Fertility in Chad, 2026

Chad
2026
Total fertility rate: 5.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chad is projected at 5.84 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (264 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 909,765 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.84
Births
909,765
Births per 1,000 people
42.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
21,560,380
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
10-143.00.3%4,085
15-19124.710.7%143,320
20-24258.622.1%247,531
25-29263.622.6%218,168
30-34231.019.8%157,574
35-39164.914.1%89,066
40-4493.88.0%40,058
45-4926.82.3%9,488
50-541.60.1%474