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CHAD
République du Tchad
TD · TCD
INDEPENDENT 1960
FIFTH-LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA
POPULATION
18.5M
AREA
1,284,000 km²
CAPITAL
N'Djamena
CURRENCY
XAF
GDP / CAPITA
$730
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Emi Koussi, 3,445 m
LOWEST POINT
Bodélé Depression, 155 m
COASTLINE
Landlocked, 0 km
LAND BORDERS
6,406 km, 6 countries
TERRAIN
Sahara desert in the north, semi-arid Sahel in the center, savanna in the south.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
12.13°N, 15.06°E
TIME ZONE
WAT, UTC+1 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Libya
Sudan
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Nigeria
Niger
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Transitional presidential republic
RELIGION
Islam ~52%, Christianity ~44%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
54 years
HDI
0.394 — Low (rank 189)
LANGUAGES
FrenchOFFICIAL
ArabicOFFICIAL
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Oil
Cotton ginning
Meatpacking
Brewing
TOP EXPORTS
Crude oil
Cattle
Cotton
Gum arabic
TOP IMPORTS
Machinery
Transport equipment
Textiles
Foodstuffs
LAND USE
Agricultural, 40%
Forest, 3%
Other / Sahara, 57%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
3.6M
1970
4.5M
1980
5.9M
1990
8.0M
2000
11.5M
2010
16.4M
2020
18.5M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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