The average number of sex partners by country

Americans and Canadians are on the short end of the stick, so to speak

From durex Sex Global Survey (from 2005 – a little old but you get the idea)

FYI: On average, there are 120 million acts of sexual intercourse worldwide, every day.

• Globally, people have had an average number of 9 sexual partners
• Men have had more sexual partners than women – 10.2 compared with 6.9
• The Turks have had more partners than any other country (14.5), compared with Australians (13.3), New Zealanders (13.2), Icelanders (13), Canada [10.7], United States [10.7]
• Indians have had the fewest sexual partners (3) compared with the Chinese (3.1), the Vietnamese (3.2) and those from Hong Kong [3.7]
• Almost two thirds (65%) of people in Hong Kong have had just one sexual partner, compared to only 12% in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Greece
• Average age of first sex in US: 16.9
• Average age of first sex in India: 19.8
• Percentage of Americans who have had a one-night stand: 50%
• Average number of times an American has sex annually: 113
• Average number of times a Japanese person has sex annually: 45
• Percentage of Americans who have had sex in a car: 70%