Study: Latvian women – world’s tallest

Latvian women are on average the tallest in the world, while Dutch men are taller than men in any other country, scientists have found in a study published this week.

In the research paper carried out by 793 researchers from many countries featured in the biomedicine portal eLife on July 26, it was also found that Europeans are on average taller that people in other parts of the world.

BBC reports that the average Dutchman is now 183cm tall, while the average Latvian woman reaches 170cm, but Estonian men and women are also in the top 3.

The study has followed growth trends in 187 countries since 1914 finding that the nations with the tallest men in 2014 (1914 ranking in brackets) were:

1. Netherlands (12)

2. Belgium (33)

3. Estonia (4)

4. Latvia (13)

The nations with the tallest women in 2014, however, (1914 ranking in brackets) were:

1. Latvia (28)

2. Netherlands (38)

3. Estonia (16)

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