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Tunisia population
Tunisia population now
12,430,807
A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 12.3–12.6 million.
Mid-2023, UN estimate: 12,200,431
- Year
- 2026
- projection · medium
- Population, mid-2026
- 12.4151 million
- 95% range, 31 Dec: 12.3–12.6 million
- Median age
- 34.4
- Aged 65+
- 10.3%
male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people
How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.
TUN · 1950–2100 · in brief
Tunisia in numbers
The UN counts 12,200,431 people in Tunisia in mid-2023, which makes it the 80th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.15% of the world's people. That is 3.4 times its 1950 population of 3.6 million.
The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2051 at 13.1 million, then falling to 10.7 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 3.9 million to 26.0 million.
In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2055 on.
The median age was 20.1 in 1950 and 33.1 in 2023; the projection has 51.7 in 2100. 9.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 33.5% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2037 at 8.7 million.
By size it is the 80th country in 2023; the projection puts it 88th in 2050 and 99th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Taiwan in 2090. It is overtaken by South Sudan in 2026, Haiti in 2031 and Jordan in 2032.
- Population, mid-2023
- 12,200,431
- Rank by population, 2023
- 80 of 236
- Share of the world, 2023
- 0.15%
- Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
- +0.67% · +81,097 people
- People per km² of land, 2023
- 79
- Land area, 2023
- 155,360 km²
- Births, 2023
- 167,729
- Deaths, 2023
- 74,071
- Net migration, 2023
- −14,001
- Children per woman, 2023
- 1.83
- Median age, 2023
- 33.1 years
- Life expectancy at birth, 2023
- 76.5 years
- In a city, 2025
- 45 of every 100
- Population, mid-1950
- 3,608,986
- Projected, mid-2050
- 13,145,141
- Projected, mid-2100
- 10,652,235
TUN · 1950–2100 · total population
Population, 1950–2100
estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.
Show the numbers: Tunisia, 1950–2100
| Year | Kind | Population, 1 Jan | 95% range | Births | Deaths | Children per woman | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | estimate | 3,573,092 | 168,250 | 98,597 | 6.68 | 38.2 | |
| 1951 | estimate | 3,644,879 | 172,099 | 98,742 | 6.74 | 38.7 | |
| 1952 | estimate | 3,719,321 | 176,210 | 98,615 | 6.80 | 39.3 | |
| 1953 | estimate | 3,797,049 | 180,337 | 98,904 | 6.87 | 39.8 | |
| 1954 | estimate | 3,877,749 | 184,750 | 99,748 | 6.93 | 40.0 | |
| 1955 | estimate | 3,961,301 | 188,833 | 99,083 | 6.97 | 40.8 | |
| 1956 | estimate | 4,048,957 | 193,166 | 98,965 | 7.02 | 41.4 | |
| 1957 | estimate | 4,116,245 | 196,301 | 97,948 | 7.06 | 42.1 | |
| 1958 | estimate | 4,156,968 | 199,026 | 96,882 | 7.11 | 42.7 | |
| 1959 | estimate | 4,198,466 | 201,905 | 95,789 | 7.15 | 43.4 | |
| 1960 | estimate | 4,243,344 | 203,736 | 94,502 | 7.16 | 44.0 | |
| 1961 | estimate | 4,291,231 | 205,946 | 94,488 | 7.16 | 44.3 | |
| 1962 | estimate | 4,341,324 | 208,454 | 91,570 | 7.17 | 45.6 | |
| 1963 | estimate | 4,396,949 | 210,699 | 89,837 | 7.17 | 46.4 | |
| 1964 | estimate | 4,457,313 | 212,799 | 88,085 | 7.17 | 47.3 | |
| 1965 | estimate | 4,522,426 | 213,634 | 85,958 | 7.11 | 48.2 | |
| 1966 | estimate | 4,600,344 | 215,133 | 83,857 | 7.05 | 49.2 | |
| 1967 | estimate | 4,704,230 | 214,139 | 81,513 | 6.95 | 50.2 | |
| 1968 | estimate | 4,817,709 | 212,789 | 78,544 | 6.81 | 51.3 | |
| 1969 | estimate | 4,942,088 | 211,554 | 76,297 | 6.62 | 52.3 | |
| 1970 | estimate | 5,067,306 | 210,624 | 72,390 | 6.43 | 53.8 | |
| 1971 | estimate | 5,195,487 | 212,101 | 69,808 | 6.29 | 54.9 | |
| 1972 | estimate | 5,327,828 | 214,509 | 67,266 | 6.19 | 56.1 | |
| 1973 | estimate | 5,465,286 | 219,008 | 65,483 | 6.12 | 57.1 | |
| 1974 | estimate | 5,609,198 | 223,684 | 63,485 | 6.05 | 58.3 | |
| 1975 | estimate | 5,760,150 | 228,766 | 61,776 | 5.97 | 59.3 | |
| 1976 | estimate | 5,918,374 | 232,849 | 60,110 | 5.87 | 60.3 | |
| 1977 | estimate | 6,075,614 | 232,862 | 58,319 | 5.68 | 61.3 | |
| 1978 | estimate | 6,236,247 | 229,624 | 56,368 | 5.40 | 62.1 | |
| 1979 | estimate | 6,382,533 | 226,195 | 54,731 | 5.18 | 62.9 | |
| 1980 | estimate | 6,530,305 | 224,535 | 53,438 | 5.03 | 63.7 | |
| 1981 | estimate | 6,682,085 | 229,281 | 52,653 | 5.02 | 64.4 | |
| 1982 | estimate | 6,834,484 | 229,698 | 51,801 | 4.89 | 65.0 | |
| 1983 | estimate | 6,982,801 | 230,621 | 50,748 | 4.77 | 65.7 | |
| 1984 | estimate | 7,124,799 | 232,380 | 49,988 | 4.66 | 66.3 | |
| 1985 | estimate | 7,315,290 | 235,957 | 49,618 | 4.52 | 66.9 | |
| 1986 | estimate | 7,504,516 | 237,314 | 49,207 | 4.36 | 67.4 | |
| 1987 | estimate | 7,696,087 | 232,552 | 48,454 | 4.10 | 68.0 | |
| 1988 | estimate | 7,883,887 | 225,126 | 47,951 | 3.83 | 68.5 | |
| 1989 | estimate | 8,064,994 | 216,844 | 47,624 | 3.57 | 68.8 | |
| 1990 | estimate | 8,238,326 | 216,073 | 47,888 | 3.44 | 69.1 | |
| 1991 | estimate | 8,410,692 | 214,343 | 48,091 | 3.31 | 69.4 | |
| 1992 | estimate | 8,592,962 | 212,424 | 48,446 | 3.19 | 69.7 | |
| 1993 | estimate | 8,772,061 | 209,648 | 48,728 | 3.06 | 70.0 | |
| 1994 | estimate | 8,943,759 | 202,316 | 48,669 | 2.87 | 70.4 | |
| 1995 | estimate | 9,093,137 | 192,760 | 48,422 | 2.67 | 70.8 | |
| 1996 | estimate | 9,229,380 | 183,673 | 48,058 | 2.49 | 71.3 | |
| 1997 | estimate | 9,359,484 | 176,234 | 47,911 | 2.34 | 71.7 | |
| 1998 | estimate | 9,483,055 | 169,222 | 47,886 | 2.20 | 72.1 | |
| 1999 | estimate | 9,600,279 | 163,225 | 48,398 | 2.08 | 72.3 | |
| 2000 | estimate | 9,711,648 | 161,597 | 49,100 | 2.02 | 72.6 | |
| 2001 | estimate | 9,818,223 | 160,157 | 50,005 | 1.98 | 72.8 | |
| 2002 | estimate | 9,921,132 | 159,905 | 50,801 | 1.94 | 73.1 | |
| 2003 | estimate | 10,021,899 | 163,658 | 51,733 | 1.96 | 73.3 | |
| 2004 | estimate | 10,121,365 | 166,048 | 52,718 | 1.95 | 73.5 | |
| 2005 | estimate | 10,210,961 | 169,176 | 53,795 | 1.95 | 73.7 | |
| 2006 | estimate | 10,299,984 | 171,877 | 54,929 | 1.95 | 73.9 | |
| 2007 | estimate | 10,392,836 | 175,101 | 56,174 | 1.96 | 74.0 | |
| 2008 | estimate | 10,490,569 | 179,305 | 57,434 | 1.98 | 74.2 | |
| 2009 | estimate | 10,594,701 | 184,294 | 58,820 | 2.00 | 74.3 | |
| 2010 | estimate | 10,706,660 | 193,140 | 60,332 | 2.08 | 74.4 | |
| 2011 | estimate | 10,825,300 | 205,664 | 62,258 | 2.19 | 74.5 | |
| 2012 | estimate | 10,946,771 | 215,574 | 63,761 | 2.28 | 74.6 | |
| 2013 | estimate | 11,072,522 | 220,100 | 65,407 | 2.31 | 74.7 | |
| 2014 | estimate | 11,210,199 | 221,627 | 66,867 | 2.32 | 74.8 | |
| 2015 | estimate | 11,338,377 | 221,370 | 68,364 | 2.31 | 74.9 | |
| 2016 | estimate | 11,466,151 | 218,516 | 69,645 | 2.27 | 75.0 | |
| 2017 | estimate | 11,591,196 | 211,670 | 70,700 | 2.21 | 75.2 | |
| 2018 | estimate | 11,709,801 | 204,065 | 71,620 | 2.13 | 75.4 | |
| 2019 | estimate | 11,821,228 | 199,737 | 72,424 | 2.10 | 75.6 | |
| 2020 | estimate | 11,928,934 | 189,037 | 79,609 | 2.00 | 75.0 | |
| 2021 | estimate | 12,019,180 | 168,668 | 100,576 | 1.80 | 72.9 | |
| 2022 | estimate | 12,078,065 | 171,170 | 74,641 | 1.85 | 76.0 | |
| 2023 | estimate | 12,160,602 | 167,729 | 74,071 | 1.83 | 76.5 | |
| 2024 | estimate | 12,240,260 | 164,145 | 75,229 | 1.82 | 76.7 | |
| 2025 | projection | 12,313,958 | 12.3–12.4 million | 160,508 | 76,751 | 1.80 | 76.9 |
| 2026 | projection | 12,383,188 | 12.3–12.5 million | 156,979 | 78,286 | 1.79 | 77.1 |
| 2027 | projection | 12,447,089 | 12.3–12.6 million | 153,664 | 79,910 | 1.78 | 77.3 |
| 2028 | projection | 12,505,106 | 12.2–12.8 million | 150,853 | 81,526 | 1.77 | 77.5 |
| 2029 | projection | 12,558,878 | 12.2–12.9 million | 148,349 | 83,324 | 1.76 | 77.7 |
| 2030 | projection | 12,606,538 | 12.2–13.0 million | 146,219 | 85,061 | 1.75 | 77.9 |
| 2031 | projection | 12,649,746 | 12.1–13.1 million | 144,516 | 86,986 | 1.75 | 78.1 |
| 2032 | projection | 12,690,096 | 12.0–13.3 million | 143,446 | 88,916 | 1.74 | 78.3 |
| 2033 | projection | 12,728,202 | 12.0–13.4 million | 142,909 | 90,988 | 1.74 | 78.5 |
| 2034 | projection | 12,764,856 | 11.9–13.6 million | 142,965 | 93,081 | 1.73 | 78.6 |
| 2035 | projection | 12,797,164 | 11.8–13.7 million | 143,410 | 95,220 | 1.73 | 78.8 |
| 2036 | projection | 12,827,373 | 11.8–13.9 million | 144,434 | 97,399 | 1.73 | 79.0 |
| 2037 | projection | 12,857,609 | 11.7–14.0 million | 145,679 | 99,611 | 1.72 | 79.2 |
| 2038 | projection | 12,886,512 | 11.6–14.2 million | 147,210 | 101,849 | 1.72 | 79.4 |
| 2039 | projection | 12,913,865 | 11.6–14.3 million | 148,927 | 103,965 | 1.72 | 79.6 |
| 2040 | projection | 12,940,746 | 11.5–14.5 million | 150,445 | 106,142 | 1.72 | 79.8 |
| 2041 | projection | 12,966,983 | 11.4–14.7 million | 152,014 | 108,216 | 1.71 | 80.0 |
| 2042 | projection | 12,992,403 | 11.3–14.9 million | 153,440 | 110,313 | 1.72 | 80.1 |
| 2043 | projection | 13,018,069 | 11.2–15.0 million | 154,139 | 112,427 | 1.71 | 80.3 |
| 2044 | projection | 13,042,537 | 11.1–15.2 million | 154,310 | 114,441 | 1.71 | 80.5 |
| 2045 | projection | 13,065,666 | 11.0–15.3 million | 154,124 | 116,378 | 1.71 | 80.7 |
| 2046 | projection | 13,086,512 | 11.0–15.5 million | 153,429 | 118,275 | 1.71 | 80.8 |
| 2047 | projection | 13,104,977 | 10.8–15.7 million | 152,345 | 120,105 | 1.71 | 81.0 |
| 2048 | projection | 13,121,467 | 10.8–15.9 million | 150,703 | 121,877 | 1.71 | 81.2 |
| 2049 | projection | 13,133,862 | 10.7–16.1 million | 148,581 | 123,506 | 1.70 | 81.4 |
| 2050 | projection | 13,142,428 | 10.6–16.3 million | 146,334 | 125,269 | 1.71 | 81.5 |
| 2051 | projection | 13,147,854 | 10.5–16.5 million | 143,492 | 126,899 | 1.70 | 81.7 |
| 2052 | projection | 13,148,469 | 10.4–16.7 million | 140,455 | 128,328 | 1.70 | 81.9 |
| 2053 | projection | 13,144,992 | 10.2–16.9 million | 137,392 | 129,885 | 1.70 | 82.0 |
| 2054 | projection | 13,137,905 | 10.1–17.1 million | 134,383 | 131,379 | 1.70 | 82.2 |
| 2055 | projection | 13,124,826 | 10.0–17.3 million | 131,238 | 132,834 | 1.70 | 82.4 |
| 2056 | projection | 13,107,597 | 9.9–17.4 million | 128,252 | 134,147 | 1.70 | 82.5 |
| 2057 | projection | 13,085,290 | 9.8–17.6 million | 125,516 | 135,542 | 1.70 | 82.7 |
| 2058 | projection | 13,059,147 | 9.6–17.8 million | 122,779 | 136,986 | 1.69 | 82.8 |
| 2059 | projection | 13,030,042 | 9.5–18.0 million | 120,369 | 138,501 | 1.69 | 83.0 |
| 2060 | projection | 12,998,042 | 9.3–18.2 million | 118,418 | 139,876 | 1.69 | 83.1 |
| 2061 | projection | 12,960,485 | 9.2–18.3 million | 116,613 | 141,220 | 1.69 | 83.3 |
| 2062 | projection | 12,921,177 | 9.1–18.6 million | 115,136 | 142,553 | 1.69 | 83.4 |
| 2063 | projection | 12,878,949 | 8.9–18.7 million | 114,029 | 143,794 | 1.69 | 83.6 |
| 2064 | projection | 12,834,650 | 8.7–18.9 million | 113,198 | 145,130 | 1.69 | 83.7 |
| 2065 | projection | 12,788,917 | 8.6–19.2 million | 112,525 | 146,419 | 1.69 | 83.9 |
| 2066 | projection | 12,739,808 | 8.5–19.3 million | 112,207 | 147,533 | 1.69 | 84.0 |
| 2067 | projection | 12,690,407 | 8.3–19.5 million | 112,187 | 148,556 | 1.69 | 84.2 |
| 2068 | projection | 12,639,338 | 8.2–19.6 million | 112,237 | 149,663 | 1.69 | 84.3 |
| 2069 | projection | 12,587,134 | 8.0–19.7 million | 112,510 | 150,578 | 1.69 | 84.4 |
| 2070 | projection | 12,533,825 | 7.8–19.9 million | 112,657 | 151,393 | 1.69 | 84.6 |
| 2071 | projection | 12,480,381 | 7.6–20.0 million | 112,842 | 152,164 | 1.68 | 84.7 |
| 2072 | projection | 12,426,160 | 7.5–20.1 million | 112,979 | 152,787 | 1.68 | 84.8 |
| 2073 | projection | 12,373,033 | 7.4–20.3 million | 113,135 | 153,231 | 1.68 | 85.0 |
| 2074 | projection | 12,318,386 | 7.2–20.5 million | 113,205 | 153,385 | 1.68 | 85.1 |
| 2075 | projection | 12,265,037 | 7.0–20.8 million | 113,190 | 153,682 | 1.68 | 85.3 |
| 2076 | projection | 12,210,686 | 6.9–21.2 million | 112,983 | 153,691 | 1.68 | 85.4 |
| 2077 | projection | 12,157,473 | 6.8–21.4 million | 112,465 | 153,672 | 1.68 | 85.5 |
| 2078 | projection | 12,102,080 | 6.6–21.6 million | 111,711 | 153,541 | 1.68 | 85.7 |
| 2079 | projection | 12,044,619 | 6.5–21.7 million | 110,775 | 153,237 | 1.68 | 85.8 |
| 2080 | projection | 11,987,399 | 6.3–21.9 million | 109,826 | 152,578 | 1.68 | 85.9 |
| 2081 | projection | 11,930,854 | 6.2–22.1 million | 108,591 | 152,030 | 1.68 | 86.0 |
| 2082 | projection | 11,875,446 | 6.1–22.2 million | 107,294 | 151,355 | 1.68 | 86.2 |
| 2083 | projection | 11,818,040 | 6.0–22.4 million | 105,776 | 150,761 | 1.68 | 86.3 |
| 2084 | projection | 11,759,783 | 5.9–22.7 million | 104,134 | 150,010 | 1.68 | 86.4 |
| 2085 | projection | 11,701,597 | 5.8–22.9 million | 102,422 | 149,113 | 1.68 | 86.5 |
| 2086 | projection | 11,642,657 | 5.6–23.1 million | 100,621 | 148,471 | 1.68 | 86.7 |
| 2087 | projection | 11,581,534 | 5.5–23.4 million | 98,916 | 147,774 | 1.68 | 86.8 |
| 2088 | projection | 11,519,772 | 5.3–23.5 million | 97,123 | 147,230 | 1.68 | 86.9 |
| 2089 | projection | 11,457,902 | 5.2–23.7 million | 95,410 | 146,648 | 1.68 | 87.0 |
| 2090 | projection | 11,393,850 | 5.1–24.0 million | 93,735 | 146,246 | 1.68 | 87.2 |
| 2091 | projection | 11,328,817 | 5.0–24.1 million | 92,182 | 146,067 | 1.68 | 87.3 |
| 2092 | projection | 11,262,536 | 4.9–24.3 million | 90,997 | 145,892 | 1.68 | 87.4 |
| 2093 | projection | 11,195,039 | 4.7–24.5 million | 89,828 | 145,730 | 1.68 | 87.5 |
| 2094 | projection | 11,126,266 | 4.6–24.5 million | 88,685 | 145,849 | 1.68 | 87.6 |
| 2095 | projection | 11,055,491 | 4.5–24.8 million | 87,746 | 146,187 | 1.68 | 87.8 |
| 2096 | projection | 10,984,195 | 4.3–25.1 million | 86,887 | 146,664 | 1.67 | 87.9 |
| 2097 | projection | 10,911,661 | 4.2–25.5 million | 86,141 | 147,189 | 1.67 | 88.0 |
| 2098 | projection | 10,839,894 | 4.1–25.7 million | 85,650 | 147,845 | 1.67 | 88.1 |
| 2099 | projection | 10,766,007 | 3.9–25.9 million | 85,168 | 148,477 | 1.67 | 88.2 |
| 2100 | projection | 10,690,654 | 3.9–26.0 million | 84,718 | 149,254 | 1.67 | 88.3 |
Show the numbers: Tunisia, mid-2026, by single year of age
| Age | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 80,369 | 76,780 |
| 1 | 81,868 | 78,201 |
| 2 | 83,590 | 79,758 |
| 3 | 85,345 | 81,325 |
| 4 | 85,520 | 81,422 |
| 5 | 89,968 | 85,561 |
| 6 | 97,727 | 92,830 |
| 7 | 101,418 | 96,236 |
| 8 | 104,328 | 98,884 |
| 9 | 107,824 | 102,186 |
| 10 | 110,107 | 104,368 |
| 11 | 110,785 | 104,934 |
| 12 | 112,530 | 105,956 |
| 13 | 110,882 | 103,703 |
| 14 | 106,441 | 99,290 |
| 15 | 104,853 | 97,627 |
| 16 | 102,644 | 95,540 |
| 17 | 98,540 | 91,846 |
| 18 | 93,814 | 87,638 |
| 19 | 89,632 | 83,926 |
| 20 | 86,608 | 81,286 |
| 21 | 84,598 | 79,709 |
| 22 | 82,734 | 78,420 |
| 23 | 81,017 | 77,152 |
| 24 | 80,338 | 76,585 |
| 25 | 80,572 | 77,016 |
| 26 | 80,528 | 77,673 |
| 27 | 80,233 | 78,326 |
| 28 | 81,083 | 79,944 |
| 29 | 83,252 | 82,739 |
| 30 | 85,916 | 86,120 |
| 31 | 89,248 | 90,030 |
| 32 | 92,092 | 93,096 |
| 33 | 93,276 | 94,702 |
| 34 | 92,912 | 94,876 |
| 35 | 92,059 | 94,672 |
| 36 | 89,826 | 94,298 |
| 37 | 87,710 | 93,831 |
| 38 | 90,447 | 96,931 |
| 39 | 93,401 | 100,546 |
| 40 | 93,235 | 101,364 |
| 41 | 92,348 | 101,045 |
| 42 | 88,890 | 97,661 |
| 43 | 85,132 | 93,387 |
| 44 | 85,349 | 92,744 |
| 45 | 88,532 | 95,481 |
| 46 | 88,771 | 95,205 |
| 47 | 82,794 | 89,326 |
| 48 | 77,991 | 85,014 |
| 49 | 77,786 | 84,248 |
| 50 | 78,711 | 84,285 |
| 51 | 78,102 | 82,958 |
| 52 | 74,650 | 78,916 |
| 53 | 70,874 | 74,785 |
| 54 | 68,229 | 71,298 |
| 55 | 68,554 | 70,667 |
| 56 | 69,811 | 72,250 |
| 57 | 66,468 | 70,376 |
| 58 | 61,580 | 66,960 |
| 59 | 60,526 | 66,646 |
| 60 | 63,274 | 69,308 |
| 61 | 66,393 | 71,876 |
| 62 | 64,153 | 69,047 |
| 63 | 58,162 | 62,594 |
| 64 | 54,369 | 58,268 |
| 65 | 53,659 | 57,208 |
| 66 | 52,512 | 56,430 |
| 67 | 47,970 | 51,940 |
| 68 | 44,588 | 48,082 |
| 69 | 43,900 | 48,069 |
| 70 | 42,218 | 47,740 |
| 71 | 39,840 | 45,787 |
| 72 | 36,456 | 41,822 |
| 73 | 31,725 | 36,460 |
| 74 | 27,793 | 32,644 |
| 75 | 24,925 | 30,362 |
| 76 | 21,515 | 27,493 |
| 77 | 17,740 | 23,690 |
| 78 | 15,058 | 20,782 |
| 79 | 13,084 | 18,651 |
| 80 | 11,381 | 16,820 |
| 81 | 9,875 | 15,032 |
| 82 | 8,540 | 13,241 |
| 83 | 7,382 | 11,620 |
| 84 | 6,352 | 10,186 |
| 85 | 5,432 | 8,942 |
| 86 | 4,581 | 7,786 |
| 87 | 3,770 | 6,639 |
| 88 | 3,019 | 5,506 |
| 89 | 2,358 | 4,489 |
| 90 | 1,816 | 3,678 |
| 91 | 1,372 | 2,965 |
| 92 | 990 | 2,247 |
| 93 | 682 | 1,614 |
| 94 | 454 | 1,132 |
| 95 | 289 | 760 |
| 96 | 178 | 487 |
| 97 | 107 | 308 |
| 98 | 62 | 192 |
| 99 | 35 | 115 |
| 100+ | 37 | 140 |
TUN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year
Tunisia, every age in every year
Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.
TUN · ages 15–64
Who does the work in Tunisia
On the UN's projection, Tunisia will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2037: 8,749,930 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 8,100,940.
aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over
How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.
Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 31 years: 2004–2019 and 2027–2041.
fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more
How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.
TUN · arrivals minus departures
Who arrives in Tunisia, and who leaves
In 2020–2025 Tunisia loses 13,855 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 2,941 a year more leaving than arriving.
more arrive than leave more leave than arrive
How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.
Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 16,021 (1991), and a loss of 61,369 (1961).
In 2024, 63,201 people living in Tunisia had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.
TUN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100
Who has the babies in Tunisia
Of every 100 babies born in Tunisia in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 28 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 11 under 20 and 21 aged 35 or older.
11 · 68 · 21
1 · 71 · 28
1 · 69 · 30
The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected
How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.
- Babies born, 2023
- 167,729
- Average age when women have a baby
- 31.3 years
- 30.0 in 1950
- Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
- 4
- 110 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
| Mother's age | 1950 | 1975 | 2000 | 2023 | 2050 projected | 2100 projected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–14 | 834 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15–19 | 18,521 | 13,449 | 3,706 | 1,792 | 1,114 | 801 |
| 20–24 | 38,161 | 63,696 | 30,642 | 17,159 | 12,417 | 8,451 |
| 25–29 | 40,641 | 60,526 | 50,013 | 47,481 | 39,124 | 25,195 |
| 30–34 | 34,973 | 43,009 | 45,038 | 53,713 | 49,772 | 27,872 |
| 35–39 | 23,617 | 29,741 | 24,976 | 36,146 | 32,780 | 16,381 |
| 40–44 | 8,999 | 14,390 | 6,401 | 10,571 | 9,867 | 5,194 |
| 45–49 | 2,382 | 3,631 | 794 | 860 | 1,229 | 797 |
| 50–54 | 122 | 197 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 26 |
| All babies | 168,250 | 228,766 | 161,597 | 167,729 | 146,334 | 84,718 |
The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.
TUN · healthy years · 2021
Years in good health in Tunisia
In Tunisia, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 63.6 (95% range 62.9–64.5), out of 74.1 in all. That leaves 10.5 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.
64.4 in full health, 12.4 not: 76.8 years
62.9 in full health, 8.6 not: 71.5 years
a year in full health a year in less than full health
How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.
Women: 64.4 healthy years of 76.8. Men: 62.9 of 71.5. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 66.7.
TUN · forced from home · end of 2025
Displacement in Tunisia
At the end of 2025, Tunisia was hosting 7,909 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.6 of every 1,000 people living there.
- hosted from abroad7,909
- Tunisia nationals abroad14,049
stayed inside their own country crossed a border
How to read this: count the squares — 500 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Tunisia living in another country, wherever they are.
In 2025, 51 people asked for asylum in Tunisia for the first time; 9,074 people from Tunisia asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Tunisia whose claims were decided that year, 6 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it
TUN · of every 100 people
How people live in Tunisia
Of every 100 people in Tunisia in 2025, 45 lived in a city, 27 in a town or suburb and 28 in the countryside.
cities towns and suburbs rural areas
Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 23.5 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).
How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.
TUN · adults 25 and over · 2020
How far people in Tunisia went in school
Of every 100 adults in Tunisia in 2020, 20 never went to school and 32 finished upper secondary or went further.
20 never went to school 1 some primary 25 finished primary 22 finished lower secondary 15 finished upper secondary 17 studied after school
Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 49.8 of every 100 women and 15 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 2.8 and 1.6.
The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2040; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2070.
How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.
TUN · cities · 2025
Cities in Tunisia
Tunisia had 24 cities in 2025, home to 5.5 million people. The largest, Tunis, holds 20 of every 100 people in Tunisia.
- Tunis2,473,428
- Sfax608,293
- Sousse495,877
- Hammamet229,253
- Bizerte176,615
- Gabes161,227
- Ksar Hellal140,693
- Gafsa129,171
- Fouchana121,222
- Monastir91,293
How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.
Apparatus
Sources and method
Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.
The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Tunisia are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.
Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Checked before it was drawn
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.