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Chad

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Key facts

  • currency: Central African CFA franc
  • capital city: N'Djamena
  • region: Middle Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 1,259,200 km²
  • population: 18,278,568 people
  • political leader: Idriss Déby (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [15°0′N, 19°0′E]

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Summary

Chad is a country. The capital city is N'Djamena, located in the Middle Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,259,200 km², a population of 18,278,568 people and uses the currency Central African CFA franc. The President is Idriss Déby.

Environment

Chad is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Middle Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 503,380.00 km²
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 2.11 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Fertility rate: 6.21 births per woman
  • Forest area: 42,013 km²
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 89.84 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 11.20
  • Methane emissions: 67.20 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 19.96 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 9,104,070 people
  • Male population: 9,174,497 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 70.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 1,272,923.57 km²
  • Rural population: 13,824,812 people
  • Urban land area: 948.82 km²
  • Urban population: 4,453,756 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Chad by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Chad

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Chad

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Chad

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Chad

Chad relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Chad relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Chad

Chad relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Chad

Chad relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Chad

Chad relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Chad relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Chad relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Chad

Evolution of historical internet access in Chad

Evolution of historical land area in Chad

Evolution of historical median age in Chad

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Chad

Chad relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Chad relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Chad relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Chad relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Chad relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Chad relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Chad

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Chad

Chad relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Chad relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Chad relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Chad

Chad relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Chad

Evolution of historical male population in Chad

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Chad

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Chad

Evolution of historical rural population in Chad

Chad relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Chad

Chad relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Chad

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Chad

Chad relationship between date and population over time

Chad relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Chad

Chad relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Chad relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Chad

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Chad

Chad relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Chad relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Chad relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Chad relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Chad relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Chad

Chad relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Chad relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Chad relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Chad relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Chad relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Chad relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Chad

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Chad

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Chad

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Chad

Distribution of sites in Chad by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Chad by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Chad

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Chad by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Chad

Cities in Chad

Sites in Chad

Wildfires in Chad

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Health

  • Birth rate: 43.18 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 12.16 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 35.63 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 5.19 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.22 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 0.45 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 53
  • Suicide mortality rate: 6.40 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Chad by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Chad by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Chad

Chad relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Chad relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Chad relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Chad relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Chad relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Chad

Chad relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Chad

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Chad

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Chad

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Chad

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Chad

Chad relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Chad relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Chad

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Chad

Evolution of historical covid cases in Chad

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Chad

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Chad

Diseases in Chad

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 45,000 people
  • Democracy score: 1.61
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Military expenditure: 2.93 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 25.89 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Chad

Chad relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Chad relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Chad relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Chad relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Chad relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Chad relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Chad relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Chad

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Chad

Distribution of politicians from Chad by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Chad by gender

Political parties in Chad

Politicians from Chad

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Business

  • Gdp: 13,149,325,358.74 current US$
  • Inflation: 10.84 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 90.88 % of total employment
  • Unemployment: 1.08 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 89.72 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Chad by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Chad

Evolution of historical expense in Chad

Evolution of historical GDP in Chad

Chad relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Chad

Evolution of historical self employed in Chad

Chad relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Chad

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Chad

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Chad

Distribution of shops in Chad by country

Companies in Chad

Exchanges in Chad

Shops from Chad

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Chad by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Chad

Distribution of competitions by city in Chad

Distribution of competitions by country in Chad

Distribution of competitions in Chad by start date

Distribution of medals won by Chad at the Olympics

Athletes from Chad

Competitions in Chad

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Chad by birth date

Distribution of artists from Chad by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Chad by visitors

Artists from Chad

Museums in Chad

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Chad by total students

Distribution of universities in Chad by foundation year

Universities in Chad

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In literature

There are 22 books written about Chad in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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