Fertility in Chad, 1959

Chad
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of Chad was 6.23 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (290 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 137,551 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.23
Births
137,551
Births per 1,000 people
46.0
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
2,989,322
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
10-1424.01.9%3,742
15-19195.415.7%26,631
20-24289.723.3%35,496
25-29281.822.6%30,985
30-34208.516.7%20,466
35-39152.712.3%13,352
40-4474.86.0%5,639
45-4917.91.4%1,178
50-541.00.1%59