Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Tunisia

Urban population share in Tunisia in 2025 — 70.7%. Ranked 87 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 33.2 pp.

2025 70.7% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 87of 217
Period maximum 70.7%2025
Period minimum 37.5%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Tunisia, 1960–202530405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 37.5%1962: 38.2%1964: 39.1%1966: 40.3%1968: 42.1%1970: 44.7%1972: 47.2%1974: 49.3%1976: 50.4%1978: 51%1980: 51.6%1982: 52.1%1984: 53%1986: 54.3%1988: 56.1%1990: 58.1%1992: 59.8%1994: 61.1%1996: 62.1%1998: 62.9%2000: 63.6%2002: 64.3%2004: 64.9%2006: 65.5%2008: 66.1%2010: 66.6%2012: 67.2%2014: 67.8%2016: 68.1%2018: 68.5%2020: 69.1%2022: 69.7%2024: 70.4%2025: 70.7%
Change over the period: +33.2 pp Annual average: 0.51 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tunisia

Tunisia 70.7%
World 57.8%
Northern Africa computed 52.4%
Urban population share — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 70.7 +0.3 pp
2024 70.4 +0.3 pp
2023 70 +0.3 pp
2022 69.7 +0.3 pp
2021 69.4 +0.3 pp
2020 69.1 +0.3 pp
2019 68.8 +0.3 pp
2018 68.5 +0.3 pp
2017 68.3 +0.2 pp
2016 68.1 +0.2 pp
2015 67.9 +0.1 pp
2014 67.8 +0.3 pp
2013 67.5 +0.3 pp
2012 67.2 +0.3 pp
2011 66.9 +0.3 pp
2010 66.6 +0.3 pp
2009 66.3 +0.3 pp
2008 66.1 +0.3 pp
2007 65.8 +0.3 pp
2006 65.5 +0.3 pp
2005 65.2 +0.3 pp
2004 64.9 +0.3 pp
2003 64.6 +0.3 pp
2002 64.3 +0.3 pp
2001 64 +0.3 pp
2000 63.6 +0.4 pp
1999 63.3 +0.4 pp
1998 62.9 +0.4 pp
1997 62.5 +0.4 pp
1996 62.1 +0.5 pp
1995 61.6 +0.5 pp
1994 61.1 +0.6 pp
1993 60.6 +0.7 pp
1992 59.8 +0.8 pp
1991 59 +0.9 pp
1990 58.1 +1 pp
1989 57.1 +1 pp
1988 56.1 +0.9 pp
1987 55.2 +0.9 pp
1986 54.3 +0.8 pp
1985 53.6 +0.6 pp
1984 53 +0.5 pp
1983 52.5 +0.4 pp
1982 52.1 +0.3 pp
1981 51.8 +0.3 pp
1980 51.6 +0.3 pp
1979 51.3 +0.3 pp
1978 51 +0.3 pp
1977 50.7 +0.4 pp
1976 50.4 +0.4 pp
1975 49.9 +0.6 pp
1974 49.3 +0.9 pp
1973 48.4 +1.1 pp
1972 47.2 +1.3 pp
1971 46 +1.3 pp
1970 44.7 +1.3 pp
1969 43.3 +1.2 pp
1968 42.1 +1.1 pp
1967 41.1 +0.8 pp
1966 40.3 +0.6 pp
1965 39.6 +0.5 pp
1964 39.1 +0.5 pp
1963 38.6 +0.4 pp
1962 38.2 +0.4 pp
1961 37.8 +0.4 pp
1960 37.5

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.