The latest officially reported population of Chad was 20,299,123 in 2024 vs 6,338,193 people in El Salvador in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chad's population is 21,567,098 people compared to 6,391,525 in El Salvador.
Population statistics:
- Chad's population is 3.37 times bigger than El Salvador's.
- Chad is ranked the 64th most populous country in the world, while El Salvador is the 111th.
- The countries together account for 0.34% of the world: 0.26% for Chad vs 0.08% for El Salvador.
- For the last 10 years, Chad has had an average growth rate of +3.65% per year vs +0.29% in El Salvador.
- Since 2006, the population of Chad has increased from 10.7M people to 21.6M (101.4% growth), while El Salvador has grown from 6M to 6.39M (6.48% growth).
- Chad is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 69.5M people compared to the peak of 6.67M people in 2047 for El Salvador.
Chad vs El Salvador: live population counter
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| Current population |
21567098
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6391525
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| Population rank | 64/197 | 111/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.26% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
32.2 seconds
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18.4 minutes
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| One birth every |
38.5 seconds
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5.29 minutes
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| One death every |
2.47 minutes
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11.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.58 minutes
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22.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +204,040 | -23,102 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,685 | +78 |
| Annual growth/decline | +980,059 | +28,569 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +5.07% | +0.45% |
| Population growth rate rank | 2/197 | 140/197 |
Chad and El Salvador: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,049,838 | 2,791,459 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,111,947 | 2,870,016 | 2.04% | 2.81% |
| 1962 | 3,175,598 | 2,949,204 | 2.05% | 2.76% |
| 1963 | 3,240,905 | 3,028,679 | 2.06% | 2.69% |
| 1964 | 3,307,479 | 3,111,883 | 2.05% | 2.75% |
| 1965 | 3,374,220 | 3,199,466 | 2.02% | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 3,440,903 | 3,290,961 | 1.98% | 2.86% |
| 1967 | 3,508,512 | 3,385,184 | 1.96% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 3,578,231 | 3,480,773 | 1.99% | 2.82% |
| 1969 | 3,651,113 | 3,576,485 | 2.04% | 2.75% |
| 1970 | 3,727,828 | 3,668,796 | 2.1% | 2.58% |
| 1971 | 3,807,316 | 3,757,523 | 2.13% | 2.42% |
| 1972 | 3,893,252 | 3,846,830 | 2.26% | 2.38% |
| 1973 | 3,985,909 | 3,938,068 | 2.38% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 4,078,356 | 4,029,671 | 2.32% | 2.33% |
| 1975 | 4,167,234 | 4,120,449 | 2.18% | 2.25% |
| 1976 | 4,251,297 | 4,210,310 | 2.02% | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 4,331,667 | 4,301,256 | 1.89% | 2.16% |
| 1978 | 4,411,366 | 4,394,114 | 1.84% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 4,505,384 | 4,480,388 | 2.13% | 1.96% |
| 1980 | 4,515,453 | 4,540,382 | 0.22% | 1.34% |
| 1981 | 4,520,959 | 4,570,599 | 0.12% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 4,738,483 | 4,622,477 | 4.81% | 1.14% |
| 1983 | 4,979,130 | 4,707,367 | 5.08% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 5,045,145 | 4,798,003 | 1.33% | 1.93% |
| 1985 | 5,096,269 | 4,894,706 | 1.01% | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 5,251,069 | 4,992,769 | 3.04% | 2% |
| 1987 | 5,438,309 | 5,092,441 | 3.57% | 2% |
| 1988 | 5,625,602 | 5,195,833 | 3.44% | 2.03% |
| 1989 | 5,819,586 | 5,298,979 | 3.45% | 1.99% |
| 1990 | 5,982,833 | 5,399,726 | 2.81% | 1.9% |
| 1991 | 6,205,676 | 5,495,077 | 3.72% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 6,474,656 | 5,585,609 | 4.33% | 1.65% |
| 1993 | 6,629,146 | 5,659,957 | 2.39% | 1.33% |
| 1994 | 6,783,450 | 5,714,129 | 2.33% | 0.96% |
| 1995 | 7,089,064 | 5,762,131 | 4.51% | 0.84% |
| 1996 | 7,410,108 | 5,805,286 | 4.53% | 0.75% |
| 1997 | 7,670,366 | 5,844,578 | 3.51% | 0.68% |
| 1998 | 7,938,840 | 5,880,781 | 3.5% | 0.62% |
| 1999 | 8,222,705 | 5,913,900 | 3.58% | 0.56% |
| 2000 | 8,512,093 | 5,943,366 | 3.52% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | 8,804,124 | 5,968,060 | 3.43% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 9,116,192 | 5,986,631 | 3.54% | 0.31% |
| 2003 | 9,487,833 | 5,998,599 | 4.08% | 0.2% |
| 2004 | 9,920,036 | 6,004,671 | 4.56% | 0.1% |
| 2005 | 10,328,092 | 6,005,578 | 4.11% | 0.02% |
| 2006 | 10,706,424 | 6,002,319 | 3.66% | -0.05% |
| 2007 | 11,081,660 | 6,009,824 | 3.5% | 0.13% |
| 2008 | 11,476,296 | 6,029,297 | 3.56% | 0.32% |
| 2009 | 11,893,754 | 6,048,279 | 3.64% | 0.31% |
| 2010 | 12,312,575 | 6,068,249 | 3.52% | 0.33% |
| 2011 | 12,754,997 | 6,090,127 | 3.59% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 13,210,998 | 6,113,975 | 3.58% | 0.39% |
| 2013 | 13,691,079 | 6,138,839 | 3.63% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 14,188,678 | 6,162,955 | 3.63% | 0.39% |
| 2015 | 14,647,621 | 6,183,676 | 3.23% | 0.34% |
| 2016 | 15,114,655 | 6,200,800 | 3.19% | 0.28% |
| 2017 | 15,622,759 | 6,213,533 | 3.36% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 16,156,531 | 6,219,807 | 3.42% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 16,685,223 | 6,222,318 | 3.27% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 17,224,679 | 6,234,673 | 3.23% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 17,828,273 | 6,255,782 | 3.5% | 0.34% |
| 2022 | 18,455,316 | 6,280,319 | 3.52% | 0.39% |
| 2023 | 19,319,064 | 6,309,624 | 4.68% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 20,299,123 | 6,338,193 | 5.07% | 0.45% |
| 2025 | 21,003,694 | 6,365,499 | 3.47% | 0.43% |
| 2026 | 21,560,377 | 6,391,250 | 2.65% | 0.4% |
| 2027 | 22,175,373 | 6,416,437 | 2.85% | 0.39% |
| 2028 | 22,847,740 | 6,440,931 | 3.03% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 23,526,035 | 6,464,413 | 2.97% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 24,207,481 | 6,486,202 | 2.9% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 24,897,231 | 6,506,399 | 2.85% | 0.31% |
| 2032 | 25,596,224 | 6,525,787 | 2.81% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 26,297,830 | 6,544,657 | 2.74% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 26,997,395 | 6,562,182 | 2.66% | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 27,697,268 | 6,578,179 | 2.59% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 28,410,489 | 6,593,325 | 2.58% | 0.23% |
| 2037 | 29,132,961 | 6,607,014 | 2.54% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 29,856,451 | 6,619,816 | 2.48% | 0.19% |
| 2039 | 30,584,696 | 6,631,169 | 2.44% | 0.17% |
| 2040 | 31,307,329 | 6,640,751 | 2.36% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 32,035,111 | 6,649,288 | 2.32% | 0.13% |
| 2042 | 32,777,662 | 6,656,208 | 2.32% | 0.1% |
| 2043 | 33,525,238 | 6,661,886 | 2.28% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 34,272,313 | 6,665,748 | 2.23% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 35,026,384 | 6,668,028 | 2.2% | 0.03% |
| 2046 | 35,788,056 | 6,669,403 | 2.17% | 0.02% |
| 2047 | 36,546,910 | 6,669,832 | 2.12% | 0.006% |
| 2048 | 37,317,460 | 6,669,220 | 2.11% | -0.009% |
| 2049 | 38,088,916 | 6,666,756 | 2.07% | -0.04% |
| 2050 | 38,857,671 | 6,663,341 | 2.02% | -0.05% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Chad increased by 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth), while El Salvador gained 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Chad gained 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth), while El Salvador's population increased by 190,725 (a 3.08% growth).
Chad was ranked 76th most populous country in 2006 and is 64th in 2026. El Salvador was ranked 103rd in 2006 and ranked 111th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Chad's population will grow by 80.2% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of El Salvador will increase by 4.25% to 6,663,341 people and rank change from 111th to 116th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| San Salvador | 331K |
| Santa Ana | 251K |
| San Miguel | 233K |
| Soyapango | 230K |
| Mejicanos | 137K |
| Apopa | 129K |
| Ahuachapan | 127K |
| Santa Tecla | 126K |
| Sonsonate | 72.2K |
| Usulutan | 66.1K |
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Population differences between Chad and El Salvador
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| Life expectancy | 55.6 years | 72.7 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 31.7 years |
| Median age | 16.8 years | 28.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 47.5:52.5 |
| Fertility rate | 6.12 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman |
| Population density | 41.8 ppl/mi² | 792 ppl/mi² |
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