Geography
Category : Chad

1) Natural Geography

Geography
 

Area > Comparative
 slightly more than three times the size of California
Area > Comparative to US places
 slightly more than three times the size of California
Area > Land 1,259,200 sq km [22nd of 238]
Area > Land (per capita) 124.533 sq km per 1,000 people [19th of 227]
Area > Total 1,284,000 sq km [27th of 250]
Area > Total (per capita) 126.986 sq km per 1,000 people [19th of 231]
Area > Water 24,800 sq km [22nd of 239]
Area > Water (per capita) 2,452.692 sq km per million people [18th of 225]
Capital city with population N'Djamena - 529,555
Climate
 tropical in south, desert in north
Coastline 0 km [266th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point Emi Koussi 3,415 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Djourab Depression 160 m
Forested Land 10.1% [147th of 193]
Geographic coordinates 15 00 N, 19 00 E
Geography > Note
 landlocked; Lake Chad is the most significant water body in the Sahel
Irrigated land 300 sq km [120th of 196]
Irrigated land (per capita) 32.847 sq km per million people [137th of 167]
Land area > sq. km 1,259,200 km² [21st of 206]
Land area > sq. km (per capita) 129.163 km² per 1,000 people [15th of 206]

Land boundaries > Border countries
 Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km

Land boundaries > Total 5,968 km [21st of 166]
Land boundaries > Total (per capita) 590.229 km per million people [28th of 164]
Land use > Arable land 2.8% [174th of 258]
Land use > Other 97.18% [57th of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops 0.02% [191st of 258]
Largest city Ndjamena
Largest city population 826,000 [97th of 174]
Largest city population (per capita) 0.086 per capita [130th of 174]
Largest city with population N'Djamena - 529,555
Location
 Central Africa, south of Libya
Map references
 Africa
Maritime claims none (landlocked)
Natural hazards
 hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues
Natural resources
 petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt
northernmost point > Latitude 23°30'N
Population density 6 people per sqkm [214th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 7.74 people/m² [190th of 204]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 191.44 people/km² of arable lan [121st of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 1,284,000 km² [20th of 206]
Surface area > sq. km (per capita) 131.707 km² per 1,000 people [15th of 207]
tallest mountains > Mountain Emi Koussi
Terrain
 broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, mountains in northwest, lowlands in south

 

SOURCES CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; World Development Indicators database; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; Wikipedia List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chad, Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Tchad


Environment
 

Acidification

0%

[87th of 141]

Adjusted savings; carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI

0.03 % of GNI

[164th of 179]

Adjusted savings; particulate emission damage > % of GNI

1.15 % of GNI

[19th of 165]

Areas under protection

9

[117th of 146]

Areas under protection (per capita)

0.931966 per 1 million people

[110th of 146]

Breeding birds threatened

1.35%

[103rd of 136]

Carbon efficiency

0.05 CO2 emissions/$ GDP

[139th of 141]

CFC consumption

203.79

[79th of 107]

CFC consumption (per capita)

0.0211028 per 1,000 people

[81st of 107]

CO2 Emissions

130.1

[170th of 178]

CO2 Emissions (per capita)

0.0134721 per 1,000 people

[175th of 176]

CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP

0.01 kg/PPP$

[161st of 170]

CO2 emissions > kt

117.22 kt

[190th of 195]

CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)

0.013 kt per 1,000 people

[193rd of 196]

CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating

2.5

[59th of 75]

Current issues
 inadequate supplies of potable water; improper waste disposal in rural areas contributes to soil and water pollution; desertification

Ecological footprint

0.75

[137th of 141]

Endangered species protection

50%

[89th of 141]

Fertiliser consumption

47.78 hundred grams/hectare

[119th of 141]

Forest area > % of land area

9.47 % of land area

[152nd of 195]

Forest area > sq. km

119,210 km²

[45th of 195]

Forest area > sq. km (per capita)

12,228.007 km² per 1,000 people

[42nd of 195]

Freshwater withdrawal

0.23

[106th of 124]

Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural

83%

[44th of 124]

Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic

17%

[56th of 124]

Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial

0%

[122nd of 124]

Groundwater withdrawals

15.7

[77th of 188]

International agreements > Party to
 Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

International agreements > Signed but not ratified
 Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping

Known breeding bird species

141

[120th of 146]

Known breeding bird species (per capita)

14.6008 per 1 million people

[87th of 146]

Known mammal species

134

[67th of 145]

Known mammal species (per capita)

13.8759 per 1 million people

[61st of 145]

Marine fish catch

0 tons

[120th of 141]

Marine fish catch (per capita)

0 tons per 1,000 people

[120th of 141]

Non-wildness

0.01%

[140th of 141]

NOx emissions per populated area

0.17 thousand metric tons/squ

[96th of 141]

PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter

126.75 mcg/m³

[10th of 185]

Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999

33

[184th of 199]

Protected area

9.1

[44th of 147]

SO2 emissions per populated area

100 thousand metric tons/squ

[124th of 141]

SO2 exports

841.98 hundred metric tons

[92nd of 141]

Threatened species

19

[98th of 158]

Threatened species > Mammal

14

[53rd of 160]

Total renewable water resources

43 cu km

[11th of 31]

Urban NO2 concentration

41.48 micrograms/m3

[100th of 141]

Urban SO2 concentration

126.77 micrograms/m3

[12th of 141]

Water > Availability

-3.28 thousand cubic metres

[140th of 141]

Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration

5.85 mls/litre

[117th of 141]

Water > Phosphorus concentration

0.36 mls/litre

[58th of 141]

Water > Salinisation

368.95

[100th of 141]

Water > Severe water stress

2.3

[75th of 140]

Water > Suspended solids

3.86 mls/litre

[111st of 141]

Wetlands of intl importance > Area

1,843 thousand hectares

[13th of 112]

Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)

190.846 thousand hectares per 1 m

[12th of 112]

Wildness

59.45%

[17th of 141]

SOURCES Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries; Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC; WRI, 2000. Original sources; World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC; World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland; 2000, and Redefining Progress.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC; World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; ; FAOSTAT on-line database; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the last wild places on the earth's surface. Accessed via ciesin.org; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, RAINS-ASIA and Co-operative Programme formonitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe (EMEP) via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Resources Institute, World Resources 1998-99; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2000; WHO,Air Management Information System-AMIS 2.0, 1998; and Global Urban Observatory, Citibase, 1999. via ciesin.org; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC; Island Press, 2001; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen, R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC; Island Press, 2001; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 via ciesin.org; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the lastwild places on the earth's surface. via ciesin.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chad, Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Tchad


2) Human Geography

Labor
 

CPIA building human resources rating 3 [64th of 75]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 36.64 [14th of 89]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 62.45 [17th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 81.55 [23rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 84.56 [64th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 86.86 [67th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 87.56 [66th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 87.46 [66th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 85.38 [64th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 84.51 [35th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 78.74 [26th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 66.99 [29th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 39.18 [45th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 38.58 [12th of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 65.9 [19th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 91.84 [9th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 97.12 [26th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 97.47 [64th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 98.29 [24th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 97.26 [66th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 96.79 [58th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 97.03 [8th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 90.16 [65th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 78.3 [57th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 59.71 [38th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 34.71 [14th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 59.02 [20th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 71.45 [56th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 72.17 [74th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 76.41 [66th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 77.07 [69th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 78.01 [63rd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 74.48 [61st of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 72.97 [45th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 68.43 [26th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 57.07 [23rd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 22.75 [51st of 167]
Economically active children, female 66.45 % [5th of 34]
Economically active children, male 73.45 % [1st of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 55.43 % [25th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, female 44.3 % [27th of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, male 65.99 % [20th of 34]
Economically active children, total 69.87 % [3rd of 34]
Economically active children, work only 44.57 % [10th of 34]
Economically active children, work only, female 55.7 % [8th of 33]
Economically active children, work only, male 34.01 % [15th of 34]
Female economic activity 67.2% [26th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 1% [94th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 35.8 weeks of wages [87th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 66 % [50th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 77.03 % [135th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 71.44 % [72nd of 184]
force with secondary education > % of total 26.2 % [15th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 0.6 % [20th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 46.94 % [31st of 184]
force, total 3,666,486 [89th of 184]
force, total (per capita) 0.376 per capita [157th of 184]
Labor force 3,747,000 [73rd of 132]
Labor force (per capita) 375,186.73 per million people [103rd of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
 agriculture more than 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 80% [1st of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry and services 20% [15th of 22]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date March 21, 2005
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 14 [108th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 14 weeks
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave
 Up to 10 days paid leave for family events concerning workers' home
Regulation 66 [19th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 93 [3rd of 123]
Regulation > Firing 27 [85th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 78 [4th of 123]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date June 8, 1961
Rigidity of employment index 60 [18th of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 12.8 % [132nd of 174]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 11.9 % [20th of 77]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 0.2 % [71st of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 1.1 % [71st of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 0.7 % [78th of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 15,000,000 $ [76th of 149]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 12.714 $ per $1,000 of GDP [43rd of 166]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 2.198 $ per 1,000 people [107th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 1,000,000 $ [123rd of 156]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 0.848 $ per $1,000 of GDP [143rd of 165]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 0.147 $ per capita [158th of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 715,051.6 BoP $ [74th of 115]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 606.054 BoP $ per $1 million of [106th of 142]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 104.768 BoP $ per 1,000 people [125th of 143]


SOURCES World Development Indicators database; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details; ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia; Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia; Parental leave ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; Wikipedia; Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chad, Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Tchad


People
 

African countries by population density > area

1,284,000

[5th of 56]

African countries by population density > pop. dens.

7

[50th of 56]

African countries by population density > population

8,997,237

[26th of 56]

Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population

1.01

[5th of 185]

Age structure > 0-14 years

47.9 %

[4th of 225]

Age structure > 0-14 years

47.9

[4th of 226]

Age structure > 0-14 years > Females

2,346,984

[66th of 225]

Age structure > 0-14 years > From total

47%

[6th of 227]

Age structure > 0-14 years > Males

2,408,638

[66th of 225]

Age structure > 15-64 years

49.4

[223rd of 226]

Age structure > 15-64 years

49.3 %

[222nd of 225]

Age structure > 15-64 years > Females

2,746,104

[88th of 225]

Age structure > 15-64 years > From total

50.1%

[218th of 227]

Age structure > 15-64 years > Males

2,317,406

[95th of 225]

Age structure > 65 years and over

2.7 %

[202nd of 225]

Age structure > 65 years and over > Females

168,644

[112nd of 225]

Age structure > 65 years and over > From total

2.9%

[186th of 227]

Age structure > 65 years and over > Males

123,561

[115th of 225]

Birth rate

41.61 births/1,000 population

[16th of 226]

Child Protection > Birth registration, % of rural

18

[50th of 52]

Child Protection > Birth registration, % of total

25

[52nd of 56]

Child Protection > Birth registration, % of urban

53

[42nd of 52]

Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of female

55

[5th of 46]

Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of male

60

[3rd of 46]

Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of poorest 20%

61

[6th of 43]

Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of richest 20%

42

[3rd of 43]

Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of rural

62

[5th of 42]

Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of total

57

[3rd of 46]

Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of urban

42

[4th of 42]

CPIA social protection rating

3

[51st of 75]

Death rate

16.39 deaths/1,000 population

[16th of 226]

Education expenditures

1.9 % of GDP

[53rd of 55]

Female population > Age 10-14

647,091

[71st of 224]

Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total

6.51

[13th of 224]

Female population > Age 15-19

532,709

[72nd of 224]

Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total

5.36

[70th of 224]

Female population > Age 20-24

440,070

[76th of 224]

Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total

4.43

[107th of 224]

Female population > Age 25-29

363,129

[82nd of 224]

Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total

3.65

[147th of 224]

Female population > Age 30-34

287,492

[86th of 224]

Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total

2.89

[200th of 224]

Female population > Age 35-39

233,588

[92nd of 224]

Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total

2.35

[199th of 224]

Female population > Age 40-44

189,369

[95th of 224]

Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total

1.9

[205th of 224]

Female population > Age 45-49

161,208

[100th of 224]

Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total

1.62

[205th of 224]

Female population > Age 50-54

137,554

[100th of 224]

Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total

1.38

[199th of 224]

Female population > Age 55-59

114,201

[102nd of 224]

Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total

1.15

[186th of 224]

Female population > Age 60-64

91,215

[99th of 224]

Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total

0.92

[172nd of 224]

Female population > Age 65-69

68,785

[107th of 224]

Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total

0.69

[176th of 224]

Female population > Age 70-74

47,340

[110th of 224]

Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total

0.48

[186th of 224]

Female population > Age 75-79

28,392

[113rd of 224]

Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total

0.29

[182nd of 224]

Female population > Age 80-84

19,890

[116th of 224]

Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total

0.2

[184th of 224]

Gender development

0.353

[136th of 141]

Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital

N'Djamena

Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
 20 (est.)

Male population > Age 10-14

652,245

[71st of 224]

Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total

6.56

[17th of 224]

Male population > Age 15-19

536,786

[72nd of 224]

Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total

5.4

[77th of 224]

Male population > Age 20-24

439,376

[76th of 224]

Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total

4.42

[120th of 224]

Male population > Age 25-29

356,366

[84th of 224]

Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total

3.58

[170th of 224]

Male population > Age 30-34

276,573

[90th of 224]

Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total

2.78

[221st of 224]

Male population > Age 35-39

216,535

[96th of 224]

Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total

2.18

[219th of 224]

Male population > Age 40-44

163,828

[105th of 224]

Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total

1.65

[219th of 224]

Male population > Age 45-49

129,344

[109th of 224]

Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total

1.3

[214th of 224]

Male population > Age 50-54

100,404

[110th of 224]

Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total

1.01

[215th of 224]

Male population > Age 55-59

77,267

[107th of 224]

Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total

0.78

[212nd of 224]

Male population > Age 60-64

59,461

[108th of 224]

Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total

0.6

[210th of 224]

Male population > Age 65-69

45,014

[116th of 224]

Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total

0.45

[213rd of 224]

Male population > Age 70-74

31,436

[119th of 224]

Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total

0.32

[209th of 224]

Male population > Age 75-79

18,907

[120th of 224]

Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total

0.19

[202nd of 224]

Male population > Age 80-84

12,308

[117th of 224]

Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total

0.12

[203rd of 224]

Median age > Female

17.5 years

[204th of 224]

Median age > Male

15.2 years

[219th of 224]

Median age > Total

16.4 years

[216th of 224]

Nationality > Adjective

Chadian

Nationality > Noun

Chadian(s)

Percentage living in rural areas.

75%

[22nd of 193]

Percentage living in urban areas

25%

[177th of 199]

Population

10,111,337

[81st of 242]

Population > CIA Factbook

10,111,337

[81st of 240]

Population ages 0-14 > % of total

47.25 %

[7th of 185]

Population ages 15-64 > % of total

49.71 %

[178th of 185]

Population ages 65 and above > % of total

3.04 %

[153rd of 185]

Population growth > annual %

3.14 annual %

[14th of 195]

Population growth rate

2.195%

[51st of 235]

Population in 2015

12,832

[72nd of 225]

Population in largest city

887,514

[111st of 118]

Population in largest city (per capita)

0.091 per capita

[83rd of 118]

Population in the largest city > % of urban population

35.98 %

[40th of 118]

Population, female > % of total

50.5 %

[83rd of 190]

Projected population growth

282.01%

[1st of 141]

Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates

2 Oct 1990

Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories

30 Sep 1990

Rural population

7,282,452

[61st of 193]

Rural population (per capita)

0.747 per capita

[27th of 194]

Rural population growth > annual %

2.63 annual %

[16th of 193]

Sex ratio > 15-64 years

0.92

[211st of 223]

Sex ratio > 15-64 years

0.84 male(s)/female

[217th of 224]

Sex ratio > 65 years and over

0.73 male(s)/female

[145th of 223]

Sex ratio > At birth

1.04 male(s)/female

[159th of 223]

Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65

0.92

[205th of 215]

Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth

1.04

[161st of 215]

Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65

0.66

[184th of 215]

Sex ratio > sex ratios > total

0.96

[166th of 215]

Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15

1.01

[196th of 215]

Sex ratio > Total population

0.92 male(s)/female

[202nd of 224]

Sex ratio > Under 15 years

1.03 male(s)/female

[161st of 224]

Total fertility rate

5.43 children born/woman

[20th of 225]

Total Population

9,944,201

[82nd of 227]

Total population > Age 10-14

1,299,336

[71st of 224]

Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total

13.07

[13th of 224]

Total population > Age 15-19

1,069,495

[72nd of 224]

Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total

10.75

[74th of 224]

Total population > Age 20-24

879,446

[76th of 224]

Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total

8.84

[113rd of 224]

Total population > Age 25-29

719,495

[83rd of 224]

Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total

7.24

[158th of 224]

Total population > Age 30-34

564,065

[88th of 224]

Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total

5.67

[213rd of 224]

Total population > Age 35-39

450,123

[94th of 224]

Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total

4.53

[212nd of 224]

Total population > Age 40-44

353,197

[98th of 224]

Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total

3.55

[215th of 224]

Total population > Age 45-49

290,552

[104th of 224]

Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total

2.92

[213rd of 224]

Total population > Age 50-54

237,958

[105th of 224]

Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total

2.39

[212nd of 224]

Total population > Age 55-59

191,468

[104th of 224]

Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total

1.93

[203rd of 224]

Total population > Age 60-64

150,676

[103rd of 224]

Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total

1.52

[195th of 224]

Total population > Age 65-69

113,799

[113rd of 224]

Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total

1.14

[201st of 224]

Total population > Age 70-74

78,776

[115th of 224]

Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total

0.79

[197th of 224]

Total population > Age 75-79

47,299

[115th of 224]

Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total

0.48

[192nd of 224]

Total population > Age 80-84

32,198

[117th of 224]

Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total

0.32

[190th of 224]

Total Population > Female

5,084,203

[81st of 227]

Total Population > Male

4,859,998

[80th of 227]

Urban population

2,466,480

[111st of 195]

Urban population (per capita)

0.253 per capita

[168th of 196]

Urban population growth > annual %

4.65 annual %

[12th of 195]

Urbanization

24

[184th of 204]

Urbanization in 1975

15.6%

[144th of 164]

Urbanization in 2015

30.9%

[146th of 164]

Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males

66

[120th of 144]

Women > Antenatal care coverage %

42

[124th of 133]

Women > Contraceptive prevalence %

8

[162nd of 170]

Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males

105

[115th of 173]

Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported

830

[10th of 154]

Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted

1,100

[11th of 166]

Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %

16

[168th of 172]


SOURCES Wikipedia; List of African countries by population density ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Wikipedia; Greek diaspora ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects; The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects; The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects; http//esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC; PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia; Sex ratio ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects; The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects; The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chad, Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Tchad


Mortality
 

Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people

19.72 per 1,000 people

[15th of 195]

rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults

470.81 per 1,000 female adults

[18th of 185]

rate, adult, male > per 1,000 male adults

495.47 per 1,000 male adults

[19th of 185]

rate, infant > per 1,000 live births

123.9 per 1,000 live births

[8th of 187]

rate, under-5 > per 1,000

208.3 per 1,000

[7th of 187]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chad, Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Tchad

Immigration

 

immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population 4.483 [84th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants 437,000 [67th of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world >0.5%
International migration stock > % of population 4.48 % [96th of 205]
International migration stock, total 437,049 [68th of 205]
Net migration 270,941 [15th of 180]
Net migration (per capita) 27.792 per 1 million people [14th of 185]
Net migration rate -3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 populati [145th of 225]
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 275,412 [8th of 151]
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (per capita) 28,250.482 per 1 million people [2nd of 162]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin 48,400 [28th of 77]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin (per capita) 4.965 per 1 million people [23rd of 77]
Refugees 12,060 [56th of 110]
Refugees (per capita) 1.24884 per 1,000 people [59th of 110]
Refugees > Convention on refugees 19 Aug 1981 a
Refugees > Outflow 55,000 [18th of 76]
Refugees > Outflow (per capita) 5.69535 per 1,000 people [12th of 76]
Refugees > US applications approved 1 [48th of 53]
Refugees > US applications approved (per capita) 0.000103552 per 1,000 people [43rd of 52]
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed 0 [34th of 39]
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed (per capita) 0 per 1,000 people [33rd of 38]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs 178,918 [14th of 40]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs (per capita) 18.099 per 1,000 people [14th of 40]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin)
 234,000 (Sudan); 54,200 (Central African Republic)
US visa lottery winners 41 US visa lottery winners [100th of 178]
US visa lottery winners (per capita) 4.24563 US visa lottery winners [132nd of 176]


SOURCES Wikipedia List of countries by immigrant population ; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; United Nations Treaty Collection; UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2002. Correspondence on refugees and internally displaced persons. February. Geneva.; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chad, Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Tchad