Urban population growth in Chad

The urban population of Chad changed by 5.74% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Chad, 2025 5.74% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −1.47percentage points 2024: 7.21%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 2nd of 217 See the full ranking

Urban 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.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period ChadWorld
2025 5.74% 1.36%
2024 7.21% 1.40%
2023 6.75% 1.35%
2022 5.54% 1.33%
2021 5.43% 1.48%
2020 5.06% 1.52%
2019 4.98% 1.74%
2018 5.00% 1.85%
2017 4.81% 1.90%
2016 4.49% 2.02%
2015 4.38% 2.14%
2014 4.60% 2.09%
2013 4.43% 2.20%
2012 4.19% 2.13%
2011 4.03% 2.56%
2010 3.78% 1.97%
2009 3.59% 2.22%
2008 3.52% 2.19%
2007 3.48% 2.34%
2006 3.65% 2.31%
2005 4.10% 2.27%
2004 4.53% 2.32%
2003 4.09% 2.41%
2002 3.59% 2.41%
2001 3.49% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.47 percentage points from 7.21% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.38%, the figure has changed by +1.36 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Chad has the 2nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.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 Urbanization Prospects