Demographic profile
Tunisia is the 81st most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.15% of everyone alive. Within Northern Africa, it ranks 5 of 7.
Each day brings roughly 503 births and 214 deaths, adding about 105,555 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 0.85% annually, the population would double in roughly 82 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Kebili, holding an estimated 21.4% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 24 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 82.7% and adult smoking prevalence around 24.7%, with life expectancy at about 73.7 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Tunisia in 2026? Approximately 12,417,251 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Tunisia growing? About 0.85% per year — roughly 503 births and 214 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Tunisia? Around 0.15% — ranked 81 worldwide by population.