Chad People 2008

Population:
9,885,661 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 47.3% (male 2,366,496/female 2,308,155)
15-64 years: 49.8% (male 2,250,211/female 2,676,076)
65 years and over: 2.9% (male 120,666/female 164,057) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 16.3 years
male: 15 years
female: 17.4 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.32% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
42.35 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
16.69 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
-2.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.025 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.841 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.736 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 102.07 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 108.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 95.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 47.2 years
male: 46.17 years
female: 48.27 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
5.56 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
4.8% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
200,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
18,000 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
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 (2007)

Nationality:
noun: Chadian(s)
adjective: Chadian

Ethnic groups:
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:
Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)

Languages:
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects