Fertility in Chad, 1970

Chad
1970
Total fertility rate: 6.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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The total fertility rate of Chad was 6.53 children per woman in 1970 — 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, 175,474 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.53
Births
175,474
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
3,727,828
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
10-1423.91.8%5,213
15-19208.616.0%39,583
20-24294.022.5%44,133
25-29291.222.3%36,682
30-34226.017.3%25,212
35-39164.612.6%16,374
40-4477.55.9%6,830
45-4917.71.4%1,384
50-541.00.1%64