| People | Tunisia |
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Population:
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10,629,186 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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69 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 67% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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TUNIS (capital) 759,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 23.2% (male 1,274,348/female 1,193,131)
15-64 years: 69.3% (male 3,638,014/female 3,728,294)
65 years and over: 7.5% (male 390,055/female 405,344) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 30 years
male: 29.6 years
female: 30.4 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.978% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.4 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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60 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 25.92 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 75.01 years
male: 73 years
female: 77.17 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.03 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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6.2% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.19 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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2.1 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 84% of population
total: 94% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 16% of population
total: 6% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 64% of population
total: 85% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 36% of population
total: 15% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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2,400 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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3.3% (2006) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Tunisian(s)
adjective: Tunisian |
Ethnic groups:
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Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1% |
Religions:
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Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1% |
Languages:
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Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.3%
male: 83.4%
female: 65.3% (2004 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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7.1% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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