T The incidence of short stature or stunting is one of the nutritional problemsthat occur in children under five. From mother’s situation, the cause of stunting isshort birth interval which results in a lack of mother’s energy recovery after thebirth of previous child. To understand birth interval as the cause of stunting inchildren under five, it is necessary to conduct research aimed at determining birthspacing in the incidence of stunting in children aged 24-59 months.METHODA cross-sectional observational study was conducted and a total of 130 childrenunder five were included at Public Health Center of Grogol Petamburan DistrictWest Jakarta on September-November 2019. Data collection was byquestionnaire-based interviews, covering age, gender, LBW history, history ofpremature birth, birth interval, maternal education, maternal age duringpregnancy. Height measurements for children under five and mothers are carriedout using microtoise devices . The significance level used for data analysis was0.05.RESULTSThe most common mother’s characteristic were high education (61.5%), height ≥152 cm (52.3%), maternity age ≥ 21 years old (76.9%), birth intervals ≥ 2 years(80.0%). The most common children under five’s characteristic were in the agegroup 49-59 months (34.6%), male (58.5%), had no history of low birth weightand prematurity (92.3% dan 93.1%), stunting (27.7%). There is no relationshipbetween birth spacing and stunting (p=0.378).CONCLUSIONSThis study shows that there is no significant relationship between birth spacingwith the incidence of stunting in children aged 24-59 months. Short birth intervalis not a direct cause of stunting because there are other factors that can modify.