- Capital: N'Djamena
- POPULATION: 9.944 Million
- LANGUAGES: French(official)\nArabic(official)
- Median age: 16
- Birth Rate per 1000 people: 45.73
- Death Rate per 1000 people: 16.38
- Life expectancy: 47.52
- Literacy(definition: age 15 and over can read and write)
  total population: 47.5%
  male: 56%
  female: 39.3% (2003 est.)
- Independence: 11 August 1960 from France
- GDP per capita: $1,800

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