Fertility in Chad, 2020

Chad
2020
Total fertility rate: 6.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 6.35 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 753,575 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.35
Births
753,575
Births per 1,000 people
43.8
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
17,224,679
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
10-145.10.4%5,758
15-19140.711.1%127,592
20-24277.421.9%207,495
25-29283.222.3%173,144
30-34250.219.7%122,889
35-39183.414.4%73,691
40-44100.87.9%34,852
45-4927.02.1%7,813
50-541.50.1%342