Tunisia

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    11,659,174 1
    Urban
    68.90% 1
    Rural
    31.10% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    0.5% 2
    Level of Public Corruption
    75 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
    Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
    126 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
    Fertility Rate
    2.13 births per adult woman 5
    Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
    1.40% 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    75 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    79.13% 5
    Internet Users
    46% 5
    Gross National Income per Capita
    US$4,230 5
    Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
    2.0% 5

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    30,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    0.26
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    8
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    16
    First Communions per Year
    6
    Confirmations per Year
    5
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    4,908
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    313
    Priests
    26
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    72
    Catholics per Priest
    1,154
    Parishes
    10
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    1
    • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
    • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
    • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
    • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
    • 5 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
    • 6 Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
    • 7 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.