161–216 lb	217–259 lb	260 lb and up

Where these numbers come from

The chart is not a separate source — it is the BMI formula run backwards. Instead of BMI = 703 × lb ÷ in², each cell answers what weight produces this BMI at this height: weight = BMI × in² ÷ 703, evaluated at the 18.5, 25 and 30 cutoffs the NHLBI publishes.

Rounding is to whole pounds, and the boundaries were checked to be adjacent rather than overlapping: at 5 ft 9 in, healthy ends at 169 lb and overweight begins at 170 lb, with no pound belonging to both rows. If you want the decimal instead of the range, the BMI calculator gives it.

How wide the healthy range really is

At 5 ft 6 in, the healthy band runs from 115 to 154 lb — a spread of 39 pounds. That width is the most useful thing on this page, and the thing a single number hides. Two people at the same height can differ by nearly 40 pounds and both sit inside the same category, because BMI is a coarse population screen, not a measure of an individual body.

The same coarseness cuts the other way at the edges. A person at 155 lb and 5 ft 6 in is “overweight” and one at 154 lb is not, and no physiology changes across that pound. Boundaries are drawn for counting populations, not for describing you.

When the table is the wrong tool

Muscle weighs more than fat for the same volume, so a trained athlete reads high here without excess body fat. Older adults lose muscle and may carry more fat at the same BMI. And the table is not for children, teens, or pregnancy — the first two are read against growth curves for age and sex, and the third is tracked in prenatal care, week by week.

For a reading in kilograms and meters, use the metric BMI calculator.

This content is informational and does not replace evaluation by a health professional.