Tunisia
Urban population in Tunisia
Urban population in Tunisia: 32.4% in 1950 and 70.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 70.7%
- Since 1950
- +38.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 94 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 84%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 84% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Tunisia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.7 |
| 2024 | 70.4 |
| 2023 | 70 |
| 2022 | 69.7 |
| 2021 | 69.4 |
| 2020 | 69.1 |
| 2019 | 68.8 |
| 2018 | 68.6 |
| 2017 | 68.3 |
| 2016 | 68.1 |
| 2015 | 67.9 |
| 2014 | 67.8 |
| 2013 | 67.5 |
| 2012 | 67.2 |
| 2011 | 66.9 |
| 2010 | 66.6 |
| 2009 | 66.3 |
| 2008 | 66.1 |
| 2007 | 65.8 |
| 2006 | 65.5 |
| 2005 | 65.2 |
| 2004 | 64.9 |
| 2003 | 64.6 |
| 2002 | 64.3 |
| 2001 | 64 |
| 2000 | 63.6 |
| 1999 | 63.3 |
| 1998 | 62.9 |
| 1997 | 62.5 |
| 1996 | 62.1 |
| 1995 | 61.6 |
| 1994 | 61.1 |
| 1993 | 60.6 |
| 1992 | 59.8 |
| 1991 | 59 |
| 1990 | 58.1 |
| 1989 | 57.1 |
| 1988 | 56.1 |
| 1987 | 55.2 |
| 1986 | 54.3 |
| 1985 | 53.6 |
| 1984 | 53 |
| 1983 | 52.5 |
| 1982 | 52.1 |
| 1981 | 51.8 |
| 1980 | 51.6 |
| 1979 | 51.3 |
| 1978 | 51 |
| 1977 | 50.7 |
| 1976 | 50.4 |
| 1975 | 49.9 |
| 1974 | 49.3 |
| 1973 | 48.4 |
| 1972 | 47.2 |
| 1971 | 46 |
| 1970 | 44.7 |
| 1969 | 43.4 |
| 1968 | 42.1 |
| 1967 | 41.1 |
| 1966 | 40.3 |
| 1965 | 39.6 |
| 1964 | 39.1 |
| 1963 | 38.7 |
| 1962 | 38.2 |
| 1961 | 37.8 |
| 1960 | 37.5 |
| 1959 | 37.1 |
| 1958 | 36.7 |
| 1957 | 36.3 |
| 1956 | 35.8 |
| 1955 | 35.3 |
| 1954 | 34.8 |
| 1953 | 34.2 |
| 1952 | 33.6 |
| 1951 | 33 |
| 1950 | 32.4 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Tunisia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 71.1 |
| 2027 | 71.4 |
| 2028 | 71.8 |
| 2029 | 72.2 |
| 2030 | 72.6 |
| 2031 | 73 |
| 2032 | 73.5 |
| 2033 | 73.9 |
| 2034 | 74.4 |
| 2035 | 74.9 |
| 2036 | 75.4 |
| 2037 | 75.9 |
| 2038 | 76.4 |
| 2039 | 77 |
| 2040 | 77.5 |
| 2041 | 78.1 |
| 2042 | 78.7 |
| 2043 | 79.3 |
| 2044 | 79.9 |
| 2045 | 80.5 |
| 2046 | 81.2 |
| 2047 | 81.8 |
| 2048 | 82.5 |
| 2049 | 83.2 |
| 2050 | 84 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per person$121 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel48,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2025