Chad's population rose from 7.41M in 1996 to 21M in 2025.
Chad · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Chad's population growth fell from 4.4 % in 1996 to 3.4 % in 2025.
Chad's population density rose from 5.4 in 1994 to 15.3 in 2023.
Chad's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.6 % in 1996 to 49.8 % in 2025.
Chad's urbanisation rose from 21.5 % in 1996 to 27.6 % in 2025.
Chad's urban population rose from 1.6M in 1996 to 5.79M in 2025.
Chad's rural population rose from 5.81M in 1996 to 15.2M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.5 %1st of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +2.0 %2nd of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.4 %26th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.9 %211th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs214th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts4th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts211th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts214th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.3 pts7th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts211th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −160.3 %205th of 217
- Migrant stockup +3.1 pts102nd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +16.2 %6th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs216th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs216th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs217th of 217