Attribute | Value |
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Geography | |
Area | 1,284,000 km² |
Continent | Africa |
Land area | 1,259,200 km² |
Water area | 24,800 km² |
Land boundaries | 6,406 km |
Border countries |
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Coastline | 0 km |
Mean elevation | 543 m |
Lowest point | 160 m |
Highest point | 3,445 m |
People | |
Population | 16,877,357 |
Official languages |
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Religion | Muslim |
Government | |
Long country name | Republic of Chad |
Short country name | Chad |
Long local name | Republique du Tchad/Jumhuriyat Tshad |
Short local name | Tchad/Tshad |
Former name | Add |
Government type | Presidential republic |
Capital | N'Djamena |
Economy | |
GDP (PPP) | 28,620,000,000 USD |
GDP (OER) | 9,872,000,000 USD |
GDP (real growth rate) | -3.1 % |
GDP - per capita (PPP) | 2,300 USD |
Gross national saving | 15.5 % of GDP |
Labor force | 5,654,000 |
Unemployment rate | Add |
Population below poverty line | 46.7 % |
Budget revenues | 1,337,000,000 USD |
Budget expenditures | 1,481,000,000 USD |
Military expenditures | 2.13 % of GDP |
Taxes and other revenues | 13.5 % of GDP |
Budget surplus or deficit | -1.5 % of GDP |
Public debt | 52.5 % of GDP |
Inflation rate | -0.9 % |
Central bank discount rate | 4.25 % |
Commercial bank prime lending rate | 15.5 % |
Stock of narrow money | 1,397,000,000 USD |
Stock of broad money | 1,397,000,000 USD |
Stock of domestic credit | 2,681,000,000 USD |
Market value of publicly traded shares | Add |
Current account balance | -558,000,000 USD |
Exports | 2,464,000,000 USD |
Imports | 2,160,000,000 USD |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 22,900,000 USD |
External debt | 1,724,000,000 USD |
National currency | Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs |
National currency (code) | XAF |
National currency (symbol) | FCFA |
National currency rate to USD | 605.3 |
Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare, as well as invasions by Libya, before peace was restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which has sporadically flared up despite several peace agreements between the government and insurgents. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits and won another controversial election in 2006. Sporadic rebel campaigns continued throughout 2006 and 2007. The capital experienced a significant insurrection in early 2008, but has had no significant rebel threats since then, in part due to Chad's 2010 rapprochement with Sudan, which previously used Chadian rebels as proxies. In late 2015, the government imposed a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region following multiple attacks by the terrorist group Boko Haram throughout the year; Boko Haram also launched several bombings in N'Djamena in mid-2015. DEBY in 2016 was reelected to his fifth term in an election that was peaceful but flawed. In December 2015, Chad completed a two-year rotation on the UN Security Council. In January 2017, DEBY completed a one-year term as Chairperson of the African Union Assembly.