Fertility in Chad, 2008

Chad
2008
Total fertility rate: 7.06
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Chad was 7.06 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 568,419 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.06
Births
568,419
Births per 1,000 people
49.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
11,476,296
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
10-1419.41.4%14,024
15-19180.412.8%106,742
20-24299.521.2%142,625
25-29300.021.2%119,062
30-34272.519.3%96,369
35-39214.015.2%62,078
40-44100.57.1%22,930
45-4924.81.8%4,403
50-541.40.1%185