text: Chad is in north central Africa , lying between latitudes 7 Â and 24 Â N , and 13 Â and 24 Â E. Chad is bounded to the north by Libya , to the east by Sudan , to the west by Niger , Nigeria and Cameroon , and to the south by the Central African Republic .
simplified: To the north is Libya , to the south is the Central African Republic , to the east is Sudan , and to the west are Cameroon , Nigeria and Niger . The population of Chad is about 11,000,000 people .