Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chad, 2003

Chad
2003
Total fertility rate: 7.18
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 7.18 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (307 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 474,662 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.18
Births
474,662
Births per 1,000 people
50.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
9,487,833
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
10-1418.21.3%10,909
15-19187.213.0%88,386
20-24304.021.2%117,015
25-29307.021.4%106,056
30-34289.820.2%83,306
35-39208.514.5%47,878
40-4498.46.8%17,799
45-4922.51.6%3,177
50-541.20.1%134