Population of Chad

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Dec 2024

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The current population of Chad is 21,012,803 as of April 30, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Chad is projected at 20,299,123, or 20.30 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Chad is projected at 19,319,064, or 19.32 million people for the year 2023.

Chad ranks 65th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Chad is ranked 23rd among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Chad population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,503,092	2,525,454	44,723	1.771	0.101
1951	2,547,815	2,570,407	45,183	1.758	0.101
1952	2,592,998	2,616,313	46,629	1.782	0.101
1953	2,639,627	2,663,771	48,287	1.813	0.101
1954	2,687,914	2,713,005	50,181	1.850	0.101
1955	2,738,095	2,764,249	52,308	1.892	0.101
1956	2,790,403	2,817,656	54,506	1.935	0.101
1957	2,844,909	2,873,083	56,348	1.961	0.101
1958	2,901,257	2,930,367	58,220	1.987	0.101
1959	2,959,477	2,989,322	59,690	1.997	0.101
1960	3,019,167	3,049,838	61,341	2.011	0.101
1961	3,080,508	3,111,947	62,877	2.021	0.102
1962	3,143,385	3,175,598	64,426	2.029	0.102
1963	3,207,811	3,240,905	66,187	2.042	0.102
1964	3,273,998	3,307,479	66,962	2.025	0.101
1965	3,340,960	3,374,220	66,521	1.972	0.101
1966	3,407,481	3,440,903	66,845	1.943	0.101
1967	3,474,326	3,508,512	68,373	1.949	0.101
1968	3,542,699	3,578,231	71,064	1.986	0.101
1969	3,613,763	3,651,113	74,701	2.046	0.101
1970	3,688,464	3,727,828	78,728	2.112	0.101
1971	3,767,192	3,807,316	80,249	2.108	0.101
1972	3,847,441	3,893,252	91,622	2.353	0.101
1973	3,939,063	3,985,909	93,691	2.351	0.102
1974	4,032,754	4,078,356	91,205	2.236	0.102
1975	4,123,959	4,167,234	86,550	2.077	0.102
1976	4,210,509	4,251,297	81,575	1.919	0.103
1977	4,292,084	4,331,667	79,166	1.828	0.103
1978	4,371,250	4,411,366	80,232	1.819	0.103
1979	4,451,482	4,505,384	107,804	2.393	0.103
1980	4,559,286	4,515,453	-87,667	-1.942	0.102
1981	4,471,619	4,520,959	98,681	2.183	0.100
1982	4,570,300	4,738,483	336,366	7.102	0.103
1983	4,906,666	4,979,130	144,928	2.911	0.106
1984	5,051,594	5,045,145	-12,899	-0.256	0.105
1985	5,038,695	5,096,269	115,147	2.260	0.105
1986	5,153,842	5,251,069	194,454	3.704	0.106
1987	5,348,296	5,438,309	180,026	3.311	0.108
1988	5,528,322	5,625,602	194,561	3.459	0.109
1989	5,722,883	5,819,586	193,406	3.324	0.111
1990	5,916,289	5,982,833	133,088	2.225	0.112
1991	6,049,377	6,205,676	312,599	5.038	0.115
1992	6,361,976	6,474,656	225,360	3.481	0.118
1993	6,587,336	6,629,146	83,620	1.261	0.119
1994	6,670,956	6,783,450	224,988	3.317	0.120
1995	6,895,944	7,089,064	386,240	5.450	0.123
1996	7,282,184	7,410,108	255,848	3.453	0.127
1997	7,538,032	7,670,366	264,668	3.451	0.129
1998	7,802,700	7,938,840	272,280	3.430	0.132
1999	8,074,980	8,222,705	295,450	3.593	0.135
2000	8,370,430	8,512,093	283,326	3.329	0.138
2001	8,653,756	8,804,124	300,736	3.416	0.141
2002	8,954,492	9,116,192	323,401	3.548	0.144
2003	9,277,893	9,487,833	419,880	4.426	0.148
2004	9,697,773	9,920,036	444,526	4.482	0.153
2005	10,142,299	10,328,092	371,585	3.598	0.157
2006	10,513,884	10,706,424	385,080	3.597	0.160
2007	10,898,964	11,081,660	365,393	3.298	0.164
2008	11,264,357	11,476,296	423,877	3.694	0.168
2009	11,688,234	11,893,754	411,039	3.456	0.172
2010	12,099,273	12,312,575	426,604	3.465	0.175
2011	12,525,877	12,754,997	458,240	3.593	0.179
2012	12,984,117	13,210,998	453,762	3.435	0.183
2013	13,437,879	13,691,079	506,401	3.699	0.188
2014	13,944,280	14,188,678	488,797	3.445	0.192
2015	14,433,077	14,647,621	429,088	2.930	0.196
2016	14,862,165	15,114,655	504,980	3.341	0.200
2017	15,367,145	15,622,759	511,228	3.273	0.204
2018	15,878,373	16,156,531	556,315	3.444	0.209
2019	16,434,688	16,685,223	501,070	3.003	0.214
2020	16,935,758	17,224,679	577,842	3.355	0.218
2021	17,513,600	17,828,273	629,347	3.530	0.224
2022	18,142,947	18,455,316	624,737	3.385	0.230
2023	18,767,684	19,319,064	1,102,760	5.710	0.239

Chad population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	19,870,444	20,299,123	857,358	4.224	0.249
2025	20,727,802	21,003,705	551,806	2.627	0.255
2026	21,279,608	21,560,380	561,544	2.605	0.260
2027	21,841,152	22,175,375	668,447	3.015	0.265
2028	22,509,599	22,847,750	676,301	2.960	0.271
2029	23,185,900	23,526,039	680,279	2.892	0.277
2030	23,866,179	24,207,479	682,600	2.820	0.282
2031	24,548,779	24,897,239	696,921	2.799	0.288
2032	25,245,700	25,596,232	701,063	2.739	0.294
2033	25,946,763	26,297,840	702,155	2.670	0.300
2034	26,648,918	26,997,408	696,979	2.582	0.306
2035	27,345,897	27,697,279	702,764	2.537	0.312
2036	28,048,661	28,410,504	723,687	2.547	0.318
2037	28,772,348	29,132,971	721,247	2.476	0.324
2038	29,493,595	29,856,456	725,721	2.431	0.329
2039	30,219,316	30,584,707	730,781	2.389	0.335
2040	30,950,097	31,307,342	714,490	2.282	0.341
2041	31,664,587	32,035,125	741,075	2.313	0.347
2042	32,405,662	32,777,673	744,022	2.270	0.353
2043	33,149,684	33,525,245	751,121	2.241	0.359
2044	33,900,805	34,272,321	743,032	2.168	0.365
2045	34,643,837	35,026,393	765,112	2.184	0.371
2046	35,408,949	35,788,067	758,236	2.119	0.377
2047	36,167,185	36,546,920	759,469	2.078	0.383
2048	36,926,654	37,317,470	781,632	2.095	0.390
2049	37,708,286	38,088,925	761,279	1.999	0.396
2050	38,469,565	38,857,686	776,242	1.998	0.402
2051	39,245,807	39,636,033	780,451	1.969	0.408
2052	40,026,258	40,417,241	781,966	1.935	0.415
2053	40,808,224	41,198,789	781,130	1.896	0.421
2054	41,589,354	41,975,488	772,269	1.840	0.428
2055	42,361,623	42,754,651	786,056	1.839	0.434
2056	43,147,679	43,535,493	775,629	1.782	0.441
2057	43,923,308	44,307,098	767,579	1.732	0.447
2058	44,690,887	45,076,265	770,756	1.710	0.454
2059	45,461,643	45,852,726	782,166	1.706	0.460
2060	46,243,809	46,632,974	778,330	1.669	0.467
2061	47,022,139	47,394,753	745,227	1.572	0.473
2062	47,767,366	48,138,588	742,445	1.542	0.480
2063	48,509,811	48,877,552	735,481	1.505	0.486
2064	49,245,292	49,618,990	747,396	1.506	0.492
2065	49,992,688	50,353,311	721,246	1.432	0.498
2066	50,713,934	51,077,560	727,253	1.424	0.505
2067	51,441,187	51,782,710	683,046	1.319	0.511
2068	52,124,233	52,470,753	693,040	1.321	0.517
2069	52,817,273	53,159,584	684,623	1.288	0.523
2070	53,501,896	53,842,126	680,461	1.264	0.528
2071	54,182,357	54,524,658	684,601	1.256	0.534
2072	54,866,958	55,209,884	685,851	1.242	0.540
2073	55,552,809	55,884,821	664,024	1.188	0.546
2074	56,216,833	56,539,258	644,850	1.141	0.552
2075	56,861,683	57,185,785	648,205	1.134	0.558
2076	57,509,888	57,827,024	634,272	1.097	0.564
2077	58,144,160	58,458,806	629,293	1.076	0.569
2078	58,773,453	59,090,653	634,400	1.074	0.575
2079	59,407,853	59,717,802	619,897	1.038	0.581
2080	60,027,750	60,327,438	599,376	0.994	0.587
2081	60,627,126	60,926,274	598,297	0.982	0.592
2082	61,225,423	61,499,867	548,888	0.893	0.598
2083	61,774,311	62,056,322	564,022	0.909	0.603
2084	62,338,333	62,614,533	552,399	0.882	0.609
2085	62,890,732	63,162,285	543,107	0.860	0.614
2086	63,433,839	63,691,683	515,689	0.810	0.619
2087	63,949,528	64,204,341	509,626	0.794	0.624
2088	64,459,154	64,696,819	475,331	0.735	0.629
2089	64,934,485	65,177,199	485,428	0.745	0.634
2090	65,419,913	65,661,962	484,098	0.737	0.639
2091	65,904,011	66,127,376	446,731	0.676	0.644
2092	66,350,742	66,573,216	444,948	0.668	0.649
2093	66,795,690	67,005,884	420,388	0.627	0.654
2094	67,216,078	67,409,184	386,212	0.573	0.658
2095	67,602,290	67,793,405	382,229	0.564	0.662
2096	67,984,519	68,175,869	382,700	0.561	0.667
2097	68,367,219	68,557,149	379,860	0.554	0.671
2098	68,747,079	68,907,302	320,446	0.465	0.675
2099	69,067,525	69,227,470	319,889	0.462	0.679
2100	69,387,414	69,546,607	318,386	0.458	0.683