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Chad vs Congo statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Chad has a population of 20.3M (ranked 65/197), compared with 6.33M in The Congo (ranked 112/197). Chad's land area is 486,180 sq mi versus 131,854 sq mi for The Congo (ranked 21st vs. 64th).

By GDP, Chad ranks 127/197 ($20.6B) and The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B). By GDP per capita, Chad ranks 175/197 ($1,016), while The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482).

Main facts and rankings

Chad Congo
Population
21450865
6607609
Population rank 64/197 109/197
GDP
$20.6B
2024
$15.7B
2024
GDP rank 127/197 141/197
GDP per capita
$1,016
2024
$2,482
2024
GDP per capita rank 175/197 148/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,962
2024
$7,026
2024
Government debt
$6.97B
2024
$15B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
33.9%
2025
91.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$343
2024
$2,369
2024
Government debt per person rank 175/185 113/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,511
2025
$2,263
2025
Land area
486,180 sq mi
2025
131,854 sq mi
2025
Population density
41.8 ppl/mi²
2024
48 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
6.12
2023
4.16
2023
Median age
16.8 years
2024
19.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
55.4 years
2025
66.2 years
2025

Chad and Congo: Comparison Charts

Chad and Congo economies compared

GDP
Chad

Congo
Year GDP
Chad Congo
1960 $313,582,728 $131,731,863
1961 $333,975,336 $151,675,739
1962 $357,635,713 $166,521,240
1963 $371,767,002 $172,233,431
1964 $392,247,518 $185,693,725
1965 $416,926,303 $198,318,064
1966 $432,794,922 $220,613,582
1967 $449,826,323 $237,397,428
1968 $453,980,096 $251,247,458
1969 $471,635,622 $265,040,036
1970 $469,266,737 $274,960,700
1971 $501,866,730 $322,128,019
1972 $585,427,547 $410,669,264
1973 $647,199,483 $541,973,363
1974 $652,532,795 $585,364,634
1975 $864,602,105 $767,102,680
1976 $866,044,962 $754,549,601
1977 $935,360,465 $765,224,029
1978 $1,113,920,124 $878,771,772
1979 $1,004,316,496 $1,198,749,667
1980 $1,033,002,404 $1,705,796,853
1981 $876,937,558 $1,993,512,323
1982 $834,369,860 $2,160,640,565
1983 $832,415,806 $2,097,274,290
1984 $919,103,735 $2,193,581,365
1985 $1,033,069,709 $2,160,872,540
1986 $1,067,828,246 $1,849,268,212
1987 $1,163,426,852 $2,297,753,652
1988 $1,482,597,298 $2,212,536,312
1989 $1,433,686,312 $2,389,593,026
1990 $1,738,605,558 $2,798,746,050
1991 $1,877,137,982 $2,724,853,506
1992 $1,881,847,670 $2,933,222,703
1993 $1,463,251,164 $2,684,323,623
1994 $1,179,837,963 $1,769,365,438
1995 $1,445,919,895 $2,116,003,868
1996 $1,607,345,356 $2,540,697,539
1997 $1,544,689,577 $2,322,719,103
1998 $1,744,794,531 $1,949,481,379
1999 $1,534,673,583 $2,354,772,960
2000 $1,388,506,772 $3,227,927,698
2001 $1,710,843,377 $2,796,704,604
2002 $1,997,005,709 $3,034,250,924
2003 $2,742,815,072 $3,503,723,088
2004 $4,422,855,661 $4,656,974,940
2005 $8,655,892,393 $6,650,001,680
2006 $9,709,626,596 $8,072,305,029
2007 $10,865,385,132 $8,782,703,437
2008 $13,385,593,990 $11,649,857,673
2009 $12,317,614,054 $9,723,299,915
2010 $14,058,506,664 $13,148,396,212
2011 $16,685,349,674 $15,655,383,577
2012 $17,892,228,570 $17,692,911,296
2013 $17,865,316,886 $17,958,720,699
2014 $18,144,336,904 $17,919,321,078
2015 $14,559,599,500 $12,434,793,867
2016 $13,026,289,836 $10,931,328,151
2017 $13,349,041,409 $11,834,473,039
2018 $15,327,000,249 $14,773,900,289
2019 $14,905,517,743 $13,976,637,780
2020 $14,932,897,821 $11,468,687,464
2021 $16,871,937,698 $14,825,690,211
2022 $17,828,508,290 $15,817,030,157
2023 $19,107,685,021 $15,321,055,818
2024 $20,625,711,665 $15,719,985,776

Chad and Congo economies compared

GDP per capita
Chad

Congo
Year GDP per capita
Chad Congo
1960 $102.8 $124.7
1961 $107.3 $139.9
1962 $112.6 $149.6
1963 $114.7 $150.7
1964 $118.6 $158.1
1965 $123.6 $164.2
1966 $125.8 $177.6
1967 $128.2 $185.7
1968 $126.9 $190.8
1969 $129.2 $195.4
1970 $125.9 $196.7
1971 $131.8 $223.5
1972 $150.4 $276.3
1973 $162.4 $353
1974 $160 $370
1975 $207.5 $471
1976 $203.7 $453
1977 $215.9 $448
1978 $252.5 $503
1979 $222.9 $670
1980 $228.8 $933
1981 $194 $1,066
1982 $176.1 $1,131
1983 $167.2 $1,075
1984 $182.2 $1,097
1985 $202.7 $1,049
1986 $203.4 $872
1987 $213.9 $1,052
1988 $263.5 $984
1989 $246.4 $1,033
1990 $290.6 $1,176
1991 $302 $1,113
1992 $290.6 $1,164
1993 $220.7 $1,034
1994 $173.9 $662
1995 $204 $770
1996 $216.9 $899
1997 $201.4 $804
1998 $219.8 $660
1999 $186.6 $776
2000 $163.1 $1,024
2001 $194.3 $855
2002 $219.1 $906
2003 $289.1 $1,017
2004 $446 $1,306
2005 $838 $1,799
2006 $907 $2,104
2007 $980 $2,206
2008 $1,166 $2,832
2009 $1,036 $2,271
2010 $1,142 $2,947
2011 $1,308 $3,396
2012 $1,354 $3,732
2013 $1,305 $3,697
2014 $1,279 $3,601
2015 $994 $2,439
2016 $862 $2,093
2017 $854 $2,212
2018 $949 $2,694
2019 $893 $2,488
2020 $867 $1,994
2021 $946 $2,516
2022 $966 $2,621
2023 $989 $2,478
2024 $1,016 $2,482

Chad vs. Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Chad

Congo
Year Life expectancy, years
Chad Congo
1950 35.2 39.6
1951 35.5 40.3
1952 35.9 41.1
1953 36.3 41.9
1954 36.8 42.6
1955 37.3 43.4
1956 37.9 44.3
1957 38.3 45.1
1958 38.7 46
1959 39 46.8
1960 39.2 47.6
1961 39.4 48.4
1962 39.6 49
1963 39.9 49.7
1964 40.1 50.4
1965 40.1 51
1966 40.1 51.6
1967 40.4 51.9
1968 40.7 52.6
1969 41 53.1
1970 41.4 53.6
1971 40.9 54
1972 41.9 54.4
1973 42.4 54.7
1974 42.6 55.1
1975 42.7 55.4
1976 42.7 55.7
1977 42.9 56
1978 43 56.2
1979 43.2 56.5
1980 43.5 56.8
1981 43.5 57.1
1982 43.9 57.2
1983 44.4 57.4
1984 44.7 57.5
1985 45.3 57.6
1986 45.6 57.6
1987 43.1 57.6
1988 46.4 57.5
1989 46.4 57.3
1990 45.1 57.1
1991 46.6 56.8
1992 46.8 56.5
1993 47 56
1994 47.1 55.6
1995 47.5 55.5
1996 47.6 55.2
1997 47.8 48.6
1998 47.8 52.6
1999 47.9 54.4
2000 47.9 55.4
2001 48.3 55.9
2002 48.4 56.4
2003 48.6 57.1
2004 48.7 58
2005 48.9 58.7
2006 48.7 59.5
2007 49.2 60.1
2008 49.5 60.8
2009 49.8 61.2
2010 50.1 61.7
2011 50.4 62.3
2012 50.8 62.7
2013 51.1 63
2014 51.1 63.3
2015 51.3 63.7
2016 51.6 63.9
2017 51.9 64.2
2018 52.4 64.5
2019 53 63.2
2020 53.1 64.4
2021 53.1 64.2
2022 54.5 65
2023 55.1 65.8
2024 55.2 66
2025 55.4 66.2

Chad and Congo population clocks and comparison

Population
Chad

Congo
Year Population
Chad Congo
1960 3,049,838 1,056,732
1961 3,111,947 1,084,389
1962 3,175,598 1,113,175
1963 3,240,905 1,143,263
1964 3,307,479 1,174,816
1965 3,374,220 1,207,880
1966 3,440,903 1,242,534
1967 3,508,512 1,278,691
1968 3,578,231 1,316,519
1969 3,651,113 1,356,182
1970 3,727,828 1,397,638
1971 3,807,316 1,441,039
1972 3,893,252 1,486,468
1973 3,985,909 1,533,680
1974 4,078,356 1,582,301
1975 4,167,234 1,627,032
1976 4,251,297 1,667,225
1977 4,331,667 1,707,568
1978 4,411,366 1,748,089
1979 4,505,384 1,788,524
1980 4,515,453 1,828,985
1981 4,520,959 1,869,759
1982 4,738,483 1,910,430
1983 4,979,130 1,950,321
1984 5,045,145 1,999,528
1985 5,096,269 2,059,311
1986 5,251,069 2,120,602
1987 5,438,309 2,183,473
1988 5,625,602 2,247,653
1989 5,819,586 2,313,558
1990 5,982,833 2,380,560
1991 6,205,676 2,449,229
1992 6,474,656 2,519,465
1993 6,629,146 2,595,124
1994 6,783,450 2,673,144
1995 7,089,064 2,749,461
1996 7,410,108 2,826,785
1997 7,670,366 2,887,862
1998 7,938,840 2,952,061
1999 8,222,705 3,032,874
2000 8,512,093 3,151,345
2001 8,804,124 3,272,537
2002 9,116,192 3,350,771
2003 9,487,833 3,445,753
2004 9,920,036 3,565,554
2005 10,328,092 3,696,393
2006 10,706,424 3,837,409
2007 11,081,660 3,980,430
2008 11,476,296 4,113,517
2009 11,893,754 4,281,219
2010 12,312,575 4,462,290
2011 12,754,997 4,609,724
2012 13,210,998 4,740,450
2013 13,691,079 4,857,099
2014 14,188,678 4,975,880
2015 14,647,621 5,097,581
2016 15,114,655 5,222,536
2017 15,622,759 5,351,011
2018 16,156,531 5,483,118
2019 16,685,223 5,616,661
2020 17,224,679 5,752,791
2021 17,828,273 5,892,183
2022 18,455,316 6,035,104
2023 19,319,064 6,182,885
2024 20,299,123 6,332,961

Fertility rates in Chad and Congo

Fertility rate
Chad

Congo
Year Fertility rate
Chad Congo
1960 6.25 6.09
1961 6.27 6.09
1962 6.29 6.1
1963 6.3 6.15
1964 6.32 6.18
1965 6.34 6.23
1966 6.36 6.27
1967 6.39 6.29
1968 6.43 6.33
1969 6.48 6.35
1970 6.53 6.38
1971 6.58 6.42
1972 6.85 6.44
1973 6.87 6.42
1974 6.86 6.39
1975 6.88 6.36
1976 6.89 6.32
1977 6.9 6.27
1978 6.89 6.21
1979 6.91 6.14
1980 6.91 6.07
1981 6.94 5.98
1982 6.96 5.85
1983 6.98 5.76
1984 7.02 5.66
1985 7.04 5.59
1986 7.07 5.51
1987 7.11 5.46
1988 7.15 5.39
1989 7.19 5.33
1990 7.22 5.27
1991 7.26 5.22
1992 7.3 5.18
1993 7.34 5.13
1994 7.31 5.1
1995 7.29 5.07
1996 7.29 5.03
1997 7.27 5
1998 7.27 4.91
1999 7.26 4.81
2000 7.25 4.72
2001 7.23 4.67
2002 7.2 4.7
2003 7.18 4.7
2004 7.16 4.69
2005 7.13 4.67
2006 7.12 4.65
2007 7.09 4.65
2008 7.06 4.73
2009 7.02 4.81
2010 6.99 4.85
2011 6.95 4.83
2012 6.91 4.79
2013 6.84 4.73
2014 6.78 4.67
2015 6.71 4.61
2016 6.62 4.55
2017 6.54 4.5
2018 6.46 4.44
2019 6.41 4.38
2020 6.35 4.33
2021 6.26 4.28
2022 6.22 4.22
2023 6.12 4.16

Chad and Congo demographics compared

Median age
Chad

Congo
Year Median age, years
Chad Congo
1960 19.9 18.8
1961 19.8 18.7
1962 19.6 18.6
1963 19.5 18.4
1964 19.4 18.3
1965 19.2 18.2
1966 19.1 18.1
1967 19 17.9
1968 18.8 17.8
1969 18.7 17.7
1970 18.6 17.6
1971 18.5 17.5
1972 18.3 17.4
1973 18.2 17.4
1974 18 17.3
1975 17.9 17.2
1976 17.7 17.1
1977 17.5 17
1978 17.3 17
1979 17.1 17
1980 16.7 17
1981 16.2 17
1982 16.6 17.1
1983 17 17.2
1984 16.7 17.2
1985 16.3 17.3
1986 16.3 17.4
1987 16.4 17.4
1988 16.5 17.5
1989 16.5 17.6
1990 16.3 17.7
1991 16.3 17.7
1992 16.4 17.8
1993 16.2 17.9
1994 15.9 18
1995 16 18.1
1996 16.1 18.1
1997 15.9 18.1
1998 15.8 18.1
1999 15.7 18.2
2000 15.6 18.5
2001 15.5 18.8
2002 15.4 18.8
2003 15.5 18.9
2004 15.7 19
2005 15.7 19.2
2006 15.7 19.3
2007 15.6 19.5
2008 15.6 19.5
2009 15.6 19.7
2010 15.6 19.8
2011 15.6 19.7
2012 15.6 19.6
2013 15.7 19.5
2014 15.7 19.4
2015 15.7 19.3
2016 15.7 19.2
2017 15.8 19.2
2018 15.8 19.1
2019 15.9 19.1
2020 16 19.2
2021 16.1 19.2
2022 16.2 19.3
2023 16.5 19.4
2024 16.8 19.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Chad Congo
GNI, Atlas method
$19.7B
2024
$15.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.3%
2025
21.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.2%
2023
3.34%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.91%
2023
2%
2023
Armed forces personnel
45,000
2020
12,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.54%
2025
+3.54%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.14%
2018
10%
2012
Services, % of GDP
31.6%
2024
45%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
29.7%
2024
40.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
52.2
2025
48.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.5%
2022
37.9%
2011
Income share by poorest 10%
2.8%
2022
1.6%
2011
Total reserves including gold
$1.05B
2023
$715M
2023
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$44M
2024
International tourist arrivals
10,399
2020
158,000
2018
International tourism as share of exports n/a
0.93%
2016
Banked people share
20.9%
2024
55.6%
2024

Energy

Chad Congo
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
198.5 kg
2022
628 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2022
$10.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.57 megatons
2023
7.25 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
1.17 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
51.8%
2022
Renewable energy use share
70%
2022
71.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.02%
2022
2.56%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-177.8%
2022
-347%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
14.5 kWh
2022
459 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
4.64%
2021
26.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
22.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
12%
2023
51.3%
2023

Society

Chad Congo
% of world population
0.25%
2024
0.08%
2024
Annual migration change
+204,040
2024
-2,491
2024
Urban population
24.7%
2024
69.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.64 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.21 ft
2025
Quality of life index
2
2025
17.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
21
2024
23
2024
Higher education index
11
2025
19
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.04
2015
9.32
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
32.4
2019
29.7
2019
Visa free countries
60
2025
56
2025
Adult literacy rate
27.3%
2022
80.6%
2021
English speaking
0%
2025
0%
2025
People using the Internet
13.2%
2023
38.4%
2023

Health

Chad Congo
Government health expenditure per capita
$40.2
2022
$50.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$23.4
2022
$12.9
2022
Life expectancy
55.4 years
2025
66.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
18.7%
2022
15.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.09
2022
0.18
2022
Age at first childbirth
18.1 years
2025
19.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
748
2023
241
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
101.1
2023
40.5
2023
Obesity rate
7.01%
2022
8.84%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.3%
2024
8.1%
2024
Air quality index
1
2025
3
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.4%
2022
15.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.91 liters
2020
6.05 liters
2020

Territory

Chad Congo
% of world land
0.85%
2025
0.23%
2025
Land area per capita
23,951 sq mi
2024
20,820 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
194,353 sq mi
2025
41,125 sq mi
2025
Forest area
15,368 sq mi
2025
84,560 sq mi
2025
Roads length
24,855 mi
2018
14,493 mi
2017

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