The latest officially reported population of Tunisia was 12,277,109 in 2024 vs 1,000 people in the Vatican in 2019. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Tunisia's population is 12,402,051 people compared to 949 in the Vatican.
Population statistics:
- Tunisia's population is 13,069 times bigger than the Vatican's.
- Tunisia is ranked the 80th most populous country in the world, while the Vatican is the 197th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.15% for Tunisia vs 0.00001% for the Vatican.
- For the last 10 years, Tunisia has had an average growth rate of +0.89% per year vs +1.9% in the Vatican.
- Since 2005, the population of Tunisia has increased from 10.3M people to 12.4M (20.9% growth), while the Vatican has grown from 921 to 949 (3.04% growth).
- Tunisia is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 13.1M people compared to the peak of 2.51K people in 2100 for the Vatican.
Tunisia vs Vatican: live population counter
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| Current population |
12402051
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949
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| Population rank | 80/197 | 197/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.00001% |
| One net population change |
6.85 minutes
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1 month
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| One birth every |
3.13 minutes
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n/a |
| One death every |
7.1 minutes
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n/a |
| One migration net change every |
34.5 minutes
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n/a |
| Annual migration change | -15,221 | n/a |
| Daily growth/decline | +210 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline | +76,678 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.63% | +0% |
| Population growth rate rank | 125/197 | 165/197 |
Tunisia and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 880 | 1.13% | - |
| 2001 | 9,869,677 | 890 | 1.07% | 1.14% |
| 2002 | 9,971,515 | 900 | 1.03% | 1.12% |
| 2003 | 10,071,632 | 911 | 1% | 1.22% |
| 2004 | 10,166,163 | 921 | 0.94% | 1.1% |
| 2005 | 10,255,472 | 921 | 0.88% | 0% |
| 2006 | 10,346,410 | 932 | 0.89% | 1.19% |
| 2007 | 10,441,702 | 821 | 0.92% | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 10,542,635 | 824 | 0.97% | 0.37% |
| 2009 | 10,650,681 | 826 | 1.02% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 10,765,980 | 829 | 1.08% | 0.36% |
| 2011 | 10,886,035 | 832 | 1.12% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 11,009,647 | 836 | 1.14% | 0.48% |
| 2013 | 11,141,361 | 839 | 1.2% | 0.36% |
| 2014 | 11,274,288 | 842 | 1.19% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 11,402,264 | 1,000 | 1.14% | 18.8% |
| 2016 | 11,528,674 | - | 1.11% | 0% |
| 2017 | 11,650,498 | 1,000 | 1.06% | 0% |
| 2018 | 11,765,514 | - | 0.99% | 0% |
| 2019 | 11,875,081 | 1,000 | 0.93% | 0% |
| 2020 | 11,974,057 | 987 | 0.83% | -1.29% |
| 2021 | 12,048,622 | 970 | 0.62% | -1.68% |
| 2022 | 12,119,334 | 944 | 0.59% | -2.66% |
| 2023 | 12,200,431 | 922 | 0.67% | -2.34% |
| 2024 | 12,277,109 | 933 | 0.63% | 1.2% |
| 2025 | 12,348,580 | 939 | 0.58% | 0.59% |
| 2026 | 12,415,147 | 952 | 0.54% | 1.37% |
| 2027 | 12,476,105 | 974 | 0.49% | 2.32% |
| 2028 | 12,531,994 | 985 | 0.45% | 1.13% |
| 2029 | 12,582,709 | 983 | 0.4% | -0.19% |
| 2030 | 12,628,154 | 976 | 0.36% | -0.75% |
| 2031 | 12,669,925 | 968 | 0.33% | -0.75% |
| 2032 | 12,709,155 | 968 | 0.31% | 0% |
| 2033 | 12,746,538 | 988 | 0.29% | 2.09% |
| 2034 | 12,781,017 | 992 | 0.27% | 0.37% |
| 2035 | 12,812,275 | 1,000 | 0.24% | 0.74% |
| 2036 | 12,842,495 | 998 | 0.24% | -0.18% |
| 2037 | 12,872,063 | 1,003 | 0.23% | 0.55% |
| 2038 | 12,900,190 | 1,022 | 0.22% | 1.83% |
| 2039 | 12,927,314 | 1,060 | 0.21% | 3.78% |
| 2040 | 12,953,871 | 1,095 | 0.21% | 3.3% |
| 2041 | 12,979,696 | 1,127 | 0.2% | 2.86% |
| 2042 | 13,005,242 | 1,149 | 0.2% | 1.96% |
| 2043 | 13,030,307 | 1,169 | 0.19% | 1.76% |
| 2044 | 13,054,103 | 1,186 | 0.18% | 1.42% |
| 2045 | 13,076,097 | 1,209 | 0.17% | 2.02% |
| 2046 | 13,095,748 | 1,224 | 0.15% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 13,113,228 | 1,248 | 0.13% | 1.95% |
| 2048 | 13,127,662 | 1,272 | 0.11% | 1.92% |
| 2049 | 13,138,151 | 1,296 | 0.08% | 1.88% |
| 2050 | 13,145,144 | 1,325 | 0.05% | 2.27% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tunisia increased by 1,146,792 people (a 11.2% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tunisia gained 999,787 (a 8.77% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).
Tunisia was ranked 79th most populous country in 2005 and is 80th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.
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Population differences between Tunisia and the Vatican
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| Life expectancy | 76.9 years | 83.3 years |
| Average age | 34.5 years | n/a |
| Median age | 33.5 years | n/a |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | n/a |
| Fertility rate | 1.83 births per woman | n/a |
| Population density | 204.7 ppl/mi² | 5,886 ppl/mi² |
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