The latest officially reported population of Chad was 20,299,123 in 2024 vs 116,538,258 people in Egypt in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chad's population is 21,450,865 people compared to 119,759,833 in Egypt.
Population statistics:
- Egypt's population is 5.58 times bigger than Chad's.
- Chad is ranked the 64th most populous country in the world, while Egypt is the 13th.
- The countries together account for 1.71% of the world: 0.26% for Chad vs 1.45% for Egypt.
- For the last 10 years, Chad has had an average growth rate of +3.65% per year vs +1.84% in Egypt.
- Since 2005, the population of Chad has increased from 10.3M people to 21.5M (107.7% growth), while Egypt has grown from 81.1M to 120M (47.7% growth).
- Chad is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 69.5M people compared to the peak of 202M people in 2100 for Egypt.
Chad vs Egypt: live population counter
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| Current population |
21450865
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119759833
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| Population rank | 64/197 | 13/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.26% | 1.45% |
| One net population change |
32.2 seconds
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15.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
38.5 seconds
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13.1 seconds
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| One death every |
2.47 minutes
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50.4 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.58 minutes
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4.24 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +204,040 | +123,884 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,685 | +5,486 |
| Annual growth/decline | +980,059 | +2,002,486 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +5.07% | +1.75% |
| Population growth rate rank | 2/197 | 66/197 |
Chad and Egypt: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,049,838 | 26,896,479 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,111,947 | 27,600,898 | 2.04% | 2.62% |
| 1962 | 3,175,598 | 28,337,013 | 2.05% | 2.67% |
| 1963 | 3,240,905 | 29,091,869 | 2.06% | 2.66% |
| 1964 | 3,307,479 | 29,858,922 | 2.05% | 2.64% |
| 1965 | 3,374,220 | 30,629,174 | 2.02% | 2.58% |
| 1966 | 3,440,903 | 31,406,541 | 1.98% | 2.54% |
| 1967 | 3,508,512 | 32,196,360 | 1.96% | 2.51% |
| 1968 | 3,578,231 | 32,998,319 | 1.99% | 2.49% |
| 1969 | 3,651,113 | 33,811,615 | 2.04% | 2.46% |
| 1970 | 3,727,828 | 34,623,990 | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 3,807,316 | 35,433,368 | 2.13% | 2.34% |
| 1972 | 3,893,252 | 36,258,328 | 2.26% | 2.33% |
| 1973 | 3,985,909 | 37,102,043 | 2.38% | 2.33% |
| 1974 | 4,078,356 | 37,969,667 | 2.32% | 2.34% |
| 1975 | 4,167,234 | 38,875,327 | 2.18% | 2.39% |
| 1976 | 4,251,297 | 39,795,557 | 2.02% | 2.37% |
| 1977 | 4,331,667 | 40,748,870 | 1.89% | 2.4% |
| 1978 | 4,411,366 | 41,761,431 | 1.84% | 2.48% |
| 1979 | 4,505,384 | 42,818,628 | 2.13% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 4,515,453 | 43,950,413 | 0.22% | 2.64% |
| 1981 | 4,520,959 | 45,147,224 | 0.12% | 2.72% |
| 1982 | 4,738,483 | 46,407,611 | 4.81% | 2.79% |
| 1983 | 4,979,130 | 47,786,402 | 5.08% | 2.97% |
| 1984 | 5,045,145 | 49,247,334 | 1.33% | 3.06% |
| 1985 | 5,096,269 | 50,734,968 | 1.01% | 3.02% |
| 1986 | 5,251,069 | 52,206,295 | 3.04% | 2.9% |
| 1987 | 5,438,309 | 53,674,435 | 3.57% | 2.81% |
| 1988 | 5,625,602 | 55,187,681 | 3.44% | 2.82% |
| 1989 | 5,819,586 | 56,710,642 | 3.45% | 2.76% |
| 1990 | 5,982,833 | 58,396,618 | 2.81% | 2.97% |
| 1991 | 6,205,676 | 60,028,997 | 3.72% | 2.8% |
| 1992 | 6,474,656 | 61,480,660 | 4.33% | 2.42% |
| 1993 | 6,629,146 | 62,915,681 | 2.39% | 2.33% |
| 1994 | 6,783,450 | 64,285,589 | 2.33% | 2.18% |
| 1995 | 7,089,064 | 65,652,622 | 4.51% | 2.13% |
| 1996 | 7,410,108 | 67,028,048 | 4.53% | 2.1% |
| 1997 | 7,670,366 | 68,431,740 | 3.51% | 2.09% |
| 1998 | 7,938,840 | 69,943,294 | 3.5% | 2.21% |
| 1999 | 8,222,705 | 71,520,954 | 3.58% | 2.26% |
| 2000 | 8,512,093 | 73,083,284 | 3.52% | 2.18% |
| 2001 | 8,804,124 | 74,652,029 | 3.43% | 2.15% |
| 2002 | 9,116,192 | 76,239,137 | 3.54% | 2.13% |
| 2003 | 9,487,833 | 77,853,548 | 4.08% | 2.12% |
| 2004 | 9,920,036 | 79,477,443 | 4.56% | 2.09% |
| 2005 | 10,328,092 | 81,101,004 | 4.11% | 2.04% |
| 2006 | 10,706,424 | 82,700,403 | 3.66% | 1.97% |
| 2007 | 11,081,660 | 84,276,225 | 3.5% | 1.91% |
| 2008 | 11,476,296 | 85,864,789 | 3.56% | 1.88% |
| 2009 | 11,893,754 | 87,501,636 | 3.64% | 1.91% |
| 2010 | 12,312,575 | 89,196,072 | 3.52% | 1.94% |
| 2011 | 12,754,997 | 91,093,059 | 3.59% | 2.13% |
| 2012 | 13,210,998 | 93,161,001 | 3.58% | 2.27% |
| 2013 | 13,691,079 | 95,333,553 | 3.63% | 2.33% |
| 2014 | 14,188,678 | 97,528,654 | 3.63% | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 14,647,621 | 99,597,342 | 3.23% | 2.12% |
| 2016 | 15,114,655 | 101,644,589 | 3.19% | 2.06% |
| 2017 | 15,622,759 | 103,696,057 | 3.36% | 2.02% |
| 2018 | 16,156,531 | 105,682,094 | 3.42% | 1.92% |
| 2019 | 16,685,223 | 107,553,158 | 3.27% | 1.77% |
| 2020 | 17,224,679 | 109,315,124 | 3.23% | 1.64% |
| 2021 | 17,828,273 | 110,957,008 | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 18,455,316 | 112,618,250 | 3.52% | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 19,319,064 | 114,535,772 | 4.68% | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 20,299,123 | 116,538,258 | 5.07% | 1.75% |
| 2025 | 21,003,694 | 118,365,997 | 3.47% | 1.57% |
| 2026 | 21,560,377 | 120,101,181 | 2.65% | 1.47% |
| 2027 | 22,175,373 | 121,847,622 | 2.85% | 1.45% |
| 2028 | 22,847,740 | 123,608,457 | 3.03% | 1.45% |
| 2029 | 23,526,035 | 125,373,058 | 2.97% | 1.43% |
| 2030 | 24,207,481 | 127,139,323 | 2.9% | 1.41% |
| 2031 | 24,897,231 | 128,912,256 | 2.85% | 1.39% |
| 2032 | 25,596,224 | 130,695,084 | 2.81% | 1.38% |
| 2033 | 26,297,830 | 132,485,612 | 2.74% | 1.37% |
| 2034 | 26,997,395 | 134,287,838 | 2.66% | 1.36% |
| 2035 | 27,697,268 | 136,097,214 | 2.59% | 1.35% |
| 2036 | 28,410,489 | 137,913,263 | 2.58% | 1.33% |
| 2037 | 29,132,961 | 139,738,699 | 2.54% | 1.32% |
| 2038 | 29,856,451 | 141,565,835 | 2.48% | 1.31% |
| 2039 | 30,584,696 | 143,393,267 | 2.44% | 1.29% |
| 2040 | 31,307,329 | 145,213,662 | 2.36% | 1.27% |
| 2041 | 32,035,111 | 147,018,554 | 2.32% | 1.24% |
| 2042 | 32,777,662 | 148,800,785 | 2.32% | 1.21% |
| 2043 | 33,525,238 | 150,547,655 | 2.28% | 1.17% |
| 2044 | 34,272,313 | 152,255,332 | 2.23% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 35,026,384 | 153,919,190 | 2.2% | 1.09% |
| 2046 | 35,788,056 | 155,535,951 | 2.17% | 1.05% |
| 2047 | 36,546,910 | 157,114,404 | 2.12% | 1.01% |
| 2048 | 37,317,460 | 158,657,392 | 2.11% | 0.98% |
| 2049 | 38,088,916 | 160,161,615 | 2.07% | 0.95% |
| 2050 | 38,857,671 | 161,630,197 | 2.02% | 0.92% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chad increased by 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth), while Egypt gained 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chad gained 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth).
Chad was ranked 78th most populous country in 2005 and is 64th in 2025. Egypt was ranked 14th in 2005 and ranked 13th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Chad's population will grow by 81.1% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of Egypt will increase by 35% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.
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Population differences between Chad and Egypt
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| Life expectancy | 55.4 years | 72 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 28.5 years |
| Median age | 16.8 years | 25.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 50.5:49.5 |
| Fertility rate | 6.12 births per woman | 2.75 births per woman |
| Population density | 41.8 ppl/mi² | 303 ppl/mi² |
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