Fertility in Chad, 2017

Chad
2017
Total fertility rate: 6.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 6.54 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 701,724 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.54
Births
701,724
Births per 1,000 people
44.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
15,622,759
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
10-146.90.5%6,891
15-19149.611.5%122,242
20-24283.421.7%190,327
25-29289.322.1%158,158
30-34256.619.6%113,724
35-39188.914.5%69,802
40-44103.37.9%33,343
45-4927.12.1%6,937
50-541.50.1%300