Urologist reveals how many times you should pee per day according to your age

The normal number of loo trips you should be making in 24 hours
There are various ways to refer to urinating — whether it’s having a wee, emptying the tank, or taking a wizz. However, though peeing multiple times in a day can be completely normal, it’s more than easy to wonder how much is too much.

A consultant urologist has revealed that your age plays a big part in how many trips to the toilet you should be making. Although things like tea, coffee, alcohol and fizzy drinks can all make you need the loo more than usual, it turns out that getting older is the biggest factor in how often you should expect to go.

Talking to Metro, Hamid Abboudi, consultant urologist at New Victoria Hospital, explained: “Across a patient’s life span, there are likely to be several changes to toilet habits.”

As for what’s actually a healthy range, here’s what Abboudi says you should expect at different stages of life.

For children, the numbers are on the higher side.
“Young children may urinate 8 to 14 times a day, which decreases to 6-12 times for older children”., he said.

Peeing more often than that could be due to things like anxiety, constipation, caffeine, allergies or even a small bladder capacity.
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