Tunisia vs. Italy
Demographics
| Tunisia | Italy | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 11,811,335 (July 2021 est.) | 62,390,364 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 25.28% (male 1,529,834/female 1,433,357) 15-24 years: 12.9% (male 766,331/female 745,888) 25-54 years: 42.85% (male 2,445,751/female 2,576,335) 55-64 years: 10.12% (male 587,481/female 598,140) 65 years and over: 8.86% (male 491,602/female 546,458) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 13.45% (male 4,292,431/female 4,097,732) 15-24 years: 9.61% (male 3,005,402/female 2,989,764) 25-54 years: 40.86% (male 12,577,764/female 12,921,614) 55-64 years: 14% (male 4,243,735/female 4,493,581) 65 years and over: 22.08% (male 5,949,560/female 7,831,076) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 32.7 years male: 32 years female: 33.3 years (2020 est.) | total: 46.5 years male: 45.4 years female: 47.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.75% (2021 est.) | 0.09% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.21 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.35 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 12.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.67 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.57 years male: 74.88 years female: 78.36 years (2021 est.) | total population: 82.67 years male: 80.01 years female: 85.49 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.03 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2020 est.) | 0.2% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Tunisian(s) adjective: Tunisian | noun: Italian(s) adjective: Italian |
| Ethnic groups | Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1% | Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 4,500 (2020 est.) | 140,000 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| Religions | Muslim (official; Sunni) 99%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Shia Muslim, and Baha'i) <1% | Christian 80.8% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 4.9%, unaffiliated 13.4%, other 0.9% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <200 (2020 est.) | <1000 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce), Berber (Tamazight); note - despite having no official status, French plays a major role in the country and is spoken by about two thirds of the population major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ???? ???? ????? ?? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) major-language sample(s): L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.8% male: 89.6% female: 74.2% (2015) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.2% male: 99.4% female: 99% (2018) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2016) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
| Education expenditures | 6.6% of GDP (2015) | 4% of GDP (2017) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 69.9% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 71.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 94.3% of population total: 98.2% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 5.7% of population total: 1.8% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.6% of population rural: 92.4% of population total: 95.9% of population unimproved: urban: 2.4% of population rural: 7.6% of population total: 4.1% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 98.8% of population rural: 98.6% of population total: 98.8% of population unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population rural: 1.4% of population total: 1.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 2.403 million TUNIS (capital) (2021) | 4.278 million ROME (capital), 3.144 million Milan, 2.183 million Naples, 1.795 million Turin, 900,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 43 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 7.3% (2018) | 8.7% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 1.3 physicians/1,000 population (2017) | 3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.2 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 26.9% (2016) | 19.9% (2016) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 50.7% (2018) | 65.1% (2013) note: percent of women aged 18-49 |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 49.6 youth dependency ratio: 36.3 elderly dependency ratio: 13.3 potential support ratio: 7.5 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 57 youth dependency ratio: 20.4 elderly dependency ratio: 36.6 potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
