🇹🇩Chad

N'Djamena

Africa

Low income

TCD

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Population

21M

3.5%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

6.03

births/woman

Life Expectancy

55.2y

GDP / capita

$1K

Pop. Growth

3.41%

Net Migration

-123.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Chad by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇩Sudan1.1M(85.6%)

+265%

🇨🇫Central African Republic115.5K(9.2%)

+53%

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Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male10.5MTotal 21M10.5MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇳🇬Nigeria14.8K(1.2%)

+516%

🇳🇪Niger4.1K(0.3%)

+62%

🇱🇾Libya1.7K(0.1%)

+62%

🇫🇷France1.4K(0.1%)

+62%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.1.1K(0.1%)

+62%

🇬🇦Gabon455(0.0%)

+61%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.399(0.0%)

+61%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Chad diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Chad who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇩Sudan179.1K(61.3%)

+123%

🇳🇬Nigeria33.5K(11.5%)

+39%

🇨🇲Cameroon30.9K(10.6%)

−38%

🇨🇫Central African Republic11.3K(3.9%)

−3%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.10.4K(3.6%)

+31%

🇸🇸South Sudan5.5K(1.9%)

+3%

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates5K(1.7%)

+50%

🇬🇦Gabon4.9K(1.7%)

+66%

🇦🇴Angola1.9K(0.7%)

72×

🇳🇪Niger1.9K(0.6%)

+152%

🇰🇼Kuwait1.5K(0.5%)

+33%

🇧🇯Benin1.1K(0.4%)

+42%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024