Birth order
Country or area	First	Second	Third	Fourth or higher
Asia
Eastern Asia
China	+	+	-a
Hong Kong	+	+	-	-
Japan	+	-	+	+
Macau	+	+	-	-
Rep. of Korea	+	+	-	-
South-eastern Asia
Singapore	+	+	+	-
Western Asia
Armenia	+	+	-	-
Cyprus	-	+	+	+
Georgia	+	+	-	-
Europe
Eastern Europe
Belarus	+	-	-	-
Bulgaria	+	-	-	-
Czech Republic	+	-	-	+
Hungary	-	-	+	+
Rep. of Moldova	+	+	+	-
Poland	-	-	+	+
Romania	+	-	-	-
Russian Federation	+	-	0	-
Slovakia	+	-	-	-
Ukraine	+	-	-	-
Northern Europe
Denmark	+	0	-	-
Estonia	+	-	+	+
Finland	-	+	+	+
Iceland	-	+	+	-
Ireland	+	+	+	-
Latvia	+	-	+	+
Lithuania	+	+	-	-
Norway	-	+	+	-
Sweden	-	-	+	+
United Kingdom	-	-	+	+
Southern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	+	-	-
Croatia	-	+	+	0
Greece	+	+	-	-
Italy	+	+	-	-
Portugal	+	+	-	-
Slovenia	-	+	+	-
Spain	+	+	-	-
Yugoslavia	+	+	+	-
Western Europe
Austria	-	+	+	-
Belgium	-	+	+	-
France	-	+	+	-
German Dem. Rep.	-	+	+	+
Germany, Fed. Rep. of	+	+	-	-
Germany	..	..	..	..
Luxembourg	-	+	+	-
Netherlands	-	-	+	+
Switzerland	-	0	+	-
Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean
Bahamas	+	+	+	-
Barbados	+	+	-	-
Cuba	0	+	+	-
Trinidad and Tobago	+	+	+	-
Northern America
Canada	-	+	+	-
United States of America	-	+	+	-
Oceania
Australia	+	+	+	-
New Zealand	+	-	+	-

Source: Table 15.

aThird or higher order births.
Note: A minus sign (-) indicates a decline; a plus sign (+) indicates an increase; zero (0) indicates no change.
Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available.