Tunisians
Tunisians (Arabic: تونسيون Tūnisiyyūn, Tunisian Arabic: توانسة Twensa) are the citizens and nationals of Tunisia in North Africa, who speak Tunisian Arabic and share a common Tunisian culture and identity. In addition to the approximately 12 million residents in Tunisia, a Tunisian diaspora has been established with modern migration, particularly in Western Europe, namely France, Italy and Germany. The vast majority of Tunisians are Arabs who adhere to Sunni Islam.
توانسة (Tawānisa, dialectal Tweensa) تونسيون (Tūnisiyyūn) | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| c. 14.2 million[a] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tunisia
~12,400,000 (2022 census) | |
| France | 1,389,000 |
| Italia | 319,000 (includes ancestry) |
| Germany | 195,000 |
| United States | 175,685 |
| Israel | 120,700 (includes ancestry) |
| Libya | 68,952 |
| Canada | 25,650 |
| Belgium and Luxembourg | 24,810 |
| Turkey | 20,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 19,361 |
| Algeria | 18,796 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16,774 |
| Switzerland | 16,667 |
| Holland | 8,776 |
| Sweden | 8,704 |
| Qatar | 31,540 |
| United Kingdom and Ireland | 10,797 |
| Austria and Croatia and Slovakia and Slovenia | 7,921 |
| Oman | 5,693 |
| Morocco | 4,570 |
| Spain | 3,722 |
| Kuwait | 3,500 |
| Egypt | 3,413 |
| Bahrain | 1,605 |
| Norway | 1,540 |
| Romania | 1,352 |
| Poland | 1,340 |
| Lebanon | 1,323 |
| Greece | 981 |
| Jordan | 950 |
| Australia | 514 |
| Indonesia and Malaysia and Singapore and Thailand and Philippines | 497 |
| South Africa | 349 |
| Languages | |
| Majority: Arabic (Tunisian Arabic),French Historically: Phoenician, Punic, Canaanite, Latin, African Romance Minority: Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, and Berber | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam (Sunni Maliki) Minority: Christianity, Judaism and Baháʼí Faith | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs, Berber, European Tunisians, Carthaginians, Roman Africans, Italian Tunisians, Turco-Tunisians, Maghrebis and other Afroasiatic peoples | |
a The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations. | |
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