The latest officially reported population of Chad was 20,299,123 in 2024 vs 2,402,306 people in Moldova in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chad's population is 21,567,098 people compared to 2,343,963 in Moldova.
Population statistics:
- Chad's population is 9.2 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Chad is ranked the 64th most populous country in the world, while Moldova is the 144th.
- The countries together account for 0.29% of the world: 0.26% for Chad vs 0.03% for Moldova.
- For the last 10 years, Chad has had an average growth rate of +3.65% per year vs -1.57% in Moldova.
- Since 2006, the population of Chad has increased from 10.7M people to 21.6M (101.4% growth), while Moldova has declined from 2.88M to 2.34M (18.6% decline).
- Chad is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 69.5M people, while Moldova's population already peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and is projected to decrease to 1.18M people by 2100.
Chad vs Moldova: live population counter
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| Current population |
21567098
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2343963
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| Population rank | 64/197 | 144/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.26% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
32.2 seconds
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9.47 minutes
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| One birth every |
38.5 seconds
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19.9 minutes
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| One death every |
2.47 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.58 minutes
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19.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +204,040 | -27,088 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,685 | -152 |
| Annual growth/decline | +980,059 | -55,477 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +5.07% | -2.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 2/197 | 196/197 |
Chad and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,049,838 | 2,058,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,111,947 | 2,103,327 | 2.04% | 2.2% |
| 1962 | 3,175,598 | 2,147,227 | 2.05% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 3,240,905 | 2,188,895 | 2.06% | 1.94% |
| 1964 | 3,307,479 | 2,228,000 | 2.05% | 1.79% |
| 1965 | 3,374,220 | 2,265,287 | 2.02% | 1.67% |
| 1966 | 3,440,903 | 2,301,871 | 1.98% | 1.61% |
| 1967 | 3,508,512 | 2,337,695 | 1.96% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 3,578,231 | 2,373,073 | 1.99% | 1.51% |
| 1969 | 3,651,113 | 2,408,469 | 2.04% | 1.49% |
| 1970 | 3,727,828 | 2,437,590 | 2.1% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 3,807,316 | 2,460,611 | 2.13% | 0.94% |
| 1972 | 3,893,252 | 2,484,742 | 2.26% | 0.98% |
| 1973 | 3,985,909 | 2,510,584 | 2.38% | 1.04% |
| 1974 | 4,078,356 | 2,538,164 | 2.32% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 4,167,234 | 2,566,998 | 2.18% | 1.14% |
| 1976 | 4,251,297 | 2,596,491 | 2.02% | 1.15% |
| 1977 | 4,331,667 | 2,626,298 | 1.89% | 1.15% |
| 1978 | 4,411,366 | 2,656,211 | 1.84% | 1.14% |
| 1979 | 4,505,384 | 2,683,035 | 2.13% | 1.01% |
| 1980 | 4,515,453 | 2,708,675 | 0.22% | 0.96% |
| 1981 | 4,520,959 | 2,735,987 | 0.12% | 1.01% |
| 1982 | 4,738,483 | 2,763,101 | 4.81% | 0.99% |
| 1983 | 4,979,130 | 2,791,207 | 5.08% | 1.02% |
| 1984 | 5,045,145 | 2,820,518 | 1.33% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 5,096,269 | 2,850,787 | 1.01% | 1.07% |
| 1986 | 5,251,069 | 2,883,057 | 3.04% | 1.13% |
| 1987 | 5,438,309 | 2,916,306 | 3.57% | 1.15% |
| 1988 | 5,625,602 | 2,948,891 | 3.44% | 1.12% |
| 1989 | 5,819,586 | 2,970,039 | 3.45% | 0.72% |
| 1990 | 5,982,833 | 2,977,912 | 2.81% | 0.27% |
| 1991 | 6,205,676 | 2,981,566 | 3.72% | 0.12% |
| 1992 | 6,474,656 | 2,980,965 | 4.33% | -0.02% |
| 1993 | 6,629,146 | 2,975,966 | 2.39% | -0.17% |
| 1994 | 6,783,450 | 2,966,745 | 2.33% | -0.31% |
| 1995 | 7,089,064 | 2,953,200 | 4.51% | -0.46% |
| 1996 | 7,410,108 | 2,947,293 | 4.53% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 7,670,366 | 2,936,413 | 3.51% | -0.37% |
| 1998 | 7,938,840 | 2,935,227 | 3.5% | -0.04% |
| 1999 | 8,222,705 | 2,930,622 | 3.58% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 8,512,093 | 2,924,668 | 3.52% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 8,804,124 | 2,918,135 | 3.43% | -0.22% |
| 2002 | 9,116,192 | 2,911,385 | 3.54% | -0.23% |
| 2003 | 9,487,833 | 2,903,198 | 4.08% | -0.28% |
| 2004 | 9,920,036 | 2,896,023 | 4.56% | -0.25% |
| 2005 | 10,328,092 | 2,888,985 | 4.11% | -0.24% |
| 2006 | 10,706,424 | 2,880,967 | 3.66% | -0.28% |
| 2007 | 11,081,660 | 2,874,299 | 3.5% | -0.23% |
| 2008 | 11,476,296 | 2,868,833 | 3.56% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 11,893,754 | 2,865,213 | 3.64% | -0.13% |
| 2010 | 12,312,575 | 2,862,354 | 3.52% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 12,754,997 | 2,860,699 | 3.59% | -0.06% |
| 2012 | 13,210,998 | 2,860,324 | 3.58% | -0.01% |
| 2013 | 13,691,079 | 2,859,558 | 3.63% | -0.03% |
| 2014 | 14,188,678 | 2,857,815 | 3.63% | -0.06% |
| 2015 | 14,647,621 | 2,835,978 | 3.23% | -0.76% |
| 2016 | 15,114,655 | 2,803,186 | 3.19% | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 15,622,759 | 2,755,189 | 3.36% | -1.71% |
| 2018 | 16,156,531 | 2,707,203 | 3.42% | -1.74% |
| 2019 | 16,685,223 | 2,664,224 | 3.27% | -1.59% |
| 2020 | 17,224,679 | 2,635,130 | 3.23% | -1.09% |
| 2021 | 17,828,273 | 2,595,809 | 3.5% | -1.49% |
| 2022 | 18,455,316 | 2,528,654 | 3.52% | -2.59% |
| 2023 | 19,319,064 | 2,457,783 | 4.68% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 20,299,123 | 2,402,306 | 5.07% | -2.26% |
| 2025 | 21,003,694 | 2,371,543 | 3.47% | -1.28% |
| 2026 | 21,560,377 | 2,343,963 | 2.65% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 22,175,373 | 2,321,110 | 2.85% | -0.97% |
| 2028 | 22,847,740 | 2,298,239 | 3.03% | -0.99% |
| 2029 | 23,526,035 | 2,275,251 | 2.97% | -1% |
| 2030 | 24,207,481 | 2,252,131 | 2.9% | -1.02% |
| 2031 | 24,897,231 | 2,229,191 | 2.85% | -1.02% |
| 2032 | 25,596,224 | 2,206,559 | 2.81% | -1.02% |
| 2033 | 26,297,830 | 2,183,929 | 2.74% | -1.03% |
| 2034 | 26,997,395 | 2,161,282 | 2.66% | -1.04% |
| 2035 | 27,697,268 | 2,138,754 | 2.59% | -1.04% |
| 2036 | 28,410,489 | 2,116,659 | 2.58% | -1.03% |
| 2037 | 29,132,961 | 2,095,127 | 2.54% | -1.02% |
| 2038 | 29,856,451 | 2,074,054 | 2.48% | -1.01% |
| 2039 | 30,584,696 | 2,053,352 | 2.44% | -1% |
| 2040 | 31,307,329 | 2,033,323 | 2.36% | -0.98% |
| 2041 | 32,035,111 | 2,014,222 | 2.32% | -0.94% |
| 2042 | 32,777,662 | 1,995,750 | 2.32% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 33,525,238 | 1,977,688 | 2.28% | -0.9% |
| 2044 | 34,272,313 | 1,960,241 | 2.23% | -0.88% |
| 2045 | 35,026,384 | 1,943,187 | 2.2% | -0.87% |
| 2046 | 35,788,056 | 1,926,432 | 2.17% | -0.86% |
| 2047 | 36,546,910 | 1,910,142 | 2.12% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 37,317,460 | 1,894,069 | 2.11% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 38,088,916 | 1,877,822 | 2.07% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 38,857,671 | 1,861,554 | 2.02% | -0.87% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Chad increased by 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Chad gained 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).
Chad was ranked 76th most populous country in 2006 and is 64th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.
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Population differences between Chad and Moldova
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| Life expectancy | 55.6 years | 71.6 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 16.8 years | 39.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 46:54 |
| Fertility rate | 6.12 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 41.8 ppl/mi² | 188.9 ppl/mi² |
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