British men have bigger penises than the French

From a survey of manhood sizes:

British men typically have bigger penises than their French neighbours - but are less well endowed than the Germans, new research has claimed.

The average British man's penis is apparently 5.5in when erect - coming ahead of the French at 5.3in, Australians (5.2in), Americans (5.1in) and Irish (5in).

And it towers over the average manhood in North and South Korea - the smallest in the study at a mere 3.8in.

But British men do not have a great deal to shout about in the trouser stakes - coming only 78th out of 113 nationalities covered in the study.

The men of Africa's Republic of Congo are best equipped of all at an enormous 7.1 in.

They are closely followed by Ecuadoreans at 7in, Ghanaians at 6.8in and Colombians at 6.7in.

In Europe, Icelanders are the best endowed at 6.5in and the Irish are the second smallest at 5.03in - behind only Romanians at 5.01in.

Africans have the biggest penises at an average of 6.3in and north-east Asians the smallest at 4.2in.

British men are ranked just under the Germans, who are precisely the European average at 5.7in.

AVERAGE PENIS SIZE BY SELECTED COUNTRIES

Republic of Congo - 7.1

Ecuador - 7

Ghana - 6.8

Columbia - 6.7

Iceland - 6.5

Italy - 6.2

South Africa - 6

Sweden - 5.9

Greece - 5.8

Germany - 5.7

New Zealand - 5.5

UK - 5.5

Canada - 5.5

Spain - 5.5

France - 5.3

Australia - 5.2

Russia - 5.2

USA - 5.1

Ireland - 5

Romania - 5

China - 4.3

India - 4

China - 4

Thailand - 4

South Korea - 3.8

North Korea - 3.8