Governorates
The population of the governorates of Tunisia according to census results and latest official estimates.
| Name | Abbr. | Native | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (C) 1984-03-30 | Population Census (C) 1994-04-20 | Population Census (C) 2004-04-28 | Population Census (C) 2014-04-23 | Population Census (C) 2024-11-06 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Kāf (Kef) | KAF | الكاف | Al-Kāf | 4,965 | 247,672 | 272,352 | 258,790 | 243,156 | 237,686 | 496500 | → |
| Al-Mahdiyah (Mahdia) | MAH | المهدية | Al-Mahdiyah | 2,966 | 270,435 | 335,744 | 377,853 | 410,812 | 449,985 | 296600 | → |
| Al-Munastīr (Monastir) | MUN | المنستير | Al-Munastīr | 1,019 | 278,478 | 363,901 | 455,590 | 548,828 | 599,769 | 101900 | → |
| Al-Qaṣrayn (Kasserine) | QAS | القصرين | Al-Qaṣrayn | 8,260 | 297,959 | 386,908 | 412,278 | 439,243 | 492,741 | 826000 | → |
| Al-Qayrawān (Kairouan) | QAY | القيروان | Al-Qayrawān | 6,712 | 421,607 | 532,709 | 546,209 | 570,559 | 600,803 | 671200 | → |
| Aryānah (Ariana) | ARY | أريانة | Aryānah | 482 | 374,192 | 290,634 | 422,246 | 576,088 | 668,552 | 48200 | → |
| Bājah (Béja) | BAJ | باجة | Bājah | 3,740 | 274,706 | 303,853 | 304,501 | 303,032 | 311,417 | 374000 | → |
| Banzart (Bizerte) | BIN | بنزرت | Banzart | 3,750 | 394,670 | 483,086 | 524,128 | 568,219 | 607,388 | 375000 | → |
| Bin 'Arūs (Ben Arous) | BAR | بن عروس | Bin 'Arūs | 761 | 246,193 | 371,745 | 505,773 | 631,842 | 722,828 | 76100 | → |
| Jundūbah (Jendouba) | JUN | جندوبة | Jundūbah | 3,102 | 359,429 | 404,783 | 416,608 | 401,477 | 404,352 | 310200 | → |
| Madanīn (Médenine) | MAD | مدنين | Madanīn | 9,167 | 295,889 | 386,185 | 432,503 | 479,520 | 537,255 | 916700 | → |
| Manūbah (Manouba) | MAN | منوبة | Manūbah | 1,137 | Aryānah | 278,660 | 335,912 | 379,518 | 418,354 | 113700 | → |
| Nābul (Nabeul) | NAB | نابل | Nābul | 2,788 | 461,405 | 578,618 | 693,890 | 787,920 | 863,172 | 278800 | → |
| Qābis (Gabès) | QAB | قابس | Qābis | 7,166 | 240,016 | 311,713 | 342,630 | 374,300 | 410,847 | 716600 | → |
| Qafṣah (Gafsa) | QAF | قفصة | Qafṣah | 7,807 | 235,723 | 307,513 | 323,709 | 337,331 | 388,776 | 780700 | → |
| Qibilī (Kébili) | QIB | قبلي | Qibilī | 22,454 | 95,371 | 131,914 | 143,218 | 156,961 | 183,201 | 2245400 | → |
| Ṣafāqis (Sfax) | SAF | صفاقس | Ṣafāqis | 7,545 | 577,992 | 733,687 | 855,256 | 955,421 | 1,047,468 | 754500 | → |
| Sīdī Bū Zayd (Sidi Bouzid) | SBZ | سيدي بوزيد | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 7,405 | 288,528 | 377,143 | 395,506 | 429,912 | 489,991 | 740500 | → |
| Silyānah (Siliana) | SIL | سليانة | Silyānah | 4,642 | 222,038 | 244,910 | 233,985 | 223,087 | 216,242 | 464200 | → |
| Sūsah (Sousse) | SUS | سوسة | Sūsah | 2,669 | 322,491 | 433,709 | 544,413 | 674,971 | 762,281 | 266900 | → |
| Taṭāwīn (Tataouine) | TAT | تطاوين | Taṭāwīn | 38,889 | 100,329 | 135,703 | 143,524 | 149,453 | 162,654 | 3888900 | → |
| Tawzar (Tozeur) | TAW | توزر | Tawzar | 5,593 | 67,943 | 89,055 | 97,526 | 107,912 | 120,036 | 559300 | → |
| Tūnis [Tunis] | TUN | تونس | Tūnis | 288 | 774,364 | 887,803 | 983,861 | 1,056,247 | 1,075,306 | 28800 | → |
| Zaghwān (Zaghouan) | ZAG | زغوان | Zaghwān | 2,820 | 118,743 | 143,036 | 160,963 | 176,945 | 201,065 | 282000 | → |
| Tunisia | TUN | تونس | Tūnis | 163,610 | 6,966,173 | 8,785,364 | 9,910,872 | 10,982,754 | 11,972,169 | → |
- (1984) Britannica Book of the Year 1993.
(1994) (2004) (2014) (2024) Institut National de la Statistique Tunisie.
Major Cities
| Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tūnis | TUN | 599,368 |
| 2 | Ṣafāqis | SAF | 286,636 |
| 3 | Sūsah | SUS | 250,540 |
| 4 | Banzart | BIN | 154,300 |
| 5 | Al-Qayrawān | QAY | 153,900 |
| 6 | Sukrah | ARY | 153,307 |
| 7 | Sīdī Ḥusayn | TUN | 130,255 |
| 8 | Rawād | ARY | 124,000 |
| 9 | Aryānah | ARY | 123,079 |
Contents: Cities & Towns
The population of all cities and communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest estimates.
| Name | Adm. | Native | Population Census (C) 1984-03-30 | Population Census (C) 2004-04-28 | Population Census (C) 2014-04-23 | Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad-Dandān (Den Den) | MAN | الدندان | ... | 24,732 | 26,787 | 30,293 | 337 | → |
| Akūdah (Akouda) | SUS | أكودة | ... | 21,237 | 27,200 | 31,938 | 2313 | → |
| Al-'Ayn (El Aïn) | SAF | العين | ... | 38,250 | 43,333 | 47,871 | 1492 | → |
| Al-Biqāliṭah (Bekalta) | MUN | البقالطة | ... | 13,695 | 17,850 | 20,506 | 4027 | |
| Al-Faḥṣ (El Fahs) | ZAG | الفحص | ... | 19,315 | 23,556 | 25,100 | 0 | → |
| Al-Ḥāmmah (El Hamma) | QAB | الحامة | ... | 34,835 | 41,607 | 47,000 | 0 | → |
| Al-Ḥammāmāt (Hammamet) | NAB | الحمامات | 30,441 | 63,116 | 73,236 | 79,600 | 0 | → |
| Al-Jamm (El Jem) | MAD | الجم | 12,791 | 18,302 | 21,544 | 25,000 | 2091 | → |
| Al-Judaydah (Djedeida) | MAN | الجديدة | ... | 24,746 | 28,660 | 32,300 | 0 | → |
| Al-Kāf (Le Kef) | KAF | الكاف | 34,519 | 45,191 | 53,596 | 60,000 | 0 | → |
| Al-Karam (Le Kram) | TUN | الكرم | ... | 58,152 | 74,132 | 88,151 | 963 | → |
| Al-Mahdiyah (Mahdia) | MAD | المهدية | 36,800 | 45,977 | 51,803 | 57,200 | 0 | → |
| Al-Marsā (La Marsa) | TUN | المرسى | ... | 77,890 | 92,987 | 101,601 | 3062 | → |
| Al-Mitlawī (Métlaoui) | QAF | المتلوي | 29,950 | 37,099 | 38,129 | 38,600 | 0 | → |
| Al-Muknīn (Moknine) | MUN | المكنين | 31,783 | 48,389 | 57,111 | 62,802 | 5654 | → |
| Al-Munastīr (Monastir) | MUN | المنستير | 35,500 | 71,546 | 93,306 | 107,127 | 4391 | → |
| Al-Munayhilah (Mnihla) | ARY | المنيهلة | ... | 40,176 | 58,641 | 77,100 | 1370 | |
| Al-Murnāqiyah (Mornaguia) | MAN | المرناقية | ... | 13,691 | 19,834 | 23,100 | 1384 | → |
| Al-Murūj (El Mourouj) | BAR | المروج | ... | 81,986 | 104,538 | 120,732 | 1599 | → |
| Al-Qal'at al-Kabīrah (Kalâa Kebira) | SUS | القلعة الكبيرة | ... | 45,990 | 53,323 | 57,000 | 12372 | → |
| Al-Qal'at aṣ-Ṣaghīrah (Kalâa Seghira) | SUS | القلعة الصغيرة | ... | 25,078 | 34,548 | 40,400 | 3446 | → |
| Al-Qaṣr (El Ksar) | QAF | القصر | ... | 29,617 | 33,729 | 36,700 | 0 | → |
| Al-Qaṣrayn (Kasserine) | QAS | القصرين | 47,606 | 76,243 | 84,365 | 90,500 | 0 | → |
| Al-Qayrawān (Kairouan) | QAY | القيروان | 72,254 | 117,903 | 139,070 | 153,900 | 0 | → |
| Al-Wardānīn (Ouerdanine) | MUN | الوردانين | ... | 18,852 | 21,814 | 23,706 | 5137 | → |
| Ar-Rudayyif (Redeyef) | QAF | الرديف | ... | 26,143 | 25,046 | 24,900 | 0 | → |
| Aryānah (Ariana) | ARY | أريانة | ... | 97,687 | 114,486 | 123,079 | 1856 | → |
| Ash-Shābbah (Chebba) | MAD | الشابة | ... | 19,883 | 22,227 | 23,700 | 9051 | → |
| Ash-Shayḥah (Chihia) | SAF | الشيحة | ... | 23,625 | 26,304 | 29,700 | 753 | → |
| As-Sāḥilīn M'utmar (Sahline Moôtmar) | MUN | الساحلين معتمر | ... | 15,073 | 18,996 | 21,533 | 2943 | |
| At-Taḍāmun (Ettadhamen) | ARY | التضامن | ... | 78,311 | 84,312 | 85,142 | 340 | → |
| Az-Zahrā' (Ezzahra) | BAR | الزهراء | ... | 31,792 | 34,962 | 36,298 | 708 | → |
| Az-Zuhūr (Ezzouhour) | SUS | الزهور | ... | 11,669 | 17,409 | 20,289 | 354 | |
| Bājah (Béja) | BAJ | باجة | 46,708 | 56,677 | 61,568 | 64,900 | 0 | → |
| Banī Khiyār (Béni Khiar) | NAB | بني خيار | ... | 16,992 | 21,624 | 24,500 | 0 | → |
| Banzart (Bizerte) | BIN | بنزرت | 94,509 | 114,371 | 138,430 | 154,300 | 0 | → |
| Bārdaw (Le Bardo) | TUN | باردو | 65,669 | 70,244 | 71,961 | 71,416 | 677 | → |
| Bin Qirdān (Ben Gardane) | MAD | بن قردان | 9,400 | 58,101 | 66,567 | 72,800 | 0 | → |
| Bin 'Arūs (Ben Arous) | BAR | بن عروس | 52,105 | 74,932 | 88,322 | 96,605 | 1456 | → |
| Bū Mahl al-Bassātīn (Bou Mhel El Bassatine) | BAR | بومهل البساتين | ... | 27,977 | 40,101 | 50,604 | 2017 | → |
| Bū Sālim (Bou Salem) | JUN | بوسالم | ... | 20,098 | 20,818 | 21,200 | 0 | → |
| Dār Sha'bān (Dar Châabane) | NAB | دار شعبان | ... | 35,859 | 42,140 | 47,200 | 0 | → |
| Dawwār Hayshar (Douar Hicher) | MAN | دوار هيشر | ... | 75,535 | 82,532 | 91,500 | 0 | → |
| Dūz (Douz) | QIB | دوز | 16,535 | 27,060 | 30,245 | 33,100 | 0 | → |
| Firiyānah (Fériana) | QAS | فريانة | 14,400 | 24,198 | 29,572 | 32,200 | 0 | → |
| Fūshānah (Fouchana) | BAR | فوشانة | ... | 33,958 | 45,107 | 53,300 | 0 | |
| Ghannūsh (Ghannouch) | QAB | غنوش | ... | 22,681 | 28,051 | 32,581 | 2019 | → |
| Ghār ad-Dimā' (Ghardimaou) | JUN | غار الدماء | ... | 19,688 | 19,495 | 19,200 | 0 | → |
| Ḥalq al-Wādī (La Goulette) | TUN | حلق الوادي | ... | 28,407 | 45,711 | 60,916 | 1236 | → |
| Ḥammām al-Anif (Hammam Lif) | BAR | حمام الأنف | ... | 38,401 | 42,518 | 44,207 | 1142 | → |
| Ḥammām ash-Shaṭṭ (Hammam Chott) | BAR | حمام الشط | ... | 24,847 | 31,858 | 37,236 | 2629 | → |
| Ḥammām Sūsah (Hammam Sousse) | SUS | حمام سوسة | ... | 34,685 | 42,691 | 47,520 | 1847 | → |
| Jammāl (Jemmal) | MUN | جمال | ... | 41,786 | 50,275 | 55,285 | 6358 | → |
| Jarbah Ajīm (Djerba Ajim) | MAD | جربة أجيم | ... | 24,166 | 24,294 | 25,193 | 15942 | → |
| Jarbah Madyūnī (Djerba Midoun) | MAD | جربة مديون | ... | 50,459 | 63,528 | 73,224 | 18927 | → |
| Jarbah Ḥawmat as-Sūq (Djerba Houmt Souk) | MAD | جربة حومة السوق | ... | 64,919 | 75,904 | 84,494 | 16282 | → |
| Jarjīs (Zarzis) | MAD | جرجيس | 49,063 | 70,895 | 72,611 | 75,900 | 0 | → |
| Jundūbah (Jendouba) | JUN | جندوبة | 23,249 | 43,997 | 46,251 | 47,500 | 0 | → |
| Madanīn (Médenine) | MAD | مدنين | 26,602 | 61,705 | 71,406 | 79,000 | 0 | → |
| Majāz al-Bāb (Medjez El Bab) | BAJ | مجاز الباب | ... | 20,308 | 22,287 | 24,100 | 0 | → |
| Manūbah (La Manouba) | MAN | منوبة | ... | 26,666 | 32,005 | 36,194 | 865 | → |
| Manzil Jamīl (Menzel Jemil) | BIN | منزل جميل | ... | 18,344 | 22,231 | 24,500 | 4574 | → |
| Manzil Tamīm (Menzel Temime) | NAB | منزل تميم | 23,753 | 34,516 | 38,908 | 42,200 | 0 | → |
| Manzil Bū Ruqaybah (Menzel Bourguiba) | BIN | منزل بورقيبة | 51,399 | 47,742 | 54,536 | 58,800 | 0 | → |
| Manzil Būzalafah (Menzel Bouzelfa) | NAB | منزل بوزلفة | ... | 15,670 | 18,551 | 20,300 | 0 | |
| Maqrīn (Mégrine) | BAR | مقرين | ... | 24,031 | 26,720 | 27,960 | 1486 | → |
| Masākin (M'saken) | SUS | مساكن | ... | 55,721 | 60,151 | 64,000 | 15128 | → |
| Māṭir (Mateur) | BIN | ماطر | 25,041 | 31,345 | 32,492 | 31,700 | 0 | → |
| Menzil 'Abd ar-Raḥmān (Menzel Abderrahmane) | BIN | منزل عبد الرحمان | ... | 16,824 | 19,085 | 21,059 | 907 | |
| Mūḥammadiyah (Mohamedia) | BAR | محمدية | ... | 40,662 | 61,060 | 76,000 | 2575 | → |
| Murnāq (Mornag) | BAR | مرناق | ... | 26,406 | 30,058 | 31,700 | 8654 | → |
| Nābul (Nabeul) | NAB | نابل | 39,531 | 56,387 | 70,437 | 81,200 | 2704 | → |
| Nafṭah (Nefta) | TAW | نفطة | ... | 20,308 | 21,654 | 22,700 | 0 | → |
| Qābis (Gabès) | QAB | قابس | 92,258 | 90,681 | 99,426 | 107,634 | 3096 | → |
| Qafṣah (Gafsa) | QAF | قفصة | 60,970 | 84,676 | 95,242 | 103,400 | 0 | → |
| Qarmadah (Gremda) | SAF | قرمدة | ... | 36,405 | 40,862 | 45,141 | 1412 | → |
| Qaṣr Hilāl (Ksar Hellal) | MUN | قصر هلال | ... | 39,991 | 49,376 | 55,415 | 2192 | → |
| Qibilī (Kébili) | QIB | قبلي | 11,780 | 24,042 | 26,310 | 27,800 | 6373 | → |
| Qulaybiyah (Kélibia) | NAB | قليبية | 24,595 | 43,209 | 46,853 | 50,500 | 0 | → |
| Qurbah (Korba) | NAB | قربة | ... | 34,807 | 38,902 | 42,800 | 0 | → |
| Qurunbāliyah (Grombalia) | NAB | قرنبالية | ... | 18,856 | 23,881 | 27,200 | 0 | → |
| Quṣūr as-Sāf (Ksour Essef) | MAD | قصور الساف | 19,415 | 26,219 | 28,834 | 32,000 | 0 | → |
| Rādis (Radès) | BAR | رادس | ... | 44,857 | 59,998 | 72,209 | 1820 | → |
| R'ās al-Jabal (Ras Jebel) | BIN | رأس الجبل | ... | 25,301 | 28,574 | 31,000 | 0 | → |
| Rawād (Raoued) | ARY | رواد | ... | 53,911 | 94,961 | 124,000 | 3817 | → |
| Ṣafāqis (Sfax) | SAF | صفاقس | 231,911 | 270,917 | 280,566 | 286,636 | 6922 | → |
| Sāqiyat ad-Dā'ir (Sakiet Eddaïer) | SAF | ساقية الدائر | ... | 34,931 | 38,002 | 41,800 | 1378 | → |
| Sāqiyat az-Zayt (Sakiet Ezzit) | SAF | ساقية الزيت | ... | 44,886 | 53,239 | 60,200 | 2178 | → |
| Sīdī Bū Zayd (Sidi Bouzid) | SBZ | سيدي بوزيد | 19,200 | 39,523 | 47,595 | 52,300 | 0 | → |
| Sīdī Ḥusayn (Sidi Hassine) | TUN | سيدي حسين | ... | 79,381 | 109,672 | 130,255 | 6437 | → |
| Silyānah (Siliana) | SIL | سليانة | 12,433 | 24,243 | 31,251 | 35,900 | 1400 | → |
| Subayṭilah (Sbeïtla) | QAS | سبيطة | 12,022 | 20,253 | 23,764 | 25,400 | 897 | → |
| Sukrah (La Soukra) | ARY | سكرة | ... | 89,151 | 129,693 | 153,307 | 2801 | → |
| Sulaymān (Soliman) | NAB | سليمان | ... | 29,060 | 37,749 | 45,053 | 4937 | → |
| Sūq al-Aḥad (Souk Lahad) | QIB | سوق الأحد | ... | 12,936 | 13,218 | 14,900 | 0 | → |
| Sūsah [Sousse] | SUS | سوسة | 83,509 | 173,047 | 221,715 | 250,540 | 3937 | → |
| Ṭabarqah (Tabarka) | JUN | طبرقة | ... | 15,171 | 19,770 | 22,100 | 0 | → |
| Ṭabulbah (Téboulba) | MUN | طبلبة | ... | 31,154 | 37,485 | 41,731 | 2352 | → |
| Ṭaburbah (Tebourba) | MAN | طبربة | ... | 24,175 | 27,545 | 29,900 | 0 | → |
| Tājarwīn (Tajerouine) | KAF | تاجروين | ... | 18,185 | 17,530 | 17,100 | 0 | → |
| Tākalsah (Takelsa) | NAB | تاكلسة | ... | 20,169 | 22,151 | 24,109 | 27853 | → |
| Taṭāwīn (Tataouine) | TAT | تطاوين | 30,371 | 59,346 | 66,924 | 70,200 | 0 | → |
| Tawzar (Tozeur) | TAW | توزر | 21,604 | 32,400 | 37,370 | 41,300 | 0 | → |
| Tīnah (Thyna) | SAF | طينة | ... | 26,635 | 33,419 | 41,200 | 0 | → |
| Tīnjah (Tinja) | BIN | تينجة | ... | 17,454 | 21,139 | 23,600 | 1031 | → |
| Tūnis [Tunis] | TUN | تونس | 596,654 | 649,072 | 637,568 | 599,368 | 10431 | → |
| Umm al-'Arā'is (Moularès) | QAF | أم العرائس | ... | 23,841 | 21,431 | 20,200 | 0 | → |
| Wādī al-Layl (Oued Ellil) | MAN | وادي الليل | ... | 47,614 | 57,851 | 66,100 | 4681 | → |
| Zaghwān (Zaghouan) | ZAG | زغوان | 10,100 | 16,037 | 20,798 | 22,600 | 0 | → |
| Zāwiyat Sūsah (Zaouiet Sousse) | SUS | زاوية سوسة | ... | 10,455 | 20,992 | 28,100 | 1563 | → |
- The tabulated cities and towns refer to municipal areas in 2014 limited by municipal boundaries as defined in 2023. The 2023 figures are partly computed by »City Population« using INS data.
- (2004) (2014) (2023) Institut National de la Statistique Tunisie.
Population Structure
Further information about the population structure.
| Gender (C 2024) | |
|---|---|
| Males | 5,906,210 |
| Females | 6,065,959 |
| Age Groups (C 2024) | |
|---|---|
| 0-14 years | 2,732,950 |
| 15-64 years | 7,873,784 |
| 65+ years | 1,365,435 |
| Age Distribution (C 2024) | |
|---|---|
| 80+ years | 273,847 |
| 70-79 years | 584,029 |
| 60-69 years | 1,162,839 |
| 50-59 years | 1,422,074 |
| 40-49 years | 1,719,338 |
| 30-39 years | 1,697,295 |
| 20-29 years | 1,478,214 |
| 10-19 years | 1,933,307 |
| 0-9 years | 1,701,226 |