Do men burn more calories than women?

Only slightly and that is estimated to only be because of having a higher muscle mass. If you're comparing a smaller man and a larger women, the larger woman will burn more. A petite woman, however, will have a hard time burning as much as a large man.

It's because men have a leaner body mass then woman (they have more muscle than fat). The more muscle you have, the faster your metabolism is.
The average woman is 20~30% body fat (20 being the low point) while the average man is usually around 10~20%.




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Unfortunately, they do tend to burn more calories daily than women. It's a pretty noticeable difference too. For example:

A woman, age 24, 5'8'', 220 lbs, with a lightly active lifestyle burns about 2,500 calories per day. A man, age 24, 5'8'', 220 lbs, with a lightly active lifestyle burns about 3,000 calories per day.

This is why men tend to lose weight faster than women. The cause, of course, is genetic. Men are genetically predisposed to have a high percentage of muscle and not as much fat while we women are genetically predisposed to have more fat and less muscle in order to support our reproductive system in case of pregnancy.

There is, as with everything else in the universe, an overlap area though. There are some women who have more muscle than some men who burn more calories per day than some men, and lose weight faster than some men. Nothing in this life adheres strictly to a gender-dichotomous nature, because the gender dichotomy that most people think exists simply doesn't. This is why the "overlap area" exists.

Generally speaking, however, men do burn more calories per day, and lose weight faster than women. There are ways that we can increase our burn rates and our weight loss rates though. A good way to do that is by increasing our protein intake whether through shakes, bars, dairy, meat, etc. This will aid in muscle building. We can also do weight training and strength training to increase our muscle mass. So, the playing field can be evened out.

I know I went into a couple more things than what you asked about, but it's all related. I hope this answers your question to your liking.

I used to use a calculator to calculate burned calories as my hrm only gave average bpm. Putting in age, sex, average bpm, weight, vo2 max. One day I accidently clicked M instead of F and they burn signficantly more calories with the everything else the same.