Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 2002

Chad
2002
Total fertility rate: 7.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 7.20 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (309 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 460,121 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.20
Births
460,121
Births per 1,000 people
50.5
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
9,116,192
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
10-1418.41.3%10,533
15-19186.512.9%84,425
20-24305.821.2%114,731
25-29309.221.4%104,161
30-34290.720.2%79,909
35-39208.614.5%46,032
40-4499.76.9%17,271
45-4921.51.5%2,936
50-541.10.1%122