Tunisia Population
Tunisia had an estimated population of 12,348,573 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 79th most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.15% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +0.58% a year.
Tunisia at a glance
How Tunisia's population is changing
Tunisia's population is growing: +0.58% a year, which works out to about +71,672 people per year, or +196 a day. Births (13.4 per 1,000) and deaths (6.1 per 1,000) alone would give +0.72% a year; net migration removes about 14,523 people a year (−0.12%). Roughly one in every 665 people on Earth lives in Tunisia.
Population of Tunisia since 1960
In 1960, Tunisia had 4,267,288 people. By 2025 that was 12,348,573 — 2.9× larger. The fastest growth came between 1967 and 1977, when the population rose by 29%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,267,288 | — |
| 1970 | 5,131,396 | +20.2% |
| 1980 | 6,606,195 | +28.7% |
| 1990 | 8,324,509 | +26.0% |
| 2000 | 9,764,935 | +17.3% |
| 2010 | 10,765,980 | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 11,974,057 | +11.2% |
| 2025 | 12,348,573 | +3.1% |
Tunisia from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Tunisia at about 800,000 people in 1800; the UN estimates 12,348,576 in 2025 (15× 1800) and projects 10,652,235 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 2051 at 13,148,158 and decline afterwards.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 800,000 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 1,114,077 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 1,878,648 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 3,608,997 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 9,764,940 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 12,348,576 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 13,145,140 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 12,237,855 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 10,652,235 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Tunisia
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 12,348,573. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunis | 2,473,428 | UN urban centre | 20.03% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Sfax | 608,293 | UN urban centre | 4.93% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 3 | Sousse | 495,877 | UN urban centre | 4.02% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 4 | Hammamet | 229,253 | UN urban centre | 1.86% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 5 | Bizerte | 176,615 | UN urban centre | 1.43% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 6 | Gabès | 161,227 | UN urban centre | 1.31% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 7 | Sukrah | 159,862 | GeoNames settlement | 1.29% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 8 | Ksar Hellal | 140,693 | UN urban centre | 1.14% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 9 | Sīdī Ḥusayn | 130,255 | GeoNames settlement | 1.05% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 10 | Gafsa | 129,171 | UN urban centre | 1.05% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
How Tunisia compares
Tunisia has almost the same population as South Sudan (12,188,788).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Tunisia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #77 |  Burundi | 14,390,003 | +17% | compare → |
| #78 |  Bolivia | 12,581,843 | +2% | compare → |
| #80 |  South Sudan | 12,188,788 | −1% | compare → |
| #81 |  Belgium | 11,941,781 | −3% | compare → |
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Land neighbours (2)
Tunisia's 2 neighbours together hold 54,893,867 people — 4.4× Tunisia's population. The most populous is Algeria (47,435,312).
In its region
Tunisia is the 11th most populous of the 23 economies in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, holding 1.5% of the region's 828,025,185 people.
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Cities
Tunis, Sfax, Sousse, Hammamet, Bizerte, Gabès, Sukrah, Ksar Hellal — all Tunisia's cities on the map.
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Population, growth, birth and death rates, migration, density, age structure, life expectancy, fertility and GDP per capita come from the World Bank Indicators API (latest available year shown beside each figure). The live counter applies the annual growth rate continuously from 1 July 2025 — a model, not a measurement. City populations are the latest census or official estimate held by GeoNames and are not projected. Sub-city units are folded into their parent city.
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