Chad Population (LIVE)

20,866,875

Chad Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of the Republic of Chad is 20,857,048 as of Monday, April 21, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Chad 2025 population is estimated at 21,003,705 people at mid-year.
Chad population is equivalent to 0.26% of the total world population.
Chad ranks number 64 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Chad is 17 per Km² (43 people per mi²).
The total land area is 1,259,200 Km² (486,180 sq. miles).
22.38% of the population is urban (4,700,984 people in 2025)
The median age in Chad is 15.8 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Chad (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Chad Global Rank
2025	21,003,705	3.47%	704,582	−123,104	15.8	5.94	17	22.4%	4,700,984	0.26%	8,231,613,070	64
2024	20,299,123	5.07%	980,059	204,040	15.7	6.03	16	22.2%	4,508,833	0.25%	8,161,972,572	65
2023	19,319,064	4.68%	863,748	496,830	15.4	6.12	15	22.4%	4,326,026	0.24%	8,091,734,930	66
2022	18,455,316	3.51%	615,319	36,670	15.1	6.21	15	22.5%	4,152,209	0.23%	8,021,407,192	67
2020	17,224,679	3.29%	515,412	36,605	14.9	6.35	14	22.2%	3,830,260	0.22%	7,887,001,292	70
2015	14,647,621	3.53%	467,009	−48,918	14.6	6.71	12	21.5%	3,154,216	0.20%	7,470,491,872	71
2010	12,312,575	3.58%	396,897	10,427	14.6	6.99	10	21.2%	2,613,400	0.18%	7,021,732,148	73
2005	10,328,092	3.94%	363,200	19,281	14.6	7.13	8	21.3%	2,194,746	0.16%	6,586,970,132	78
2000	8,512,093	3.73%	284,606	−3,845	14.6	7.25	7	21.2%	1,805,052	0.14%	6,171,702,993	85
1995	7,089,064	3.45%	221,246	152,232	14.9	7.29	6	21.2%	1,503,250	0.12%	5,758,878,982	91
1990	5,982,833	3.26%	177,313	−58,884	15.2	7.22	5	20.7%	1,239,707	0.11%	5,327,803,110	93
1985	5,096,269	2.45%	116,163	−30,686	15.2	7.04	4	19.8%	1,007,073	0.10%	4,868,943,465	97
1980	4,515,453	1.62%	69,644	−210,126	15.6	6.91	4	18.8%	847,659	0.10%	4,447,606,236	100
1975	4,167,234	2.25%	87,881	−22,768	16.8	6.88	3	15.3%	636,342	0.10%	4,070,735,277	99
1970	3,727,828	2.01%	70,722	−8,931	17.5	6.53	3	11.3%	421,481	0.10%	3,694,683,794	100
1965	3,374,220	2.04%	64,876	−4,384	18.2	6.34	3	8.2%	278,207	0.10%	3,334,533,703	100
1960	3,049,838	1.99%	57,118	−672	18.9	6.25	2	6.6%	200,952	0.10%	3,015,470,894	99
1955	2,764,249	1.82%	47,759	−237	19.5	6.15	2	5.4%	150,299	0.10%	2,740,213,792	98

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Chad Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Chad Global Rank
2030	24,207,479	2.88%	640,755	−8,545	16	5.44	19	24%	5,819,271	0.28%	8,569,124,911	62
2035	27,697,279	2.73%	697,960	−12,649	16.7	4.97	22	26.2%	7,245,968	0.31%	8,885,210,181	61
2040	31,307,342	2.48%	722,013	−24,995	17.5	4.55	25	28.6%	8,967,814	0.34%	9,177,190,203	58
2045	35,026,393	2.27%	743,810	−1,894	18.6	4.17	28	31.3%	10,957,996	0.37%	9,439,639,668	53
2050	38,857,686	2.1%	766,259	−11,582	19.8	3.85	31	34%	13,219,846	0.40%	9,664,378,587	52

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Chad Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Chad

Life Expectancy

55.4 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

62.4

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

97.1

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Chad Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Chad delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Chad (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Chad in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.