Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 1957

Chad
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.19
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 6.19 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 132,874 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.19
Births
132,874
Births per 1,000 people
46.2
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
2,873,083
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
10-1423.91.9%3,550
15-19195.415.8%25,806
20-24287.923.2%34,315
25-29280.222.6%29,953
30-34206.816.7%19,871
35-39151.212.2%12,754
40-4474.26.0%5,424
45-4917.71.4%1,143
50-541.00.1%58