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Chromosome Lengths

Purpose of this page

This web page, is just a list of the lengths of human chromosomes, which I find useful when coding. The total lengths and percent of total values are for a diploid genome (i.e. 46 chromosomes) with the percentage given to 2 decimal places.

ChromosomeLength (bp)Centromere (bp)Percent of total MalePercent of total Female
1247,249,719124,200,0008.318.18
2242,951,14993,400,0008.178.04
3199,501,82791,700,0006.718.60
4191,273,06350,900,0006.436.33
5180,857,86647,700,0006.085.98
6170,899,99260,500,0005.745.65
7158,821,42458,900,0005.345.25
8146,274,82645,200,0004.924.84
9140,273,25250,600,0004.724.64
10135,374,73740,300,0004.554.48
11134,452,38452,900,0004.524.45
12132,349,53435,400,0004.454.38
13114,142,98016,000,0003.843.78
14106,368,58515,600,0003.583.52
15100,338,91517,000,0003.373.32
1688,827,25438,200,0002.992.94
1778,774,74222,200,0002.652.61
1876,117,15316,100,0002.562.52
1963,811,65128,500,0002.142.11
2062,435,96427,100,0002.102.07
2146,944,32312,300,0001.581.55
2249,691,43211,800,0001.671.64
X154,913,75459,400,0002.605.13
Y57,772,9540.970
Total Male5,948,152,252100-
Total Female6,045,293,052-100


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