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.