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Tunisia

Tunisia's best placing is 79th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #79Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 12.3 million
Land area: 155,360 km²

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Population

#79 of 195

12,348,573 people

31st in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#58 of 133

13.99 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Land area per person

#87 of 194

0.013 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#91 of 194

155,360 km² of land

35th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#71 of 151

1,148 km of coastline

12th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways per person

#65 of 134

175.97 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

GDP

#90 of 182

57,502,836,548 US$ (current prices)

16th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways

#70 of 135

2,173 km of railway

14th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Population by area

#108 of 194

79.48 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#118 of 182

4,657 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Forest

#131 of 194

7,073 km² of forest

40th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#144 of 193

14 airports

39th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest per person

#153 of 194

0.0006 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#166 of 194

4.6 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#165 of 191

0.90 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#167 of 192

1.13 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#164 of 179

207 mm of precipitation per year

49th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

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