| People | Chad |
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Population:
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10,329,208 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 27% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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9 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 46.7% (male 2,445,841/female 2,381,319)
15-64 years: 50.4% (male 2,386,428/female 2,816,050)
65 years and over: 2.9% (male 126,351/female 173,219) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 16.5 years
male: 15.3 years
female: 17.7 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.069% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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40.86 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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16.39 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-4.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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 (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 98.69 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 104.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 92.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 47.7 years
male: 46.67 years
female: 48.77 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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5.31 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
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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3.5% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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200,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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14,000 (2007 est.) |
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: 6 years
male: 7 years
female: 4 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.9% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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