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

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

Tall tale: world-beating Dutch are getting shorter

Tall tale: world-beating Dutch are getting shorter

The world's tallest country is shrinking.

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

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

Biological limit? World-tallest Dutch are getting shorter

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...

Tall tails: Dutch are getting shorter - DutchNews.nl

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…

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

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