Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Chad

Urban population share in Chad in 2025 — 27.6%. Ranked 200 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 21 pp.

2025 27.6% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 200of 217
Period maximum 27.6%2025
Period minimum 6.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Chad, 1960–2025010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.6%1962: 7.3%1964: 8%1966: 8.9%1968: 10.1%1970: 11.3%1972: 12.5%1974: 14.5%1976: 16.8%1978: 18.4%1980: 19.1%1982: 19.7%1984: 20.2%1986: 20.6%1988: 21%1990: 21.2%1992: 21.4%1994: 21.5%1996: 21.5%1998: 21.6%2000: 21.7%2002: 21.7%2004: 21.7%2006: 21.8%2008: 21.8%2010: 21.8%2012: 22.1%2014: 22.5%2016: 23.1%2018: 23.8%2020: 24.7%2022: 25.8%2024: 26.9%2025: 27.6%
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 27.6%
World 57.8%
Middle Africa computed 50.9%
Low-income countries computed 35.6%
Urban population share — Chad, by year Chad All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.6 +0.6 pp
2024 26.9 +0.6 pp
2023 26.3 +0.6 pp
2022 25.8 +0.5 pp
2021 25.2 +0.5 pp
2020 24.7 +0.5 pp
2019 24.3 +0.4 pp
2018 23.8 +0.4 pp
2017 23.5 +0.3 pp
2016 23.1 +0.3 pp
2015 22.8 +0.3 pp
2014 22.5 +0.2 pp
2013 22.3 +0.2 pp
2012 22.1 +0.2 pp
2011 22 +0.1 pp
2010 21.8 +0.1 pp
2009 21.8 +0 pp
2008 21.8 +0 pp
2007 21.8 +0 pp
2006 21.8 +0 pp
2005 21.8 +0 pp
2004 21.7 +0 pp
2003 21.7 +0 pp
2002 21.7 +0 pp
2001 21.7 +0 pp
2000 21.7 +0 pp
1999 21.6 +0 pp
1998 21.6 +0 pp
1997 21.6 +0 pp
1996 21.5 +0 pp
1995 21.5 +0 pp
1994 21.5 +0 pp
1993 21.4 +0 pp
1992 21.4 +0.1 pp
1991 21.3 +0.1 pp
1990 21.2 +0.1 pp
1989 21.1 +0.1 pp
1988 21 +0.2 pp
1987 20.8 +0.2 pp
1986 20.6 +0.2 pp
1985 20.4 +0.2 pp
1984 20.2 +0.2 pp
1983 20 +0.3 pp
1982 19.7 +0.3 pp
1981 19.4 +0.3 pp
1980 19.1 +0.3 pp
1979 18.7 +0.4 pp
1978 18.4 +0.6 pp
1977 17.8 +1 pp
1976 16.8 +1.2 pp
1975 15.7 +1.2 pp
1974 14.5 +1.1 pp
1973 13.3 +0.9 pp
1972 12.5 +0.6 pp
1971 11.9 +0.6 pp
1970 11.3 +0.6 pp
1969 10.7 +0.6 pp
1968 10.1 +0.6 pp
1967 9.5 +0.6 pp
1966 8.9 +0.5 pp
1965 8.4 +0.4 pp
1964 8 +0.4 pp
1963 7.6 +0.3 pp
1962 7.3 +0.3 pp
1961 6.9 +0.3 pp
1960 6.6

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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