Fertility in Chad, 2016

Chad
2016
Total fertility rate: 6.62
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 6.62 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 688,209 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.62
Births
688,209
Births per 1,000 people
45.5
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
15,114,655
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
10-148.00.6%7,703
15-19155.811.8%123,188
20-24285.921.6%184,689
25-29291.522.0%152,615
30-34259.819.6%110,739
35-39192.014.5%70,121
40-44102.87.8%32,185
45-4927.22.1%6,678
50-541.50.1%291