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Multiple Births
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of twin births: 114,483
- Number of triplet births: 2,774
- Number of quadruplet and other higher order births: 121
- Twin birth rate: 31.2 per 1,000 live births
- Triplet or higher order birth rate: 78.9 per 100,000 live births
Source: Births: Final Data for 2022, tables B and 24 [PDF – 1 MB]
More data
- Birth data
- Declines in Triplet and Higher-Order Multiples Births in the United States, 1998-2023
- Characteristics of Mothers Admitted to Intensive Care Units During Hospitalization for Delivery of a Live-born Infant: United States, 2020–2022
- Is Twin Childbearing on the Decline? Twin Births in the United States, 2014–2018