Chad

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Country Profile

Location: Central Africa, south of Libya 
Geographical Size: land: 1,259,200 sq km, water: 24,800 sq km Climate: tropical in south, desert in north 
Population: 15,833,116 (July 2018 est.) 
Population Growth Rate: 3.23% (2018 est.) 
Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects 
Religion: Muslim 52.1%, Protestant 23.9%, Roman Catholic 20%, animist 0.3%, other Christian 0.2%, none 2.8%, unspecified 0.7% (2014-15 est.) 
Government Type: presidential republic 
Capital City: N'Djamena 
Economy: Oil provides about 60% of export revenues, while cotton, cattle, livestock, and gum arabic provide the bulk of Chad's non-oil export earnings. 
GDP (Purchase power parity): $28.62 billion (2017 est.) Communications: Fixed line telephone 14,000 (July 2016 est.) Mobile Cellular 6,231,009 (July 2016 est.) Internet users 592,623 (July 2016 est.) 
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