Hours of sleep needed, from infancy to young adulthood. age sleep needed (years) (hours per day) 0.0192 16.5 0.0833 15.5 0.25 15 0.5 14.5 0.75 14 1 13.75 1.5 13.5 2 13 3 12 4 11.5 5 11 6 10.75 7 10.5 8 10.25 9 10 10 9.75 11 9.5 12 9.25 13 9.25 14 9 15 8.75 16 8.5 17 8.25 18 8.25