Tunisians

Tunisians
تونسيون (Tūnisiyyūn)
Total population
c. 16 million[a]
Regions with significant populations
 Tunisia      ~12,400,000
(2014 census)[1]
 France1,383,000[2]
 Italy370,000[2]
 Germany195,000[2][3]
 United States175,685[4][5]
 Israel120,700 (includes ancestry)[6]
 Libya84,000[7]
 Canada25,650[2]
 Belgium and  Luxembourg24,810[2]
 Turkey20,000
 United Arab Emirates19,361[2]
 Algeria18,796[2]
 Saudi Arabia16,774[2]
  Switzerland16,667[2][8]
 Sweden9,417[9]
 Netherlands8,776[2]
 Qatar31,540[2]
 United Kingdom and  Ireland10,797[2]
 Austria,  Croatia,  Slovakia, and  Slovenia7,921[2]
 Oman5,693
 Morocco4,570
 Spain4.294
 Kuwait3,500
 Egypt3,413
 Bahrain1,605
 Norway1,540
 Romania1,352
 Poland1,340
 Lebanon1,323
 Brazil1,513[10]
 Greece981
 Jordan950
 Japan757[11]
 Australia514
 Indonesia,  Malaysia,  Singapore,  Thailand,  Philippines, and  Vietnam497
 South Africa349
Languages
Majority: Arabic (Tunisian Arabic), French
Historically:
Phoenician, Punic, Canaanite, Latin, African Romance
Minority: Judeo-Tunisian Arabic,[12] and Berber[13][14][15][16]
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam (Maliki)[17]
Minority: Christianity,[18][19] Judaism [20][21]
a The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations.

Tunisians (Arabic: تونسيون, romanized: Tūnisiyyūn) 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.[22]

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  10. ^ Immigrants in Brazil (2024, in Portuguese)
  11. ^ "在留外国人統計" (in Japanese). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  12. ^ Arabic, Tunisian Spoken. Ethnologue (19 February 1999). Retrieved on 5 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Tamazight language". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  14. ^ "Nawaat – Interview avec l' Association Tunisienne de Culture Amazighe". Nawaat. 27 February 2012.
  15. ^ Gabsi, Zouhir (2003). An outline of the Shilha (Berber) vernacular of Douiret (Southern Tunisia) (PhD). University of Western Sydney.
  16. ^ "Tunisian Amazigh and the Fight for Recognition – Tunisialive". Tunisialive. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011.
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  18. ^ "Christians in Tunisia: Cause for Concern". 9 October 2013.
  19. ^ "Tunisia 2018 International Religious Freedom Report" (PDF).
  20. ^ "Tunisia's last Jewish community dreams of a move to Israel 'en masse' | Tunisia | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Technical Difficulties". www.state.gov. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  22. ^ "Tunisia – the World Factbook". 22 December 2022.
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