total: 16.02
years male: 15.32 years female: 16.71 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.95% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
45.98 births/1,000
population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
16.41 deaths/1,000
population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.11 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04
male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 93.82
deaths/1,000 live births male: 103.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 84.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
47.94 years male: 46.84 years female: 49.09 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.32 children
born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
4.8% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
200,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
18,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk:
very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal
diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2004)
Nationality:
noun:
Chadian(s) adjective: Chadian
Ethnic groups:
200 distinct groups;
in the north and center: Arabs, Gorane (Toubou, Daza, Kreda),
Zaghawa, Kanembou, Ouaddai, Baguirmi, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko,
Hausa, Boulala, and Maba, most of whom are Muslim; in the south:
Sara (Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye), Moundang, Moussei, Massa, most of
whom are Christian or animist; about 1,000 French citizens live in
Chad
Religions:
Muslim 51%, Christian
35%, animist 7%, other 7%
Languages:
French (official),
Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different
languages and dialects
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic total population: 47.5% male: 56% female: 39.3% (2003 est.)