Chad vs Niger: Rural population growth

Chad
2.5%
in 2025
Niger
2.8%
in 2025
Chad rank
9th
Niger rank
6th

Rural population growth over time

  • Chad
  • Niger
012345196119932025

How they compare

Niger currently reports 2.8% against 2.5% in Chad, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.

Globally, Chad ranks 9th and Niger ranks 6th of 207 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rural population growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
256 places, 16,517 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.