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Population in Chad compared to Iceland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Chad was 20,299,123 in 2024 vs 404,610 people in Iceland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chad's population is 21,450,865 people compared to 412,970 in Iceland.

Population statistics:

  • Chad's population is 51.9 times bigger than Iceland's.
  • Chad is ranked the 64th most populous country in the world, while Iceland is the 172nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.26% of the world: 0.26% for Chad vs 0.005% for Iceland.
  • For the last 10 years, Chad has had an average growth rate of +3.65% per year vs +2.05% in Iceland.
  • Since 2005, the population of Chad has increased from 10.3M people to 21.5M (107.7% growth), while Iceland has grown from 297K to 413K (39.2% growth).
  • Chad is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 69.5M people compared to the peak of 445K people in 2049 for Iceland.

Chad vs Iceland: live population counter

Chad Iceland
Current population
21450865
412970
Population rank 64/197 172/197
Percent of world population 0.26% 0.005%
One net population change
32.2 seconds
46.7 minutes
One birth every
38.5 seconds
2.02 hours
One death every
2.47 minutes
3.37 hours
One migration net change every
2.58 minutes
2.47 hours
Annual migration change +204,040 +3,543
Daily growth/decline +2,685 +31
Annual growth/decline +980,059 +11,261
Annual growth/decline rate +5.07% +2.86%
Population growth rate rank 2/197 21/197

Chad and Iceland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Chad
Population

Growth rate
Iceland
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Chad Iceland Chad Iceland
1960 3,049,838 175,574 - -
1961 3,111,947 179,029 2.04% 1.97%
1962 3,175,598 182,378 2.05% 1.87%
1963 3,240,905 185,653 2.06% 1.8%
1964 3,307,479 188,983 2.05% 1.79%
1965 3,374,220 192,286 2.02% 1.75%
1966 3,440,903 195,570 1.98% 1.71%
1967 3,508,512 198,751 1.96% 1.63%
1968 3,578,231 201,488 1.99% 1.38%
1969 3,651,113 203,369 2.04% 0.93%
1970 3,727,828 204,438 2.1% 0.53%
1971 3,807,316 206,098 2.13% 0.81%
1972 3,893,252 209,137 2.26% 1.47%
1973 3,985,909 212,317 2.38% 1.52%
1974 4,078,356 215,209 2.32% 1.36%
1975 4,167,234 217,979 2.18% 1.29%
1976 4,251,297 220,154 2.02% 1%
1977 4,331,667 221,799 1.89% 0.75%
1978 4,411,366 223,537 1.84% 0.78%
1979 4,505,384 225,735 2.13% 0.98%
1980 4,515,453 228,138 0.22% 1.06%
1981 4,520,959 230,755 0.12% 1.15%
1982 4,738,483 233,860 4.81% 1.35%
1983 4,979,130 236,977 5.08% 1.33%
1984 5,045,145 239,511 1.33% 1.07%
1985 5,096,269 241,405 1.01% 0.79%
1986 5,251,069 243,180 3.04% 0.74%
1987 5,438,309 245,859 3.57% 1.1%
1988 5,625,602 249,740 3.44% 1.58%
1989 5,819,586 252,852 3.45% 1.25%
1990 5,982,833 254,826 2.81% 0.78%
1991 6,205,676 257,797 3.72% 1.17%
1992 6,474,656 261,057 4.33% 1.26%
1993 6,629,146 263,725 2.39% 1.02%
1994 6,783,450 266,021 2.33% 0.87%
1995 7,089,064 267,468 4.51% 0.54%
1996 7,410,108 268,916 4.53% 0.54%
1997 7,670,366 271,128 3.51% 0.82%
1998 7,938,840 274,047 3.5% 1.08%
1999 8,222,705 277,381 3.58% 1.22%
2000 8,512,093 281,205 3.52% 1.38%
2001 8,804,124 284,968 3.43% 1.34%
2002 9,116,192 287,523 3.54% 0.9%
2003 9,487,833 289,521 4.08% 0.69%
2004 9,920,036 292,074 4.56% 0.88%
2005 10,328,092 296,734 4.11% 1.6%
2006 10,706,424 303,782 3.66% 2.38%
2007 11,081,660 311,566 3.5% 2.56%
2008 11,476,296 317,414 3.56% 1.88%
2009 11,893,754 318,499 3.64% 0.34%
2010 12,312,575 318,041 3.52% -0.14%
2011 12,754,997 319,014 3.59% 0.31%
2012 13,210,998 320,716 3.58% 0.53%
2013 13,691,079 323,764 3.63% 0.95%
2014 14,188,678 327,386 3.63% 1.12%
2015 14,647,621 330,815 3.23% 1.05%
2016 15,114,655 335,439 3.19% 1.4%
2017 15,622,759 343,400 3.36% 2.37%
2018 16,156,531 352,721 3.42% 2.71%
2019 16,685,223 360,563 3.27% 2.22%
2020 17,224,679 366,463 3.23% 1.64%
2021 17,828,273 372,520 3.5% 1.65%
2022 18,455,316 382,003 3.52% 2.55%
2023 19,319,064 393,349 4.68% 2.97%
2024 20,299,123 404,610 5.07% 2.86%
2025 21,003,694 409,614 3.47% 1.24%
2026 21,560,377 413,792 2.65% 1.02%
2027 22,175,373 417,406 2.85% 0.87%
2028 22,847,740 420,691 3.03% 0.79%
2029 23,526,035 423,592 2.97% 0.69%
2030 24,207,481 426,158 2.9% 0.61%
2031 24,897,231 428,479 2.85% 0.54%
2032 25,596,224 430,544 2.81% 0.48%
2033 26,297,830 432,406 2.74% 0.43%
2034 26,997,395 434,083 2.66% 0.39%
2035 27,697,268 435,646 2.59% 0.36%
2036 28,410,489 437,132 2.58% 0.34%
2037 29,132,961 438,466 2.54% 0.31%
2038 29,856,451 439,670 2.48% 0.27%
2039 30,584,696 440,754 2.44% 0.25%
2040 31,307,329 441,687 2.36% 0.21%
2041 32,035,111 442,487 2.32% 0.18%
2042 32,777,662 443,200 2.32% 0.16%
2043 33,525,238 443,884 2.28% 0.15%
2044 34,272,313 444,457 2.23% 0.13%
2045 35,026,384 444,812 2.2% 0.08%
2046 35,788,056 445,028 2.17% 0.05%
2047 36,546,910 445,183 2.12% 0.03%
2048 37,317,460 445,283 2.11% 0.02%
2049 38,088,916 445,335 2.07% 0.01%
2050 38,857,671 445,330 2.02% -0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chad increased by 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chad gained 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Chad was ranked 78th most populous country in 2005 and is 64th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.

Biggest cities by population

Chad
City Population
N'Djamena 1.09M
Sarh 108K
Abeche 76.5K
Bongor 27.8K
Bol 11.7K

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