Durex sex survey 2005, age of first sex

People worldwide are having sex for the first time at an average age of 17.3. Just over a third (35%) say they were 16 or under when they lost their virginity. Young people continue to have sex at an earlier age than previous generations: while the 25-34s lost their virginity at 17.9, the 21-24 year olds were 17.5 and 16-20 year olds were just 16.3.

Women are sexually active earlier than men - at 17.2 compared with 17.5. People from Iceland are having sex younger than any other country (15.6) followed by the Germans (15.9), Swedes (16.1) and the Danes (16.1). People in India are the oldest to lose their virginity (19.8) followed by the Vietnamese (19.6), Indonesians (19.1) and the Malaysians (19).

source: 'Durex sex survey 2005, Age of first sex'; www.durex.com/nl/gss2005result.pdf; Durex; 2005