Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Libya is 37% bigger than Chad
Chad: 1,284,000 km² (2024) · Libya: 1,759,540 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Chad: 0 km (2026 edition) · Libya: 1,770 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Chad’s highest peak towers 1,178 m above Libya’s
Chad: 3,445 m (2026 edition) · Libya: 2,267 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 40% of Chad, versus 8.7% of Libya
Chad: 40% (2024) · Libya: 8.7% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Chad has 2.8 times as many people as Libya
Chad: 21 million (2025) · Libya: 7.46 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Chad is 3.9 times as densely populated as Libya
Chad: 17 per km² (2025) · Libya: 4 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Libya are 4.5 cm taller than in Chad
Chad: 171.8 cm (2019) · Libya: 176.4 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Libya and Chad are practically level
Chad: 162.1 cm (2019) · Libya: 162.6 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Libya is 12 years older than in Chad
Chad: 15.4 years (2023) · Libya: 27.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Chad have 3.7 more children on average than in Libya
Chad: 6.03 children per woman (2024) · Libya: 2.3 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
5.2% of people in Libya are 65 or older, versus 2.1% in Chad
Chad: 2.1% (2025) · Libya: 5.2% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Libya hosts 4% more refugees per resident than Chad
Chad: 71.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Libya: 74.1 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Chad and Libya are practically level
Chad: 0 (2026) · Libya: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Chad has 2 official languages, Libya 1
Chad: 2 (2026) · Libya: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Libya’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Chad’s
Chad: $21.5 billion (2025) · Libya: $48.1 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Libya produces 5.7 times as much per person as Chad
Chad: Int$2,903 (2025) · Libya: Int$16,521 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Chad: 37.4 (2022) · Libya: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Chad: 39.5% (2022) · Libya: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 19% in Libya, versus 1.1% in Chad
Chad: 1.1% (2025) · Libya: 18.8% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Libya and Chad are practically level
Chad: 3.2% (2025) · Libya: 3.6% (2023)
How expensive is it?
Libya’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Chad’s
Chad: 35% (2025) · Libya: 39% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Libya spends 9.9 times as much on health per person as Chad
Chad: $47 (2023) · Libya: $470 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Libya live 16 years longer than in Chad
Chad: 55.2 years (2024) · Libya: 71.1 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Chad is 7.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Libya
Chad: 56.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Libya: 7.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Libya has 24 times as many doctors per person as Chad
Chad: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Libya: 2 per 1,000 (2017)
How many hospital beds are there?
Libya has 23 times as many hospital beds per person as Chad
Chad: 0.2 per 1,000 (2020) · Libya: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Chad is 4.2 times that in Libya
Chad: 18.4 per 100k (2023) · Libya: 4.4 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
34% of adults in Libya are obese, versus 6.3% in Chad
Chad: 6.3% (2024) · Libya: 33.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
24% of adults in Libya smoke, versus 7.4% in Chad
Chad: 7.4% (2024) · Libya: 24.2% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Libya rate their lives 1.35 points higher than in Chad
Chad: 4.39 (2025) · Libya: 5.73 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Chad drink 1,306 times as much alcohol as in Libya
Chad: 3 litres (2023) · Libya: 0.0023 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Chad has 8% more meat per person than Libya
Chad: 47 kg (2022) · Libya: 43.7 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Libya has 770 kcal more food per person per day than Chad
Chad: 2,097 kcal (2022) · Libya: 2,867 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Chad: 1,585 hours (2023) · Libya: no data
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Libya went to school 5.4 years longer than in Chad
Chad: 2.3 years (2023) · Libya: 7.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Chad: 0.0047 (2019) · Libya: no data
How many World Heritage sites?
Libya has 3 more World Heritage sites than Chad (5 against 2)
Chad: 2 (2026) · Libya: 5 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Chad and Libya are practically level
Chad: 0 (2026 edition) · Libya: 0 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
82% of people in Libya are online, versus 13% in Chad
Chad: 13% (2024) · Libya: 82% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Chad is 2.7 times as fast as in Libya
Chad: 64 Mbps (2026) · Libya: 23 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
77% of people in Libya have electricity, versus 13% in Chad
Chad: 13.4% (2024) · Libya: 77.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Libya live in cities, versus 28% in Chad
Chad: 28% (2025) · Libya: 88% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Libya has 193 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Chad 73
Chad: 73 (2024) · Libya: 193 (2022)
How much do they fly?
Chad: no data · Libya: 0.15 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 3.0% of Chad, but only 0.1% of Libya
Chad: 3% (2024) · Libya: 0.1% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Libya emits 63 times as much CO₂ as someone in Chad
Chad: 0.1 t (2024) · Libya: 8.8 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
5.4% of Chad’s electricity is renewable, versus 0.0% in Libya
Chad: 5.4% (2024) · Libya: 0% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Chad carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Libya
Chad: 39.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Libya: 17.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Libya are 64% deadlier than in Chad
Chad: 31.4 per 100k (2023) · Libya: 51.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Chad is on average 4.8 °C warmer than Libya
Chad: 27.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Libya: 23°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Chad gets 14 times as much rain as Libya
Chad: 276 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Libya: 19 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Chad bigger than Libya?
Libya is larger. Libya is 37% bigger than Chad.
Which has more people, Chad or Libya?
Chad has 2.8 times as many people as Libya (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Chad or Libya?
People in Libya live 16 years longer than in Chad. Life expectancy at birth is 55.2 years in Chad and 71.1 in Libya.
Are people taller in Chad or Libya?
Men in Libya are 4.5 cm taller than in Chad (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
