The Dutch, the tallest men in the world, have recently started to shrink!

Men born in 2001 are on average one centimeter shorter than the generation born in 1980 (women are less than 1.4 cm). That said, they are still quite presentable: 182.9 centimeters for the gentleman and 169.3 centimeters for the lady!

In the world rankings, the Netherlands are still in the lead, ahead of Latvia, Estonia, Denmark and the Czech Republic. We are 21st, with beautiful average Frenchmen of 1.79 meters and pretty Frenchwomen of almost 1.65 meters. So, regarding the lost centimeter of our…

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