Labour Force (Total) rose 4.38% to 5.25 mil in Chad in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Chad reached an all time high of 5.25 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 2.22 mil in 1990. When compared to Chad's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Cameroon amounted to 11.8 mil, 9.41 mil in Niger, 65.1 mil in Nigeria and 12.9 mil in Sudan in 2021.
Chad has been ranked 78th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | mil | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | mil | 4.46 | 4.59 | 4.73 | 4.88 | 5.02 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | mil | 9.94 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | mil | 1.78 | 1.81 | 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.93 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 4.49 | 4.60 | 4.72 | 4.85 | 5.02 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | mil | 30.5 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 29.9 | 29.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | mil | 47.7 | 49.4 | 51.2 | 52.9 | 54.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | mil | 0.622 | 0.641 | 0.659 | 0.675 | 0.692 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 2.02 | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.14 | 2.19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 6.63 | 6.78 | 6.94 | 7.17 | 7.41 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 7.53 | 7.83 | 8.14 | 8.46 | 8.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | mil | 56.5 | 58.0 | 59.6 | 61.2 | 62.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | mil | 4.67 | 4.54 | 4.24 | 4.07 | 4.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | mil | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 |
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