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Chad

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
21,003,705 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 19,319,064in 2023[4]
Land area
1,259,200 km²[5]
Total area
1,284,000 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Cameroon, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Central African Republic[11]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[12][11]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Chad

Loading 22 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202521M

3,049,838 in 1960, 21,003,705 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19603,049,838
19613,111,947
19623,175,598
19633,240,905
19643,307,479
19653,374,220
19663,440,903
19673,508,512
19683,578,231
19693,651,113
19703,727,828
19713,807,316
19723,893,252
19733,985,909
19744,078,356
19754,167,234
19764,251,297
19774,331,667
19784,411,366
19794,505,384
19804,515,453
19814,520,959
19824,738,483
19834,979,130
19845,045,145
19855,096,269
19865,251,069
19875,438,309
19885,625,602
19895,819,586
19905,982,833
19916,205,676
19926,474,656
19936,629,146
19946,783,450
19957,089,064
19967,410,108
19977,670,366
19987,938,840
19998,222,705
20008,512,093
20018,804,124
20029,116,192
20039,487,833
20049,920,036
200510,328,092
200610,706,424
200711,081,660
200811,476,296
200911,893,754
201012,312,575
201112,754,997
201213,210,998
201313,691,079
201414,188,678
201514,647,621
201615,114,655
201715,622,759
201816,156,531
201916,685,223
202017,224,679
202117,828,273
202218,455,316
202319,319,064
202420,299,123
202521,003,705

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
TD[16]
ISO alpha-3
TCD[17]
ISO numeric
148[18]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), capital: N'Djamena (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), population (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), area (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), official language: French (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Chadian constitution of 1996
  8. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), official language: Arabic (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Chadian constitution of 1996
  9. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), currency: Central African CFA franc (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), continent: Africa (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), instance of (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), official name (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), official name (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  15. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), official name (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Official Names of the United Nations Membership
  16. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Chad (Q657), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562956931) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Chad.svg, Public domain, SKopp & others (see upload log), via Wikimedia Commons.