The latest officially reported population of Chad was 20,299,123 in 2024 vs 68,560,157 people in Tanzania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chad's population is 21,567,098 people compared to 72,586,079 in Tanzania.
Population statistics:
- Tanzania's population is 3.37 times bigger than Chad's.
- Chad is ranked the 64th most populous country in the world, while Tanzania is the 20th.
- The countries together account for 1.14% of the world: 0.26% for Chad vs 0.88% for Tanzania.
- For the last 10 years, Chad has had an average growth rate of +3.65% per year vs +3.13% in Tanzania.
- Since 2006, the population of Chad has increased from 10.7M people to 21.6M (101.4% growth), while Tanzania has grown from 40.3M to 72.6M (80.1% growth).
- Chad is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 69.5M people compared to the peak of 263M people in 2100 for Tanzania.
Chad vs Tanzania: live population counter
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| Current population |
21567098
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72586079
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| Population rank | 64/197 | 20/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.26% | 0.88% |
| One net population change |
32.2 seconds
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16.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
38.5 seconds
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13.4 seconds
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| One death every |
2.47 minutes
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1.36 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.58 minutes
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17.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +204,040 | -29,865 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,685 | +5,322 |
| Annual growth/decline | +980,059 | +1,942,551 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +5.07% | +2.92% |
| Population growth rate rank | 2/197 | 18/197 |
Chad and Tanzania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,049,838 | 9,901,419 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,111,947 | 10,187,886 | 2.04% | 2.89% |
| 1962 | 3,175,598 | 10,487,756 | 2.05% | 2.94% |
| 1963 | 3,240,905 | 10,799,528 | 2.06% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 3,307,479 | 11,127,826 | 2.05% | 3.04% |
| 1965 | 3,374,220 | 11,470,728 | 2.02% | 3.08% |
| 1966 | 3,440,903 | 11,827,459 | 1.98% | 3.11% |
| 1967 | 3,508,512 | 12,200,109 | 1.96% | 3.15% |
| 1968 | 3,578,231 | 12,602,076 | 1.99% | 3.29% |
| 1969 | 3,651,113 | 13,036,700 | 2.04% | 3.45% |
| 1970 | 3,727,828 | 13,492,677 | 2.1% | 3.5% |
| 1971 | 3,807,316 | 13,971,451 | 2.13% | 3.55% |
| 1972 | 3,893,252 | 14,479,308 | 2.26% | 3.63% |
| 1973 | 3,985,909 | 15,010,101 | 2.38% | 3.67% |
| 1974 | 4,078,356 | 15,561,630 | 2.32% | 3.67% |
| 1975 | 4,167,234 | 16,138,361 | 2.18% | 3.71% |
| 1976 | 4,251,297 | 16,736,211 | 2.02% | 3.7% |
| 1977 | 4,331,667 | 17,352,929 | 1.89% | 3.68% |
| 1978 | 4,411,366 | 17,976,566 | 1.84% | 3.59% |
| 1979 | 4,505,384 | 18,592,038 | 2.13% | 3.42% |
| 1980 | 4,515,453 | 19,189,769 | 0.22% | 3.21% |
| 1981 | 4,520,959 | 19,784,703 | 0.12% | 3.1% |
| 1982 | 4,738,483 | 20,398,571 | 4.81% | 3.1% |
| 1983 | 4,979,130 | 21,079,874 | 5.08% | 3.34% |
| 1984 | 5,045,145 | 21,779,066 | 1.33% | 3.32% |
| 1985 | 5,096,269 | 22,501,693 | 1.01% | 3.32% |
| 1986 | 5,251,069 | 23,258,959 | 3.04% | 3.37% |
| 1987 | 5,438,309 | 24,030,378 | 3.57% | 3.32% |
| 1988 | 5,625,602 | 24,769,686 | 3.44% | 3.08% |
| 1989 | 5,819,586 | 25,438,759 | 3.45% | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 5,982,833 | 26,110,207 | 2.81% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 6,205,676 | 26,780,436 | 3.72% | 2.57% |
| 1992 | 6,474,656 | 27,457,588 | 4.33% | 2.53% |
| 1993 | 6,629,146 | 28,332,692 | 2.39% | 3.19% |
| 1994 | 6,783,450 | 29,442,356 | 2.33% | 3.92% |
| 1995 | 7,089,064 | 30,383,497 | 4.51% | 3.2% |
| 1996 | 7,410,108 | 30,945,762 | 4.53% | 1.85% |
| 1997 | 7,670,366 | 31,578,089 | 3.51% | 2.04% |
| 1998 | 7,938,840 | 32,420,458 | 3.5% | 2.67% |
| 1999 | 8,222,705 | 33,300,330 | 3.58% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 8,512,093 | 34,260,139 | 3.52% | 2.88% |
| 2001 | 8,804,124 | 35,198,299 | 3.43% | 2.74% |
| 2002 | 9,116,192 | 36,121,304 | 3.54% | 2.62% |
| 2003 | 9,487,833 | 37,089,555 | 4.08% | 2.68% |
| 2004 | 9,920,036 | 38,109,668 | 4.56% | 2.75% |
| 2005 | 10,328,092 | 39,182,076 | 4.11% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 10,706,424 | 40,294,902 | 3.66% | 2.84% |
| 2007 | 11,081,660 | 41,435,512 | 3.5% | 2.83% |
| 2008 | 11,476,296 | 42,570,728 | 3.56% | 2.74% |
| 2009 | 11,893,754 | 43,633,982 | 3.64% | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 12,312,575 | 44,758,488 | 3.52% | 2.58% |
| 2011 | 12,754,997 | 46,029,367 | 3.59% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 13,210,998 | 47,374,260 | 3.58% | 2.92% |
| 2013 | 13,691,079 | 48,824,128 | 3.63% | 3.06% |
| 2014 | 14,188,678 | 50,351,512 | 3.63% | 3.13% |
| 2015 | 14,647,621 | 52,020,962 | 3.23% | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 15,114,655 | 53,824,013 | 3.19% | 3.47% |
| 2017 | 15,622,759 | 55,652,890 | 3.36% | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 16,156,531 | 57,437,145 | 3.42% | 3.21% |
| 2019 | 16,685,223 | 59,174,891 | 3.27% | 3.03% |
| 2020 | 17,224,679 | 60,972,798 | 3.23% | 3.04% |
| 2021 | 17,828,273 | 62,830,412 | 3.5% | 3.05% |
| 2022 | 18,455,316 | 64,711,821 | 3.52% | 2.99% |
| 2023 | 19,319,064 | 66,617,606 | 4.68% | 2.95% |
| 2024 | 20,299,123 | 68,560,157 | 5.07% | 2.92% |
| 2025 | 21,003,694 | 70,545,858 | 3.47% | 2.9% |
| 2026 | 21,560,377 | 72,563,773 | 2.65% | 2.86% |
| 2027 | 22,175,373 | 74,604,804 | 2.85% | 2.81% |
| 2028 | 22,847,740 | 76,670,483 | 3.03% | 2.77% |
| 2029 | 23,526,035 | 78,773,192 | 2.97% | 2.74% |
| 2030 | 24,207,481 | 80,913,118 | 2.9% | 2.72% |
| 2031 | 24,897,231 | 83,087,927 | 2.85% | 2.69% |
| 2032 | 25,596,224 | 85,293,126 | 2.81% | 2.65% |
| 2033 | 26,297,830 | 87,520,491 | 2.74% | 2.61% |
| 2034 | 26,997,395 | 89,788,673 | 2.66% | 2.59% |
| 2035 | 27,697,268 | 92,091,418 | 2.59% | 2.56% |
| 2036 | 28,410,489 | 94,420,808 | 2.58% | 2.53% |
| 2037 | 29,132,961 | 96,775,766 | 2.54% | 2.49% |
| 2038 | 29,856,451 | 99,156,465 | 2.48% | 2.46% |
| 2039 | 30,584,696 | 101,567,525 | 2.44% | 2.43% |
| 2040 | 31,307,329 | 103,999,350 | 2.36% | 2.39% |
| 2041 | 32,035,111 | 106,448,475 | 2.32% | 2.35% |
| 2042 | 32,777,662 | 108,926,272 | 2.32% | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 33,525,238 | 111,433,788 | 2.28% | 2.3% |
| 2044 | 34,272,313 | 113,966,263 | 2.23% | 2.27% |
| 2045 | 35,026,384 | 116,525,463 | 2.2% | 2.25% |
| 2046 | 35,788,056 | 119,109,670 | 2.17% | 2.22% |
| 2047 | 36,546,910 | 121,721,018 | 2.12% | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 37,317,460 | 124,351,294 | 2.11% | 2.16% |
| 2049 | 38,088,916 | 126,981,394 | 2.07% | 2.12% |
| 2050 | 38,857,671 | 129,621,083 | 2.02% | 2.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Chad increased by 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Chad gained 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).
Chad was ranked 76th most populous country in 2006 and is 64th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.
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Population differences between Chad and Tanzania
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| Life expectancy | 55.6 years | 67.6 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 22.7 years |
| Median age | 16.8 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 6.12 births per woman | 4.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 41.8 ppl/mi² | 200.5 ppl/mi² |
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