Table 1. Multiple birth rates (MBR) in participating countries in 2010.
Multiple birth rate group | Country | Total births | Multiples | Multiple rate per 1000 | Twinning rate per 1000 | Triplet+ rate per 1000 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Lowest MBR <15 ‰ | Romania | 213 053 | 1 910 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
Latvia | 19 003 | 241 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 0.1 | |
Lithuania | 30 568 | 401 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 0.3 | |
Poland | 409 372 | 5 591 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 0.3 | |
Iceland | 4 834 | 69 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 0.0 | |
Sweden | 113 488 | 1 622 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 0.3 | |
Slovakia | 55 012 | 808 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 0.2 | |
2. MBR 15–16 ‰ | Estonia | 15 646 | 234 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 0.3 |
Portugal | 100 229 | 1 539 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 0.2 | |
Finland | 60 421 | 937 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 0.2 | |
UK combined | 799 286 | 12 546 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 0.2 | |
Italy | 537 633 | 8 452 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 0.7 | |
Norway | 61 539 | 1 029 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 0.4 | |
3. MBR 17–18 ‰ | Ireland | 74 313 | 1 272 | 17.1 | 16.8 | 0.3 |
Austria | 77 592 | 1 366 | 17.6 | 17.2 | 0.4 | |
France | 796 066 | 14 100 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 0.3 | |
Netherlands | 175 871 | 3 164 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 0.3 | |
Luxembourg | 6 440 | 119 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 0.2 | |
Switzerland | 78 784 | 1 470 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 0.3 | |
Slovenia | 22 000 | 411 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 0.2 | |
Germany | 625 615 | 11 819 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 0.4 | |
4. Highest MBR ≥19 ‰ | Belgium combined | 130 925 | 2 526 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 0.3 |
Malta | 3 952 | 80 | 20.2 | 18.7 | 1.5 | |
Spain | 478 037 | 9 846 | 20.6 | 20.2 | 0.4 | |
Denmark | 62 203 | 1 304 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 0.1 | |
Czech Republic | 114 406 | 2 419 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 0.1 | |
Cyprus | 8 355 | 222 | 26.5 | 25.1 | 1.4 | |
All countries | Weighted average | 5 074 643 | 85 497 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 0.3 |
Median | 27 countries | 17.1 | 16.8 | 0.3 |
NOTE: Countries are ordered by MBR. Data from Cyprus are from 2007.