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Share of births that are twins by country

Number of twin deliveries per 100 deliveries.

Countries reporting
23
Highest
2.9%
Greece
Lowest
1.0%
Japan
Median
1.4%
Years covered
208
1815–2022
Data points
2,436

What the numbers show

Share of births that are twins is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 2.9% in Greece; the lowest is 1.0% in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.4%, and the mean is 1.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in South Korea (up 78.8%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 37.1%).

Share of births that are twins: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 2.9% 2022 up 19.6% rising
2 South Korea 2.4% 2020 up 78.8% rising
3 Germany 1.8% 2020 up 3.5% rising
4 Lithuania 1.7% 2020 up 38.3% rising
5 Spain 1.6% 2021 down 21.1% rising
6 United States 1.6% 2021 down 6.3% rising
7 Switzerland 1.6% 2020 down 15.0% rising
8 France 1.6% 2021 down 10.5% rising
9 Canada 1.6% 2019 down 6.2% rising
10 Netherlands 1.5% 2020 down 7.5% rising
11 Austria 1.4% 2021 down 17.6% rising
12 Australia 1.4% 2020 down 6.0% rising
13 Denmark 1.4% 2022 down 35.5% rising
14 Sweden 1.4% 2020 down 3.5% falling
15 Czechia 1.3% 2020 down 37.1% rising
16 Norway 1.3% 2020 down 17.9% rising
17 New Zealand 1.3% 2021 down 8.9% rising
18 Uruguay 1.3% 2020 up 8.7% rising
19 Finland 1.3% 2019 down 10.9% falling
20 Iceland 1.2% 2020 down 14.2% falling
21 Italy 1.1% 1996 up 17.8% falling
22 Chile 1.1% 2019 up 14.3% rising
23 Japan 1.0% 2019 up 2.6% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Share of births that are twins
Unit
%
Source
Human Multiple Births Database (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
23 places, 2,436 data points, 1815–2022
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Number of twin deliveries per 100 deliveries.