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Multiple Births
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of twin births: 109,195
- Number of triplet births: 2,444
- Number of quadruplet and other higher order births: 144
- Twin birth rate: 30.1 per 1,000 live births
- Triplet or higher order birth rate: 71.3 per 100,000 live births
Source: Births: Final Data for 2024, tables E and 12 [PDF – 2 MB]
More data
- Birth data
- A Decade of Decline in Twin Childbearing in the United States, 2014–2024
- 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