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A global study that gathered the rate of multiple births from 165 countries revealed an all-time high with at least half a million more twins born every year since 2010. The increase is mostly from continents where medically assisted reproduction (MAR) techniques were last introduced after the year 2000 - South Asia and Africa. But scientists believe the world has reached its peak twins rate, which is now expected to go downhill moving forward.
How the World Achieved Peak Twins Rate
Researchers studied data covering 99 percent of the human population, comparing data between 1980 to 1985 and 2010 to 2015. The rate of multiple births has increased by over 30 percent, from 9 to 12 twins birthed per 1,000 deliveries.
The rising use of IVF, families having children later in life and medical advances are all contributing to growing numbers of twins being born and surviving – but the rate of twin births may now be at its peak