Diminution is partly explained by immigration, but mystery surrounds why people with exclusively Dutch roots are also getting shorter

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Ireland

World's tallest country 'getting shorter'

The world's tallest country is shrinking.

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California

United States

Tall tale: world-beating Dutch are getting shorter

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David and Frederick Barclay

London

Greater London

England

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The Dutch are the world’s tallest people – but they are shrinking

The generation of Dutch people born in 2001 is shorter than the one born in 1980, a study by the country's statistics office has claimed.

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Government of France

France

Tall tale: world-beating Dutch are getting shorter - France 24

The average Dutch person is getting smaller and smaller. Women born in 2001 are on average 1.4 centimeters shorter than the generation from 1980, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported Friday on the basis of figures from its own health surveys and those of the GGDs and the RIVM. For men, that difference is 1 centimeter.

DPG Media

Netherlands

After years of growth spurt, the Dutch are on average getting smaller again

Women are on average 1.4 centimeters shorter than in 1980, men 1 centimeter.

Dutch public broadcasting system

CBS: The Dutch remain the tallest people in the world, but we are getting a bit smaller

Nothing lasts forever, they say. Apparently, that goes for every aspect of life, as it looks like the world's tallest country is shrinking.The...

Daily Sabah

Turkuvaz Media Group

Turkey

Biological limit? World-tallest Dutch are getting shorter

Although the Dutch are still the tallest people in the world, they are shrinking. A report from Dutch statistics office the CBS shows that the generation born in around 1980 was the tallest, with an average man measuring 183.9cm compared with the average 175.6cm of the generation born in 1930. Women born in 1980 were also 5.3cm taller than the class of 1930, measuring 170.7cm. However, the current generation of 19-year-old men are on average 1cm…

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Amsterdam

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North Holland

Tall tails: Dutch are getting shorter - DutchNews.nl

Poorer diet may explain why the lofty lowlanders are at least 1cm shorter than the previous generation

The Guardian

Not just a tall story: the Dutch really are shrinking, statistics agency confirms

The Dutch are the world’s tallest people – but they are shrinking

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