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People
10,543,464 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
78
0-14 years: 46.7% (male 2,445,841/female 2,381,319)
15-64 years: 50.4% (male 2,386,428/female 2,816,050)
65 years and over: 2.9% (male 126,351/female 173,219) (2010 est.)
total: 16.6 years
male: 15.5 years
female: 17.8 years (2010 est.)
2.038% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 50
40.12 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
15.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
-3.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
urban population: 27% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 97.05 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 9
male: 103 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 90.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 47.99 years
country comparison to the world: 217
male: 46.95 years
female: 49.07 years (2010 est.)
5.18 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
3.5% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
200,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 29
14,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
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
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
noun: Chadian(s)
adjective: Chadian
Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% (1993 census)
Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 25.7%
male: 40.8%
female: 12.8% (2000 est.)
total: 6 years
male: 8 years
female: 4 years (2005)
1.9% of GDP (2005)
country comparison to the world: 173
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