Hello. I am Bosnian and I am really tall. I am 9 and I am over 7 feet tall. I have big feet and I can't walk properly. Thanks for reading.

hi im montenegrin and im 184cm and just turned 14. i am bigger than all my classmates and i have 7 dutch boys in my class.

Hello! I am an Ecuadorian and in my country I am tall (178 cm). I am living now in Wageningen, Netherlands, and I can appreciate the statistics presented: Here I feel small among the lofty Dutch people! It's true, however, that now many Netherland nationals are not the "typical" Dutch. Also, in Ecuador there are many Dutch people, some that have been there for decades, and almost all of them are famous for being really tall. Does biking have something to do with this? I have never met someone from Montenegro or a Maasai, but Danes are also tall, though I perceive that Dutch people are taller, while the (few) Albanese people I know are smaller. But for me the bottom line is that all of this does not matter at all, except as a nice theme of conversation and to appreciate one more element of the wonderful diversity of our planet!

I'm Dutch, but born and raised in Texas and my dad was 6'3 and I'm 6'2 (21 y/o). I heard when I was about 16 that the Dutch were the tallest nation. I believe it.

That's not true that Dutch are the tallest nation on earth! Some of the tallest people are from Dinaric Alps (especially from Herzegovina and Montenegro). Average male height is 186 cm (17yo boys measured), while Dutch are 184cm and males from 20-30yo were measured. Considering that people can grow till 20yo, Herzegovians and Montenegrians are *the tallest, for sure*. I was 184cm at age 13, now I'm 19yo and my height is unfortunately only 1 cm higher.

I am a 16 year old Englishman and 6'2 1/2. Even though this is well above average height in the United Kingdom, I feel quite short in comparison to others in my year group. One lad is about 6'5" but the year group below me seems to have even taller people. I was one of the tallest at primary school and now I am probably in between.

I'm dutch and 13 years old and I'm 5.6 feet/172 cm tall. I am still growing.

It is true that that we are on average the tallest.

I'm also Dutch. And I am standing high and proud with my 6'4 (1.95m).

You must also consider the fact that currently there are a lot of immigrants in the Netherlands, who drag the average down. Montenegro has mostly a homogeneous population.

Well one of the reasons why Dutch are taller on average is because of the population considered and the ethnic groups forming the studies. US male population considered in this study is a lot larger than any European group. Second most important aspect are the ethnic groups which consist of many Europeans, Asians and middle eastern people who immigrated into US bringing the national average down.

Over all there are many factors considered in statistics and FYI half the stats you hear on your TV are just inaccurate by statistical calculations and formulas.

It's all about genes and diet. I am 5'10" and I have a son who is 13 and is almost as tall as me. The doctors said he will be between 6'2" and 6'4" when he is done growing. I have tall people in my family but they are cousins. 6'2"-6'6" . The Dutch are the tallest as a whole nation. Sure there are taller individuals but on "average" they are the tallest nation as a whole. It might change in time. It depends on the diet and genes of the families tested. We are not short at 5'10" as American men on average. But there are some tall guys here too!

I'm sure the Dutch must be the tallest in the world because the Netherlands is so flat. They all stand up very straight and stretch their backs tall to try and get a better view.

Well I'm Dutch, but I'm not tall at all xD I'm only 1.60 or something.. Tho I'm a 15 year old girl, so maybe that's not too weird.. Still I'm one of the shortest of my school.

Ive been in Holland, people were tall, no1 the average is that high though, it's just too much.

About me: I'm Albanian, well Northern Albanian(we are taller than the other part) I'm 17, 1.91m tall and most northern Albanians(males) are taller than 1.80.

Well for the new generation, is very common for males to be over 1.80 through-out all the country. Don't expect 30+ years old Albanians to be huge as they've suffered malnutrition and stuff like that during communism.

I am from Denmark and was always being put in the front row in pictures and had to wear high heels to make up for my height. Now I live in Texas and am taller than most the guys here. All the people I know from Holland are pretty tall, so this doesn't surprise me.

I've been to the Netherlands before, but really: The average height is not 6'1'', impossible. I don't believe these statistics.

My mother came over to Canada from Holland post WWII. She was 5' 9" in the '50's so very tall.

Not sure why there is such concern about whether the study refers to the tallest women or the tallest men. I am a female (and a feminist) and was not offended. I would like to think that we have all moved past those sorts of concerns.... ;-)

Remember that just because you're tall, doesn't mean you could do it all. I heard some european girls who like gymnastics but they couldn't perform the more difficult maneuvers because they were too lengthy. Most tall people have a difficult time in doing jobs that require a lot of bending. The real thing that defines a person is its heart.

So poverty is a lifestyle choice?

For starters Dutch are the tallest in world in BOTH gender groups and sine the survey studied the average overall, the Dutch came up on top.

I'm Dutch/German, 178cm and when I went to Amsterdam last week I felt so SHORT! As someone else mentioned, quite a few of the people there were nearing 7". My cousin Deliana and I drove to Germany..My gosh don't get me started on Germans...They're well over 7".

Dear sexist, you would measure men, or the average of both men and women not the shortest sex for the shortest people.

after visiting Amsterdam i can attest to the height of the dutch. when the hotel owner in his 30s stood up to register us i had to look up at him. He was 6 foot 9 and said there were many men similar to him there! This guys son who was 12 years old was already 6 foot 1. I am a 5 foot 7 inch tall american and felt very small there.

I'm also a girl from Holland, 1.80 tall. I was 1.72 or so at age 12, stopped growing at age 13. (ha.)

It's really true that compared to other countries, the Dutch are much taller. When I'm in a foreign country, I feel like I'm a giant while in Holland I'm quite ok.

I´m a 6´6 spaniard. In my country there has been an incredible improvement too. However we are far from dutch people in terms of average but we are world champions in basketball! VIVA ESPAÑA!

Actually since Montenegro became independent they are now statistically the tallest nation.

re: The country with the tallest people on average - I am sure it used to be Netherlands, but I doubt be willing to bet that it is only in the 2nd place since Montenegro became an independent state. Contrary to what someone above said, the people from the Dinaric Alps (Montenegro, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Lika, parts of Albania...) do not make up the majority of the population Croatia, Bosnia, and certainly not Serbia or Kosovo, but definitely make up the absolute majority of the tiny republic of Montenegro, and yes, it is very well known that Montenegrans are exceptionally tall.

I'm still confused on why they need to make door frames larger. What is the average ceiling height in the Netherlands? Is it not 8 feet (2.4m) like in most European and North American countries?

I'm 6'2", and have no trouble fitting through door frames. With 8 foot ceilings most door frames should be well over seven feet tall. In metric terms they should on average be over 2 meters tall.

I understand that there can be people taller, since this is only an average, but I would be hard pressed to believe there is huge number of Dutch people nearing 7' tall.

Hi, I'm a 20 year old woman from Holland. And yes I am tall considering the average heights in other countries. Alright, even in Holland I'm seen as a tall girl, but I'm not enormous, there are enough girls almost my height or taller. Yes, I am 1.80m. (For the record, I was 1.75m when I was 12 when my classmates were only about 1.45m on average)

But well, it looks like the Dutch industry hasn't quite got to the point were they understand that Dutch people are taller. Or they do but they think we still have size 30 in waist even though we're a lot taller. So please be happy if your smaller....

Anon4898 --

this isn't really true at all, the dutch are still the tallest in the world on average. and if they were (which they aren't) it would be all over on google if u type 'tallest people in the world'

yeah, I too have heard (somewhere on the internet as well as met individuals) that the tallest people are the dinaric alps people starting from northern albania going up north to montenegro, bosnia, croatia, perhaps serbs+kosovans too.

[quote]Actually this is not true. The tallest people scientifically are people from the Balkans - independent studies of boys & girls at 17 years of age in the Dinaric Alps (Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Montenegro) region of the Balkans determined that average height of boys is 6'1.1". The Dutch had the 2nd tallest averages.[/quote]

Ehm... source, please....

Dear feminists: Men are taller than women. This is a fact of nature. This article is about the TALLEST people. Therefore they measured the MEN. If you want to do an article on the SHORTEST people you would measure the SHORTEST people in each subset. Get it?

well, yes it is a bit annoying that the study referenced was only on men, but that may have been the only study available to the writer at the time. also, you can probably assume that the country with the tallest men probably have the tallest women too, so the basic question of which country has the tallest people is answered--unless there's a secret country of amazon women out there that no one has discovered yet!

I too was amazed and disgusted that this article apparently takes MEN to be the prototype human being/"average adult". Women account for 50% of the population, and yet are treated like some kind of subspecies of the male, who is the "real" human being and apparently can stand in for "all adults". Can you imagine if the situation were reversed, and the article took the average woman's height in each country and labeled it as "the average height for all adults" without bothering to mention it was for women only? That would NEVER happen. Never.

“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.” -- Simone de Beauvoir

Actually this is not true. The tallest people scientifically are people from the Balkans - independent studies of boys & girls at 17 years of age in the Dinaric Alps (Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Montenegro) region of the Balkans determined that average height of boys is 6'1.1". The Dutch had the 2nd tallest averages.

It's really amazing to me that this article consistently refers to "average height" or "average height for all adults" when the figures given are obviously for men only. Think about it. The average American (or Dutch)woman is significantly shorter than the figures listed.

I would like to clarify something to this person and his comments in U.S.A Health care.Please! Please! read and inform yourself more. I am a doctor and I deal myself every day in a County hospital here in USA in how to referrer patients to specialist who WON'T !!!!see a patient if he does not have insurance or money to pay specially if it is a "Relative" emergency things that are not,now,but could potentially become DEATH later.Please!!! Learn before saying our system is a "FREE CHOICE" and that every body have access to it this far from being real.

Finally something that makes us different, or puts us in the spotlight. We're only with 16 million, and most people in the world wouldn't even know where our country exactly lies.

Greetings, a Dutchman (1.90 meter)

You're both right and wrong. The first post is right in that the government provides FREE medical care to the indigent. But, you must have transportation or the money to provide it to get to the free clinic or hospital. Dallas, TX is a great example. Parkland Hospital has surgeons of all kinds on call 24/7. Most accident victims are transported to Parkland when it is possible. However, not all of them have medical insurance. It doesn't matter. Parkland treats all patients as if they are fully insured. That is why Parkland loses money every year. They cannot collect for the services they provide in about 75% of the treatments.

Actually, healthcare isn't available to everyone in the US. There may be clinics and government programs to assist a few, but by and large if you don't have the money to pay the doctor, you don't have a doctor.

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "free choice," but the truth is that many people can't choose for healthcare. I recently read about a young boy who died because his family didn't have money for a dentist; the infection in his tooth spread to his brain and he died. I don't know of any choice that he or his mother could have made that would have prevented that.

It's true that healthcare isn't imposed on us, but at the same time, it's not available to everyone, and that shows up in our national health statistics.

Healthcare IS available in the United States for everyone. It is a "free choice" and you can change your life style to "include or exclude" healthcare and it is NOT imposed on you by "big government" and it is not because of a "lack of health care" as stated in this article! Please put a Note in this article to clarify this very important point!