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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	Sudan	Chad	Sudan
1960	3,049,838	8,364,489	-	-
1961	3,111,947	8,634,941	2.04%	3.23%
1962	3,175,598	8,919,028	2.05%	3.29%
1963	3,240,905	9,218,077	2.06%	3.35%
1964	3,307,479	9,531,109	2.05%	3.4%
1965	3,374,220	9,858,030	2.02%	3.43%
1966	3,440,903	10,197,578	1.98%	3.44%
1967	3,508,512	10,550,597	1.96%	3.46%
1968	3,578,231	10,917,999	1.99%	3.48%
1969	3,651,113	11,298,936	2.04%	3.49%
1970	3,727,828	11,695,771	2.1%	3.51%
1971	3,807,316	12,105,539	2.13%	3.5%
1972	3,893,252	12,527,856	2.26%	3.49%
1973	3,985,909	13,049,315	2.38%	4.16%
1974	4,078,356	13,580,723	2.32%	4.07%
1975	4,167,234	14,064,798	2.18%	3.56%
1976	4,251,297	14,569,716	2.02%	3.59%
1977	4,331,667	15,086,614	1.89%	3.55%
1978	4,411,366	15,695,003	1.84%	4.03%
1979	4,505,384	16,355,352	2.13%	4.21%
1980	4,515,453	17,058,905	0.22%	4.3%
1981	4,520,959	17,780,572	0.12%	4.23%
1982	4,738,483	18,486,645	4.81%	3.97%
1983	4,979,130	19,109,770	5.08%	3.37%
1984	5,045,145	19,546,528	1.33%	2.29%
1985	5,096,269	19,905,872	1.01%	1.84%
1986	5,251,069	20,288,238	3.04%	1.92%
1987	5,438,309	20,704,904	3.57%	2.05%
1988	5,625,602	21,138,431	3.44%	2.09%
1989	5,819,586	21,578,022	3.45%	2.08%
1990	5,982,833	22,021,481	2.81%	2.06%
1991	6,205,676	22,470,676	3.72%	2.04%
1992	6,474,656	22,927,355	4.33%	2.03%
1993	6,629,146	23,445,592	2.39%	2.26%
1994	6,783,450	24,043,948	2.33%	2.55%
1995	7,089,064	24,672,143	4.51%	2.61%
1996	7,410,108	25,231,528	4.53%	2.27%
1997	7,670,366	25,799,821	3.51%	2.25%
1998	7,938,840	26,458,999	3.5%	2.55%
1999	8,222,705	27,130,613	3.58%	2.54%
2000	8,512,093	27,816,745	3.52%	2.53%
2001	8,804,124	28,516,770	3.43%	2.52%
2002	9,116,192	29,228,727	3.54%	2.5%
2003	9,487,833	29,896,035	4.08%	2.28%
2004	9,920,036	30,556,637	4.56%	2.21%
2005	10,328,092	31,262,444	4.11%	2.31%
2006	10,706,424	31,992,435	3.66%	2.34%
2007	11,081,660	32,764,135	3.5%	2.41%
2008	11,476,296	33,623,980	3.56%	2.62%
2009	11,893,754	34,569,113	3.64%	2.81%
2010	12,312,575	35,414,399	3.52%	2.45%
2011	12,754,997	36,140,806	3.59%	2.05%
2012	13,210,998	36,923,178	3.58%	2.16%
2013	13,691,079	37,785,849	3.63%	2.34%
2014	14,188,678	38,823,318	3.63%	2.75%
2015	14,647,621	40,024,431	3.23%	3.09%
2016	15,114,655	41,259,892	3.19%	3.09%
2017	15,622,759	42,714,306	3.36%	3.53%
2018	16,156,531	44,230,596	3.42%	3.55%
2019	16,685,223	45,548,175	3.27%	2.98%
2020	17,224,679	46,789,231	3.23%	2.72%
2021	17,828,273	48,066,924	3.5%	2.73%
2022	18,455,316	49,383,346	3.52%	2.74%
2023	19,319,064	50,042,791	4.68%	1.34%
2024	20,299,123	50,448,963	5.07%	0.81%
2025	21,003,694	51,662,152	3.47%	2.4%
2026	21,560,377	53,282,718	2.65%	3.14%
2027	22,175,373	54,724,215	2.85%	2.71%
2028	22,847,740	55,993,833	3.03%	2.32%
2029	23,526,035	57,275,443	2.97%	2.29%
2030	24,207,481	58,571,624	2.9%	2.26%
2031	24,897,231	59,872,936	2.85%	2.22%
2032	25,596,224	61,179,476	2.81%	2.18%
2033	26,297,830	62,497,205	2.74%	2.15%
2034	26,997,395	63,822,356	2.66%	2.12%
2035	27,697,268	65,148,317	2.59%	2.08%
2036	28,410,489	66,470,018	2.58%	2.03%
2037	29,132,961	67,791,240	2.54%	1.99%
2038	29,856,451	69,107,712	2.48%	1.94%
2039	30,584,696	70,416,631	2.44%	1.89%
2040	31,307,329	71,730,604	2.36%	1.87%
2041	32,035,111	73,056,213	2.32%	1.85%
2042	32,777,662	74,387,562	2.32%	1.82%
2043	33,525,238	75,723,670	2.28%	1.8%
2044	34,272,313	77,066,454	2.23%	1.77%
2045	35,026,384	78,415,205	2.2%	1.75%
2046	35,788,056	79,767,271	2.17%	1.72%
2047	36,546,910	81,115,241	2.12%	1.69%
2048	37,317,460	82,463,202	2.11%	1.66%
2049	38,088,916	83,828,356	2.07%	1.66%
2050	38,857,671	85,206,384	2.02%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chad increased by 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chad gained 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Chad was ranked 78th most populous country in 2005 and is 64th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.