Chad

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PROFILE
  • Area: 1.284 million sq. km (495,800 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 11,852,462 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 1.88% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 50.2 years (2016)
  • Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara, more than 120 different languages and dialects
  • Religions: Muslim 58.4%, Catholic 18.5%, Protestant 16.1%, animist 4%, other 0.5%, none 2.4%
  • Formal name: Republic of Chad
  • Alternate names: Colonie du Chad, Jumhūriyyat Tshād, Republic of Chad, République du Tchad, Tchad, Territoire du Tchad, Tshād
  • Government type: presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Idriss DEBY Itno, Lt. Gen.; head of government: Prime Minister Albert Pahimi PADACKE
  • Capital: N'Djamena
  • Administrative divisions: 23 regions
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $2,600 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: oil, livestock, cotton, sesame, gum arabic, shea butter
  • Imports: machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles
  • Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)
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