Average height (in meters) and weight (in kilograms) of the population. Classification: years, Germany, age, sex

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Year: 2021, Sex: All sexes

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Age	Height/weight
	Height in m	Weight in kg
Under 1 year	.	.
1 year to under 2 years	.	.
2 to under 3 years	.	.
3 to under 4 years	.	.
4 to under 5 years	.	.
5 to under 6 years	.	.
6 to under 7 years	.	.
7 to under 8 years	.	.
8 to under 9 years	.	.
9 to under 10 years	.	.
10 to under 11 years	.	.
11 to under 12 years	.	.
12 to under 13 years	.	.
13 to under 14 years	.	.
14 to under 15 years	.	.
15 to under 16 years	1.71	63.0
16 to under 17 years	1.74	66.5
17 to under 18 years	1.74	67.2
18 years and older	1.72	77.7
18 to under 20 years	1.75	70.8
20 to under 25 years	1.75	72.7
25 to under 30 years	1.74	75.2
30 to under 35 years	1.74	77.5
35 to under 40 years	1.74	78.3
40 to under 45 years	1.74	79.3
45 to under 50 years	1.74	80.7
50 to under 55 years	1.74	80.6
55 to under 60 years	1.73	80.6
60 to under 65 years	1.72	79.8
65 to under 70 years	1.71	78.7
70 to under 75 years	1.70	77.9
75 years and older	1.68	73.7

Table was compiled on 4. May 2025 6:21 under www.gbe-bund.de

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Source(s)/Contact

• Microcensus - Health questions, Federal Statistical Office, Branch Bonn (more information on 
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  Data Source:	Microcensus - health questions
  Contact:
  - Contact Person:	Federal Statistical Office / Statistisches Bundesamt [StBA] - Central Information Service
  - Data owner:	Abteilung H, Gruppe H 1, Referat H 11
  - Street:	Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
  - Post Code/Town:	65189 Wiesbaden
  - Telephone:	+49 611 75-2405
  - Contact form:	https://www.destatis.de/kontakt
  - Internet:	https://www.destatis.de
  Purpose of Data Collection:	Health questions are part of the data procurement on the sample census and provide information on the state of health (persons who are ill and those injured by accidents), health risks (smoking habits) and body size (body height, body weight and body-mass-index) of the population. The integration of health questions in the sample census makes it possible to establish a link with numerous simultaneously collected socio-demographic and economic features.
  Legal Base:	Law on conducting a representative statistic on the population and the labor market as well as the housing situation of households (micro-census law, Mikrozensusgesetz - MZG) in relation with the Federal Statistics Law. The text of the national law in the respective current version you will find at https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de.
  Data Collector:	Interviews are conducted on the basis of questionnaires, with households filling in the said questionnaires themselves; data procurement takes place within the framework of that of the sample census.
  Reporting Stations:	Interview group (inquiries by interviewers) - Regional statistical offices - Federal Statistical Office
  Object under Review:	Persons, households.
  Interviewees:	Sample data procurement in households (selection of 1% of the population); answering questions on health matters in the micro-census is voluntary.
  Collection:
  - Instruments:	Direct interviewing/data procurement form.
  - Periodicity:	Regularly every 4 years from 1995.
  - First:	1963 (Questions on the subject of health have become a standard part of the sample census since 1963 and have been raised at intervals of two to four years since then).
  - Last:	2017.
  Processing:
  - Periodicity:	Regularly every 4 years from 1995.
  Publication:
  - Regular:	Federal Statistical Office, Special series 12, Series S.3 (up to 1999). 2003 under the metioned contact address. Since 2005 downloadable files under https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Gesundheit/Gesundheitszustand-Relevantes-Verhalten/_inhalt.html#sprg234194.
  - Irregular:	Federal Statistical Office, Economy and Statistics, various issues.
  Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Random sample procurement with a selection of 1% of the population. Response to health questions is voluntary in the framework of the data procurement of the sample census. For this reason, failure to reply to certain questions can occur to a varying extent.
  Conceivable Modifications:	-
  Comparable Data Sources:	-
  Remarks:	-
  Last Update:	July 8, 2024

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• Starting from 2005 annual average results are shown, until 2003 the results refer to the survey week, generally the last week in April without holidays.

Refresh period of data

• The table was extended by the year 2021 on 10 Jan 2024.
  Information for a new reporting period will be added as soon as it is available.

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The Federal Health Monitoring System 4. May 2025