Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 1956

Chad
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.17
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 6.17 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 130,645 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.17
Births
130,645
Births per 1,000 people
46.4
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
2,817,656
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
10-1423.81.9%3,471
15-19195.315.8%25,450
20-24286.923.2%33,744
25-29279.422.6%29,459
30-34206.016.7%19,565
35-39150.412.2%12,454
40-4473.96.0%5,322
45-4917.71.4%1,124
50-541.00.1%57