Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Tunisia

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Tunisia in 2025 — 20.61%. Ranked 65 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.82 pp.

2025 20.61% +0.16 pp vs 2024
World rank 65of 121
Period maximum 20.61%2025
Period minimum 13.79%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Tunisia, 1960–202512141618202219601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 13.79%1962: 14.05%1964: 14.28%1966: 14.41%1968: 14.64%1970: 14.84%1972: 15.04%1974: 15.21%1976: 15.37%1978: 15.57%1980: 15.85%1982: 16.16%1984: 16.49%1986: 16.81%1988: 17.2%1990: 17.68%1992: 18.2%1994: 18.7%1996: 18.44%1998: 18.25%2000: 18.12%2002: 18.03%2004: 17.99%2006: 18.25%2008: 18.5%2010: 18.71%2012: 18.89%2014: 19.05%2016: 19.24%2018: 19.47%2020: 19.75%2022: 20.13%2024: 20.45%2025: 20.61%
Change over the period: +6.82 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tunisia 20.61%
World 25.29%
Northern Africa computed 18.55%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20.61 +0.16 pp
2024 20.45 +0.16 pp
2023 20.29 +0.16 pp
2022 20.13 +0.19 pp
2021 19.94 +0.19 pp
2020 19.75 +0.15 pp
2019 19.6 +0.13 pp
2018 19.47 +0.12 pp
2017 19.35 +0.11 pp
2016 19.24 +0.1 pp
2015 19.14 +0.09 pp
2014 19.05 +0.08 pp
2013 18.97 +0.08 pp
2012 18.89 +0.09 pp
2011 18.8 +0.09 pp
2010 18.71 +0.1 pp
2009 18.61 +0.11 pp
2008 18.5 +0.12 pp
2007 18.38 +0.13 pp
2006 18.25 +0.13 pp
2005 18.12 +0.13 pp
2004 17.99 +0 pp
2003 17.99 −0.04 pp
2002 18.03 −0.04 pp
2001 18.07 −0.05 pp
2000 18.12 −0.06 pp
1999 18.18 −0.07 pp
1998 18.25 −0.09 pp
1997 18.33 −0.1 pp
1996 18.44 −0.12 pp
1995 18.56 −0.14 pp
1994 18.7 +0.22 pp
1993 18.48 +0.28 pp
1992 18.2 +0.26 pp
1991 17.94 +0.25 pp
1990 17.68 +0.25 pp
1989 17.43 +0.23 pp
1988 17.2 +0.21 pp
1987 17 +0.18 pp
1986 16.81 +0.17 pp
1985 16.65 +0.15 pp
1984 16.49 +0.16 pp
1983 16.34 +0.18 pp
1982 16.16 +0.16 pp
1981 16 +0.14 pp
1980 15.85 +0.14 pp
1979 15.71 +0.14 pp
1978 15.57 +0.11 pp
1977 15.46 +0.09 pp
1976 15.37 +0.08 pp
1975 15.29 +0.08 pp
1974 15.21 +0.09 pp
1973 15.13 +0.09 pp
1972 15.04 +0.1 pp
1971 14.94 +0.1 pp
1970 14.84 +0.1 pp
1969 14.73 +0.1 pp
1968 14.64 +0.11 pp
1967 14.53 +0.13 pp
1966 14.41 +0.05 pp
1965 14.36 +0.08 pp
1964 14.28 +0.11 pp
1963 14.17 +0.12 pp
1962 14.05 +0.13 pp
1961 13.92 +0.14 pp
1960 13.79

Northern Africa, 2025

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

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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