Fertility in Chad, 2005

Chad
2005
Total fertility rate: 7.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 7.13 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (302 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 523,340 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.13
Births
523,340
Births per 1,000 people
50.7
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
10,328,092
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
10-1420.01.4%12,989
15-19185.113.0%96,317
20-24302.521.2%130,100
25-29302.021.2%114,411
30-34282.019.8%91,414
35-39211.014.8%54,152
40-4499.67.0%20,182
45-4923.21.6%3,625
50-541.20.1%152