Population of Chad

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jun 2024

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The current population of Chad is 20,537,016 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Chad is projected at 18,847,148, or 18.85 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Chad is projected at 18,278,568, or 18.28 million people for the year 2023.

Chad ranks 67th 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	2,488,828	2,512,688	47,720	1.899	0.10
1951	2,536,548	2,560,171	47,245	1.845	0.10
1952	2,583,793	2,607,678	47,771	1.832	0.10
1953	2,631,564	2,656,088	49,048	1.847	0.10
1954	2,680,612	2,705,622	50,021	1.849	0.10
1955	2,730,633	2,756,169	51,071	1.853	0.10
1956	2,781,704	2,807,901	52,393	1.866	0.10
1957	2,834,097	2,860,901	53,608	1.874	0.10
1958	2,887,705	2,915,287	55,163	1.892	0.10
1959	2,942,868	2,971,246	56,756	1.910	0.10
1960	2,999,624	3,028,688	58,127	1.919	0.10
1961	3,057,751	3,087,657	59,812	1.937	0.10
1962	3,117,563	3,148,242	61,357	1.949	0.10
1963	3,178,920	3,210,296	62,751	1.955	0.10
1964	3,241,671	3,273,419	63,496	1.940	0.10
1965	3,305,167	3,336,338	62,342	1.869	0.10
1966	3,367,509	3,398,664	62,310	1.833	0.10
1967	3,429,819	3,461,664	63,691	1.840	0.10
1968	3,493,510	3,526,770	66,520	1.886	0.10
1969	3,560,030	3,595,152	70,244	1.954	0.10
1970	3,630,274	3,667,394	74,240	2.024	0.10
1971	3,704,514	3,742,534	76,039	2.032	0.10
1972	3,780,553	3,824,399	87,693	2.293	0.10
1973	3,868,246	3,912,905	89,317	2.283	0.10
1974	3,957,563	4,000,559	85,993	2.150	0.10
1975	4,043,556	4,084,110	81,108	1.986	0.10
1976	4,124,664	4,163,051	76,775	1.844	0.10
1977	4,201,439	4,238,551	74,224	1.751	0.10
1978	4,275,663	4,313,479	75,631	1.753	0.10
1979	4,351,294	4,402,942	103,296	2.346	0.10
1980	4,454,590	4,408,230	-92,721	-2.103	0.10
1981	4,361,869	4,409,225	94,711	2.148	0.10
1982	4,456,580	4,622,828	332,495	7.196	0.10
1983	4,789,075	4,859,173	140,197	2.885	0.10
1984	4,929,272	4,920,556	-17,431	-0.354	0.10
1985	4,911,841	4,967,590	111,497	2.245	0.10
1986	5,023,338	5,118,160	189,644	3.706	0.10
1987	5,212,982	5,300,852	175,740	3.316	0.11
1988	5,388,722	5,483,038	188,632	3.441	0.11
1989	5,577,354	5,670,619	186,530	3.290	0.11
1990	5,763,884	5,827,069	126,370	2.169	0.11
1991	5,890,254	6,042,428	304,349	5.038	0.11
1992	6,194,603	6,302,926	216,647	3.438	0.11
1993	6,411,250	6,448,280	74,061	1.149	0.12
1994	6,485,311	6,592,998	215,375	3.267	0.12
1995	6,700,686	6,888,856	376,340	5.464	0.12
1996	7,077,026	7,200,291	246,529	3.424	0.12
1997	7,323,555	7,450,874	254,638	3.418	0.13
1998	7,578,193	7,709,115	261,844	3.397	0.13
1999	7,840,037	7,981,889	283,704	3.555	0.13
2000	8,123,741	8,259,137	270,792	3.279	0.13
2001	8,394,533	8,538,804	288,542	3.380	0.14
2002	8,683,075	8,838,369	310,587	3.514	0.14
2003	8,993,662	9,196,366	405,408	4.409	0.14
2004	9,399,070	9,613,503	428,866	4.462	0.15
2005	9,827,936	10,005,012	354,152	3.540	0.15
2006	10,182,088	10,365,614	367,052	3.541	0.16
2007	10,549,140	10,722,731	347,182	3.238	0.16
2008	10,896,322	11,098,664	404,684	3.647	0.16
2009	11,301,006	11,496,128	390,244	3.395	0.17
2010	11,691,250	11,894,727	406,954	3.422	0.17
2011	12,098,204	12,317,730	439,053	3.565	0.17
2012	12,537,257	12,754,906	435,298	3.413	0.18
2013	12,972,555	13,216,766	488,423	3.696	0.18
2014	13,460,978	13,697,126	472,295	3.448	0.19
2015	13,933,273	14,140,274	414,002	2.928	0.19
2016	14,347,275	14,592,585	490,620	3.362	0.19
2017	14,837,895	15,085,884	495,978	3.288	0.20
2018	15,333,873	15,604,210	540,674	3.465	0.20
2019	15,874,547	16,126,866	504,638	3.129	0.21
2020	16,379,185	16,644,701	531,033	3.191	0.21
2021	16,910,218	17,179,740	539,044	3.138	0.22

Chad population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	17,449,262	17,723,315	548,105	3.093	0.22
2023	17,997,367	18,278,568	562,401	3.077	0.23
2024	18,559,768	18,847,148	574,761	3.050	0.23
2025	19,134,529	19,425,960	582,862	3.001	0.24
2026	19,717,391	20,013,209	591,635	2.956	0.24
2027	20,309,026	20,610,497	602,941	2.926	0.25
2028	20,911,967	21,217,718	611,502	2.882	0.25
2029	21,523,469	21,833,626	620,314	2.841	0.26
2030	22,143,783	22,460,393	633,221	2.819	0.26
2031	22,777,004	23,097,491	640,974	2.775	0.27
2032	23,417,978	23,742,563	649,169	2.734	0.27
2033	24,067,147	24,395,658	657,022	2.693	0.28
2034	24,724,169	25,057,645	666,953	2.662	0.28
2035	25,391,122	25,729,890	677,536	2.633	0.29
2036	26,068,658	26,409,296	681,276	2.580	0.30
2037	26,749,934	27,095,478	691,088	2.551	0.30
2038	27,441,022	27,791,218	700,392	2.520	0.31
2039	28,141,414	28,494,382	705,936	2.478	0.31
2040	28,847,350	29,202,529	710,357	2.433	0.32
2041	29,557,707	29,916,883	718,353	2.401	0.32
2042	30,276,060	30,634,772	717,424	2.342	0.33
2043	30,993,484	31,353,517	720,065	2.297	0.33
2044	31,713,549	32,075,501	723,905	2.257	0.34
2045	32,437,454	32,800,555	726,202	2.214	0.35
2046	33,163,656	33,528,227	729,142	2.175	0.35
2047	33,892,798	34,258,637	731,677	2.136	0.36
2048	34,624,475	34,991,776	734,601	2.099	0.36
2049	35,359,076	35,722,806	727,459	2.036	0.37
2050	36,086,535	36,452,035	731,001	2.005	0.38
2051	36,817,536	37,183,463	731,854	1.968	0.38
2052	37,549,390	37,917,318	735,856	1.941	0.39
2053	38,285,246	38,652,662	734,833	1.901	0.39
2054	39,020,079	39,388,683	737,207	1.872	0.40
2055	39,757,286	40,122,175	729,778	1.819	0.40
2056	40,487,064	40,851,944	729,759	1.786	0.41
2057	41,216,823	41,579,327	725,008	1.744	0.42
2058	41,941,831	42,300,929	718,197	1.698	0.42
2059	42,660,028	43,017,002	713,948	1.660	0.43
2060	43,373,976	43,728,710	709,468	1.622	0.43
2061	44,083,444	44,440,721	714,554	1.608	0.44
2062	44,797,998	45,149,124	702,251	1.555	0.45
2063	45,500,249	45,848,606	696,714	1.520	0.45
2064	46,196,963	46,543,424	692,922	1.489	0.46
2065	46,889,885	47,234,990	690,210	1.461	0.46
2066	47,580,095	47,923,729	687,268	1.434	0.47
2067	48,267,363	48,608,679	682,633	1.404	0.47
2068	48,949,996	49,286,166	672,340	1.364	0.48
2069	49,622,336	49,955,967	667,261	1.336	0.49
2070	50,289,597	50,619,092	658,991	1.302	0.49
2071	50,948,588	51,271,870	646,563	1.261	0.50
2072	51,595,151	51,915,595	640,888	1.234	0.50
2073	52,236,039	52,548,499	624,920	1.189	0.51
2074	52,860,959	53,172,130	622,343	1.170	0.51
2075	53,483,302	53,791,047	615,490	1.144	0.52
2076	54,098,792	54,398,910	600,235	1.103	0.52
2077	54,699,027	54,993,728	589,403	1.072	0.53
2078	55,288,430	55,578,510	580,161	1.044	0.53
2079	55,868,591	56,150,753	564,323	1.005	0.54
2080	56,432,914	56,711,611	557,394	0.983	0.54
2081	56,990,308	57,265,033	549,449	0.959	0.55
2082	57,539,757	57,806,993	534,471	0.925	0.55
2083	58,074,228	58,333,897	519,338	0.890	0.56
2084	58,593,566	58,849,510	511,887	0.870	0.56
2085	59,105,453	59,351,060	491,214	0.828	0.57
2086	59,596,667	59,838,664	483,993	0.809	0.57
2087	60,080,660	60,317,401	473,481	0.785	0.58
2088	60,554,141	60,781,014	453,745	0.747	0.58
2089	61,007,886	61,223,537	431,303	0.704	0.59
2090	61,439,189	61,650,800	423,222	0.686	0.59
2091	61,862,411	62,066,433	408,045	0.657	0.60
2092	62,270,456	62,464,944	388,975	0.623	0.60
2093	62,659,431	62,849,132	379,403	0.604	0.60
2094	63,038,834	63,221,227	364,786	0.577	0.61
2095	63,403,620	63,579,346	351,451	0.553	0.61
2096	63,755,071	63,923,225	336,308	0.526	0.62
2097	64,091,379	64,252,463	322,169	0.501	0.62
2098	64,413,548	64,567,060	307,025	0.476	0.62
2099	64,720,573	64,866,185	291,223	0.449	0.63
2100	65,011,796	65,152,512	281,432	0.432	0.63