The current population of Tunisia is 12,402,051 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 12,277,109 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2005, population has increased from 10.3M people to 12.4M (20.9% growth in 20 years).
- Tunisia is projected to reach 13.1M people in 2051.
- For the last 20 years, Tunisia has had an average growth rate of 1.05% per year.
- Tunisia is ranked 80/197 by population and was ranked 79th in 2005.
- Tunisia accounts for 0.15% of the world's population.
Tunisia population clock
Tunisia
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World
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
12402051
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8266870341
|
| Population rank | 80/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | N/A |
| One net population change |
6.85 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
3.13 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
7.1 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +210 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +76,678 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.63% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 125/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
34.5 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -15,221 | N/A |
Tunisia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,267,288 | - |
| 1961 | 4,316,278 | 1.15% |
| 1962 | 4,369,136 | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 4,427,131 | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 4,489,869 | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 4,561,385 | 1.59% |
| 1966 | 4,652,287 | 1.99% |
| 1967 | 4,760,970 | 2.34% |
| 1968 | 4,879,899 | 2.5% |
| 1969 | 5,004,697 | 2.56% |
| 1970 | 5,131,396 | 2.53% |
| 1971 | 5,261,658 | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 5,396,557 | 2.56% |
| 1973 | 5,537,242 | 2.61% |
| 1974 | 5,684,674 | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 5,839,262 | 2.72% |
| 1976 | 5,996,994 | 2.7% |
| 1977 | 6,155,931 | 2.65% |
| 1978 | 6,309,390 | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 6,456,419 | 2.33% |
| 1980 | 6,606,195 | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 6,758,284 | 2.3% |
| 1982 | 6,908,642 | 2.22% |
| 1983 | 7,053,800 | 2.1% |
| 1984 | 7,220,044 | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 7,409,903 | 2.63% |
| 1986 | 7,600,301 | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 7,789,987 | 2.5% |
| 1988 | 7,974,440 | 2.37% |
| 1989 | 8,151,660 | 2.22% |
| 1990 | 8,324,509 | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 8,501,827 | 2.13% |
| 1992 | 8,682,512 | 2.13% |
| 1993 | 8,857,910 | 2.02% |
| 1994 | 9,018,448 | 1.81% |
| 1995 | 9,161,258 | 1.58% |
| 1996 | 9,294,432 | 1.45% |
| 1997 | 9,421,270 | 1.36% |
| 1998 | 9,541,667 | 1.28% |
| 1999 | 9,655,963 | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 9,764,935 | 1.13% |
| 2001 | 9,869,677 | 1.07% |
| 2002 | 9,971,515 | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 10,071,632 | 1% |
| 2004 | 10,166,163 | 0.94% |
| 2005 | 10,255,472 | 0.88% |
| 2006 | 10,346,410 | 0.89% |
| 2007 | 10,441,702 | 0.92% |
| 2008 | 10,542,635 | 0.97% |
| 2009 | 10,650,681 | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 10,765,980 | 1.08% |
| 2011 | 10,886,035 | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 11,009,647 | 1.14% |
| 2013 | 11,141,361 | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 11,274,288 | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 11,402,264 | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 11,528,674 | 1.11% |
| 2017 | 11,650,498 | 1.06% |
| 2018 | 11,765,514 | 0.99% |
| 2019 | 11,875,081 | 0.93% |
| 2020 | 11,974,057 | 0.83% |
| 2021 | 12,048,622 | 0.62% |
| 2022 | 12,119,334 | 0.59% |
| 2023 | 12,200,431 | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 12,277,109 | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 12,348,580 | 0.58% |
| 2026 | 12,415,147 | 0.54% |
| 2027 | 12,476,105 | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 12,531,994 | 0.45% |
| 2029 | 12,582,709 | 0.4% |
| 2030 | 12,628,154 | 0.36% |
| 2031 | 12,669,925 | 0.33% |
| 2032 | 12,709,155 | 0.31% |
| 2033 | 12,746,538 | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 12,781,017 | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 12,812,275 | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 12,842,495 | 0.24% |
| 2037 | 12,872,063 | 0.23% |
| 2038 | 12,900,190 | 0.22% |
| 2039 | 12,927,314 | 0.21% |
| 2040 | 12,953,871 | 0.21% |
| 2041 | 12,979,696 | 0.2% |
| 2042 | 13,005,242 | 0.2% |
| 2043 | 13,030,307 | 0.19% |
| 2044 | 13,054,103 | 0.18% |
| 2045 | 13,076,097 | 0.17% |
| 2046 | 13,095,748 | 0.15% |
| 2047 | 13,113,228 | 0.13% |
| 2048 | 13,127,662 | 0.11% |
| 2049 | 13,138,151 | 0.08% |
| 2050 | 13,145,144 | 0.05% |
Tunisia has a population of 12.4M as of 2025, compared to 11.4M in 2015, 10.3M in 2005, and 9.16M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.88% per year. Tunisia is ranked 121st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Tunisia will have 13,076,097 people (5.43% growth) with a rank change from 80th to 89th.
By the year 2100, Tunisia's population is projected to decline by 14.1% to 10.7M people.
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Tunisia population statistics
|
Tunisia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 34.5 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 33.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.83 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 204.7 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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