Migration trends in Chad
Africa
1.3M people from around the world have made Chad their home. That's 6.2% of the country population, arriving from 10 different countries
20.3M
Population
1.3M
Immigrants
292.3K
Emigrants
+958.6K
Inflow
1 in every 16 people in Chad was born abroad
The #52 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Chad
Where people come from
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
69.1K immigrants · 330K emigrants
1995
- Cameroon replaced Sudan as the main destination for those leaving
- The exodus eased — the diaspora abroad shrank by 34%
- Emigration to Sudan declined sharply — 110.4K fewer migrants there
2005
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 248%
- Sudan overtook Cameroon as the largest source of new arrivals
- Sudan replaced Cameroon as the main destination for those leaving
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
Today
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 136%
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 40%
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
- Surge of immigrants from Sudan — 698.4K new arrivals
- Since 1990: 1.2M more foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad