Editing Demographics of Chad (section)

==Ethnic groups==
{{main|Ethnic groups in Chad}}
[[File:Chadian delegation.jpg|thumb|A tribal delegation in Chad]]
[[File:Crowd in Chad.jpg|thumb|People of Chad]]
The peoples of Chad carry significant ancestry from [[East Africa|Eastern]], [[Central Africa|Central]], [[West Africa|Western]], and [[North Africa|Northern Africa]].<ref name="Sc1">{{Cite journal|date=2016-12-01|title=Chad Genetic Diversity Reveals an African History Marked by Multiple Holocene Eurasian Migrations|journal=The American Journal of Human Genetics|language=en|volume=99|issue=6|pages=1316–1324|doi=10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.10.012|issn=0002-9297|pmc=5142112|last1=Haber|first1=Marc|last2=Mezzavilla|first2=Massimo|last3=Bergström|first3=Anders|last4=Prado-Martinez|first4=Javier|last5=Hallast|first5=Pille|last6=Saif-Ali|first6=Riyadh|last7=Al-Habori|first7=Molham|last8=Dedoussis|first8=George|last9=Zeggini|first9=Eleftheria|last10=Blue-Smith|first10=Jason|last11=Wells|first11=R. Spencer|last12=Xue|first12=Yali|last13=Zalloua|first13=Pierre A.|last14=Tyler-Smith|first14=Chris|pmid=27889059}}</ref> 
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*In the north and center: [[Arab people|Arabs]], [[Toubou people|Tubu]] ([[Daza people|Daza]], [[Teda people|Teda]]), [[Zaghawa people|Zaghawa]], [[Kanembu people|Kanembu]], [[Wadai Empire|Wadai]], [[Baguirmi people|Baguirmi]], [[Hadjarai peoples|Hadjarai]], [[Fula people|Fulani]], [[Kotoko kingdom|Kotoko]], [[Hausa people|Hausa]], [[Bulala]], and [[Maba people|Maba]], most of whom are Muslim
*In the south: [[Sara people|Sara]] (Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye), [[Mundang people|Mundang]], [[Mussei]], [[Massa (African Ethnic Group)|Massa]], most of whom are Christian or animist