What is the population of Chad?
Population | 16,877,357 |
Population Growth Rate | 1.95% |
Urban Population | 21.8% |
Population in Major Urban Areas | N'DJAMENA (capital) 1.079 million |
Nationality Noun | Chadian(s) |
Nationality Adjective | Chadian |
Ethnic Groups | 200 distinct groups; in the north and center: Arabs, Gorane (Toubou, Daza, Kreda), Zaghawa, Kanembou, Ouaddai, Baguirmi, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Hausa, Boulala, and Maba, most of whom are Muslim; in the south: Sara (Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye), Moundang |
Languages Spoken | French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects |
What are the health conditions in Chad?
Animal Contact Disease (s) | rabies |
Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 15-49 | 4.8% |
Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population | 14.85 |
Drinking Water Source - percent of rural population improved | 44.8% |
Drinking Water Source - percent of total population unimproved | 49.3% |
Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved | 71.8% |
Food or Waterborne Disease (s) | bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever |
Health Expenditures - percent of GDP | 4.3% |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 3.4% |
HIV/Aids Deaths | 14,400 |
Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population | .43 |
Infant Mortality Rate - female deaths/1,000 live births | 86.01 |
Infant Mortality Rate - male deaths/1,000 live births | 97.64 |
Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births | 91.94 |
Major Infectious Diseases - degree of risk | very high |
Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births | 1,100 |
Mean Age for Mother's First Birth | 18.2 |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 2.7% |
People Living with HIV/AIDS | 210,000 |
Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population | .04 |
Respiratory disease (s) | meningococcal meningitis |
Sanitation Facility Access - percent of total population unimproved | 88.1% |
Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved | 31.4% |
Sanitation Facitlity Access - percent of rural population improved | 6.5% |
Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman | 4.8 |
Underweight - percent of children under five years | 33.9% |
Vectorborne Disease (s) | malaria and dengue fever |
Water contact disease (s) | schistosomiasis |
How long do people live in Chad?
Life Expectancy at Birth | 49 Years |
Life Expectancy at Birth - female | 50 Years |
Life Expectancy at Birth - male | 47 Years |
Median Age | 17 Years |
Median Age - female | 18 Years |
Median Age - male | 15 Years |
Birth Rate - births/1,000 population | 38 |
Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population | 14.85 |
Median Age | 17 Years |
Median Age - female | 18 Years |
Median Age - male | 15 Years |
Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population | -3.64 |
Population Growth Rate | 1.95% |
Sex Ratio 0-14 Years - male/female | 1.03 |
Sex Ratio 15-24 Years - male/female | .94 |
Sex Ratio 25-54 Years - male/female | .83 |
Sex Ratio 55-64 Years - male/female | .93 |
Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female | 1.04 |
Sex Ratio of Total Population - male/female | .93 |
Sex Ratio Over 64 Years - male/female | .072 |
What are the health conditions in Chad?
What is school like in Chad?
Education Expenditures - percent of GDP | 2.3% |
Literacy - female | 39.3% |
Literacy - male | 56% |
Literacy - total population | 25.7% |
Literacy Definition | age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic |
School Life Expectancy - female | 6 Years |
School Life Expectancy - male | 9 Years |
Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary) | 7 Years |
Can people in Chad read?
Literacy - female | 39.3% |
Literacy - male | 56% |
Literacy - total population | 25.7% |
Literacy Definition | age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic |
Predominant Language | French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects |
What is school like in Chad?
The greatest impediment to the education of children has been the disruption caused by the civil war which leads to lack of security in conflict areas and becomes difficult for the government to post teachers and even for children themselves to attend school.
Most villages have only temporary grass shelters that serve as schools and which are usually not strong enough to stand for a long time. Thus there is always a need to rebuild them. The other challenge is that because they are made of grass or straw, they easily become fodder for animals, both domestic and wild and it is never surprising to find that animals got into a classroom at night and made a real mess out the class. There other times when children come to school and find animals asleep on the earthen floor of their classes. It is therefore also extremely hard for the children to maintain the cleanliness of their classes.
You will find a great majority of children living in refugee camps, both those who are internally displaced as well as the refugee children from the neighboring Darfur in the
Is Chad a safe place to visit?