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===India=== | ===India=== | ||
[[File:India_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png|thumb|350px|India population pyramid in 2020]] | [[File:India_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png|thumb|350px|India population pyramid in 2020]] | ||
India has a deeply held preference for sons and as a consequence of sex-selective abortion and infanticide, it has an excess of 37 million males as of 2018,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/too-many-men/</ref> with these excess males making up ''2.7%'' of the country's population. They make up an even larger fraction of around 6.5% among the young (see the figure on the right). | India has a deeply held preference for sons and as a consequence of sex-selective [[abortion]] and infanticide, it has an excess of 37 million males as of 2018,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/too-many-men/</ref> with these excess males making up ''2.7%'' of the country's population. They make up an even larger fraction of around 6.5% among the young (see the figure on the right). | ||
As a result, Indian men likely suffer higher rates of inceldom than Indian women, though overall, about an equal share of men and women report having had sex over the past four weeks.<ref name="indiastats"></ref> While women usually lose their virginity during their teens,<ref name="childmarriage"></ref> men are more likely to lose it in their twenties.<ref name="indiastats"></ref> Statistics also show that sexlessness is higher in the south of India than the north,<ref name="indiastats">https://www.livemint.com/Politics/RC0cvSgItInzrPBjAZ3f2L/Sex-in-India-What-data-shows.html</ref> though some regions with the highest male surplus are found in the north, e.g. accounting for around 4.7% of the population in Delhi and 4.6% in Haryana,<ref>http://niti.gov.in/content/sex-ratio-females-1000-males</ref> and likely an even higher share among the younger cohorts in these regions. | As a result, Indian men likely suffer higher rates of inceldom than Indian women, though overall, about an equal share of men and women report having had sex over the past four weeks.<ref name="indiastats"></ref> While women usually lose their virginity during their teens,<ref name="childmarriage"></ref> men are more likely to lose it in their twenties.<ref name="indiastats"></ref> Statistics also show that sexlessness is higher in the south of India than the north,<ref name="indiastats">https://www.livemint.com/Politics/RC0cvSgItInzrPBjAZ3f2L/Sex-in-India-What-data-shows.html</ref> though some regions with the highest male surplus are found in the north, e.g. accounting for around 4.7% of the population in Delhi and 4.6% in Haryana,<ref>http://niti.gov.in/content/sex-ratio-females-1000-males</ref> and likely an even higher share among the younger cohorts in these regions. | ||
One survey found that men in India have the least sex of all countries that were surveyed,<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10283499/No-sex-please-were-Indian-survey-finds-men-in-the-sub-continent-have-fewest-partners.html</ref> despite having a very high marriage rate.<ref>http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Marriage_statistics:_India#Women_more_likely_to_be_married_than_men:_2011</ref> | One survey found that men in India have the least sex of all countries that were surveyed,<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10283499/No-sex-please-were-Indian-survey-finds-men-in-the-sub-continent-have-fewest-partners.html</ref> despite having a very high marriage rate.<ref>http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Marriage_statistics:_India#Women_more_likely_to_be_married_than_men:_2011</ref> | ||