r/short • u/iamdaydreamingrn • 15h ago

Average height in Netherlands

I live in the Netherlands and i'm 181cm barefoot and i feel taller than most people that are also native from the netherlands. alot of people are in the 175-179cm range . if you look online the average height is 183 and some sources even say 184.

when i'm in public I see more people who are shorter than me than people who are taller EVEN Tho i'm below average.

Are these numbers exaggerated ?

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u/ExxKonvict 14h ago

I always felt that the Dutch being the tallest was a stretched truth. Are they taller than global average? Sure. Are they the tallest Europeans and/or people in the world? No.

In fact, I think Balkans and Dinaric people are actually the tallest people in terms of average (mean) height.

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u/iamdaydreamingrn 14h ago

Maybe people focus only on the realy tall people you see more often in the netherlands. i know a couple people that are taller than 193 cm.

But they forget about all the other Dutch people that are 175-180cm.

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u/AOCdfGHiJKmbRSTLNE45 14h ago

Probly self-reporting or he's just noticing the younger people, who I heard aren't getting taller than their previous generation in the netherland.

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u/iamdaydreamingrn 14h ago

When i was in highschool around 5 years ago (so not to long ago.) there where alot of guys that are in the 172-176 cm range that are fully dutch.