Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Tunis
- Region
- Africa, Northern Africa
- Population
- 12,348,573 (2025)
- Area
- 163,610 km²
- Currency
- Tunisian dinar (TND)
- Languages
- Arabic, French
- Calling code
- +216
- Internet domain
- .tn
- ISO codes
- TN, TUN, 788
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Tunisia covers about 163,610 square kilometres. By area it ranks 93rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Uruguay and a little larger than Suriname. It shares a land border with 2 neighbours: Algeria, Libya. Its centre lies at about 34° north, 9° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 12.3 million people live in Tunisia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 80th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.15 percent of the world's people. On average there are 75 people to each square kilometre. About 71 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 77 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Arabic, French. A person from Tunisia is called Tunisian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Tunisian dinar (code TND, symbol د.ت). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 57.5 billion (2025), which is about US$ 4,657 for each person (2025).
Time
Tunisia uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Africa/Tunis). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Tunis | 693,210 |
| Sfax | 280,566 |
| Sousse | 221,715 |
| Sukrah | 159,862 |
| Kairouan | 139,070 |
| Bizerte | 138,430 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Northern Africa
Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Western Sahara. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.