The latest officially reported population of Chad was 20,299,123 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chad's population is 21,450,865 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.
Population statistics:
- Poland's population is 1.69 times bigger than Chad's.
- Chad is ranked the 64th most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
- The countries together account for 0.7% of the world: 0.26% for Chad vs 0.44% for Poland.
- For the last 10 years, Chad has had an average growth rate of +3.65% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
- Since 2005, the population of Chad has increased from 10.3M people to 21.5M (107.7% growth), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
- Chad is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 69.5M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.
Chad vs Poland: live population counter
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| Current population |
21450865
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36176920
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| Population rank | 64/197 | 46/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.26% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
32.2 seconds
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3.96 minutes
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| One birth every |
38.5 seconds
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
2.47 minutes
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1.29 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.58 minutes
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2.21 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +204,040 | -238,062 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,685 | -363 |
| Annual growth/decline | +980,059 | -132,646 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +5.07% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 2/197 | 179/197 |
Chad and Poland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,049,838 | 29,637,450 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,111,947 | 29,964,000 | 2.04% | 1.1% |
| 1962 | 3,175,598 | 30,308,500 | 2.05% | 1.15% |
| 1963 | 3,240,905 | 30,712,000 | 2.06% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 3,307,479 | 31,139,450 | 2.05% | 1.39% |
| 1965 | 3,374,220 | 31,444,950 | 2.02% | 0.98% |
| 1966 | 3,440,903 | 31,681,000 | 1.98% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 3,508,512 | 31,987,155 | 1.96% | 0.97% |
| 1968 | 3,578,231 | 32,294,655 | 1.99% | 0.96% |
| 1969 | 3,651,113 | 32,548,300 | 2.04% | 0.79% |
| 1970 | 3,727,828 | 32,664,300 | 2.1% | 0.36% |
| 1971 | 3,807,316 | 32,783,500 | 2.13% | 0.36% |
| 1972 | 3,893,252 | 33,055,650 | 2.26% | 0.83% |
| 1973 | 3,985,909 | 33,357,200 | 2.38% | 0.91% |
| 1974 | 4,078,356 | 33,678,899 | 2.32% | 0.96% |
| 1975 | 4,167,234 | 34,015,199 | 2.18% | 1% |
| 1976 | 4,251,297 | 34,356,300 | 2.02% | 1% |
| 1977 | 4,331,667 | 34,689,050 | 1.89% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 4,411,366 | 34,965,600 | 1.84% | 0.8% |
| 1979 | 4,505,384 | 35,247,217 | 2.13% | 0.81% |
| 1980 | 4,515,453 | 35,574,150 | 0.22% | 0.93% |
| 1981 | 4,520,959 | 35,898,587 | 0.12% | 0.91% |
| 1982 | 4,738,483 | 36,230,481 | 4.81% | 0.92% |
| 1983 | 4,979,130 | 36,571,808 | 5.08% | 0.94% |
| 1984 | 5,045,145 | 36,904,134 | 1.33% | 0.91% |
| 1985 | 5,096,269 | 37,201,885 | 1.01% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 5,251,069 | 37,456,119 | 3.04% | 0.68% |
| 1987 | 5,438,309 | 37,668,045 | 3.57% | 0.57% |
| 1988 | 5,625,602 | 37,824,487 | 3.44% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 5,819,586 | 37,961,529 | 3.45% | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 5,982,833 | 38,110,782 | 2.81% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 6,205,676 | 38,246,193 | 3.72% | 0.36% |
| 1992 | 6,474,656 | 38,363,667 | 4.33% | 0.31% |
| 1993 | 6,629,146 | 38,461,408 | 2.39% | 0.25% |
| 1994 | 6,783,450 | 38,542,652 | 2.33% | 0.21% |
| 1995 | 7,089,064 | 38,594,998 | 4.51% | 0.14% |
| 1996 | 7,410,108 | 38,624,370 | 4.53% | 0.08% |
| 1997 | 7,670,366 | 38,649,660 | 3.51% | 0.07% |
| 1998 | 7,938,840 | 38,663,481 | 3.5% | 0.04% |
| 1999 | 8,222,705 | 38,660,271 | 3.58% | -0.008% |
| 2000 | 8,512,093 | 38,258,629 | 3.52% | -1.04% |
| 2001 | 8,804,124 | 38,248,076 | 3.43% | -0.03% |
| 2002 | 9,116,192 | 38,230,364 | 3.54% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 9,487,833 | 38,204,570 | 4.08% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 9,920,036 | 38,182,222 | 4.56% | -0.06% |
| 2005 | 10,328,092 | 38,165,445 | 4.11% | -0.04% |
| 2006 | 10,706,424 | 38,141,267 | 3.66% | -0.06% |
| 2007 | 11,081,660 | 38,120,560 | 3.5% | -0.05% |
| 2008 | 11,476,296 | 38,125,759 | 3.56% | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 11,893,754 | 38,151,603 | 3.64% | 0.07% |
| 2010 | 12,312,575 | 38,042,794 | 3.52% | -0.29% |
| 2011 | 12,754,997 | 38,063,255 | 3.59% | 0.05% |
| 2012 | 13,210,998 | 38,063,164 | 3.58% | -0% |
| 2013 | 13,691,079 | 38,040,196 | 3.63% | -0.06% |
| 2014 | 14,188,678 | 38,011,735 | 3.63% | -0.07% |
| 2015 | 14,647,621 | 37,986,412 | 3.23% | -0.07% |
| 2016 | 15,114,655 | 37,970,087 | 3.19% | -0.04% |
| 2017 | 15,622,759 | 37,974,826 | 3.36% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 16,156,531 | 37,974,750 | 3.42% | -0% |
| 2019 | 16,685,223 | 37,965,475 | 3.27% | -0.02% |
| 2020 | 17,224,679 | 37,515,748 | 3.23% | -1.18% |
| 2021 | 17,828,273 | 36,981,559 | 3.5% | -1.42% |
| 2022 | 18,455,316 | 36,821,749 | 3.52% | -0.43% |
| 2023 | 19,319,064 | 36,687,353 | 4.68% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 20,299,123 | 36,554,707 | 5.07% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 21,003,694 | 36,176,920 | 3.47% | -1.03% |
| 2026 | 21,560,377 | 35,894,534 | 2.65% | -0.78% |
| 2027 | 22,175,373 | 35,753,988 | 2.85% | -0.39% |
| 2028 | 22,847,740 | 35,605,295 | 3.03% | -0.42% |
| 2029 | 23,526,035 | 35,447,860 | 2.97% | -0.44% |
| 2030 | 24,207,481 | 35,283,068 | 2.9% | -0.46% |
| 2031 | 24,897,231 | 35,111,838 | 2.85% | -0.49% |
| 2032 | 25,596,224 | 34,934,626 | 2.81% | -0.5% |
| 2033 | 26,297,830 | 34,753,118 | 2.74% | -0.52% |
| 2034 | 26,997,395 | 34,567,292 | 2.66% | -0.53% |
| 2035 | 27,697,268 | 34,377,478 | 2.59% | -0.55% |
| 2036 | 28,410,489 | 34,183,187 | 2.58% | -0.57% |
| 2037 | 29,132,961 | 33,984,777 | 2.54% | -0.58% |
| 2038 | 29,856,451 | 33,782,992 | 2.48% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 30,584,696 | 33,577,269 | 2.44% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 31,307,329 | 33,368,049 | 2.36% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 32,035,111 | 33,156,329 | 2.32% | -0.63% |
| 2042 | 32,777,662 | 32,941,367 | 2.32% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 33,525,238 | 32,722,775 | 2.28% | -0.66% |
| 2044 | 34,272,313 | 32,501,991 | 2.23% | -0.67% |
| 2045 | 35,026,384 | 32,278,695 | 2.2% | -0.69% |
| 2046 | 35,788,056 | 32,052,771 | 2.17% | -0.7% |
| 2047 | 36,546,910 | 31,824,481 | 2.12% | -0.71% |
| 2048 | 37,317,460 | 31,593,911 | 2.11% | -0.72% |
| 2049 | 38,088,916 | 31,360,713 | 2.07% | -0.74% |
| 2050 | 38,857,671 | 31,124,396 | 2.02% | -0.75% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chad increased by 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chad gained 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).
Chad was ranked 78th most populous country in 2005 and is 64th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.
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Population differences between Chad and Poland
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| Life expectancy | 55.4 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 42.7 years |
| Median age | 16.8 years | 42.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 6.12 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman |
| Population density | 41.8 ppl/mi² | 309 ppl/mi² |
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