Population of Chad

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Chad is 17,785,829 as of March 30, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Chad is projected at 16,914,985 or 16.91 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Chad is projected at 16,425,864 or 16.43 million people for the year 2020. Chad ranks number 72th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Chad is ranked 24th among 58 countries in Africa.

Chad's population will be increased year by year. The Chad population is projected to reach 21.69 million in 2030 and increase further to 34.03 million in 2050 and 61.85 million by 2100. Chad accounts for 0.21 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.11% in 1986 and is projected to increase by 0.57% by 2100.

Chad was at 97th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 43rd in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Chad population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,502,319	-	-	0.10
1951	2,543,883	41,564	1.66	0.10
1952	2,588,878	44,995	1.77	0.10
1953	2,636,243	47,365	1.83	0.10
1954	2,685,187	48,944	1.86	0.10
1955	2,735,198	50,011	1.86	0.10
1956	2,786,049	50,851	1.86	0.10
1957	2,837,766	51,717	1.86	0.10
1958	2,890,634	52,868	1.86	0.10
1959	2,945,102	54,468	1.88	0.10
1960	3,001,609	56,507	1.92	0.10
1961	3,060,368	58,759	1.96	0.10
1962	3,121,236	60,868	1.99	0.10
1963	3,183,572	62,336	2.00	0.10
1964	3,246,523	62,951	1.98	0.10
1965	3,309,586	63,063	1.94	0.10
1966	3,372,189	62,603	1.89	0.10
1967	3,434,825	62,636	1.86	0.10
1968	3,499,362	64,537	1.88	0.10
1969	3,568,398	69,036	1.97	0.10
1970	3,643,604	75,206	2.11	0.10
1971	3,726,189	82,585	2.27	0.10
1972	3,815,260	89,071	2.39	0.10
1973	3,907,889	92,629	2.43	0.10
1974	3,999,921	92,032	2.36	0.10
1975	4,088,564	88,643	2.22	0.10
1976	4,173,135	84,571	2.07	0.10
1977	4,255,248	82,113	1.97	0.10
1978	4,337,291	82,043	1.93	0.10
1979	4,422,745	85,454	1.97	0.10
1980	4,514,430	91,685	2.07	0.10
1981	4,612,849	98,419	2.18	0.10
1982	4,718,162	105,313	2.28	0.10
1983	4,832,321	114,159	2.42	0.10
1984	4,957,558	125,237	2.59	0.10
1985	5,095,401	137,843	2.78	0.10
1986	5,247,283	151,882	2.98	0.11
1987	5,412,847	165,564	3.16	0.11
1988	5,589,626	176,779	3.27	0.11
1989	5,773,920	184,294	3.30	0.11
1990	5,963,252	189,332	3.28	0.11
1991	6,157,079	193,827	3.25	0.11
1992	6,356,748	199,669	3.24	0.12
1993	6,563,922	207,174	3.26	0.12
1994	6,781,053	217,131	3.31	0.12
1995	7,010,145	229,092	3.38	0.12
1996	7,250,975	240,830	3.44	0.12
1997	7,503,493	252,518	3.48	0.13
1998	7,770,048	266,555	3.55	0.13
1999	8,053,536	283,488	3.65	0.13
2000	8,355,654	302,118	3.75	0.14
2001	8,678,051	322,397	3.86	0.14
2002	9,019,233	341,182	3.93	0.14
2003	9,373,916	354,683	3.93	0.15
2004	9,734,767	360,851	3.85	0.15
2005	10,096,633	361,866	3.72	0.15
2006	10,457,124	360,491	3.57	0.16
2007	10,818,024	360,900	3.45	0.16
2008	11,183,588	365,564	3.38	0.16
2009	11,560,147	376,559	3.37	0.17
2010	11,952,136	391,989	3.39	0.17
2011	12,360,990	408,854	3.42	0.18
2012	12,784,750	423,760	3.43	0.18
2013	13,220,433	435,683	3.41	0.18
2014	13,663,566	443,133	3.35	0.19
2015	14,110,975	447,409	3.27	0.19
2016	14,561,660	450,685	3.19	0.20
2017	15,016,753	455,093	3.13	0.20
2018	15,477,729	460,976	3.07	0.20
2019	15,946,876	469,147	3.03	0.21

Chad population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	16,425,864	478,988	3.00	0.21
2021	16,914,985	489,121	2.98	0.21
2022	17,413,580	498,595	2.95	0.22
2023	17,921,184	507,604	2.91	0.22
2024	18,437,030	515,846	2.88	0.23
2025	18,960,529	523,499	2.84	0.23
2026	19,491,497	530,968	2.80	0.24
2027	20,030,003	538,506	2.76	0.24
2028	20,575,994	545,991	2.73	0.24
2029	21,129,475	553,481	2.69	0.25
2030	21,690,381	560,906	2.65	0.25
2031	22,258,555	568,174	2.62	0.26
2032	22,833,728	575,173	2.58	0.26
2033	23,415,479	581,751	2.55	0.27
2034	24,003,351	587,872	2.51	0.27
2035	24,596,920	593,569	2.47	0.28
2036	25,195,866	598,946	2.44	0.28
2037	25,800,003	604,137	2.40	0.29
2038	26,409,247	609,244	2.36	0.29
2039	27,023,571	614,324	2.33	0.30
2040	27,642,860	619,289	2.29	0.30
2041	28,266,934	624,074	2.26	0.31
2042	28,895,416	628,482	2.22	0.31
2043	29,527,853	632,437	2.19	0.32
2044	30,163,707	635,854	2.15	0.32
2045	30,802,500	638,793	2.12	0.32
2046	31,443,912	641,412	2.08	0.33
2047	32,087,707	643,795	2.05	0.33
2048	32,733,649	645,942	2.01	0.34
2049	33,381,593	647,944	1.98	0.34
2050	34,031,311	649,718	1.95	0.35
2051	34,682,513	651,202	1.91	0.35
2052	35,334,872	652,359	1.88	0.36
2053	35,988,158	653,286	1.85	0.36
2054	36,642,112	653,954	1.82	0.37
2055	37,296,466	654,354	1.79	0.37
2056	37,950,949	654,483	1.75	0.38
2057	38,605,208	654,259	1.72	0.38
2058	39,258,865	653,657	1.69	0.39
2059	39,911,491	652,626	1.66	0.39
2060	40,562,702	651,211	1.63	0.40
2061	41,212,146	649,444	1.60	0.40
2062	41,859,513	647,367	1.57	0.41
2063	42,504,461	644,948	1.54	0.41
2064	43,146,635	642,174	1.51	0.42
2065	43,785,711	639,076	1.48	0.42
2066	44,421,347	635,636	1.45	0.43
2067	45,053,208	631,861	1.42	0.43
2068	45,681,009	627,801	1.39	0.44
2069	46,304,417	623,408	1.36	0.44
2070	46,923,140	618,723	1.34	0.45
2071	47,536,859	613,719	1.31	0.45
2072	48,145,223	608,364	1.28	0.46
2073	48,747,950	602,727	1.25	0.46
2074	49,344,728	596,778	1.22	0.47
2075	49,935,261	590,533	1.20	0.47
2076	50,519,259	583,998	1.17	0.48
2077	51,096,393	577,134	1.14	0.48
2078	51,666,246	569,853	1.12	0.49
2079	52,228,340	562,094	1.09	0.49
2080	52,782,269	553,929	1.06	0.49
2081	53,327,726	545,457	1.03	0.50
2082	53,864,491	536,765	1.01	0.50
2083	54,392,368	527,877	0.98	0.51
2084	54,911,226	518,858	0.95	0.51
2085	55,420,895	509,669	0.93	0.52
2086	55,921,200	500,305	0.90	0.52
2087	56,411,917	490,717	0.88	0.52
2088	56,892,835	480,918	0.85	0.53
2089	57,363,761	470,926	0.83	0.53
2090	57,824,494	460,733	0.80	0.53
2091	58,274,909	450,415	0.78	0.54
2092	58,714,879	439,970	0.75	0.54
2093	59,144,313	429,434	0.73	0.55
2094	59,563,149	418,836	0.71	0.55
2095	59,971,302	408,153	0.69	0.55
2096	60,368,711	397,409	0.66	0.56
2097	60,755,332	386,621	0.64	0.56
2098	61,131,090	375,758	0.62	0.56
2099	61,495,933	364,843	0.60	0.57
2100	61,849,818	353,885	0.58	0.57