Overview
- In 2024, 21,040 multiple-birth children were recorded among 680,017 births in Germany, equal to 3.1 percent.
- The share of multiple births has declined each year since 2017 to the lowest level since 1997.
- Twins made up 97.7 percent of multiple-birth children, with 20,550 twins and 453 triplets counted.
- Higher-order multiples remained very rare, with nine births of four or more children reported in 2024.
- Mothers of multiples averaged 32.9 years at delivery versus 31.8 for mothers of singletons, and totals include liveborn and stillborn children.