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🇹🇩 Chad

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TCD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TD
UN M49 numeric148
IOC codeCHA
Official nameRepublic of Chad
Native name(s)ara: official: جمهورية تشاد; common: تشاد; fra: official: République du Tchad; common: Tchad
Alt spellingsTD, Tchad, Republic of Chad, République du Tchad
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionMiddle Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalN'Djamena
Area (km²)1,284,000
Lat / Lng15.0000, 19.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)CMR, CAF, LBY, NER, NGA, SDN
Top-level domain.td
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 35

Demographics

Population (World Bank)21,003,705 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)55.238 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic; fra: French
Demonymseng: f: Chadian; m: Chadian; fra: f: Tchadienne; m: Tchadien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)21,472,835,225.434 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,022.336 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)1.057 (2025)
CurrenciesXAF: name: Central African CFA franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19502,525,454
19512,570,407
19522,616,313
19532,663,771
19542,713,005
19552,764,249
19562,817,656
19572,873,083
19582,930,367
19592,989,322
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

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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      "official": "チャド共和国",
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        "official": "جمهورية تشاد",
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      },
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        "common": "Tchad"
      },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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        "official": "Republiek Tsjaad",
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        "official": "جمهوری چاد",
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      },
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      },
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      },
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        "common": "Чад"
      },
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      },
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        "official": "República de Chad",
        "common": "Chad"
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      "srp": {
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      },
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        "official": "جمہوریہ چاڈ",
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