Population growth in Chad

The population of Chad changed by 3.41% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Chad, 2025 3.41% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −1.54percentage points 2024: 4.95%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 6th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Chad over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period ChadWorld
2025 3.41% 0.91%
2024 4.95% 0.96%
2023 4.57% 0.93%
2022 3.46% 0.87%
2021 3.44% 0.83%
2020 3.18% 0.98%
2019 3.22% 1.05%
2018 3.36% 1.08%
2017 3.31% 1.13%
2016 3.14% 1.16%
2015 3.18% 1.18%
2014 3.57% 1.21%
2013 3.57% 1.23%
2012 3.51% 1.26%
2011 3.53% 1.22%
2010 3.46% 1.22%
2009 3.57% 1.25%
2008 3.50% 1.27%
2007 3.44% 1.26%
2006 3.60% 1.27%
2005 4.03% 1.27%
2004 4.45% 1.29%
2003 4.00% 1.29%
2002 3.48% 1.31%
2001 3.37% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.54 percentage points from 4.95% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3.18%, the figure has changed by +0.23 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Chad has the 6th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Chad
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects