🇹🇳 Tunisia Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇹🇳 Tunisia TN / TUN #91

Nomad Score 56.0

Cities 19

Region African Union, Arab League, Mediterranean, Francophone, Arab World, Maghreb, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Africa, Africa, Northern Africa, Developing Countries

Currency TND

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 11.6M

Density 70.7/km²

HDI 0.746 (High)

Gini Index (2015) 32.8

Life Expectancy (2023) 76.5 yrs

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.83

Urban Population (2024) 70.4%

Literacy Rate (2023) 86.3%

Gender Wage Gap (2019) -0.9%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Arabic	العربية

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Sunni islam	99.0%
Others	1.0%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Arabs	98.0%
Berbers	1.0%
Jews	1.0%

Demonym (male) Tunisian

Demonym (female) Tunisian

National Anthem Humat Al Hima

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		24.0%
15-64 Working		66.4%
65+ Elderly		9.5%

Dependency Ratio 50.5%

Profile Mature

Urban Pop. (2024) 70.4%

Birth Rate (2023) 13.8 /1000

Death Rate (2023) 6.1 /1000

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.83

Infant Mortality (2023) 10.6 /1000

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2023) 76.5 yrs

HALE (2021) 63.6 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 8.0% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2023) 10.6/1000

UHC Index (2021) 67/100

Hospital Beds (2023) 1.8/1000

Physicians (2021) 1.32/1000

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2023) 86.3%

Education Spending (2023) 6.7% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 384

Internet Users (2023) 72.4%

Mobile Subscriptions (2023) 134.1/100

Broadband (2023) 14.1/100

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 14.1

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 163,610 km²

Capital Tunis 📍

Continent Africa

Region Africa

Subregion Northern Africa

Landlocked No

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+01:00

Calling Codes +216

Postal Code ####

TLD .tn

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇱🇾 Libya

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Tunisia has a red field. A white circle bearing a five-pointed red star within a fly-side facing red crescent is situated at the center of the field.

National Anthem Humat Al Hima

National Holiday National Women's Day

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