Tunisia Population

Tunisia records about 449 births and 206 deaths a day. That is a natural increase of roughly 243 people per day, or about 88,756 a year before migration is counted.

Net migration runs at about 15,221 over the reported period, with more people leaving than arriving. That is equivalent to about 17% of its natural change.

If the current rate held indefinitely, Tunisia would take roughly 111 years to double in size — a projection of today's rate, not a forecast.

Over the 9 years from 2015 to 2024, the population rose from 11.4 million to 12.3 million — a gain of 874,845, or 7.7%.

With about 79 people per square kilometre, Tunisia is moderately populated, roughly 1.3× the world average of 62. That ranks 67th of the 115 countries here. Its closest comparisons on density are Serbia and Ireland.

Tunisia covers about 155,360 km² of land, which is what turns a population of 12.3 million into that density figure.

About 70.4% of people live in urban areas, making Tunisia highly urbanised, above the world average of 57.6%. That works out to roughly 8.64 million town and city dwellers and 3.64 million living rurally.

Tunisia has a broadly balanced age structure: about 24.0% are under 15 and 9.5% are 65 or older. Children outnumber over-65s by roughly 2.5 to one.

The total fertility rate is about 1.82 births per woman, below the ~2.1 replacement level, so without net immigration the population would eventually decline. The world figure is about 2.19.

Life expectancy at birth is about 76.7 years, roughly 3.2 years above the global average of 73.5.