Rural population as a share of total population fell 0.341% to 76.2% in Chad in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population as a share of total population in Chad reached an all time high of 93.3% in 1960 and an all time low of 76.2% in 2021. When compared to Chad's main peers, rural population as a share of total population in Cameroon amounted to 41.9%, 83.2% in Niger, 47.3% in Nigeria and 64.4% in Sudan in 2021.
Chad has been ranked 11th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population as a share of total population, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Rural Population (As % of Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 29.2% | 28.5% | 27.9% | 27.4% | 26.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 54.3% | 53.8% | 53.2% | 52.7% | 52.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 45.4% | 44.8% | 44.2% | 43.6% | 43.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 59.7% | 59.4% | 59.0% | 58.6% | 58.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 77.5% | 77.3% | 77.1% | 76.9% | 76.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | 57.2% | 57.3% | 57.3% | 57.3% | 57.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 80.6% | 80.1% | 79.7% | 79.2% | 78.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 11.9% | 11.4% | 11.0% | 10.6% | 10.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 20.7% | 20.5% | 20.2% | 19.9% | 19.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 60.0% | 59.2% | 58.4% | 57.6% | 56.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 83.8% | 83.7% | 83.7% | 83.6% | 83.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 52.2% | 51.3% | 50.5% | 49.7% | 48.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 81.1% | 80.9% | 80.7% | 80.4% | 80.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 66.1% | 65.9% | 65.6% | 65.4% | 65.1% |
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