Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 1997

Chad
1997
Total fertility rate: 7.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 7.27 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (330 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 402,049 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.27
Births
402,049
Births per 1,000 people
52.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
7,670,366
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
10-1418.71.3%8,645
15-19193.813.3%74,370
20-24307.221.1%106,107
25-29330.522.7%93,611
30-34295.220.2%67,549
35-39200.613.8%36,280
40-4491.96.3%13,171
45-4919.71.4%2,233
50-541.00.1%85