Demographics of Chad

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date11 May 2024

There are 9.46 million males and 9.39 million females in Chad. The percentage of the male population is 50.19%, compared to 49.81% of the female population. Chad has 73k more males than females. The sex ratio in Chad in 2024 will be 100.772 males per 100 females. Chad is in the 168th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Chad population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,512,6881.90
19552,756,1691.85
19603,028,6881.92
19653,336,3381.87
19703,667,3942.02
19754,084,1101.99
19804,408,230-2.10
19854,967,5902.25
19905,827,0692.17
19956,888,8565.46
20008,259,1373.28
200510,005,0123.54
201011,894,7273.42
201514,140,2742.93
202016,644,7013.19
202117,179,7403.14
202217,723,3153.09
202318,278,5683.08
202418,847,1483.05
  • Total
  • Crude

Chad death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195069,861117,34027.77446.650
195576,018127,32627.57746.189
196079,779138,59226.33545.749
196584,850151,57625.41245.396
197088,368171,54324.06146.708
197595,742199,64423.37448.740
198099,783217,62022.10348.206
1985103,251245,49120.72349.271
1990121,479306,74720.73752.362
1995130,801354,89919.19552.080
2000149,459424,08218.08851.324
2005168,246503,10716.82750.317
2010183,391579,93615.42148.764
2015193,993656,90813.69346.367
2020207,827729,83612.48643.849
2021214,803744,83412.50443.357
2022215,543765,64812.15743.184
2023214,940779,34611.75642.626
2024217,590794,34411.54242.136
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Chad

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950112,6042,389,7134.500
1955150,2992,584,9095.495
1960200,9522,800,6416.695
1965278,2073,031,3668.406
1970421,4813,222,06811.568
1975636,3423,451,60615.566
1980847,6593,664,38318.787
19851,007,0734,084,46219.779
19901,239,7074,717,15220.811
19951,503,2505,497,47221.473
20001,805,0526,537,50721.637
20052,194,7467,872,26321.801
20102,613,4009,273,80221.985
20153,154,21610,855,19722.515
20203,830,26012,454,83323.520
20213,987,07412,778,64023.781
20224,152,20913,103,33724.063
20234,326,02613,428,19424.366
20244,508,83313,752,23424.691
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Chad population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,763,537 1,713,421 3,476,959 18.45 102.925
05-09 1,479,214 1,439,390 2,918,604 15.49 102.767
10-14 1,264,002 1,229,075 2,493,077 13.23 102.842
15-19 1,047,699 1,020,277 2,067,977 10.97 102.688
20-24 839,512 825,036 1,664,548 8.83 101.755
25-29 688,599 682,623 1,371,222 7.28 100.875
30-34 559,990 559,564 1,119,554 5.94 100.076
35-39 441,316 445,955 887,271 4.71 98.960
40-44 355,481 363,205 718,686 3.81 97.873
45-49 303,091 313,289 616,380 3.27 96.745
50-54 242,810 254,958 497,767 2.64 95.235
55-59 177,196 191,642 368,838 1.96 92.462
60-64 125,753 140,300 266,053 1.41 89.632
65-69 82,451 95,454 177,905 0.94 86.378
70-74 49,379 60,100 109,480 0.58 82.161
75-79 24,746 31,142 55,888 0.30 79.462
80-84 11,085 15,181 26,266 0.14 73.019
85-89 3,326 5,327 8,653 0.05 62.437
90-94 580 1,207 1,786 0.01 48.053
95-99 59 159 217 0.00 37.107
100+ 4 13 18 0.00 30.769
Total 9,459,830 9,387,318 18,847,149 100.772