Demographics of Tunisia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Tunisia is projected at 11.94 million, up by 0.99% compared with 11.82 million in 2020. Tunisia is ranked 79th in terms of population and 109th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.19 million births in Tunisia in 2021. That is 526 per day, which is ranked 87th. The crude birth rate is 16.12 per 1000 people. There are 74.7 thousand deaths in Tunisia in 2021. That is 205 per day, which is ranked 93rd. The crude death rate is 6.27 per 1000 people.

8.4 million people are living in urban areas, which is 69.89% of Tunisia population. Tunisia is ranked 99th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Tunisia in 2021 is 98.40 males per 100 females. There are 5.92 million males and 6.02 million females in Tunisia. The percentage of female population is 50.40% compare to 49.60% male population. Tunisia has 0.10 million more females than males. Tunisia is at 90th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Tunisia population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	3,605,312	-
1955	3,943,544	1.27
1960	4,178,235	1.29
1965	4,547,941	1.95
1970	5,063,805	2.23
1975	5,656,912	2.28
1980	6,374,040	2.63
1985	7,329,590	2.72
1990	8,242,509	2.26
1995	9,125,400	1.76
2000	9,708,347	0.99
2005	10,106,778	0.84
2010	10,635,245	1.04
2015	11,179,951	1.06
2016	11,303,942	1.11
2017	11,433,438	1.15
2018	11,565,203	1.15
2019	11,694,721	1.12
2020	11,818,618	1.06
2021	11,935,764	0.99

Total
Crude

Tunisia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	99,994	166,713	27.33	45.55
1955	100,578	178,264	25.66	45.52
1960	97,841	191,116	23.26	45.49
1965	90,710	203,280	19.85	44.51
1970	78,570	208,848	15.50	41.24
1975	66,485	214,446	11.70	37.80
1980	56,785	224,375	8.86	34.96
1985	52,921	229,423	7.20	31.32
1990	51,733	214,157	6.28	25.98
1995	50,294	186,215	5.53	20.48
2000	53,568	167,663	5.53	17.30
2005	59,285	167,247	5.85	16.49
2010	65,853	193,191	6.19	18.15
2015	70,508	209,413	6.30	18.71
2020	73,845	195,883	6.26	16.60
2021	74,699	192,034	6.27	16.12

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Tunisia

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	1,164,248	2,441,058	-	32.293
1955	1,389,870	2,553,658	3.02	35.244
1960	1,566,577	2,609,689	2.48	37.511
1965	1,805,609	2,739,730	3.10	39.724
1970	2,200,342	2,860,055	4.19	43.482
1975	2,689,901	2,962,575	4.02	47.588
1980	3,220,311	3,147,856	3.85	50.569
1985	3,942,049	3,379,827	4.33	53.839
1990	4,770,561	3,462,236	3.72	57.946
1995	5,602,764	3,511,211	2.42	61.474
2000	6,152,385	3,546,812	1.62	63.432
2005	6,590,593	3,511,889	1.29	65.237
2010	7,092,304	3,547,627	1.55	66.657
2015	7,672,383	3,601,278	1.59	68.056
2020	8,280,799	3,622,337	1.48	69.568
2021	8,399,535	3,618,979	1.43	69.888

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Tunisia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	499,271	474,528	973,799	8.16	105.214
05-09	531,807	501,779	1,033,586	8.66	105.984
10-14	457,320	426,220	883,540	7.40	107.297
15-19	410,587	380,570	791,157	6.63	107.887
20-24	420,085	387,944	808,029	6.77	108.285
25-29	453,686	437,695	891,381	7.47	103.653
30-34	447,289	472,767	920,056	7.71	94.611
35-39	485,474	502,498	987,972	8.28	96.612
40-44	424,679	454,135	878,814	7.36	93.514
45-49	358,809	380,956	739,765	6.20	94.186
50-54	339,698	372,512	712,210	5.97	91.191
55-59	324,703	338,291	662,994	5.55	95.983
60-64	272,210	283,489	555,699	4.66	96.021
65-69	212,133	231,588	443,721	3.72	91.599
70-74	122,065	148,646	270,711	2.27	82.118
75-79	76,740	98,305	175,045	1.47	78.063
80-84	49,286	70,392	119,678	1.00	70.016
85-89	25,232	39,156	64,388	0.54	64.440
90-94	7,344	12,153	19,497	0.16	60.430
95-99	1,130	2,315	3,445	0.03	48.812
100+	69	208	277	0.00	33.173
Total	5,919,617	6,016,147	11,935,764		98.395