The latest officially reported population of Tunisia was 12,277,109 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Tunisia's population is 12,402,051 people compared to 3,384,690 in Uruguay.
Population statistics:
- Tunisia's population is 3.66 times bigger than Uruguay's.
- Tunisia is ranked the 80th most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
- The countries together account for 0.19% of the world: 0.15% for Tunisia vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
- For the last 10 years, Tunisia has had an average growth rate of +0.89% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
- Since 2005, the population of Tunisia has increased from 10.3M people to 12.4M (20.9% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (3.01% growth).
- Tunisia is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 13.1M people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.
Tunisia vs Uruguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
12402051
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3384690
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| Population rank | 80/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
6.85 minutes
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5.87 hours
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| One birth every |
3.13 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One death every |
7.1 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
34.5 minutes
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6.5 hours
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| Annual migration change | -15,221 | -1,348 |
| Daily growth/decline | +210 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +76,678 | -1,493 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.63% | -0.04% |
| Population growth rate rank | 125/197 | 169/197 |
Tunisia and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,267,288 | 2,529,957 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,316,278 | 2,562,044 | 1.15% | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 4,369,136 | 2,593,298 | 1.22% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 4,427,131 | 2,623,766 | 1.33% | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 4,489,869 | 2,653,180 | 1.42% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 4,561,385 | 2,681,169 | 1.59% | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 4,652,287 | 2,707,646 | 1.99% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 4,760,970 | 2,732,277 | 2.34% | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 4,879,899 | 2,754,606 | 2.5% | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 5,004,697 | 2,773,974 | 2.56% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 5,131,396 | 2,790,807 | 2.53% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 5,261,658 | 2,806,462 | 2.54% | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 5,396,557 | 2,821,644 | 2.56% | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 5,537,242 | 2,837,133 | 2.61% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 5,684,674 | 2,853,944 | 2.66% | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 5,839,262 | 2,872,320 | 2.72% | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 5,996,994 | 2,891,392 | 2.7% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 6,155,931 | 2,909,461 | 2.65% | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 6,309,390 | 2,925,715 | 2.49% | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 6,456,419 | 2,939,903 | 2.33% | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 6,606,195 | 2,951,953 | 2.32% | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 6,758,284 | 2,963,246 | 2.3% | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 6,908,642 | 2,975,492 | 2.22% | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 7,053,800 | 2,988,778 | 2.1% | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 7,220,044 | 3,002,488 | 2.36% | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 7,409,903 | 3,017,037 | 2.63% | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 7,600,301 | 3,032,845 | 2.57% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 7,789,987 | 3,049,896 | 2.5% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 7,974,440 | 3,067,961 | 2.37% | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 8,151,660 | 3,086,255 | 2.22% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 8,324,509 | 3,104,403 | 2.12% | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 8,501,827 | 3,122,354 | 2.13% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 8,682,512 | 3,139,702 | 2.13% | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 8,857,910 | 3,156,345 | 2.02% | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 9,018,448 | 3,172,834 | 1.81% | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 9,161,258 | 3,189,440 | 1.58% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 9,294,432 | 3,206,324 | 1.45% | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 9,421,270 | 3,223,345 | 1.36% | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 9,541,667 | 3,239,280 | 1.28% | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 9,655,963 | 3,254,015 | 1.2% | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 9,764,935 | 3,266,206 | 1.13% | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 9,869,677 | 3,274,251 | 1.07% | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 9,971,515 | 3,278,867 | 1.03% | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 10,071,632 | 3,281,186 | 1% | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 10,166,163 | 3,283,148 | 0.94% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 10,255,472 | 3,285,771 | 0.88% | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 10,346,410 | 3,289,506 | 0.89% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 10,441,702 | 3,295,153 | 0.92% | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 10,542,635 | 3,302,177 | 0.97% | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 10,650,681 | 3,310,091 | 1.02% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 10,765,980 | 3,318,580 | 1.08% | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 10,886,035 | 3,326,825 | 1.12% | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 11,009,647 | 3,335,401 | 1.14% | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 11,141,361 | 3,345,337 | 1.2% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 11,274,288 | 3,356,334 | 1.19% | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 11,402,264 | 3,368,017 | 1.14% | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 11,528,674 | 3,379,283 | 1.11% | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 11,650,498 | 3,388,438 | 1.06% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 11,765,514 | 3,394,534 | 0.99% | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 11,875,081 | 3,397,206 | 0.93% | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 11,974,057 | 3,398,968 | 0.83% | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 12,048,622 | 3,396,695 | 0.62% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 12,119,334 | 3,390,913 | 0.59% | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 12,200,431 | 3,388,081 | 0.67% | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 12,277,109 | 3,386,588 | 0.63% | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 12,348,580 | 3,384,690 | 0.58% | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 12,415,147 | 3,382,543 | 0.54% | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 12,476,105 | 3,380,245 | 0.49% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 12,531,994 | 3,377,893 | 0.45% | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 12,582,709 | 3,375,428 | 0.4% | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 12,628,154 | 3,372,892 | 0.36% | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 12,669,925 | 3,370,285 | 0.33% | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 12,709,155 | 3,367,544 | 0.31% | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 12,746,538 | 3,364,654 | 0.29% | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 12,781,017 | 3,361,591 | 0.27% | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 12,812,275 | 3,358,284 | 0.24% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 12,842,495 | 3,354,682 | 0.24% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 12,872,063 | 3,350,735 | 0.23% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 12,900,190 | 3,346,431 | 0.22% | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 12,927,314 | 3,341,676 | 0.21% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 12,953,871 | 3,336,469 | 0.21% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 12,979,696 | 3,330,804 | 0.2% | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 13,005,242 | 3,324,643 | 0.2% | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 13,030,307 | 3,317,939 | 0.19% | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 13,054,103 | 3,310,611 | 0.18% | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 13,076,097 | 3,302,680 | 0.17% | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 13,095,748 | 3,294,196 | 0.15% | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 13,113,228 | 3,285,160 | 0.13% | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 13,127,662 | 3,275,507 | 0.11% | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 13,138,151 | 3,265,260 | 0.08% | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 13,145,144 | 3,254,361 | 0.05% | -0.33% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tunisia increased by 1,146,792 people (a 11.2% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tunisia gained 999,787 (a 8.77% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).
Tunisia was ranked 79th most populous country in 2005 and is 80th in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Tunisia's population will grow by 5.99% to 13,145,144 people with a rank change from 80th to 89th. The population of Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Tunis | 603K |
| Sfax | 273K |
| Sousse | 222K |
| Kairouan | 187K |
| Bizerte | 143K |
| Aryanah | 123K |
| Gafsa | 121K |
| Gabes | 116K |
| La Marsa | 93K |
| Nabeul | 84.3K |
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| City | Population |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
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Population differences between Tunisia and Uruguay
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| Life expectancy | 76.9 years | 78.5 years |
| Average age | 34.5 years | 38.9 years |
| Median age | 33.5 years | 37.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.83 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 204.7 ppl/mi² | 50.1 ppl/mi² |
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