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Chad — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Chad, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.41%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +69.3% since 1961
Population growth for Chad was 3.41% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.95% in 1983. The lowest was 0.12% in 1981 (about 28.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.83% per year.
Chad ranks 6 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Chad sits above it. It peaked in 1983 and has fallen 31% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.41%
First (1961)
2.02%
Change
+69.3%
Highest
4.95%
in 1983
Lowest
0.12%
in 1981
Average
2.97%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.83%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.41% |
| 2024 | 4.95% |
| 2023 | 4.57% |
| 2022 | 3.46% |
| 2021 | 3.44% |
| 2020 | 3.18% |
| 2019 | 3.22% |
| 2018 | 3.36% |
| 2017 | 3.31% |
| 2016 | 3.14% |
| 2015 | 3.18% |
| 2014 | 3.57% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.