Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 1978

Chad
1978
Total fertility rate: 6.89
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Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 6.89 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (308 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 214,126 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.89
Births
214,126
Births per 1,000 people
48.5
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
4,411,366
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
10-1422.41.6%5,885
15-19204.714.9%45,661
20-24307.022.3%57,327
25-29308.322.4%47,474
30-34253.118.4%29,829
35-39182.013.2%18,843
40-4480.75.9%7,543
45-4917.91.3%1,494
50-540.90.1%70