Chad Population Pyramid 2029
Year
2029Chad in 2029
By 2029, the population of Chad is expected to reach 23,526,039. That would be 41.0% more than in 2019 (16,685,223).
Half of the population would be younger than 17.1 years, with 45.6% children under 15 and 2.2% aged 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Chad had on average 6.12 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 55.1 years in 2023: 57.0 for women and 53.2 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
1,250,897 immigrants live in Chad, 6.2% of the population.
| Sudan | 1,071,034 |
| Central African Republic | 115,460 |
| Cameroon | 40,472 |
| Nigeria | 14,802 |
| Niger | 4,073 |
292,298 people born in Chad live in other countries.
| Sudan | 179,139 |
| Nigeria | 33,524 |
| Cameroon | 30,917 |
| Central African Republic | 11,328 |
| Congo | 10,439 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 23,526,040 | 17.1 | |
| Cameroon | 32,979,283 | 19.7 | |
| Congo | 7,116,463 | 20.3 | |
| Central African Republic | 6,279,732 | 16.1 | |
| Angola | 43,891,851 | 18.2 |





