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🇹🇳 Tunisia

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TUN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TN
UN M49 numeric788
IOC codeTUN
Official nameTunisian Republic
Native name(s)ara: official: الجمهورية التونسية; common: تونس
Alt spellingsTN, Republic of Tunisia, al-Jumhūriyyah at-Tūnisiyyah
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionNorthern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalTunis
Area (km²)163,610
Lat / Lng34.0000, 9.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)DZA, LBY
Top-level domain.tn
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 16

Demographics

Population (World Bank)12,348,573 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)76.711 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Tunisian; m: Tunisian; fra: f: Tunisienne; m: Tunisien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)57,502,836,548.088 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)4,656.638 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)15.108 (2025)
CurrenciesTND: name: Tunisian dinar; symbol: د.ت

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19503,608,985
19513,682,100
19523,758,185
19533,837,399
19543,919,525
19554,005,129
19564,082,601
19574,136,606
19584,177,717
19594,220,905
19604,267,288
19614,316,278
19624,369,136
19634,427,131
19644,489,869
19654,561,385
19664,652,287
19674,760,970
19684,879,899
19695,004,697
19705,131,396
19715,261,658
19725,396,557
19735,537,242
19745,684,674
19755,839,262
19765,996,994
19776,155,931
19786,309,390
19796,456,419
19806,606,195
19816,758,284
19826,908,642
19837,053,800
19847,220,044
19857,409,903
19867,600,301
19877,789,987
19887,974,440
19898,151,660
19908,324,509
19918,501,827
19928,682,512
19938,857,910
19949,018,448
19959,161,258
19969,294,432
19979,421,270
19989,541,667
19999,655,963
20009,764,935
20019,869,677
20029,971,515
200310,071,632
200410,166,163
200510,255,472
200610,346,410
200710,441,702
200810,542,635
200910,650,681
201010,765,980
201110,886,035
201211,009,647
201311,141,361
201411,274,288
201511,402,264
201611,528,674
201711,650,498
201811,765,514
201911,875,081
202011,974,057
202112,048,622
202212,119,334
202312,200,431

Full raw record (JSON)

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