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Introduction - Chad: | Location - Chad: | People - Chad: | 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.) | | 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.) | | Nationality | noun: Chadian(s)
adjective: Chadian | | 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) | | 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 | | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 47.5%
male: 56%
female: 39.3% (2003 est.) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |