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Tunisia

Tunisia / TN

01 / BASIC INFORMATION

Tunisia in numbers.

Area163,610 kmยฒWorld # 92 โ†’Population12.3MWorld # 79 โ†’Population density75.5 people/kmยฒWorld # 127 โ†’Life expectancy76.7 yearsWorld # 86 โ†’GDP per capitaUS$ 4,657World # 142 โ†’

02 / ALL RANKINGS

Tunisia across 51 rankings.

Essentials

Area163,610 kmยฒWorld # 92 / 2023 โ†’Population12.3MWorld # 79 / 2025 โ†’Population density75.5 people/kmยฒWorld # 127 / Population 2025 ยท area 2023 โ†’Independence / founding reference year1,956World # 100 / CIA World Factbook 2025 archive โ†’

People & society

Population growth0.6%World # 132 / 2025 โ†’Total fertility rate1.8World # 115 / 2024 โ†’Birth rate13.4 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 109 / 2024 โ†’Death rate6.1 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 155 / 2024 โ†’Median age32.1 yearsWorld # 118 / 2023 โ†’Population aged 65+9.9%World # 99 / 2025 โ†’Population aged 0โ€“1423.6%World # 107 / 2025 โ†’Urban population70.7%World # 87 / 2025 โ†’Net migration-14.5KWorld # 161 / 2025 โ†’Net migration rate-1.2 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 136 / 2025 โ†’International migrant share0.5%World # 194 / 2024 โ†’

Health

Life expectancy76.7 yearsWorld # 86 / 2024 โ†’Healthy life expectancy63.6 yearsWorld # 82 / 2021 โ†’Physicians per 1,000 people1.3 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 108 / 2021 โ†’Smoking rate24.4%World # 52 / 2024 โ†’

Economy & work

GDP per capitaUS$ 4,657World # 142 / 2025 โ†’Nominal GDPUS$ 57.5BWorld # 94 / 2025 โ†’GDP per capita (PPP)US$ 15,233World # 121 / 2025 โ†’Real GDP growth2.5%World # 130 / 2025 โ†’Inflation5.2%World # 46 / 2025 โ†’Unemployment15.1%World # 16 / 2025 โ†’Youth unemployment38.1%World # 9 / 2025 โ†’Average annual working hours2,288 hours/yearWorld # 19 / 2023 โ†’Average sleep timeNo dataNo rank โ†’Income inequality (Gini index)33.7World # 96 / 2021 โ†’

Education & science

Education spending (% of GDP)6.7%World # 16 / 2023 โ†’Researchers per million people1,667.6 per million peopleWorld # 50 / 2024 โ†’R&D spending (% of GDP)0.7%World # 50 / 2019 โ†’Patent applications per million people14.6 per million peopleWorld # 67 / 2018 โ†’

Food & agriculture

Calorie supply per person3,432 kcal/dayWorld # 30 / 2023 โ†’Meat supply per person30.9 kg/person/yearWorld # 133 / 2023 โ†’Rice productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Wheat production1.2M tWorld # 50 / 2024 โ†’Coffee productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Coffee consumption per personNo dataNo rank โ†’

Environment & digital

Forest area4.6%World # 180 / 2023 โ†’Electricity use per person1,629 kWh/personWorld # 93 / 2023 โ†’COโ‚‚ emissions per person2.7 tWorld # 118 / 2024 โ†’Internet use76.5%World # 119 / 2024 โ†’Mobile subscriptions117.6 per 100 peopleWorld # 99 / 2024 โ†’

Safety & politics

Homicide rate4.7 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 67 / 2020 โ†’Road traffic death rate16.5 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 80 / 2019 โ†’Military spending (% of GDP)2.5%World # 43 / 2024 โ†’Women in parliament15.8%World # 145 / 2025 โ†’

Travel & culture

International tourist arrivals2MWorld # 66 / 2020 โ†’International tourism receiptsUS$ 1BWorld # 77 / 2020 โ†’World Heritage sites9 sitesWorld # 36 / 2026-07 โ†’

03 / CULTURE & INDUSTRY

Society, culture and industry.

Largest religious groupIslam99%Main languageaebMain functional languageLeading electricity sourceNatural gas2025Top export categoryMachinery and electrical equipment2023Most mapped OSM sportRacket sports1,806 facilities countedWriting directionLeft to rightaebLargest staple-food calorie sourceWheat2023Current currencyTunisian DinarTNDDriving sideRight-hand trafficSide of the road used by trafficCountry-name originPlaces and landformsTunis