Chad's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 18.3 million in 2021.
The population of Chad grew at 3.0% in the last year and is ranked the 23th most populated country in Africa, ahead of Senegal.
Chad last conducted a national census in 2009 and 25.7% of births in Chad are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Chad compares to other countries around the world and in the Africa region.
Chad's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.
Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London