Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 1968

Chad
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.43
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Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 6.43 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (294 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 165,503 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.43
Births
165,503
Births per 1,000 people
46.3
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
3,578,231
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
10-1423.11.8%4,819
15-19198.415.4%35,604
20-24294.022.9%41,350
25-29289.322.5%35,522
30-34221.917.3%24,326
35-39162.012.6%15,796
40-4477.06.0%6,663
45-4917.91.4%1,359
50-541.00.1%64