| Official name |
Republic of Chad |
| Name in local language |
République du Tchad (fr) ; Jumhūriyyat Tshād - جمهورية تشاد (ar) |
| Continent |
Africa |
| Subcontinent |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Population (ranking: 72e) |
16,818,391 inhabitants (2021) |
| Population growth |
3.53 % / year |
| Area |
1,284,200 km² |
| Density |
13.10 inhabitants / km² |
| GDP (ranking: 148e) |
11.315 billions $USD (2019) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) |
710 $USD (2019) |
| GDP growth |
3.20 % / year (2019) |
| Life expectancy (ranking) |
54.00 years (2018) |
| Birth rate |
47.90 ‰ (2015) |
| Fertility rate |
6.40 children / woman (2015) |
| Death rate (ranking) |
13.60 ‰ (2015) |
| Infant mortality rate (ranking) |
72.00 ‰ (2015) |
| Literacy rate |
39.79 % (2016) |
| Official languages |
French, Arabic |
| Currency |
Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| HDI (ranking: 225e) |
0.398 / 1 (2019) |
| EPI (ranking) |
45.34 (2018) |
| Government |
Unitary dominant-party presidential republic under a military junta |
| Head of State |
Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Mahamat Déby Itno |
| National Day |
11 August (independence of 1960) |
| ISO Codes |
TD, TCD |
| Demonym |
Chadian |
| Tourists (ranking) |
87,000 people (2017) |
Chad is a central African country without access to the sea, located in southern Libya, eastern Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon, north of the Central African Republic and western Sudan.
N’Djamena, capital city of Chad
Plateau of Ennedi, Chad
Urban areas (2016)
| Urban areas |
Population |
|
N'Djaména
|
1,896,032 inhabitants |
|
Moundou
|
158,221 inhabitants |
|
Sarh
|
133,757 inhabitants |
|
Abéché
|
83,155 inhabitants |
Administrative divisions
| Regions |
Population |
Area |
| Barh El Gazel |
260,865 inhabitants |
50,860 km² |
| Batha |
527,031 inhabitants |
88,800 km² |
| Borkou |
97,251 inhabitants |
241,000 km² |
| Chari-Baguirmi |
621,785 inhabitants |
31,426 km² |
| Ennedi Est |
113,862 inhabitants |
85,491 km² |
| Ennedi Ouest |
59,744 inhabitants |
127,538 km² |
| Guéra |
553,795 inhabitants |
61,279 km² |
| Hadjer-Lamis |
562,957 inhabitants |
31,426 km² |
| Kanem |
354,603 inhabitants |
73,665 km² |
| Lac |
451,369 inhabitants |
19,915 km² |
| Logone Occidental |
683,293 inhabitants |
8,844 km² |
| Logone Oriental |
796,453 inhabitants |
23,802 km² |
| Mandoul |
637,086 inhabitants |
17,517 km² |
| Mayo-Kebbi Est |
769,198 inhabitants |
18,186 km² |
| Mayo-Kebbi Ouest |
569,087 inhabitants |
12,479 km² |
| Moyen-Chari |
598,284 inhabitants |
41,460 km² |
| N'Djaména |
1,243,994 inhabitants |
395 km² |
| Ouaddaï |
731,679 inhabitants |
29,980 km² |
| Salamat |
308,605 inhabitants |
63,000 km² |
| Sila |
289,776 inhabitants |
35,890 km² |
| Tandjilé |
682,817 inhabitants |
17,604 km² |
| Tibesti |
21,970 inhabitants |
220,237 km² |
| Wadi Fira |
494,933 inhabitants |
54,310 km² |
See also