Tunisia's population rose from 4.27M in 1960 to 12.3M in 2025.
Tunisia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Tunisia's population growth fell from 1.14 % in 1961 to 0.58 % in 2025.
Tunisia's population density rose from 58.0 in 1994 to 78.5 in 2023.
Tunisia's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.2 % in 1996 to 50.6 % in 2025.
Tunisia's urbanisation rose from 62.1 % in 1996 to 70.7 % in 2025.
Tunisia's urban population rose from 5.77M in 1996 to 8.73M in 2025.
Tunisia's rural population rose from 3.52M in 1996 to 3.62M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.8 %115th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.7 %109th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.9 %156th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.5 %27th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs102nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts107th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts69th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts101st of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.2 pts149th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.6 pts98th of 217
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- Net migrationup +4.6 %162nd of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts195th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −26.0 %112th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs88th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs97th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs86th of 217