Chad
Population growth in Chad
Population growth in Chad: 1.77% a year in 1950 and 5.71% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 5.71% a year
- Since 1950
- +3.94 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 2 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- 0.46% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.46% a year in 2100, between -2.44% a year and 3.47% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 7.1% a year in 1982, the lowest -1.94% a year in 1980.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Chad | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.71 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 3.39 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 3.53 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 3.36 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 3.44 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 3.27 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 3.34 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 2.93 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 3.45 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 3.7 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 3.44 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 3.59 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 3.47 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 3.46 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 3.69 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 3.3 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 3.6 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 3.6 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 4.48 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 4.43 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 3.55 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 3.42 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 3.33 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 3.59 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 3.43 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 3.45 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 3.45 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 5.45 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 3.32 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 1.26 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 3.48 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 5.04 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.23 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 3.32 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 3.46 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 3.31 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 3.7 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 2.26 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | -0.26 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 2.91 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 7.1 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 2.18 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | -1.94 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 2.39 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 1.82 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 1.83 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 1.92 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 2.08 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 2.24 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.35 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.35 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.11 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.11 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 2.05 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 1.99 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 1.95 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1.94 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 1.97 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 2.03 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 2.04 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 2.03 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 2.02 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 2.01 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 2 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.99 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.96 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 1.94 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 1.89 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 1.85 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 1.81 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.78 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 1.76 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 1.77 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Chad | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.221.87–6.38 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 2.630.15–4.77 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 2.610.07–4.81 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 3.020.6–5.18 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 2.960.42–5.11 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 2.890.41–5.09 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 2.820.38–5.09 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 2.80.23–5.03 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 2.740.3–5.05 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 2.670.24–5.01 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 2.580.14–5.04 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 2.540.09–4.84 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 2.550.02–4.79 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 2.48-0.08–4.96 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 2.43-0.02–4.83 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 2.39-0.14–4.78 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 2.28-0.24–4.75 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 2.31-0.22–4.71 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 2.27-0.31–4.81 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 2.24-0.22–4.68 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 2.17-0.48–4.65 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 2.18-0.44–4.71 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 2.12-0.44–4.59 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 2.08-0.45–4.64 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 2.1-0.47–4.67 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 2-0.58–4.49 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 2-0.51–4.66 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 1.97-0.53–4.59 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 1.94-0.71–4.55 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 1.9-0.77–4.66 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 1.84-0.71–4.46 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 1.84-0.83–4.7 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 1.78-0.82–4.49 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 1.73-0.91–4.47 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 1.71-0.85–4.59 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 1.71-1–4.44 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 1.67-0.93–4.48 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 1.57-1.01–4.34 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 1.54-1.06–4.39 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 1.51-1.16–4.38 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 1.51-1.09–4.36 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 1.43-1.27–4.11 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 1.42-1.19–4.3 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 1.32-1.44–4.19 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 1.32-1.43–4.15 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 1.29-1.49–4.22 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 1.26-1.41–4.15 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 1.26-1.47–3.94 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 1.24-1.39–4.13 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 1.19-1.43–4.03 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 1.14-1.53–4.05 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 1.13-1.51–4.1 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 1.1-1.74–4.04 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 1.08-1.63–4.08 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 1.07-1.55–4.06 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 1.04-1.74–4.24 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.99-1.76–3.91 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.98-1.69–3.92 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.89-1.7–3.99 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.91-1.84–3.91 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 0.88-1.72–3.85 | -0 |
| 2085 | 0.86-1.9–3.78 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.81-2.12–3.77 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 0.79-1.82–3.83 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 0.74-1.92–3.81 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | 0.75-2.02–3.91 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | 0.74-2.27–3.56 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | 0.68-2.07–3.65 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | 0.67-2.18–3.66 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | 0.63-2.32–3.75 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | 0.57-2.38–3.75 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | 0.56-2.36–3.65 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | 0.56-2.42–3.74 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | 0.55-2.4–3.61 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | 0.47-2.28–3.76 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | 0.46-2.43–3.43 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | 0.46-2.44–3.47 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- 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