What Is The Average Erect Male Penis Size: How Do You Compare?

Many men are uncomfortable about their penis size, often thinking it to be woefully inadequate and far below the national average size. However, most of these poor unfortunate souls who are down on themselves, could in fact be wrong about how their penis measures up against other men’s.

These feelings of penile inferiority sometimes stem from misconceptions over what is considered the average male penis size. Numbers and statistics often get thrown around all too casually on the Internet. A little bit of context can be an enormously powerful thing for those men who may be labouring under false beliefs.

Age is another consideration. Depending on how old you are, you may find that your penis may not have finished growing, thus giving the impression you’ve been shafted by good old mother nature.

The average size of the male erection was for many years considered to be quite a bit larger than it actually was. This was mainly due to the personal nature of these surveys, which were often conducted by the large prophylactic and contraceptive manufactures. The men surveyed were always asked to measure themselves!

Like the proverbial fisherman who stretches his arms as wide as is humanly possible to estimate the size of the fish he either caught or the one that got away, men tasked with the complex challenge of measuring their prized manhood would invariably measure incorrectly, and thus gain another inch or two. C’est La vie!

So, what is considered average then? Well, without moving the goal posts too far to accommodate the enormous range of sizes, 6 inches in erect length would be a nice round clean figure you could safely hang your hat on. However, depending on what website you visit, this figure may even drop as low as 5 inches.

The average stretched flaccid size of a newborn baby’s penis is 1.6 inches (4 cm), and there is a small amount of growth between then and the age of 5, leaving it at average of 2.5 inches (6 cm). Very little penile growth occurs between age 5 to puberty, whereby your penis will then grow to a size determined by your genetics.

One common belief held by many is a correlation between ageing and reversal of penis size. Studies have shown this isn’t necessarily true. Once your penis has stopped growing it will stay that size for the rest of your life. Although some studies have observed a small amount of shrinkage over many years which may be related to sexual abstinence. Also, there is a possibility that increased weight gain could result in a ‘buried penis’, shrinking its functional size, but this is unrelated to ageing.

The good news is that regardless of your current size, your penis can be made bigger with natural penis enlargement exercises.