The current population of Chad is 21,450,865 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 20,299,123 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Chad has had an average growth rate of 5.38% per year.
- Chad is ranked 64/197 by population and was ranked 78th in 2005.
- Chad is projected to reach 69.5M people in 2100.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 10.3M people to 21.5M (107.7% growth in 20 years).
- Chad accounts for 0.26% of the world's population.
Chad population clock
Chad
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
21450865
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 64/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.26% | N/A |
| One net population change |
32.2 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
38.5 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.47 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +2,685 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +980,059 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +5.07% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 2/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
2.58 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +204,040 | N/A |
Chad population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3,049,838 | - |
| 1961 | 3,111,947 | 2.04% |
| 1962 | 3,175,598 | 2.05% |
| 1963 | 3,240,905 | 2.06% |
| 1964 | 3,307,479 | 2.05% |
| 1965 | 3,374,220 | 2.02% |
| 1966 | 3,440,903 | 1.98% |
| 1967 | 3,508,512 | 1.96% |
| 1968 | 3,578,231 | 1.99% |
| 1969 | 3,651,113 | 2.04% |
| 1970 | 3,727,828 | 2.1% |
| 1971 | 3,807,316 | 2.13% |
| 1972 | 3,893,252 | 2.26% |
| 1973 | 3,985,909 | 2.38% |
| 1974 | 4,078,356 | 2.32% |
| 1975 | 4,167,234 | 2.18% |
| 1976 | 4,251,297 | 2.02% |
| 1977 | 4,331,667 | 1.89% |
| 1978 | 4,411,366 | 1.84% |
| 1979 | 4,505,384 | 2.13% |
| 1980 | 4,515,453 | 0.22% |
| 1981 | 4,520,959 | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 4,738,483 | 4.81% |
| 1983 | 4,979,130 | 5.08% |
| 1984 | 5,045,145 | 1.33% |
| 1985 | 5,096,269 | 1.01% |
| 1986 | 5,251,069 | 3.04% |
| 1987 | 5,438,309 | 3.57% |
| 1988 | 5,625,602 | 3.44% |
| 1989 | 5,819,586 | 3.45% |
| 1990 | 5,982,833 | 2.81% |
| 1991 | 6,205,676 | 3.72% |
| 1992 | 6,474,656 | 4.33% |
| 1993 | 6,629,146 | 2.39% |
| 1994 | 6,783,450 | 2.33% |
| 1995 | 7,089,064 | 4.51% |
| 1996 | 7,410,108 | 4.53% |
| 1997 | 7,670,366 | 3.51% |
| 1998 | 7,938,840 | 3.5% |
| 1999 | 8,222,705 | 3.58% |
| 2000 | 8,512,093 | 3.52% |
| 2001 | 8,804,124 | 3.43% |
| 2002 | 9,116,192 | 3.54% |
| 2003 | 9,487,833 | 4.08% |
| 2004 | 9,920,036 | 4.56% |
| 2005 | 10,328,092 | 4.11% |
| 2006 | 10,706,424 | 3.66% |
| 2007 | 11,081,660 | 3.5% |
| 2008 | 11,476,296 | 3.56% |
| 2009 | 11,893,754 | 3.64% |
| 2010 | 12,312,575 | 3.52% |
| 2011 | 12,754,997 | 3.59% |
| 2012 | 13,210,998 | 3.58% |
| 2013 | 13,691,079 | 3.63% |
| 2014 | 14,188,678 | 3.63% |
| 2015 | 14,647,621 | 3.23% |
| 2016 | 15,114,655 | 3.19% |
| 2017 | 15,622,759 | 3.36% |
| 2018 | 16,156,531 | 3.42% |
| 2019 | 16,685,223 | 3.27% |
| 2020 | 17,224,679 | 3.23% |
| 2021 | 17,828,273 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 18,455,316 | 3.52% |
| 2023 | 19,319,064 | 4.68% |
| 2024 | 20,299,123 | 5.07% |
| 2025 | 21,003,694 | 3.47% |
| 2026 | 21,560,377 | 2.65% |
| 2027 | 22,175,373 | 2.85% |
| 2028 | 22,847,740 | 3.03% |
| 2029 | 23,526,035 | 2.97% |
| 2030 | 24,207,481 | 2.9% |
| 2031 | 24,897,231 | 2.85% |
| 2032 | 25,596,224 | 2.81% |
| 2033 | 26,297,830 | 2.74% |
| 2034 | 26,997,395 | 2.66% |
| 2035 | 27,697,268 | 2.59% |
| 2036 | 28,410,489 | 2.58% |
| 2037 | 29,132,961 | 2.54% |
| 2038 | 29,856,451 | 2.48% |
| 2039 | 30,584,696 | 2.44% |
| 2040 | 31,307,329 | 2.36% |
| 2041 | 32,035,111 | 2.32% |
| 2042 | 32,777,662 | 2.32% |
| 2043 | 33,525,238 | 2.28% |
| 2044 | 34,272,313 | 2.23% |
| 2045 | 35,026,384 | 2.2% |
| 2046 | 35,788,056 | 2.17% |
| 2047 | 36,546,910 | 2.12% |
| 2048 | 37,317,460 | 2.11% |
| 2049 | 38,088,916 | 2.07% |
| 2050 | 38,857,671 | 2.02% |
Chad has a population of 21.5M as of 2025, compared to 14.6M in 2015, 10.3M in 2005, and 7.09M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 4.64% per year. Chad is ranked 1st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Chad will have 35,026,384 people (63.3% growth) with a rank change from 64th to 53rd.
By the year 2100, Chad's population is projected to grow by 224.2% to 69.5M people.
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Chad population statistics
|
Chad
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 55.4 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 16.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 6.12 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 41.8 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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