The latest officially reported population of Tunisia was 12,277,109 in 2024 vs 21,314,956 people in Zambia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Tunisia's population is 12,402,051 people compared to 22,402,291 in Zambia.
Population statistics:
- Zambia's population is 1.81 times bigger than Tunisia's.
- Tunisia is ranked the 80th most populous country in the world, while Zambia is the 62nd.
- The countries together account for 0.42% of the world: 0.15% for Tunisia vs 0.27% for Zambia.
- For the last 10 years, Tunisia has had an average growth rate of +0.89% per year vs +3% in Zambia.
- Since 2005, the population of Tunisia has increased from 10.3M people to 12.4M (20.9% growth), while Zambia has grown from 11.7M to 22.4M (91.2% growth).
- Tunisia is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 13.1M people compared to the peak of 64.5M people in 2100 for Zambia.
Tunisia vs Zambia: live population counter
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| Current population |
12402051
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22402291
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| Population rank | 80/197 | 62/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
6.85 minutes
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53.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
3.13 minutes
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46 seconds
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| One death every |
7.1 minutes
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4.87 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
34.5 minutes
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1.19 hours
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| Annual migration change | -15,221 | +7,381 |
| Daily growth/decline | +210 | +1,619 |
| Annual growth/decline | +76,678 | +590,991 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.63% | +2.85% |
| Population growth rate rank | 125/197 | 22/197 |
Tunisia and Zambia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,267,288 | 3,153,729 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,316,278 | 3,254,086 | 1.15% | 3.18% |
| 1962 | 4,369,136 | 3,358,099 | 1.22% | 3.2% |
| 1963 | 4,427,131 | 3,465,907 | 1.33% | 3.21% |
| 1964 | 4,489,869 | 3,577,017 | 1.42% | 3.21% |
| 1965 | 4,561,385 | 3,692,086 | 1.59% | 3.22% |
| 1966 | 4,652,287 | 3,812,003 | 1.99% | 3.25% |
| 1967 | 4,760,970 | 3,936,343 | 2.34% | 3.26% |
| 1968 | 4,879,899 | 4,065,593 | 2.5% | 3.28% |
| 1969 | 5,004,697 | 4,197,116 | 2.56% | 3.24% |
| 1970 | 5,131,396 | 4,321,718 | 2.53% | 2.97% |
| 1971 | 5,261,658 | 4,442,525 | 2.54% | 2.8% |
| 1972 | 5,396,557 | 4,569,309 | 2.56% | 2.85% |
| 1973 | 5,537,242 | 4,702,693 | 2.61% | 2.92% |
| 1974 | 5,684,674 | 4,842,746 | 2.66% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 5,839,262 | 4,990,086 | 2.72% | 3.04% |
| 1976 | 5,996,994 | 5,143,842 | 2.7% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 6,155,931 | 5,302,480 | 2.65% | 3.08% |
| 1978 | 6,309,390 | 5,465,374 | 2.49% | 3.07% |
| 1979 | 6,456,419 | 5,631,728 | 2.33% | 3.04% |
| 1980 | 6,606,195 | 5,802,833 | 2.32% | 3.04% |
| 1981 | 6,758,284 | 5,983,289 | 2.3% | 3.11% |
| 1982 | 6,908,642 | 6,178,637 | 2.22% | 3.26% |
| 1983 | 7,053,800 | 6,381,038 | 2.1% | 3.28% |
| 1984 | 7,220,044 | 6,580,490 | 2.36% | 3.13% |
| 1985 | 7,409,903 | 6,780,953 | 2.63% | 3.05% |
| 1986 | 7,600,301 | 6,986,471 | 2.57% | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 7,789,987 | 7,191,282 | 2.5% | 2.93% |
| 1988 | 7,974,440 | 7,391,440 | 2.37% | 2.78% |
| 1989 | 8,151,660 | 7,589,216 | 2.22% | 2.68% |
| 1990 | 8,324,509 | 7,786,169 | 2.12% | 2.6% |
| 1991 | 8,501,827 | 7,981,650 | 2.13% | 2.51% |
| 1992 | 8,682,512 | 8,176,680 | 2.13% | 2.44% |
| 1993 | 8,857,910 | 8,373,921 | 2.02% | 2.41% |
| 1994 | 9,018,448 | 8,576,269 | 1.81% | 2.42% |
| 1995 | 9,161,258 | 8,785,763 | 1.58% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 9,294,432 | 9,004,053 | 1.45% | 2.48% |
| 1997 | 9,421,270 | 9,237,063 | 1.36% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 9,541,667 | 9,482,408 | 1.28% | 2.66% |
| 1999 | 9,655,963 | 9,740,005 | 1.2% | 2.72% |
| 2000 | 9,764,935 | 10,017,631 | 1.13% | 2.85% |
| 2001 | 9,869,677 | 10,325,185 | 1.07% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 9,971,515 | 10,647,949 | 1.03% | 3.13% |
| 2003 | 10,071,632 | 10,983,595 | 1% | 3.15% |
| 2004 | 10,166,163 | 11,338,198 | 0.94% | 3.23% |
| 2005 | 10,255,472 | 11,718,819 | 0.88% | 3.36% |
| 2006 | 10,346,410 | 12,129,553 | 0.89% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 10,441,702 | 12,565,085 | 0.92% | 3.59% |
| 2008 | 10,542,635 | 13,021,324 | 0.97% | 3.63% |
| 2009 | 10,650,681 | 13,490,389 | 1.02% | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 10,765,980 | 13,965,594 | 1.08% | 3.52% |
| 2011 | 10,886,035 | 14,437,796 | 1.12% | 3.38% |
| 2012 | 11,009,647 | 14,913,629 | 1.14% | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 11,141,361 | 15,398,997 | 1.2% | 3.25% |
| 2014 | 11,274,288 | 15,895,315 | 1.19% | 3.22% |
| 2015 | 11,402,264 | 16,399,089 | 1.14% | 3.17% |
| 2016 | 11,528,674 | 16,914,423 | 1.11% | 3.14% |
| 2017 | 11,650,498 | 17,441,320 | 1.06% | 3.12% |
| 2018 | 11,765,514 | 17,973,569 | 0.99% | 3.05% |
| 2019 | 11,875,081 | 18,513,839 | 0.93% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 11,974,057 | 19,059,395 | 0.83% | 2.95% |
| 2021 | 12,048,622 | 19,603,607 | 0.62% | 2.86% |
| 2022 | 12,119,334 | 20,152,938 | 0.59% | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 12,200,431 | 20,723,965 | 0.67% | 2.83% |
| 2024 | 12,277,109 | 21,314,956 | 0.63% | 2.85% |
| 2025 | 12,348,580 | 21,913,869 | 0.58% | 2.81% |
| 2026 | 12,415,147 | 22,521,905 | 0.54% | 2.77% |
| 2027 | 12,476,105 | 23,138,716 | 0.49% | 2.74% |
| 2028 | 12,531,994 | 23,761,368 | 0.45% | 2.69% |
| 2029 | 12,582,709 | 24,389,681 | 0.4% | 2.64% |
| 2030 | 12,628,154 | 25,024,887 | 0.36% | 2.6% |
| 2031 | 12,669,925 | 25,666,496 | 0.33% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 12,709,155 | 26,311,946 | 0.31% | 2.51% |
| 2033 | 12,746,538 | 26,960,073 | 0.29% | 2.46% |
| 2034 | 12,781,017 | 27,611,621 | 0.27% | 2.42% |
| 2035 | 12,812,275 | 28,266,887 | 0.24% | 2.37% |
| 2036 | 12,842,495 | 28,925,103 | 0.24% | 2.33% |
| 2037 | 12,872,063 | 29,583,482 | 0.23% | 2.28% |
| 2038 | 12,900,190 | 30,240,549 | 0.22% | 2.22% |
| 2039 | 12,927,314 | 30,895,586 | 0.21% | 2.17% |
| 2040 | 12,953,871 | 31,550,394 | 0.21% | 2.12% |
| 2041 | 12,979,696 | 32,204,340 | 0.2% | 2.07% |
| 2042 | 13,005,242 | 32,856,596 | 0.2% | 2.03% |
| 2043 | 13,030,307 | 33,510,500 | 0.19% | 1.99% |
| 2044 | 13,054,103 | 34,165,920 | 0.18% | 1.96% |
| 2045 | 13,076,097 | 34,821,101 | 0.17% | 1.92% |
| 2046 | 13,095,748 | 35,475,795 | 0.15% | 1.88% |
| 2047 | 13,113,228 | 36,129,270 | 0.13% | 1.84% |
| 2048 | 13,127,662 | 36,782,260 | 0.11% | 1.81% |
| 2049 | 13,138,151 | 37,434,667 | 0.08% | 1.77% |
| 2050 | 13,145,144 | 38,083,369 | 0.05% | 1.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tunisia increased by 1,146,792 people (a 11.2% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tunisia gained 999,787 (a 8.77% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).
Tunisia was ranked 79th most populous country in 2005 and is 80th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.
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Population differences between Tunisia and Zambia
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| Life expectancy | 76.9 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 34.5 years | 22.6 years |
| Median age | 33.5 years | 18.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.83 births per woman | 4.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 204.7 ppl/mi² | 74.3 ppl/mi² |
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