| People | Chad |
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Population:
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10,758,945 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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9 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 28% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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N'DJAMENA (capital) 808,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 46% (male 2,510,656/female 2,441,780)
15-64 years: 51% (male 2,531,896/female 2,960,406)
65 years and over: 2.9% (male 131,805/female 182,402) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 16.8 years
male: 15.6 years
female: 17.9 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.009% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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39.4 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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15.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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1,200 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 95.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 101.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 89.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 48.33 years
male: 47.28 years
female: 49.43 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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5.05 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2004) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.43 beds/1,000 population (2005) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 67% of population
rural: 44% of population
total: 50% of population
unimproved:
urban: 33% of population
rural: 56% of population
total: 50% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 23% of population
rural: 4% of population
total: 9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 77% of population
rural: 96% of population
total: 91% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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3.4% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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210,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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11,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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33.9% (2004) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Chadian(s)
adjective: Chadian |
Ethnic groups:
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Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% (1993 census) |
Religions:
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Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census) |
Languages:
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French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 25.7%
male: 40.8%
female: 12.8% (2000 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 7 years
male: 9 years
female: 5 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.2% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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