COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Tunisia Population
Tunisia population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1980, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,35 m | 71.464 |
| 2024 | 12,28 m | 76.678 |
| 2023 | 12,20 m | 81.097 |
| 2022 | 12,12 m | 70.712 |
| 2021 | 12,05 m | 74.565 |
| 2020 | 11,97 m | 98.976 |
| 2019 | 11,88 m | 109.567 |
| 2018 | 11,77 m | 115.016 |
| 2017 | 11,65 m | 121.824 |
| 2016 | 11,53 m | 126.674 |
| 2015 | 11,40 m | 128.000 |
| 2014 | 11,27 m | 133.000 |
| 2013 | 11,14 m | 131.000 |
| 2012 | 11,01 m | 124.000 |
| 2011 | 10,89 m | 120.000 |
| 2010 | 10,77 m | 115.000 |
| 2009 | 10,65 m | 108.000 |
| 2008 | 10,54 m | 101.000 |
| 2007 | 10,44 m | 96.000 |
| 2006 | 10,35 m | 91.000 |
| 2005 | 10,26 m | 89.000 |
| 2004 | 10,17 m | 94.000 |
| 2003 | 10,07 m | 100.000 |
| 2002 | 9,97 m | 102.000 |
| 2001 | 9,87 m | 105.000 |
| 2000 | 9,77 m | 109.000 |
| 1999 | 9,66 m | 114.000 |
| 1998 | 9,54 m | 121.000 |
| 1997 | 9,42 m | 127.000 |
| 1996 | 9,29 m | 133.000 |
| 1995 | 9,16 m | 143.000 |
| 1994 | 9,02 m | 160.000 |
| 1993 | 8,86 m | 175.000 |
| 1992 | 8,68 m | 181.000 |
| 1991 | 8,50 m | 177.000 |
| 1990 | 8,33 m | 250.000 |
| 1989 | 8,08 m | 143.000 |
| 1988 | 7,93 m | 133.000 |
| 1987 | 7,80 m | 163.000 |
| 1986 | 7,64 m | 286.000 |
| 1985 | 7,35 m | 235.000 |
| 1984 | 7,12 m | 81.000 |
| 1983 | 7,03 m | 164.000 |
| 1982 | 6,87 m | 163.000 |
| 1981 | 6,71 m | 184.000 |
| 1980 | 6,52 m | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:16:07. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
2 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 19:14:23 | 1990 | 8,33 m | 8,33 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
| 2026-07-30 19:14:23 | 1989 | 8,08 m | 8,08 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesTunisia recorded 12,35 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 71.464.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 46 observations from 1980 to 2025, the average was 9,82 m; the minimum was 6,52 m in 1980 and the maximum was 12,35 m in 2025.
Tunisia ranks 79 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Demographic scale and market size.