Population: 5,466,771 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.15% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 42.12 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 20.59 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 131.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 40.79 years
male: 39.7 years
female: 41.94 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 5.33 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Chadian(s)
adjective: Chadian

Ethnic divisions:
north and center: Muslims (Arabs, Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba)
south: non-Muslims (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye, Moundang, Moussei, Massa) nonindigenous 150,000, of whom 1,000 are French

Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs, animism 25%

Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects are spoken

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic (1990 est.)
total population: 30%
male: 42%
female: 18%
Labor force: NA
by occupation: agriculture 85% (engaged in unpaid subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)

NOTE: The information regarding Chad on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Chad People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chad People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.