Rural population rose 4.62% to 15.3 mil in Chad in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population in Chad reached an all time high of 15.3 mil in 2024 and an all time low of 2.85 mil in 1960. When compared to Chad's main peers, rural population in Cameroon amounted to 11.7 mil, 22.4 mil in Niger, 105 mil in Nigeria and 31.9 mil in Sudan in 2024.
Chad has been ranked 37th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population, 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Rural Population | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Algeria | mil | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | mil | 6.52 | 6.64 | 6.74 | 6.84 | 6.94 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | mil | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | mil | 2.86 | 2.88 | 2.91 | 2.93 | 2.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 14.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | mil | 60.6 | 61.6 | 62.5 | 63.4 | 64.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | mil | 89.3 | 91.2 | 93.1 | 95.1 | 97.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | mil | 0.235 | 0.233 | 0.230 | 0.228 | 0.225 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.35 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 18.5 | 19.2 | 19.8 | 20.4 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | mil | 102 | 102 | 103 | 103 | 104 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | mil | 8.14 | 8.35 | 8.54 | 8.64 | 8.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | mil | 28.9 | 29.6 | 30.3 | 31.0 | 31.6 |
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