Tunisia
Population 2026
12,415,143
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.54%
- Density
- 80 per km²
- Land area
- 155,360 km²
- Capital
- Tunis
- Currency
- Dinar (TND)
- Official languages
- AR-TN, FR
- Urban population
- 70.7%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 156,9792026
- Deaths
- 78,2902026
- Birth rate
- 13.4per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.1per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.82
- Life expectancy
- 76.7At birth, years
- Median age
- 33.4
- Net migration
- -14,523
Age distribution
- 0–1423.6%
- 15–6466.5%
- 65+9.9%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $57.5B
- GDP per capita
- $4.7K
- GDP growth
- +2.5%
- Inflation
- 5.2%
- Unemployment
- 15.1%
- Exports
- $26.8B
- Imports
- $31.5B
- Tourism receipts
- 9.0%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture10.3%
- Industry22.0%
- Manufacturing14.8%
- Services62.7%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture12.5%
- Industry33.3%
- Services54.3%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TunisTunis Governorate | 693,2102026 |
| 2 | SfaxSfax Governorate | 280,5662026 |
| 3 | SousseSousse Governorate | 221,7152026 |
| 4 | SukrahAriana Governorate | 159,8622026 |
| 5 | KairouanKairouan | 139,0702026 |
| 6 | BizerteBizerte Governorate | 138,4302026 |
| 7 | Sīdī ḤusaynTunis Governorate | 130,2552026 |
| 8 | Sakiet ed DaierSfax Governorate | 125,2042026 |
| 9 | El MouroujBen Arous Governorate | 120,7322026 |
| 10 | AryanahAriana Governorate | 114,4862026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12,415,143 | 157K | 78.3K |
| 2020 | 11,974,058 | 189K | 79.6K |
| 2010 | 10,765,984 | 193K | 60.3K |
| 2000 | 9,764,940 | 162K | 49.1K |
| 1990 | 8,324,509 | 216K | 47.9K |
| 1980 | 6,606,194 | 225K | 53.4K |
| 1970 | 5,131,394 | 211K | 72.4K |
| 1960 | 4,267,299 | 204K | 94.5K |
| 1950 | 3,608,997 | 168K | 98.6K |