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Chad

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Chad is a country. The capital city is N'Djamena, located in the Middle Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,259,200 km², a population of 19,319,064 people and uses the currency Central African CFA franc. The President is Idriss Déby.

Key facts

currency: Central African CFA franc
capital city: N'Djamena
region: Middle Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 1,259,200 km²
population: 19,319,064 people
political leader: Idriss Déby (President)

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GDP: 13,149,325,362.33 current US$
inflation: 10.84 annual %
self-employed workers: 91.17 % of total employment
unemployment: 1.07 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 89.96 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 45,000 people
democracy score: 1.61
democracy type: Authoritarian
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 452,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 13.20 % of population
military expenditure: 2.91 % of GDP
net migration: 496,830 people
press freedom: 2.13
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 25.89 %
birth rate: 43.18 per 1,000 people
death rate: 12.16 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 35.63 current US$
health expenditure: 5.19 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.22 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.45 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 53
suicide mortality rate: 6.40 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 503,380.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 2.57 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 11.70 % of population
fertility rate: 6.21 births per woman
forest area: 40,914 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 95.38 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 11.50
methane emissions: 71.12 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 21.21 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 9,627,875 people
male population: 9,691,189 people
renewable energy consumption: 70.00 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 1,272,923.57 km²
rural population: 14,611,781 people
urban land area: 948.82 km²
urban population: 4,707,283 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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