Urban population share in Chad

27.6% of people in Chad lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Chad, 2025 27.6% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.6percentage points 2024: 26.9%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 200th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Chad over time

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

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period ChadWorld
2025 27.6% 57.8%
2024 26.9% 57.6%
2023 26.3% 57.3%
2022 25.8% 57.1%
2021 25.2% 56.8%
2020 24.7% 56.4%
2019 24.3% 56.1%
2018 23.8% 55.8%
2017 23.5% 55.3%
2016 23.1% 54.9%
2015 22.8% 54.4%
2014 22.5% 53.9%
2013 22.3% 53.4%
2012 22.1% 52.9%
2011 22.0% 52.5%
2010 21.8% 51.8%
2009 21.8% 51.4%
2008 21.8% 50.9%
2007 21.8% 50.4%
2006 21.8% 49.9%
2005 21.8% 49.4%
2004 21.7% 48.9%
2003 21.7% 48.4%
2002 21.7% 47.8%
2001 21.7% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 26.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 22.8%, the figure has changed by +4.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Chad has the 200th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

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.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 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