Rural population growth in Chad
Chad: Rural population growth was 2.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Rural population growth in Chad, 1961–2025
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in annual %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rural population growth in Chad is 2.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 38.5% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population growth in Chad peaked at 4.6% in 1983 and was at its lowest, -0.3%, in 1981.
Chad ranks 9th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.3% | -0.3% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.4% | 2.2% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.5% | 4.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 6 Niger 2.8% compare
- 7 Ukraine 2.7% compare
- 8 Central African Republic 2.6% compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.5% compare
- 11 Yemen 2.5% compare
- 12 Afghanistan 2.4% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
- Rural population 72.4% (2025)
- Rural population 15.21 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.28 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal yield 826.9 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal production 2.71 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 6.53 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population growth in Chad?
- Rural population growth in Chad was 2.5% in 2025, according to World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest rural population growth recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 1983.
- What is the lowest rural population growth recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.3% in 1981.
- How does Chad rank for rural population growth?
- Chad ranks 9th out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rural population growth rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Rural population growth (annual %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.