Demographics of Chad

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Chad is projected at 16.91 million, up by 2.98% compared with 16.43 million in 2020. Chad is ranked 72nd in terms of population and 9th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.69 million births in Chad in 2021. That is 1,888 per day, which is ranked 43rd. The crude birth rate is 40.66 per 1000 people. There are 0.2 million deaths in Chad in 2021. That is 535 per day, which is ranked 48th. The crude death rate is 11.53 per 1000 people.

3.99 million people are living in urban areas, which is 23.78% of Chad population. Chad is ranked 216th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Chad in 2021 is 99.70 males per 100 females. There are 8.44 million males and 8.47 million females in Chad. The percentage of female population is 50.07% compare to 49.93% male population. Chad has 25.4 thousand more females than males. Chad is at 114th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Chad population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,502,321	-
1955	2,735,205	1.86
1960	3,001,604	1.92
1965	3,309,583	1.94
1970	3,643,608	2.11
1975	4,088,568	2.22
1980	4,514,427	2.07
1985	5,095,400	2.78
1990	5,963,250	3.28
1995	7,010,159	3.38
2000	8,355,654	3.75
2005	10,096,630	3.72
2010	11,952,134	3.39
2015	14,110,971	3.27
2016	14,561,658	3.19
2017	15,016,761	3.13
2018	15,477,727	3.07
2019	15,946,882	3.03
2020	16,425,859	3.00
2021	16,914,985	2.98

Total
Crude

Chad death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	73,654	117,771	29.15	46.58
1955	76,741	126,627	28.02	46.26
1960	79,797	137,550	26.54	45.76
1965	82,968	150,615	25.06	45.55
1970	85,703	171,890	23.40	46.92
1975	89,442	199,040	21.94	48.86
1980	94,674	225,297	20.89	49.75
1985	101,240	257,857	19.73	50.26
1990	113,174	304,507	18.94	50.99
1995	129,496	361,952	18.39	51.41
2000	149,321	428,489	17.73	50.94
2005	167,999	497,757	16.64	49.33
2010	174,946	559,074	14.60	46.60
2015	180,619	617,740	12.77	43.73
2020	192,912	677,534	11.71	41.16
2021	195,426	689,153	11.53	40.66

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Chad

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	112,604	2,389,713	-	4.500
1955	150,299	2,584,909	6.00	5.495
1960	200,952	2,800,641	6.01	6.695
1965	278,207	3,031,366	8.79	8.406
1970	421,481	3,222,068	8.74	11.568
1975	636,342	3,451,606	8.20	15.566
1980	847,659	3,664,383	3.13	18.787
1985	1,007,073	4,084,462	3.83	19.779
1990	1,239,707	4,717,152	4.32	20.811
1995	1,503,250	5,497,472	3.53	21.473
2000	1,805,052	6,537,507	3.90	21.637
2005	2,194,746	7,872,263	3.83	21.801
2010	2,613,400	9,273,802	3.58	21.985
2015	3,154,216	10,855,197	3.90	22.515
2020	3,830,260	12,454,833	4.04	23.520
2021	3,987,074	12,778,640	4.09	23.781

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Chad population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,508,591	1,486,727	2,995,318	17.71	101.471
05-09	1,296,565	1,286,772	2,583,337	15.27	100.761
10-14	1,123,041	1,118,081	2,241,122	13.25	100.444
15-19	956,917	954,768	1,911,685	11.30	100.225
20-24	795,713	792,542	1,588,255	9.39	100.400
25-29	646,177	645,197	1,291,374	7.63	100.152
30-34	514,631	513,444	1,028,075	6.08	100.231
35-39	405,575	403,954	809,529	4.79	100.401
40-44	317,764	316,161	633,925	3.75	100.507
45-49	245,313	246,913	492,226	2.91	99.352
50-54	184,732	191,197	375,929	2.22	96.619
55-59	143,940	155,001	298,941	1.77	92.864
60-64	113,081	127,215	240,296	1.42	88.890
65-69	84,976	101,086	186,062	1.10	84.063
70-74	54,030	63,438	117,468	0.69	85.170
75-79	31,808	38,002	69,810	0.41	83.701
80-84	15,428	19,747	35,175	0.21	78.128
85-89	5,264	7,623	12,887	0.08	69.054
90-94	1,138	1,984	3,122	0.02	57.359
95-99	129	292	421	0.00	44.178
100+	7	21	28	0.00	33.333
Total	8,444,820	8,470,165	16,914,985		99.701