Chad
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Africa.
- Capital
- N'Djamena
- Continent
- Africa
More Africa quizzes - Land neighbours
- Cameroon, Central African Republic, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan
- Population
- 21,003,705 (2025)
- Total area
- 1,284,000 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 15.3° N, 18.6° E
Chad at a glance
Chad is a country in Africa. Its capital is N'Djamena. It shares land borders with 6 countries: Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Libya, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan.
Worldwide, Chad has the 2nd lowest life expectancy (55.2 years in 2024, among 195 countries with data), the highest fertility rate (6.03 births per woman in 2024, among 195) and the 3rd lowest share of internet users (12.6% in 2024, among 180).
Flag of Chad
Chad’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Guess the Flag never shows it beside Romania’s flag: the two differ only in shade or proportions.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Andorra, Moldova, Belgium and France.
Chad in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 21,003,705 | 63rdof 195 | 23rdof 54 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 1,284,000 km² | 20thof 194 | 5thof 54 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $21.47B | 125thof 182 | 27thof 52 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $1,022 | 170thof 182 | 40thof 52 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 55.2 years | 194thof 195 | 53rdof 54 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 6.03 | 1stof 195 | 1stof 54 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $47 | 173rdof 191 | 39thof 54 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 27.6% | 178thof 195 | 48thof 54 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 12.6% | 178thof 180 | 49thof 51 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 3.2% | 168thof 191 | 47thof 54 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.14 t | 176thof 181 | 48thof 53 |
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Chad compared with its neighbours
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Chad · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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