Tallest male and female

When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other

nationalities, a study reveals..


Americans have tumbled down the rankings. Back in 1914,

they had the third tallest men and fourth tallest women on the planet.

Today they are in 37th and 42nd place. :-[

Belle. my future son in law is Dutch Afrikaan ancestry : at 6 foot 6

My daughter is 5 foot 5  ::LOL::

just to clarify !

dat is tall ::confused:: ::confused:: ::confused::

dat is not tall.  6.6.  dat is short.  weh you get all ah dat from ::confused:: ::confused:: ::confused::

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In the UK, the sexes have gone up virtually in parallel by about 11cm (4in).

"Mr Average" in Britain is now 178cm (5ft 10in) tall;

Ms Average stands at 164cm (5ft 5in).

The height charts are now utterly dominated by European countries, but the data

would suggest that growth trends in general in the West have largely levelled out.


The smallest men on the planet are to be found in East Timor (160cm; 5ft 3in).

I dont get why Americans would be shorter !

too many Asian immigrants  :-\

did deh measure people in Africa ::confused::

In fact, in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, average heights have actually fallen

since the 1970s.

Nations like Uganda and Sierra Leone have seen a few centimetres come off

the height of the average man !

"About a third of the explanation could be genes, but that doesn't explain

the change over time. Genes don't change that fast and they don't vary that much

across the world.

So changes over time and variations across the world are largely environmental.

That's at the whole population level versus for any individual whose genes

clearly matter a lot.

" Good standards of healthcare, sanitation, and nutrition were the key driver.."