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The country with the most twins born



The country with the most twins born in the world is Benin. Benin has an average of 27 twins per 1,000 births each year.

The world average is 13.6 twins per 1,000 births each year.

Benin is a country in west Africa, next to Togo and Nigeria. In 2016 Benin had an estimated population of 10.9 million.



Photographer: Losheim (2009)




MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author of:- Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).


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