Fertility in Chad, 1955

Chad
1955
Total fertility rate: 6.15
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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-5 -1   1955  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 6.15 children per woman in 1955 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 128,480 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.15
Births
128,480
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
2,764,249
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1423.71.9%3,399
15-19195.115.9%25,091
20-24286.023.2%33,195
25-29278.522.6%29,006
30-34205.216.7%19,233
35-39149.612.2%12,173
40-4473.46.0%5,222
45-4917.61.4%1,107
50-541.00.1%55