Fertility in Chad, 2018

Chad
2018
Total fertility rate: 6.46
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 6.46 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 717,372 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.46
Births
717,372
Births per 1,000 people
44.4
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
16,156,530
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
10-146.10.5%6,359
15-19145.211.2%122,548
20-24281.621.8%195,612
25-29287.922.3%164,409
30-34253.919.6%116,545
35-39186.214.4%70,361
40-44102.57.9%33,899
45-4927.42.1%7,320
50-541.50.1%318