Statistics Netherlands (or CBS), a government institution that gathers statistics about the country, says that Dutch men born in 2001 are 0.39 inches (1 centimeter) shorter than those born in 1980. Dutch women are 0.55 inches (1.4 centimeters) shorter. Despite these drops, the Netherlands still has the tallest people in the world – with CBS reporting that today’s generation stands, on average, at 6 feet (182.9 centimeters) for men and 5.55 feet (169.3 centimeters) for women.
In their report, the government statisticians concluded that, for most of the 20th century, the Dutch grew taller and taller. But since 1980, that growth stopped.
Dutch people born in 1980 may have been the tallest in the country’s history, with the average heights of 6 feet (183.9 centimeters) for men and 5.6 feet (170.7 centimeters) for women. This marked a significant growth spurt for the 20th century — in 1930, for example, Dutch heights averaged at just 5.76 feet (175.6 centimeters) for men and 5.43 feet (165.4 centimeters) for women.
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