8,424,504 (July 2000 est.)

0-14 years: 48% (male 2,022,339; female 1,994,978)
15-64 years: 49% (male 1,964,216; female 2,204,902)
65 years and over: 3% (male 99,459; female 138,610) (2000 est.)

3.31% (2000 est.)

48.81 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

15.71 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

96.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

total population: 50.49 years
male: 48.5 years
female: 52.56 years (2000 est.)

6.63 children born/woman (2000 est.)

noun: Chadian(s)
adjective: Chadian

Muslims, commonly referred to as "northerners" or
"gorane" (Arabs, Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi,
Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba); non-Muslims, commonly referred to as
"southerners" (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye, Moundang, Moussei,
Massa) including nonindigenous 150,000 (of whom 1,000 are French)
note: ethnicity and regional background more commonly used to identify
Chadians than religious affiliation

Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly
animism) 25%

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

definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 48.1%
male: 62.1%
female: 34.7% (1995 est.)