Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 1998

Chad
1998
Total fertility rate: 7.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 7.27 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (323 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 414,756 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.27
Births
414,756
Births per 1,000 people
52.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
7,938,840
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%8,997
15-19201.413.8%78,964
20-24306.021.0%107,934
25-29323.322.2%95,413
30-34292.520.1%69,437
35-39200.913.8%37,860
40-4492.46.4%13,715
45-4919.71.4%2,347
50-540.90.1%86