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Tunisia: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 12,356,117 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 0.757 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 51.197 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 70.214 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 14 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 73.772 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 20.92 billion kWh (2021) #78
Consumption 16.48 billion kWh (2021) #77
Exports 0.97 billion kWh (2021) #68
Imports 0.39 billion kWh (2021) #87
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.99 billion kWh (2021) #119

Oil

Ranking
Production 42.02 thousand bbl/day (2021) #63
Consumption 98.73 thousand bbl/day (2021) #81
Exports (Refined) [3] 48.53 thousand bbl/day (2013) #44
Imports (Refined) [3] 22.92 thousand bbl/day (2013) #67
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0.425 billion bbl (2021) #50

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 87.405 billion cu ft (2015) #61
Consumption (Dry) 187.16 billion cu ft (2021) #61
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 138.25 billion cu ft (2021) #42
Proved Reserves 2.3 trillion cu ft (2021) #58

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 29 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 14,769,594 (2018 est.)
Highways 20,000 km (2015)
Internet Users 5,665,242 (2016 est.)
Railways 2,173 km (2014)
Telephones 1,302,015 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationNorthern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
Total Area163,610 sq. km
Land Area155,360 sq. km
Water Area8,250 sq. km
Coastline1,148 km
Climatetemperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
Terrainmountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara
Lowest PointShatt al Gharsah -17 m
Highest Point Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020