Chad
Life expectancy in Chad
Life expectancy in Chad: 35.2 years in 1950 and 55.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 55.1 years
- Since 1950
- +19.8 years
- Rank, 2023
- 228 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 65.3 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 65.3 years in 2100, between 51.2 years and 76.9 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Chad | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 55.1 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 54.5 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 53.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 53.1 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 53 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 52.5 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 51.9 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 51.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 51.3 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 51.1 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 51.1 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 50.8 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 50.4 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 50.1 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 49.8 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 49.5 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 49.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | 48.8 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 48.9 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 48.7 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 48.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 48.4 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 48.3 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 47.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 47.9 | 66 |
| 1998 | 47.8 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 47.8 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 47.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 47.5 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 47.1 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 47 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 46.8 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 46.6 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 45.1 | 64 |
| 1989 | 46.4 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 46.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 43.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 45.6 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 45.3 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 44.7 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 44.5 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 43.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 43.5 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 43.5 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 43.2 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 43 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 42.9 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 42.7 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 42.7 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 42.6 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 42.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 41.9 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 40.9 | 56 |
| 1970 | 41.4 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 41 | 56 |
| 1968 | 40.7 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 40.4 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 40.1 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 40.1 | 54 |
| 1964 | 40.1 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 39.9 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 39.6 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 39.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 39.2 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 39 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 38.7 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 38.3 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 37.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 37.4 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 36.8 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 36.3 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 35.9 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 35.5 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 35.2 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Chad | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55.253.6–57 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 55.452.9–57.7 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 55.652.6–58.4 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 55.752.5–59.2 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 55.952.2–59.6 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 56.151.9–60.1 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 56.251.7–60.5 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 56.451.6–61 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 56.551.5–61.4 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 56.751.2–61.6 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 56.851.1–61.9 | 75 |
| 2035 | 5751.1–62.3 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 57.151.1–62.6 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 57.351.2–63.2 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 57.551–63.5 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 57.650.8–63.9 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 57.751–64 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 57.950.8–64.3 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 58.150.8–64.8 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 58.250.6–65.1 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 58.450.7–65.2 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 58.550.3–65.5 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 58.650.3–65.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 58.850.1–66.2 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 58.950–66.2 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 59.150–66.8 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 59.250–67 | 77 |
| 2051 | 59.450.3–67.2 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 59.550–67.4 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 59.650.2–67.9 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 59.850.2–68.1 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 59.950.6–68.2 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 60.150.4–68.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 60.250.2–68.9 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 60.350.3–69.1 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 60.450.4–69.4 | 78 |
| 2060 | 60.650.3–69.7 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 60.750.1–70 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 60.850.1–69.9 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 6150.2–70.1 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 61.150.1–70.2 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 61.250.2–70.4 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 61.350–70.8 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 61.550.2–71 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 61.650.1–71.1 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 61.750.3–71.4 | 79 |
| 2070 | 61.950.2–71.6 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 6250.5–71.5 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 62.150.3–71.7 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 62.250.2–72 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 62.350.3–71.9 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 62.450.2–72.2 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 62.650.4–72.4 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 62.750.4–72.5 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 62.850.4–72.7 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 62.951–72.7 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 6350.9–73.1 | 80 |
| 2081 | 63.251–73.2 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 63.350.8–73.4 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 63.451–73.6 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 63.550.8–73.7 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 63.650.8–73.8 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 63.751.1–74.1 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 63.850.7–74.3 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 63.950.8–74.3 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 64.150.9–74.2 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 64.250.7–74.7 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 64.350.8–74.9 | 81 |
| 2092 | 64.450.9–75 | 81 |
| 2093 | 64.551.1–75.3 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 64.651–75.5 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 64.850.9–75.7 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 64.950.9–76 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 6551.1–76.2 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 65.150.8–76.5 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 65.251.1–76.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 65.351.2–76.9 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending3.19% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$598M in 2025
- Military spending per person$31 in 2025
- Military share of state spending15.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel45,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.85% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 1987