A study, which took place in , looked at tweens across 44 countries and the results are quite surprising. Iceland ranked the youngest with the median age of Singapore, China and India have an average age of Scandinavian countries including Sweden, Denmark and Norway found its citizens having their first sexual experience at 16, and Australia was just over a year later at

Residents of Brazil lose their virginity at the youngest average age It seems that countries in South East Asia and Oceania are more likely to be older at their first sexual experience, whereas countries in South America are likely to be younger, according to Durex's The Face of Global Sex. In the UK, The lowest for this measure was Indonesia with More: Can we guess your age with how much sex you have?

When you haven't had sex for the first time , the age that you lose your virginity can seem like a huge deal. But in all honesty, it shouldn't be. When you choose to have sex for the first time is up to you. What is important, however, is changing the way we talk about it. Besides, the concept of "virginity" has problematic associations tagged along to it.

Try out PMC Labs and tell us what you think. Learn More. Early age at first sexual intercourse is a particularly important variable for public health policy makers. In the light of the role played by the delay of first sexual intercourse and mutual monogamy in curtailing STI epidemics Halperin et al.