Population 21,003,705
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Chad 2025 · 21M
0 5.25M 10.5M 15.75M 21M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 3,049,838 1961: 3,111,947 1962: 3,175,598 1963: 3,240,905 1964: 3,307,479 1965: 3,374,220 1966: 3,440,903 1967: 3,508,512 1968: 3,578,231 1969: 3,651,113 1970: 3,727,828 1971: 3,807,316 1972: 3,893,252 1973: 3,985,909 1974: 4,078,356 1975: 4,167,234 1976: 4,251,297 1977: 4,331,667 1978: 4,411,366 1979: 4,505,384 1980: 4,515,453 1981: 4,520,959 1982: 4,738,483 1983: 4,979,130 1984: 5,045,145 1985: 5,096,269 1986: 5,251,069 1987: 5,438,309 1988: 5,625,602 1989: 5,819,586 1990: 5,982,833 1991: 6,205,676 1992: 6,474,656 1993: 6,629,146 1994: 6,783,450 1995: 7,089,064 1996: 7,410,108 1997: 7,670,366 1998: 7,938,840 1999: 8,222,705 2000: 8,512,093 2001: 8,804,124 2002: 9,116,192 2003: 9,487,833 2004: 9,920,036 2005: 10,328,092 2006: 10,706,424 2007: 11,081,660 2008: 11,476,296 2009: 11,893,754 2010: 12,312,575 2011: 12,754,997 2012: 13,210,998 2013: 13,691,079 2014: 14,188,678 2015: 14,647,621 2016: 15,114,655 2017: 15,622,759 2018: 16,156,531 2019: 16,685,223 2020: 17,224,679 2021: 17,828,273 2022: 18,455,316 2023: 19,319,064 2024: 20,299,123 2025: 21,003,705 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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