Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 1985

Chad
1985
Total fertility rate: 7.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 7.04 children per woman in 1985 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (320 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 250,979 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.04
Births
250,979
Births per 1,000 people
49.2
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
5,096,268
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
10-1421.11.5%7,006
15-19200.114.2%53,427
20-24320.222.8%69,295
25-29313.822.3%54,210
30-34261.518.6%37,076
35-39190.613.6%20,853
40-4480.65.7%7,534
45-4917.71.3%1,509
50-540.90.1%71