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Population in Chad compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Chad was 20,299,123 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chad's population is 21,450,865 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 16 times bigger than Chad's.
  • Chad is ranked the 64th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.41% of the world: 0.26% for Chad vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Chad has had an average growth rate of +3.65% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Chad has increased from 10.3M people to 21.5M (107.7% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • Chad is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 69.5M people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.

Chad vs United States: live population counter

Chad United States
Current population
21450865
343323530
Population rank 64/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.26% 4.15%
One net population change
32.2 seconds
6.07 seconds
One birth every
38.5 seconds
8.8 seconds
One death every
2.47 minutes
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
2.58 minutes
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change +204,040 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline +2,685 +14,236
Annual growth/decline +980,059 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate +5.07% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 2/197 72/197

Chad and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Chad
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Chad United States Chad United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 3,049,838 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 3,111,947 183,691,481 2.04% 1.67%
1962 3,175,598 186,537,737 2.05% 1.55%
1963 3,240,905 189,241,798 2.06% 1.45%
1964 3,307,479 191,888,791 2.05% 1.4%
1965 3,374,220 194,302,963 2.02% 1.26%
1966 3,440,903 196,560,338 1.98% 1.16%
1967 3,508,512 198,712,056 1.96% 1.09%
1968 3,578,231 200,706,052 1.99% 1%
1969 3,651,113 202,676,946 2.04% 0.98%
1970 3,727,828 205,052,174 2.1% 1.17%
1971 3,807,316 207,660,677 2.13% 1.27%
1972 3,893,252 209,896,021 2.26% 1.08%
1973 3,985,909 211,908,788 2.38% 0.96%
1974 4,078,356 213,853,928 2.32% 0.92%
1975 4,167,234 215,973,199 2.18% 0.99%
1976 4,251,297 218,035,164 2.02% 0.95%
1977 4,331,667 220,239,425 1.89% 1.01%
1978 4,411,366 222,584,545 1.84% 1.06%
1979 4,505,384 225,055,487 2.13% 1.11%
1980 4,515,453 226,542,250 0.22% 0.66%
1981 4,520,959 229,465,744 0.12% 1.29%
1982 4,738,483 231,664,432 4.81% 0.96%
1983 4,979,130 233,792,014 5.08% 0.92%
1984 5,045,145 235,824,908 1.33% 0.87%
1985 5,096,269 237,923,734 1.01% 0.89%
1986 5,251,069 240,132,831 3.04% 0.93%
1987 5,438,309 242,288,936 3.57% 0.9%
1988 5,625,602 244,499,004 3.44% 0.91%
1989 5,819,586 246,819,222 3.45% 0.95%
1990 5,982,833 250,131,894 2.81% 1.34%
1991 6,205,676 253,492,503 3.72% 1.34%
1992 6,474,656 256,894,189 4.33% 1.34%
1993 6,629,146 260,255,352 2.39% 1.31%
1994 6,783,450 263,435,673 2.33% 1.22%
1995 7,089,064 266,557,091 4.51% 1.18%
1996 7,410,108 269,667,391 4.53% 1.17%
1997 7,670,366 272,911,760 3.51% 1.2%
1998 7,938,840 276,115,288 3.5% 1.17%
1999 8,222,705 279,294,713 3.58% 1.15%
2000 8,512,093 282,162,411 3.52% 1.03%
2001 8,804,124 284,968,955 3.43% 0.99%
2002 9,116,192 287,625,193 3.54% 0.93%
2003 9,487,833 290,107,933 4.08% 0.86%
2004 9,920,036 292,805,298 4.56% 0.93%
2005 10,328,092 295,516,599 4.11% 0.93%
2006 10,706,424 298,379,912 3.66% 0.97%
2007 11,081,660 301,231,207 3.5% 0.96%
2008 11,476,296 304,093,966 3.56% 0.95%
2009 11,893,754 306,771,529 3.64% 0.88%
2010 12,312,575 309,327,143 3.52% 0.83%
2011 12,754,997 311,583,481 3.59% 0.73%
2012 13,210,998 313,877,662 3.58% 0.74%
2013 13,691,079 316,059,947 3.63% 0.7%
2014 14,188,678 318,386,329 3.63% 0.74%
2015 14,647,621 320,738,994 3.23% 0.74%
2016 15,114,655 323,071,755 3.19% 0.73%
2017 15,622,759 325,122,128 3.36% 0.63%
2018 16,156,531 326,838,199 3.42% 0.53%
2019 16,685,223 328,329,953 3.27% 0.46%
2020 17,224,679 331,526,933 3.23% 0.97%
2021 17,828,273 331,893,745 3.5% 0.11%
2022 18,455,316 333,271,411 3.52% 0.42%
2023 19,319,064 334,914,895 4.68% 0.49%
2024 20,299,123 340,110,988 5.07% 1.55%
2025 21,003,694 341,931,772 3.47% 0.54%
2026 21,560,377 343,664,369 2.65% 0.51%
2027 22,175,373 345,331,185 2.85% 0.49%
2028 22,847,740 346,981,137 3.03% 0.48%
2029 23,526,035 348,601,982 2.97% 0.47%
2030 24,207,481 350,176,974 2.9% 0.45%
2031 24,897,231 351,725,612 2.85% 0.44%
2032 25,596,224 353,249,060 2.81% 0.43%
2033 26,297,830 354,749,644 2.74% 0.42%
2034 26,997,395 356,234,239 2.66% 0.42%
2035 27,697,268 357,694,316 2.59% 0.41%
2036 28,410,489 359,119,002 2.58% 0.4%
2037 29,132,961 360,517,853 2.54% 0.39%
2038 29,856,451 361,895,407 2.48% 0.38%
2039 30,584,696 363,229,908 2.44% 0.37%
2040 31,307,329 364,512,364 2.36% 0.35%
2041 32,035,111 365,753,139 2.32% 0.34%
2042 32,777,662 366,969,419 2.32% 0.33%
2043 33,525,238 368,146,925 2.28% 0.32%
2044 34,272,313 369,258,123 2.23% 0.3%
2045 35,026,384 370,318,770 2.2% 0.29%
2046 35,788,056 371,328,255 2.17% 0.27%
2047 36,546,910 372,299,116 2.12% 0.26%
2048 37,317,460 373,230,539 2.11% 0.25%
2049 38,088,916 374,119,803 2.07% 0.24%
2050 38,857,671 374,986,259 2.02% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chad increased by 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chad gained 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Chad was ranked 78th most populous country in 2005 and is 64th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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