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Rural population share — Chad

Rural population share in Chad in 2025 — 72.4%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 21 pp.

2025 72.4% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 18of 217
Period maximum 93.4%1960
Period minimum 72.4%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Chad, 1960–202570809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 93.4%1962: 92.7%1964: 92%1966: 91.1%1968: 89.9%1970: 88.7%1972: 87.5%1974: 85.5%1976: 83.2%1978: 81.6%1980: 80.9%1982: 80.3%1984: 79.8%1986: 79.4%1988: 79%1990: 78.8%1992: 78.6%1994: 78.5%1996: 78.5%1998: 78.4%2000: 78.3%2002: 78.3%2004: 78.3%2006: 78.2%2008: 78.2%2010: 78.2%2012: 77.9%2014: 77.5%2016: 76.9%2018: 76.2%2020: 75.3%2022: 74.2%2024: 73.1%2025: 72.4%
Change over the period: −21 pp Annual average: -0.32 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Chad

Chad 72.4%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Middle Africa computed 49.1%
Low-income countries computed 64.4%
Rural population share — Chad, by year Chad All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 72.4 −0.6 pp
2024 73.1 −0.6 pp
2023 73.7 −0.6 pp
2022 74.2 −0.5 pp
2021 74.8 −0.5 pp
2020 75.3 −0.5 pp
2019 75.7 −0.4 pp
2018 76.2 −0.4 pp
2017 76.5 −0.3 pp
2016 76.9 −0.3 pp
2015 77.2 −0.3 pp
2014 77.5 −0.2 pp
2013 77.7 −0.2 pp
2012 77.9 −0.2 pp
2011 78 −0.1 pp
2010 78.2 −0.1 pp
2009 78.2 −0 pp
2008 78.2 −0 pp
2007 78.2 −0 pp
2006 78.2 −0 pp
2005 78.2 −0 pp
2004 78.3 −0 pp
2003 78.3 −0 pp
2002 78.3 −0 pp
2001 78.3 −0 pp
2000 78.3 −0 pp
1999 78.4 −0 pp
1998 78.4 −0 pp
1997 78.4 −0 pp
1996 78.5 −0 pp
1995 78.5 −0 pp
1994 78.5 −0 pp
1993 78.6 −0 pp
1992 78.6 −0.1 pp
1991 78.7 −0.1 pp
1990 78.8 −0.1 pp
1989 78.9 −0.1 pp
1988 79 −0.2 pp
1987 79.2 −0.2 pp
1986 79.4 −0.2 pp
1985 79.6 −0.2 pp
1984 79.8 −0.2 pp
1983 80 −0.3 pp
1982 80.3 −0.3 pp
1981 80.6 −0.3 pp
1980 80.9 −0.3 pp
1979 81.3 −0.4 pp
1978 81.6 −0.6 pp
1977 82.2 −1 pp
1976 83.2 −1.2 pp
1975 84.3 −1.2 pp
1974 85.5 −1.1 pp
1973 86.7 −0.9 pp
1972 87.5 −0.6 pp
1971 88.1 −0.6 pp
1970 88.7 −0.6 pp
1969 89.3 −0.6 pp
1968 89.9 −0.6 pp
1967 90.5 −0.6 pp
1966 91.1 −0.5 pp
1965 91.6 −0.4 pp
1964 92 −0.4 pp
1963 92.4 −0.3 pp
1962 92.7 −0.3 pp
1961 93.1 −0.3 pp
1960 93.4 —

Middle Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TD Chad 72.4 CF Central African Republic 55.4 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 54.9 CM Cameroon 44.3 CG Republic of the Congo 35.9 ST Sao Tome and Principe 30.8 AO Angola 28.5 GQ Equatorial Guinea 28.4 GA Gabon 7.9
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About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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