Fertility in Chad, 2015

Chad
2015
Total fertility rate: 6.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Chad was 6.71 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 681,261 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.71
Births
681,261
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
14,647,621
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
10-149.10.7%8,437
15-19162.112.1%124,239
20-24287.821.4%180,993
25-29293.321.9%149,053
30-34262.519.6%109,747
35-39195.714.6%70,849
40-44102.87.7%31,276
45-4927.02.0%6,392
50-541.50.1%272