Tunisia - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Tunisia was 11,818,620 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,818,620 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4,178,235 in 1960.

Definition: 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: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 4,178,235
1961 4,238,141
1962 4,305,477
1963 4,380,074
1964 4,461,111
1965 4,547,941
1966 4,640,995
1967 4,740,526
1968 4,845,220
1969 4,953,379
1970 5,063,805
1971 5,176,290
1972 5,291,335
1973 5,409,338
1974 5,530,978
1975 5,656,912
1976 5,786,482
1977 5,919,958
1978 6,060,158
1979 6,210,756
1980 6,374,040
1981 6,551,232
1982 6,740,520
1983 6,937,332
1984 7,135,265
1985 7,329,590
1986 7,517,854
1987 7,700,733
1988 7,880,333
1989 8,060,211
1990 8,242,509
1991 8,427,851
1992 8,613,855
1993 8,795,934
1994 8,967,916
1995 9,125,400
1996 9,267,335
1997 9,395,119
1998 9,509,862
1999 9,613,587
2000 9,708,347
2001 9,793,915
2002 9,871,261
2003 9,945,282
2004 10,022,280
2005 10,106,780
2006 10,201,210
2007 10,304,730
2008 10,414,430
2009 10,525,690
2010 10,635,250
2011 10,741,870
2012 10,846,990
2013 10,952,950
2014 11,063,200
2015 11,179,950
2016 11,303,940
2017 11,433,440
2018 11,565,200
2019 11,694,720
2020 11,818,620

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population