Chad
Median age in Chad
Median age in Chad: 20.3 years in 1950 and 15.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 15.4 years
- Since 1950
- −4.9 years
- Rank, 2023
- 227 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 31.7 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 31.7 years in 2100, between 18.5 years and 35.9 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 20.3 years in 1950, the lowest 14.4 years in 2002.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Chad | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.4 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 15.1 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 15 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 14.9 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 14.8 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 14.8 | 29 |
| 2017 | 14.7 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 14.7 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 14.6 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 14.7 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 14.6 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 14.6 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 14.6 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 14.6 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 14.6 | 27 |
| 2008 | 14.6 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 14.6 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 14.6 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 14.6 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 14.6 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 14.5 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 14.4 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 14.5 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 14.6 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 14.6 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 14.7 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 14.9 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 15 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 15 | 24 |
| 1994 | 14.8 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 15.1 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 15.4 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 15.3 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 15.2 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 15.4 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 15.3 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 15.3 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 15.2 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 15.2 | 22 |
| 1984 | 15.6 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 15.9 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 15.5 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 15.1 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 15.6 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 16 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 16.2 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 16.4 | 21 |
| 1976 | 16.6 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 16.8 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 17 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 17.1 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 17.3 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 17.4 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 17.5 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 17.6 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 17.7 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 17.8 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 18 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 18.2 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 18.3 | 21 |
| 1963 | 18.5 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 18.6 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 18.7 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 18.9 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 19 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 19.1 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 19.3 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 19.4 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 19.5 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 19.7 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 19.8 | 22 |
| 1952 | 20 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 20.1 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 20.3 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Chad | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.715.7–15.8 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 15.815.8–15.9 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 15.715.8–16 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 15.815.7–16.2 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 15.915.7–16.4 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 15.915.7–16.7 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 1615.6–17 | 32 |
| 2031 | 16.215.5–17.3 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 16.315.5–17.7 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 16.415.4–18 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 16.515.3–18.4 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 16.715.3–18.8 | 33 |
| 2036 | 16.815.2–19.2 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 1715.2–19.7 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 17.115.2–20.1 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 17.315.1–20.6 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 17.515.1–21 | 34 |
| 2041 | 17.715.2–21.5 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 17.915.3–22 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 18.115.4–22.5 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 18.415.5–23 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 18.615.6–23.4 | 35 |
| 2046 | 18.915.7–23.9 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 19.115.8–24.3 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 19.315.8–24.8 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 19.515.9–25.2 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 19.815.9–25.6 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 2015.9–26.1 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 20.215.9–26.4 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 20.515.9–26.8 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 20.715.9–27.1 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 20.915.9–27.5 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 21.115.9–27.8 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 21.415.9–28.2 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 21.615.9–28.5 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 21.815.9–28.8 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 22.115.9–29.1 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 22.315.9–29.4 | 38 |
| 2062 | 22.515.9–29.6 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 22.815.9–29.9 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 2315.9–30.2 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 23.216–30.5 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 23.516–30.8 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 23.716.1–31.1 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 2416.1–31.4 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 24.216.2–31.7 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 24.516.2–32 | 39 |
| 2071 | 24.716.3–32.3 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 2516.3–32.5 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 25.216.4–32.8 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 25.516.5–33 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 25.716.5–33.2 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 2616.6–33.4 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 26.216.6–33.6 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 26.516.7–33.7 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 26.716.8–33.9 | 40 |
| 2080 | 2716.9–33.9 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 27.217–33.9 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 27.517–34 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 27.717.1–34.1 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 2817.2–34.2 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 28.217.2–34.2 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 28.517.3–34.3 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 28.717.3–34.5 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 2917.3–34.7 | 41 |
| 2089 | 29.217.3–34.8 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 29.517.4–35 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 29.717.4–35.1 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 29.917.5–35.3 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 30.217.6–35.4 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 30.417.7–35.4 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 30.617.8–35.5 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 30.817.9–35.5 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 3118–35.6 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 31.318.1–35.7 | 42 |
| 2099 | 31.518.3–35.7 | 42 |
| 2100 | 31.718.5–35.9 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- 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