Fertility in Chad, 2001

Chad
2001
Total fertility rate: 7.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 7.23 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (313 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 451,136 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.23
Births
451,136
Births per 1,000 people
51.2
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
8,804,124
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%10,255
15-19195.813.5%84,893
20-24307.921.3%114,514
25-29313.121.7%102,808
30-34290.020.1%76,706
35-39203.314.1%43,211
40-4495.66.6%15,906
45-4920.71.4%2,731
50-541.10.1%111