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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มิ.ย. 2015
- The Dutch are, on average, the world's tallest people, but it hasn't always been that way.
So what happened? Scientists believe a number of factors are responsible, such as genetics, better diet and medical care.
But now there's another theory. Research from the London School of Tropical Medicine suggests that natural selection may also have something to do with it.
Jane O'Brien went to the Netherlands to find out more.
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Dutch grew vertically while Americans grew horizontally.
sweiland75 lol
U d man 4 dis comment 😂
😂
this made me lol 😂
But still limited by genetics... to only 1cm
The short ones drowned?
Probably.
Very plausible 😂😂
Maybe their body sense they are bow sea level.. heheh
SepherStar Im the smallest in my friend group and Im 170... I think
they were incels
Darwinism at work.
They kill the short ones
well,,, shit
Wow dumbest joke ever.
Ahaha
😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao
I am an Indian male, barely 5'5". I went to the Netherlands for a few days in 2015 and had my neck craned up literally all the time. Even some of their young children who were not even teenagers were already my height.
I can feel for you
Im 5 ft 1 lol.
Never ever going to Netherlands
@@advocatevarunrathi2831 not specifically eggs, Indians need more protein rich diet in general
When I was 16 I was already 5'11 and grew to 6'4 from there so yea lol. It's pretty tough out in the world.
@@rudyardwalker9113 Tough? You're 6'4.
You got the whole world in your hands.
You can travel anywhere in the world without feeling awkward.
I was in the Netherlands for vacation for 1 week. And I'm 5 11" male. Almost every guy I ran into was at least 6 1". There were many that were 6 5". It's crazy to think about. The women are basically my height. And some are even taller. I felt like I was on a different planet!
The only people in the netherlands that are of the same height as them are africans and dutch caribeans ( males)
@ Fixthings247, i said african as in african nationals not african as in african that is to vague africans are all different from each other. How can you say ''Africans are short, they average at 5'6'' africans are not one country like holland. I am talking about the people living in holland who are tall besides the dutch themself and from all the foreigners here the Dutch of african backgrounds aswell the ones from the Dutch Carribean are the same height avarage or taller. And africans as a whole are known for being tall every country you go to you will find alot of tall africans on avarge even the shorter ones are more like 175 which is average height. I can say asians as whole are short to avarage height. While Africans and Europeans are above avarge height to very tall.
Lui Chen Diet differences have a major part to play.
@ Fixthings247yes of course there are countries in africa where people are shorter just like european countries like italy, greece, spain, portugal,malta etc people there on avarge are not so tall especially in Italy. Malawi, Zambia are short in general. But people from countries like Senegal, South Sudan, Rwanda ( as you mentioned), Somalia, Ivorycoast, Ghana, Ethiopia are generally tall people. The kids born here in Holland are even taller as you said even better nutrition. True nutrition plays a role but africans in general are tall. If you go to the usa, cuba, colombia, brazil all the africans decendants of slaves are on avarage the taller then most groups. Same can be said of europeans. If you look at asians decandants in Jamaica, Guayana, usa, canada, hawaii etc on average most have been short for centuries. The dutch as are tall as a nation by avarage but not as a ethncity. The dinka are taller on avarge but there group is spread among multiple nations so its hard to get clear statistics. For example the dutch on avarge are taller then afrikaners of SA and both are ethicaly dutch. So it true nutrition plays a role. Holland is very wealthy and have a good nutriotion system.
@Fixthings247 Wel i disagree on some parts. 1. Wikipedia is not really a reliable source as they reference old information in many cases and somtimes inaccurate in sources ( in othr words wiki is not all that reliable in infromation). So height online of countries might differ in reality. And height measurement is not frequently measured on a yearly basis to have a objective and consistent reference. In the case of many african countries is complexity as multiple african nations have somewhat 30+ different ethnic groups living in one state. For example if you take the Hausas of Nothern Nigeria they on avarage are very tall people but are also found in neighbouring states so again its hard to have statistics based on one single ethnic group. The netherlands is full of ethnic dutch so its easy to measure the height of one single ethnic group who are the dominant in one country. Southern Europeans would have a better ''diet'' so to say then most african nations due to poverty but majority are still short as in comparison to the dutch. Even in Italy there are sizalble Senegalese, Ivorian, Ghanian communities ( not talking about refugees) who who tower 2wice over Italians. Just look at Mario Balotelli, Ogbanna both one of tallest players in the italy national team. I am not saying because they of african heritage they are tall. But because they belong to ethnic groups who are very tall in country of orgin but where there are not statistics about based on their single ethnicties. Yes its true that south asian countries likeThailand, Philippines are short but not comparable to africans in general who are much talller.
I disagree with them being tiny .....far from it. I lived in France and Holland and france there are many french speaking african communities and many just tower over everyone 6ft-6t 5 ( not all of course) but on averga they belong to the tallest groups in France. Even the french are avarge height in general. Its not just selective breeding with black americans in slavery. But also pure genetics many slaves come from areas where people are on avarge above normal height to tall ( Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Gambai etc). I dont know what you mean by '' white diet and white influence''. Is diet all of a sudden tied to race and how did white influance make a ethnic group in america taller ? For the rest agree with you in genral. Nutrion is key and the weathier the country the better the nutrition can be. But genetics do play a role.
The reason that we're so tall is so that we don't drown as fast when our land will inevitably be flooded.
massaal naar limburg en brabant verhuizen.
That's good :-)
:(
AHAHA😂😂
Provocateur soon it will be flooded with just water
Hi, Dutch person at 5' 8" here. We're not all huge.
Signed,
All Dutch people below the average height
5'8" is a good height. I'm 5'3.5"
How old are you though?
GяıṃRєѧƿєя is 5’3 normal for a 12 year old Dutch girl. That’s my height
Exactly broooo
I'm from Pakistan, and people say that Asians are the shortest people...
I'm 6'0 and every 3-4 in 10 guys are taller than me in my college...
I believe that the young generation is getting taller...
I'm the youngest in my family but the tallest one..
My dad is 5'6.5 mom 5'4
Bro 5'7 and sis 5'6...
GяıṃRєѧƿєя sorry my comment was confusing I’m not Dutch but I meant if Dutch girls my age with my height is normal over there
"And she has very big feet, that's because Astrid is Dutch." What?😂
LMAO.🤣
She also wears a strapon
@@cyberbug9699 The world tallest nation, that is the Conclusion of the statement. I am from the Tallest ethnicity as well. Every dude is about 6ft average.
Feet grow in proportion with bodysize to some degree therefore taller people have larger feet.
😂😂😂
I'm a dutch girl and 5'9'', and that's not even that tall. It's really funny because when I go to another country for vacation everyone seems shorter and I feel huge!
I'm a 5''7'' and the shortest of the family. My great nephews will all grow to be aroudn 2 meters.
UKMSports Hahah it's ok though! There are lots of shorter guys in Holland :)
Good luck having a bf.
joanel guerrier Thanks! Luckily almost all guys are taller than me, just a few shorter ones.
jasmine hosk lol oh ok I wasn't trying to mean to you. It's just that most guys are scared of having a girl taller than them.
Well, they gotta keep their heads above water
ThatPersonOnTH-cam You know, this probably isnt far from the truth
ThatPersonOnTH-cam ahahaha good one
Good point...
ThatPersonOnTH-cam Hhaahahahaha, dat is kanker grappig.
Yup, haha
South Sudan:
I’m I joke to you?
Dutch are taller.
Kira Lil dot. South Sudan is literally in the 7ft and over in Height
@L y n x dutch arent taller
@@rodriguezjamesralphyl.9673
The Dutch are not taller than the South Sudanese people's. Just look
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These guys are giants
Mira ! Facts
When I lived in Holland I was a shorty. Now I live in the UK...
..and I'm average.
How tall are you ?
Flaco Flaco well Ik average is 175cm and so he’s probs 5’9.
@@gm836 I am 187 cm barefoot in the morning but feel short here in the Netherlands its normal height here
@@kawazaki23 me 1.70
😓
@@alquilesgrande6259 Bro has long has your healthy your fine
Well that explains why I (as a foreigner living in Holland) can't see shit at concerts..
oml dead
True fact. If I go to German festivals the difference is huge already!
ah haaa...too funny!
ur an illegal go back afghanistan or iran
@Ahmed Tarek i bet you wont like Tens of millions Christians to come to your country and Demand good jobs , housing and free money and language lessons for free.
Weed is legal in the netherlands thats why we become so high XD
No that's not legal here...
Dan weet ik niet waar je woont maar het is echt wel legaal hier.
+Imad Zeryouh Als we het er echt over hebben is het eigenlijk niet legaal maar '' gedoogd'' ;p
Robin Vanger Ik weet maar ging beetje trollen :P.
Hahahaha thats a good one made me laugh so hard
The Dutch literally look down on others.
So do the Nilotic peoples of Africa.
I'm 6'1 and visiting made me feel like I was rey mysterio, for those who don't know he's one of the shortest people in Wrestling.
Stop lying 6'1 is even average for Dutch....
@@Mr.Eminem dutch male height is 6ft average. though it also includes ppl of non-Dutch roots. but yeah as 6'6 dutch guy I almost weekly see guys my height lol
@@appelscha23 i wonder why the netherlands are not popular in basketball or dont play basketball more often. They litterally have the height....
@@jmgonzales7701 yeah they waste it at soccer lol, instead of being successful in basketbal
@@Mr.Eminem lol you see the zoomers here.
6'6" 110 pounds
What?
She must be have been anorexic.
When she was 12. If you're young, skinny and tall, you possibly don't weight much.
relentless5321 i think they ment kilos
I'm like 6'0 and 112 pounds we're just not as fat as you americans
Joep Wijs you also seem to have weaker bones with lesser density.
If I ever go to Japan, I will feel like a giant.
Mister Bearmore I know, and wish it weren't so, however, there are a few very tall, (closer to 10' [my height]), Chinamen in North of China in the mountains ...
Don't go to Japan, go to Indonesia. People there are very short.
@@hilmenggg
It's 158cm lol
Clorox Bleach hahah I’m Thai and 6’2
@@cloroxbleach3936 The current President of Indonesia Joko Widodo 175 cm
My friend had a Dutch stepfather. He stood 6’3. He had about six brother’s. No sisters. They ranged from the shortest one at 6’ to the tallest at 6’8”. Plus to further the questions of Dutch height these men were born in the 1930s to the early 1940’s. So, this isn’t like a modern day phenomenon. Additionally, the shortest of the bunch had the same condition of Queen Elizabeth. His entire life he got by on about half the amount of sleep most people need. Diet and environment certainly have some effect on this. Not as much as many people think it is. I’m a firm believer height is in your genes. It’s determined at conception from the mix of genes you inherit from your parents. Plus, I think it’s all pretty obvious. I work with different ethnic back grounds from around the world. Of course in some cases if a person doesn’t have any features that are easily identifiable things aren’t so obvious. I’m a Heinz 57. My blue eyes are about the only clue you will have. That and I’m a 5’9” white man with brown hair. It’s very clear to see the consistent height of identifiable ethnic groups I work with.
I mean the average for ethnic group grows. I’ve noticed in America that children of immigrants that were born and raised here are always a good few inches taller than their peers in the parents home country. I think it has an environmental element too. Probably the food.
@@eunbiasedfan2873 I agree.My cousins live in germany.They are taller than me and my brothers.Protein diet is important for tallness.
@@musfikinsan3423 true story I am from Somalia born in the Netherlands and I was only [1.83m ] [6'0] which is the average height in the Netherlands before corona virus after lockdown I was sleeping 9 to 11 hours every Night I went from 1.84m 2020 then in 2021 1.86m then in 2022 1.89m which I am currently and still growing inshallah I cannot wait to get 1.95m or 209m,,,,I have incorporated milk and meat in my diet since then my growth took off immediately also sleeping is part of the equations not sleeping enough doesn't help or not eating enough animal proteins can cause growth delays and not sleeping enough also causes delay.
@@kawazaki23 how old are u
199 cm in Netherlands 🇳🇱 : goes to footwear shop : show me some good heels 👠🤓
Kinda pointless isn't it
@@shoaibhaq8680 for that height wearing heels yeah only for fashion though.
How much did you grow with 17?
it's gotta be the weed
no sir.
God no!!
Yeah true that no wonder they're so high (pun intended)
Russel Keith ye dats true
Russel Keith It’s legal to buy a small amount of marijuana in the Netherlands so uuuummm sure
Last year I went to Amsterdam to visit family, at 6ft I never felt so short in my life
But you are more ripped right? Do a lot of Dutch people work out?
@@fizzleshizzle8314 yes
@@FIFAxxgamig they work out? Shit!
Actually in Amsterdam there is everything except Dutch people...
I'm 6'4 and I met a lot of people who were the same height as me lmao.
A lot of Dutch people live below sea level so growing in height is one of their survival options.
😂🤣😂
🤦♂️ very underated theory 👍
waarheid
Im indonesian, its funny to think that the Tallest country in the world once colonizes the shortest country in the world😂
I'm a mix of the both and born in Holland, i am rather short haha
No, shortest country is Phillipine
@@TheKeystoneChannel so you're half netherland and half indonesian right?
@@kafiamadeus7351 yes
as an average height asian guy, i'll experience The Hobbit in this country. Amazing, isnt it?
lmao, exactly. I'm also an asian in the Netherlands and all my friends are too damn tall.
There are enough dutch small people, like me..
echt ik ben 14 en 179 en er zitten een paar in mijn klas die zijn zo in de 190 en 2 m
There are plenty of asians (foreign students) in the building i live. It's funny when they ride around on kids bikes
im 13 and 5'6 Gud live
I'll always be the 5'2'' dutch
Magamoebe hahaha
Met dat gezicht als username, klinkt dat een beetje raar.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Niet zo. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) "ik voel je". Vertel mij dat dat niet raar klinkt.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Neuh, en ik ben Sinterklaas. ;)
that's suck haha, i have a Dutch friend who 6'11 , when he come to my country (Vietnam) he looks like a tower lol.
As someone who is quite tall, roughly 6'8, I went to the Netherlands last year. I was extremely surprised when I saw many men roughly the same height as me and women who weren't that much shorter. I even met a dude at a cafe who was 7'1, and a woman who was 6'6!
You are F**n 6’8 ?
Damn, I wanna go to the Netherlands I'm 6'9½ woman but asian.
whaaaaaaaaaat@@jeffreymorales6233
selection bias
@@jeffreymorales6233no you’re not Jeffrey. No you’re not. 😂
I'm indian 6foot2 went to Netherlands never felt so insecure about My height even the girls there are so freaking tall😂
1,73 m = 5'8" and Dutch. And yes, I do feel small. I always look up to people. In the literal sense that is.
hijothema 😂😂😂
Yea I am same height as you,and have some dutch in my family.
I think that even rarer than being tall
germany to the right and UK to the left
you better have big strong folk in that situation
Don't forget France to the south. Belgium barely counts as a speedbump. Look up the year 1672 in Dutch history, much fun was had.
Belgium is just a buffer zone of more Dutch and French people, doesnt really count much tbh.
Use west and east instead of right and left.
Tonton Marcel angry german manlet detected
@@rockydo2307 although I kinda agree with you about Dutch (since we are good friends, have same culture and speak the same language ofcourse) the Walloon never really were French in my eyes, idk. It feels more like Austria and Germany. Sometimes language doesn't really count to everything yknow.
*cries in 5'6"*
I wish i was 5'6..
SUPER MODELS Same :( I’m 5’9 at 14-
Im a man, without shoes i only stand 171CM :( . what a life sigh!!!!
@@supermodels1997 how tall r u anon btw
IM 5'1 HAHAHAHAHA
I am a Indian guy with a 6.4 height and have visited 19countries till now including Netherlands and it’s completely two different scenario, I look like a giant in countries like India,Indonesia and Philippines but whereas in Netherlands I felt just above average guy , in Amsterdam there was a family with a guy around 6.10 and her wife was 6.5 and with his son around me and his age probably like 12-13 ..felt like another planet
Yeah it’s weird when you are used to be so tall and you are just normal sized in those countries. It was the same with me. I am 6’2 and where I am from most men are like 5’5-5’9 and I was very tall there. Now where i live I run into a 6’5 guy every minute lol
Living in the netherlands is weird man, i'm 1,83(6') and most of my friends are way taller.
Swaggy Tom I know all these north west Europeans are tall as hell.
el tigre negro so are the Iroquois and Cherokee of North America. I knew an I think Algonquin was 6'7". My grandfather was 6'4" (Cherokee), aunt's 5'8, 5'10".
I'm average :( . Must be the hormones in the chicken or milk.
***** Good point. That was actually cited as a reason the Vietnamese were able to withstand the French and Americans in combat. Because they could get by with eating so little. Also, because they were able to run through crawl spaces westerners simply couldn't maneuver in with their bigger, more cumbersome bodies.
I am 1.96 cm tall some of my cousins are about 2.10 cm, when i go to germany they are also tall but also allot wider and no not muscles :P
el tigre negro I got the same problem, I'm 5'11 and shortest of all my friends
It's cause we're secretly half-ogres.
ssst
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP
yall look like em too
Rhythm Seal ssst
Slapfacegamer accurate if you look at the netherlands
I am a 190 cm tall Dutchman and among some of my friends I feel short 😂
Even 200cm height is considered average among dutch people
@Scytzo Dutch people are different
I’m 200cm at 16yrs
@@gigago2529 Nobody asked
woah. but doesn’t change the fact that you’re still tall hahahaha
Wesley snijder must be feeling really short walking around his country.
He's 5 inches below average height in his country, it's not that unusual
in my former life I was a 9'10 dutch basketball hoop, I'm now an American 5'2 manlet
Rufus manlet 😀😁😁😂😂
Rufus not alone bro, wait, is Brooklyn still considered part of the US? Hahaha
john murphy Depends on genetics from grandparents as well. My aunt and uncle are both 5’1”and 5’8” respectively and their son is 6’3”. This is probably due to the fact my aunt’s father was 6’4” during his lifetime. They do say genes skip a generation - or something like that.
No Bias Dw man.
As a Dutch person who doesn't like milk or any milk products, I can say that with being 6'1" at age 14 it is not that we eat cheese a lot.
You're 14 and 6'1? Wow!
Danni KpopFan Oops, I meant 15. I was 5'11" when I was 14.
Wow... Im 15 and 4'10 xD
Danni KpopFan I think I was not older than 8 when I was at that height.
No wait, I did my maths wrong (I have to convert it to meters in my head each time I think about it). I was 10 when I was 4'10. I was the smallest kid in class.
Never travel to the Netherlands This is a deadly land of confidence
I am going to go there to shatter my ego and have a self realization journey. Those people are the most genetically blessed but that won't stop me or make me ungrateful.
Sure it is a big hit on confidence, but it's too beautiful to not visit it at least once
@@drownedjohnny4842 there is nothing beautiful to lose your confindence
I'm 6 feet 3 and half inch from Bangladesh.I feel like giant in my country.almost all people are shorter than me and I used to get extra attention for being that tall.but in the end of 2018 when I visited Copenhagen I saw almost all male r equal to my height and many were even more than my hieght.that was the first time I felt myself as a genuine person.EUrope is such a land of giants and tall people.
Wow, crazy that in Netherlands, you would just be above average lmao.
Average male in Bangladesh height is 5' 4''. So, men as tall as you are rare here. *Meanwhile me being 5' 6'' at the age of 17 still being so short compared to the world 😭😭😭*
@@SouravRoy-ts9zx same here also.. Im 172 cm...
You were probably just surprised about how many in Cph were the same height as you. 6'3.5/1.92 m is still far above average for a Danish man
Also, there are many beautiful people there😍
2:14 The Dutch directness
Would you want to date someone more than 20 cm shorter than you?
@@hpp yes because when its a girl its cute and but when its a guy it's sad
123plep Yes why not? I'm 1.88 (6'2) and my gf is 1.54 (5'1). The dutch guy in the video sounded like "Oh I'm tall and I should date someone tall"
She sounded desperate tho lol
@@origamiomletsforarsonistgr5599 Having a son that is shorter than his father is pathetic.
I actually like being 5'2", It makes my little house seem like a castle.
@Vanos Diego ?
Honestly though I’m 4 foot eight and I love being short plus I’m not afraid to admit it but I’m very girly and sensitive so my personality fits my body LOL because honestly imagine being a big crybaby LOL i’ll stop
@@aripinkberry1810 wtf i can't even imagine someone so short lol
lol how tall are you
@@aripinkberry1810 I think 5'6 and I'm short for argentina.
I have heard that it is because it is a Germanic culture which tend to be matriarchal. The females pick the tallest men and also dole out the spanks in the family. Asian races for example are patriarchal. Men naturally pick shorter women. This is why asians are short and nordics are tall.
Yea my two grandpas are very tall,and they picked short women.Though I do have some Dutch by ancestry.
He said 205 - that's 6'8.5"
No wonder he looks clearly more than an inch taller than the 6'6 women.. Bt the 6'4 guy only looks slightly taller than the 6'1 woman.. Maybe cz she is wearing heels
I spent a week traveling around the Netherlands and, at a legit. 6'5," I'd never felt so average in my life. When I checked into one of my hotels, I may have seen the tallest family on the planet. For a zombie-like moment, I thought I was having a weird dream. The father was so much taller than me that it was hard to even guess his height. Maybe 7'0" or more! His wife and I were eye to eye so I assume she was 6'5'ish. They had two sons that were probably between 13-16 (young as hell!!) and both were every bit of 3-5 inches taller than me. Wonderful place in the world, with wonderful people, but take elevator shoes if you visit.
For real hahaha. I'm 6' 2" and I felt TINY over in the Netherlands.
At 5'9", I'm a taller than average woman. I get to enjoy being at eye level with most men and taller than some men. In Holland, I was surprised to feel just a little resentful of losing something I hadn't recognized as an advantage before. Maybe because I'm the short one in my family. I get to at least feel tall when I'm not around them. Thoroughly enjoyed The Netherlands, but if they could just shrink a little before my next visit, I'd greatly appreciate it.
i got the same here i am only 6.1 and feel small in the netherlands but im longer than the evarage though but if i visit a different country i feel like one of the tallest :)
+Kry Kry lol I'm half Asian and 15, still I'm already 182cm. My Dad's side of the family in northern India have an average of 2m
so the Indian side makes me tall, not the Dutch side from my mom lol
I'm female and 5'5 - I was out at a bar/club in the Hague and I could literally not see the exit. Felt like the whole room was heads and shoulders above me. Till that point I thought I was average height and had never experienced feeling "short" before. Actually quite overwhelming haha.
something similar has happened to me as well, but it was in Manchester: I was in a Pub and it was filled with really tall people (mostly men). I was confused to see so many tall people at one place, until the bouncer (or even one of the Dutch, I don’t remember) told me that they’re football fans from Holland who travelled here to support their football club that was set to play against Manchester City in the Champions League. Everything made sense then. I‘m 5‘7 btw
@@leedlbagginshield8492 Feyenoord fans🙌
I felt the same thing as a kid
Thats strange cause people in the Hague aren't that tall, 60 percent of the people in the Hague have a migration background meaning that they are way shorter compared to the rest of the country. So I don't really understand where you got the fact from that everyone was so much taller in the Hague.
@@MaartenvanderVeeke
I love that everyone except for the Dutch claim that Dutch people are giant lmfao
When they interviewed British veterans of the Boer wars, their first remarks were being amazed at how bloody tall the Boers were. Definitely a Dutch thing.
I think that it's all the cycling, which became popular after WWII. Most Dutch cycle every single day from like age 3 or so. I have a theory that all the constant cycling extends the growth cycle of growing bones. And yes, I have lived in the Netherlands.
Seems logical
Nah actually it’s because women choose tall men
@@noname-bt9ky But do men choose tall women? I've found they don't like them. I'm 5' 9" and British and my height is a turn off I think. Not only that, but I've moved from near Liverpool where people are generally taller, more inland where the average height of females is about 5' 2"
The older generation here have men at only 5' tall and women even smaller. I look like a giant, I hate it!
@@vmm5163 you are not that tall 😂I can’t believe those British people you mentioned are so short
@@vmm5163 True, tall women are a bit of a turn-off. Petite women are more feminine. Also, larger women take huge toilet-clogging dumps... nasty af.
So where is the answer to the question?
Food.
Cheese
CRaptor Then the French would have been a lot taller. They aren't.
***** Now if only were were good at making the stuff!
KevInKobe lol ikr
Do you all realize that once they colonized Indonesia - the shortest nation on the world? What an irony...
Dutch sucked all the their nutritions
Denden 😂😂😂😂
I knew of an Indonesian who's 180 cm. Too tall for an Indonesian he's always called an electric beam.
Salvador Laurente Jr hahah 180 cm here in UK is average, u can easily see 180 cm guy walking they are not that tall even if u look at them
Holland and Indonesia belong together, as great seafaring peoples. If they had only had sticked together to this day, they would be the wealthiest and technically advanced nation in the world.
Astrid's height hurts my OCD. 199cm? COME ON
babbisp1 if were her I would say that I’m 200 cm
Over 5 million Americans come from Dutch ancestry, myself included. Also several of our founding fathers were Dutch. My grandpa's brothers were 6'6" to 6'8" tall while my grandpa was the runt of the family and only 6'2".
I had to convert, but apperantly 6"2 is 187 cm, wich is 5 cm taller than the average height here in the Nethsrlands. And we're taller now than all those years ago, so 187 was considered very tall back then. I think foreigners think we're a lot taller than we actually really are.
@@geyaneya1498 6'6 to 6'8 is considered massive in the US though. I was working at this place which randomly had several guys between 6'5 to 6'8 working there which is not typical at all in the US. Some little kid asked, "Mom why are the men here soooo tall?" Didn't hear the explanation lol.
My wife is Dutch - 5'0"
Wtf 😂
Her mother had an affair with a chinaman.
im 14 from latvia and im 5"11...
Yeah the height difference between men and women is quite big in the Netherlands... 5'0 is remarkably short though, Dutch women are 5,6/7 on average.
@@ItsLunaRegina Loooool I'm dead
I'm 6'4'' from Argentina pretty tall for here at least but when i went to Europe i noticed lot of people around My height, especially in the Netherlands
Argentina sucks DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Agree at 6'6
i’m 6’4” and i’m from usa and i usually tower over people
@@soulexee as a Nebraskan, come to the Midwest. The coasts tend to have shorter people. The hillbillies here are enormous. I work at a restaurant and i see a considerable number of people at least a foot taller. I'm 6.2
@@kingroyalgaming6122 i live in illinois lol
Dutch:we r the tallest people on earth
South Sudan : hold my banana
Rocky Playz average height is 6’3 for south sudani
Yemenite Knight I’m a Yemeni Yehudi🕎
Israeli Treasures who knows if we can be possibly related 😊
@@Z_-un4eo average hight for south sudan is 5ft 9"
I swear if I was in that country I would fit right in because I'm 6'5 and people noticed my height everywhere I go. My twin brother is 6'6 and is in college and has to be careful sometimes not to hit his head on either doorways or short tunnels.
Bruh even in the Netherlands you and your brother would stand out. Sorry to say
I'm a 6'5" American. I am almost always the tallest wherever I go. Very rare someone is taller than me. When I visited Amsterdam I was in shock by how tall people were. I felt closer to average height and every single day I was seeing multiple people taller than me. It was incredible. Made me feel less special. :(
😂😆👌
You are not special.
@Kadyrbek Nurlybekov you need to be about 6 foot 10
@Kadyrbek Nurlybekov it's not a european thing, it's a big city thing, you need to see a lot of people every day in order to see people 6 5+ which is on the very edge of height distribution, I hardly ever see someone 6 5+ but I only see like 50-200 people a day.
@Kadyrbek Nurlybekov well I'm in mexico right now so the people are shorter but even when I'm in america I'm around people less so I don't see ridiculously tall people either.
It's not that crazy as they try to make it on the internet. I live in the Netherlands and I stand at 5'11. Majority of girls are atleast a few cm below and there are plenty shorter, but the taller ones I've seen stood at my height so giants are actually pretty rare. Most taller guys are also only a few cm taller so it's not that crazy.
depends on where u live
- Noord Brabant but there plenty of tall people there
hazzmati i am 180 and female and I am constantly feeling short in the lift here in Amsterdam. ik ben half Nederlands. I am proud to be tall.
***** good for you but then unfortunately you have some issues if you feel still short as a girl at that height
yeah its not crazy haha the average Dutch man height is said to be 6 foot but is exactly 5'11.8 the u.s man height is 5'9.8 so two inches taller there smh..
6'4(194cm) Anglo-Dane reporting in here. 😉 We also need representation over in Denmark but jokes aside younger generations are getting much taller as nutrition( among other factors) is improving. We can see this in Asian countries were the youth seem to be getting a bit taller.
I am a 15.5 year old boy living in Canada and I am 5 feet 7.5 inches tall or 172 cm and my predicted height is 5 feet 10 inches 178 cm when I am an adult. My mom is 5 feet 4 inches tall and my dad is 5 feet 9 inches tall which is quite average in canada. It is crazy how most of the Dutch are so tall.
Dutch are the decedents of giants
Giant Nordic Aliens to be precise.
i thought the bible was all lies.
dark light not the bible mate a Much older religion
Thanks BBC for this piece of ground breaking investigative journalism.
Yet more British license payers money well spent.
***** You cry and whine in the comments about how stupid this video is and yet you still made the choice of watching it in the first place giving BBC the view that they wanted. What a fucking idiot you are....
Mahtlahtli Well if I didn't watch it I wouldn't have known how stupid it was, would I? What a fucking idiot you are....
***** you do know how stupid it is by reading its title moron. The title explicitly tells you what the subject is and yet you still decided to watch it... You stupid bimbo
2:06
“Do you find taller women more attractive than short women then?”
“Yes certainly.”
“How tall do they have to be?”
“Uhh minimum of 180.”
“180?”
“Yes.”
“So, no hope for me”
“Well, sorry”
LOOOLLL
Xd.I’m dying from this chat.
The second thing the Dutch are known for is their bluntness..
@@aldosigmann419 i guess they’re just straight to the point
People on Venus are tall and skinny, around 10 feet tall. They probably have some genetics from centuries ago when Venetians came here and mated with their women.
Aren’t boys from Jupiter and girls from mars how do girls mate? And I don’t want to know about boys🤮🤮🤮
@@moribuntaro people from Jupiter are short probably average height is 1 meter. People from Mars are the tallest ones they are around 5 meters tall
It always gets on my nerves that I don't understand shit about the imperial system. I always have to convert foots & inches to the normal, metric system the whole world except 3 countries uses.
Milan it gets on my nerves that people act like it's difficult to learn. We use it interchangeably when talking about things like sports that use it, and then our own things. It's like saying we shouldn't have more than 1 language.
josetogan cm and m are more accurate.
joep kroes that's the point. They are too accurate. They are impractical because everyday life requires larger and less precise measurements.
Gimme some of ur height I am fricken 5’5 😢
Shreya puthran i am freaking 4'7 :(
i'm fricken 6"2
i’m 16 and i’m a 5’10 girl from the uk, i’ll give you some of my height babes
asmrbiblestudies and how are you supposed to do that
डॉलरPERIOD
why i’ll chop my limbs of and send them over you see !
Bro pulled those heights from tiktok: 205 cm is 6’9 and 196 cm is 6’5
Lol bro this is from 2015...
"2,5m"
Hagrid is that you
I'm American, and I'm 6'5. I got a friend from the Netherlands, he's 6'11.
6'11? Holy shit, he must be pretty tall then.
My neigbor was so tall they had to change the windows and door in his house. He had to duck all the time and bend over to see through the window so they changed it and made the windows higher. He was 2 meter and 11 cm. His brother was a bit taller even.
Try to locate his address..
If you end up in the woods it may be big foot.
I've got taller friends than 6'11. I've got a friend who's 7'3 and a quarter from Australia!
kyle stapleton
are you sure it wasnt a giraffe ?
Dutch children are the most happy children according Unicef.Children can only grow during their sleep. Happy children are sleeping better and on top of that Dutch parents have fixed times for everything so also for bedtime according their age, so they also sleep long. Just means in general that all children from a certain age all go to bed at the same time. This fixed time thing means also that people only eat unhealthy once a week and the rest of the week they cook at home. Actually Dutch people are brainwashed to live according the 3 R' s in the matter of raising children of Rust (Calmness) Reinheid ( Cleanliness) and Regelmaat ( Regularity) When a child is yawning in the classroom the teacher will say strict to the child that he or she didn't sleep enough and lack on sleep is giving less good results at school. On top of that the most of the children have at least one parent working parttime. So Dutch parents have a lot of positive conditions to look after the well being of their children. Also it is common in the Netherlands to let your children to play outside a lot. So the children are hungry from playing and eating a lot. More eating means also getting more important nutricients to grow well. Strange that they are not concidering those things in their research.
Well imma kid, dutch and not happy
+empje bu jij bent de uitzondering
Yeah low stress can make child tall.
+Far Bijs I am danish. I have always eaten a lot of HEALTHY food and i did sports and was very fit as a child. I also slept a lot (more than i should) and yet i am only 176cm tall at the age of 17. Some of my friends from when i was small has been living way more unhealthy than me, not sleeping enough and eating crapfood. They are way taller than me and most of them are 185+ cm tall. Please explain it. (My father is around 182cm and my mother is around 165cm).
Christine It is my personal experience? Not statistics
I personally feel it may be even stranger than this - the Dutch are living well fed and under sea-level. Also the calcium may have less to do with it than the bovine growth hormones fed to cattle here, and the very high proportion of dairy-related food in the Dutch diet.
They now say the average here in the Netherlands is lowering and say it is because of the food.
Well, that's possibly a factor, but of course the greatest reason for the lowering of the average is immigration. But we live in a time that we cannot just be honest about that, so you often don't even see this addressed in articles about it.
The reason we are tall in the Netherlands is obviously not just a food thing. Its also: genetics, ethnicity.
Another priceless BBC report with brilliant insights. It's all about natural selection: in a country that has 26% of its area under sea level and with the global sea level rising since the 1880s, it's obviously the "survival of the tallest"...
pianopera bull comment dude....
ZerokillerOppel1 Wel eens gehoord van ironie, slimpie?
Je bevestigd zelf stomme vooroordelen over Hollanders. Heeft niets met ironie te maken.
ZerokillerOppel1 "Bevestigt", met een t. Lastig hè, schrijven...
Ik bevestig helemaal niets. Met mijn commentaar wilde ik het uiterst vage, quasi-wetenschappelijke verhaal hier over "natural selection" ridiculiseren. Maar sommige mensen snappen dat blijkbaar niet.
Oh jé, we hebben hier met een uiterst vage quasi-wetenschapper te doen die
graag de "mindere goden" onder ons op zijn vauten wijst en met moeilijke
termen smijt om ( in zijn/haar ogen althans..) gewichtig over te komen.
Nou, om ons leuke gesprekje niet uit de hand te laten lopen stel ik voor
dat de intelligente wetenschapper nog één keer de volkse proleet afbrandt
in een uiterst scherpzinnig antwoord en dat het daarna gedaan is.
6'7" are no equivalent to 205 cm, is more like 6'8 3/4"
I spent two weeks in Netherlands as a 7 2" guy and i was towering everyone like always and didn't feel any difference, no surprises for me 😑
Yes you did however you should have encountered 6’7-6’8 dudes regularly. However 7’2 is extreme everywhere. Your height is abnormal for the human race
Buddy, you didn't had to spend 2 weeks in a whole country just to feel average, you could've just downloaded Tinder instead!
The Dutch basketball team must be amazing! 🏆
Why bother comparing to the US? Far more interesting to compare to another European country.
Like what? Belgium? Italy?
@@MissMoontree Belgium and The Netherlands are pretty close to eachother, I'd rather compare with France or Spain
don't worry, we are still taller than most euro country if not the talles. hahahahhahaha drink more milk ;)
Americans are short and fat when compared to a majority of Europe. Americans use to be taller than a majority of European countries but not the case anymore. American men use to average about 5'10" a couple of decades ago but look about 5'8" on overall average height for men with the white and black populations shrinking to about 5'9" in male height. Some will say this shrinking in overall average height is due to the latin American and Asian immigrants. This is true to some extent because most of these immigrants are shorter on average than white and black Americans but these 2nd and 3rd generation Latin Americans and Asian Americans look the same in average height as white and black Americans. But the biggest differences with Americans in the last couple of decades is that there were far less overweight and obese people. Today it is more common for a 5'8" man to be over 200 IBS than a 6'2" man in the 1970s to be over 200 IBS. I have an old high school football magazine when my brother was playing football in the late 1970s. Compared it to a recent high school football team from the same high school and looked at the statistics and found that the players in the late 1970s had more players over 6'0", especially over 6'2". But at the same time these players in the late 1970s had far fewer players over 200 IBS. Today being overweight is very common in the USA and the obesity problem is also growing rapidly. Americans on average exercise less and eat more junk food plus we consume these GMO foods. Not only that we eat too fast and inhale our foods instead of chewing are foods because in the USA we are always in a hurry. Decades ago we ate less junk food and didn't eat these GMO foods and were much more physically active as young kids, teenagers and young adults. The families use to eat together and take our time eating our foods and had conversations about what we did during the day. Today it is rare in the USA to get the family together for a meal and if we do we eat our meals very fast and have little to no conversations with each other and play with our smartphones instead of talking with each other about our day.
North korea
I live in Netherlands, I can tell u this has something to do with the food,way of life and the weather associated with the dutch..other children who ar not dutch but born in the Netherlands seem to be as tall, and thus i really think it has to do with whats in the food;-)
***** That isn't what she's saying. To clarify everyone has an upper limit on height built into their genome, and how close you get to that upper limit depends on environmental factors in your life like health and diet.
Of course a primordeal dwarf's upper limit is way lower than most persons', but most people are not primordial dwarfs either so they don't really carry much statistical significance here
***** Aye, i've heard there are multiple genes that control height, you could have two short parents and be way taller than both of them depending on which genes you get from who, i think there are certain genetic factors at play, sexual selection. Most of it is probably just because of increasingly good diet, medicine and lifestyle compared with a couple hundred years ago.
Why do you sound so sad merel you are sounding like you are the only short person there
***** I'm only 6'2 and i have to half-limbo when i'm using cash machines a lot because the buttons look like they line up with different options from my natural vantage. Seems like some dutch people would have to kneel to get the right viewpoint.
Some homes have ridiculous light switches too, like they have an upstairs, so not great for a wheelchair users, but all the light switches are at wheelchair user height, it makes no sense!
***** At least you never crush your skull when you're going downstairs at peoples houses
The Dutch are growing tall in search of sunlight……
and so they dont drown in the future
so touching for an excellent video
I'm an American woman and my grandmother was born in Holland. She was "only" 5'9" tall. My dad, her son, was 6'2" and I'm a bit over 5'8" with relatively small feet for my height (for some reason). My mom (of English, Scottish, and French descent) was barely 5'4", so I know where I got my height. I grew up in West Michigan where many Dutch immigrants have settled. It was almost a given that many of them and their children were/are taller than the average non-Dutch American.
0:53. I am that 5'3"ish
1:15 Im 5'8 and soon as i watched this part of the video my self esteem died
um try being 5'3 :((
@@avalonh-b.3412 being short as a girl isnt a problem
You realise the key word they used was "shorter" right, not short, the average height in the US is 5'9, 5'8 is just 1 inch below average, they were just saying 5'8 is shorter than most dutch males
@@avalonh-b.3412 Bruh I’m 5’3 and please shut up.... how tf is being short as a girl a problem 💀💀💀
when she said "that's because Astrid is dutch", i felt that.
@Mason Mikey Yes. and is there anything wrong with that?
@Mason Mikey explain it then.
@@rickryan6271 Schizophrenia
Meanwhile on the other side of the earth, there is Indonesia which is ex Dutch colony has average 5'8" men and 5'3" woman. Why don't you leave your cheese and milk here Meneer? 😁😁😁
IKR! They should have, at least, left their height supplements here or get married with some native Indonesians so the future children will have tall dutch gene. (sorry for my English)
Rizal Yahya disgusting desperate for colonize blood
It is all about genetics
Why so scared of mixing? Lmao
indonesia is so honoured if mix with arabic since arab is their big boss
Imagine the feeling if you're a Dutch male and only 5' tall.
That’s basically your life ruined.
Damn that would be sick😂
Life would be hard then, everything is made for people atleast 5’6
Wesley Sneijder
I am 6'5 and when I went to the Netherlands I honestly never felt I am tall. Where I live this height is extremely tall. Man these guys are tall af.
Is it the majority of them? Cause it sounds so cool
@@raniariri6695 Dutch people are the tallest worldwide. I am 6’2 and with shoes 6’3 and a group of Dutch tourist passed me on the road and all the men were towering over me
@@footballfan283 I didn't know that, this is so cool, your height is great so to say that they tower over you it describes it easily, thank you for your comment
Dutch people's we are the tallest
South Sudan: hold my beer
If u take a part of a countrey to look at then same can be doen with the dutch. In some places the average height is 6'4
@Julius north, the farther north u go the taller we become
@Julius in boeren dorpjes vind je de langste mensen. Steden niet. Op mijn school die omringt is met allemaal kleine dorpen zit vol met lange kinderen. Geen idee wrm. Misschien eten wij veel gezonder dan stads mensen
@Julius ja dat zei ik al.
If you factor in the Dinka of South Sudan as an ethnic group alone they are taller than the Dutch on average. As the Dinka make up only 38% of South Sudan this is why "South Sudan" is not cited as the "tallest country" in the world. As an ethnic group alone they certainly are.
why don't the brits use the metric system? 6'6" ? THE HECK ?
doen ze wel maar bij sommige dingen zoals lengte niet altijd. een beetje half half eigenlijk
Oh zoals wij met ponden bij het gewicht van babies.
ja precies, over het algemeen zeggen britten ''meter'' ipv feet of inches bij lengte, maar ligt ook weer aan het precieze dialect. bij afstanden is het wel altijd meter. Meestal als ze het imperialistische systeem gebruiken is het omdat het voor een programma is wat (ook) in amerika wordt uitgezonden en die amerikanen moet je niet in verwarring gaan brengen met moeilijke dingen zoals meters en centimeters anders worden ze boos en gaan ze iets anders kijken (was een grapje dat laatste maar ik weet zeker dat er zulke mensen tussen zitten)
Actually we use both metric and imperial interchangeably for most things.
lol angry
My sister is around 155 cm tall and im about 185 cm tall, she was born on turkey and i in the netherlands, ive seen many cases like this where a brother or family member that was born in our previous homeland is way shorter than the brothers/family members that are born here
I'm 6ft 1, and i sometimes feel short when visiting my family.
6'1 is short already
😳😳
@@user-cg7ql1mq8z Probably because guys who said they’re 6’1 to you are like 5’11.
Even in Netherlands 6’1 is above average or sometimes average lol in US it’s legitimately tall.
@@AFT_05G i'm 186cm so around 6ft 1
I think it has started since the late 19th century, when food, housing and hygienic conditions were improved. Dutch cities like Amsterdam had their cityslums, no clean drinking water, bad hygiene etc. Once those improvements in infra-structure where made, the cities where cleaned up, new houses were build with wc and sometimes even a shower, workers conditions were better,more variety in fruits&vegatables, milk and cheese, all in all life improved and people got stronger and healthier and so did the average growth of people in general. One can look it up. So in say 150 years the average lenght of people in the Netherlands grew, until the tallest and still one of the healthiest people on the planet!
I hear the women only have children will tall men no exceptions.
Explain Japan then?
My father says he’s moving me and my brothers from New England to the Netherlands because we’re all over Six feet tall, and frankly, there are no pairs of jeans that fit our height
I am dutch and i'm 16 years old my height is 195 cm/6''4
Fatih Sultan Mehmed hehe wtf why am i going to die? :)
Fatih Sultan Mehmed it will not happen that fast with me i train alot eat healthy. And my grandpa was 2.07cm now he is smaller he now he is much smaller and he is 93 years old
Arnie Gaming how tall is your grandpa now?
@Corporal Sky that is a different thing He will not Grow Like Till the tallest man that would be a problem if he kept growing but he wont for sure
fuck you
I know there is plenty of Magnesium in Dutch chocolate, and Magnesium is important for bone health and bone growth. Today, Americans aren't getting as much magnesium as they used to, just the dairy, but we need Magnesium as much as calcium for bone health. My theory is that throughout the years, the Dutch have been consuming more Magnesium and diary as a population than other counties.
dont know about that. i was tolt i was going to be 188cm when i was 6 (calculated docter) and i worked 12 years in a chocolate factory and ate tons,. and i am 186cm now..
all my life i’ve wondered why i’m so tall to now realize it’s because of my ancestry! this is so cool :) i’m 6ft tall and always feel so out of place. i may need to move to Holland soon!
I think dairy is a big contributor to the hight. Countries where people are vegetarians tend to be smaller than people who consume dairy. I lived many different countries included in the Netherlands. I am originally from Somalia, so earlier Somali generations where very big because they were nomads who lived on dairy and meat; while my generation are smaller due to the new diet we consume. What is very common in the Netherlands is also physical activity such as cycling and swimming, so combination of physical activities and dairy is the reason I think.
Its weird because as a dutchman, i see asian people growing up here half asian and half dutch, and they grow easily to 190cm or more! I think its more diet and lifestyle than genetics
@@piter4595 In South Sudan they are also very tall... I was there, when I asked I was told that their water has minerals that contribute to growth. In the Netherlands the foods that are mainly consumed more than other countries are: pindakaas, kaas, melk, spruitjes, herring vis, etc. May be the secret lies in these foods. :)
@@piter4595 its genetics. I'm Asian. All of my family are lactose intolerant but every male in my family is above 6 feet. My brother is 6'3 which is very tall for an Asian. I'm 5'7 which is tall for a female South East Asian.
@@piter4595 thats because of European genes that took over since most asians genes are recessive,,,,I am from Somalia too and I stand at 1.89m has well an still growing I consume a lot of milk and eat more meats I hardly eat eat vegetables and I absolutely hate fish and hate eating vegetables aside from tomatoes and salads are alright but other vegetables like beans are my stop,
Dairy indeed plays a vital role in height growth. I stopped drinking milk for a year a my little Bros just dominated in height with extra 4 inches in a year. I started drinking milk and consuming dairy products because i really don't want to be average lol
I'm sorry but a female and 6'6 and 6'1? noo thank you
6'1 is alright
6'1" is a few inches taller than me but it's fine because it doesn't bother me and I'm average height anyway. 6'6" wouldn't bother me if it didn't look so freaking weird!
does it have some kind of correlation with cycling?
I was in Holland 22 years ago and I recall that there were narrow streets in most cities where I was completely intimidated by the awesome height of Dutch people. The only time I felt relatively complacent with my height was when the immigrants of Surinamese Indians, Indonesians, Kurds, Chinese and Blacks were around.