MigrantoMigration 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
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
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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