NLAID - Activity in Chad

Information on Chad

Birth rate 39.4 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight 33.9% (2004) country comparison to the world: 12

Climate tropical in south, desert in north

Death rate 15.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Environment - current issues inadequate supplies of potable water; improper waste disposal in rural areas contributes to soil and water pollution; desertification

Infant mortality rate
total 95.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male 101.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female 89.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Languages French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects

Life expectancy at birth
total population 48.33 years
male 47.28 years
female 49.43 years (2011 est.)

Literacy
definition age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population 25.7%
male 40.8%
female 12.8% (2000 est.)

Maternal mortality rate 1,200 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: 3

Natural resources petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt

Population
10,758,945 (July 2011 est.)

Population growth rate 2.009% (2011 est.)

Religions Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total 7 years
male 9 years
female 5 years (2009)

KFO bijdrage voor UNICEF en UNHCR

Project code NL-1-PPR-22845