Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 1996

Chad
1996
Total fertility rate: 7.29
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Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 7.29 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (335 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 392,522 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.29
Births
392,522
Births per 1,000 people
53.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
7,410,108
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
10-1417.31.2%7,669
15-19196.513.4%74,739
20-24314.421.5%105,865
25-29335.122.9%91,374
30-34289.819.8%63,898
35-39197.713.5%34,355
40-4489.56.1%12,428
45-4919.71.3%2,111
50-541.00.1%83