1. FertilityChad

   Chad: since 2011 fertility has been falling 3.1 times faster, from 6.95 to 6.12 children per woman

   Before 2011 it fell by about 0.02 a year; since then it has fallen by about 0.07 a year. Latest data: 2023.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Chad: more babies born than in the UK
• Chad: 4.3 times as many foreign-born residents as natives abroad, mostly refugees
• China and Chad: similar GDP per person in 1990, 10.1 times apart in 2025
• Chad: in 2020–2023 net migration was higher than all 12 UN projections assumed
• Chad: the decline of 2008 turned into growth, after the fact
• Chad: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected fewer people than there are

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