According to [[CIA]] [[The World Factbook]], [[ethnic groups]] in Tunisia are: ArabBerber 9888%, Turkish 5%-25% ,European 14%, Jewish and other 1%.<ref name=CIA/>
According to the 1956 Tunisian census, Tunisia had a population at the time of 3,783,000 residents, 95% consisting of [[Berbers]] and [[Arabs]], 256 000 Europeans and 105 000 Jews. Speakers of [[Berber languages|Berber dialects]] comprised 2% of the population.<ref>{{cite book|title=Owen's Commerce & Travel and International Register|date=1964|publisher=Owen's Commerce & Travel Limited|page=273|url=https://www.google.com/books?id=EkYjAQAAMAAJ|access-date=7 January 2018}}</ref> According to another source the population of Arabs is estimated to be <40%<ref name="Bhatia"/> to 98%,<ref name=CIA/><ref>{{cite journal |pmid=19414164 |year=2009 |last1=Turchi |first1=C |last2=Buscemi |first2=L |last3=Giacchino |first3=E |last4=Onofri |first4=V |last5=Fendt |first5=L |last6=Parson |first6=W |last7=Tagliabracci |first7=A |title=Polymorphisms of mtDNA control region in Tunisian and Moroccan populations: An enrichment of forensic mtDNA databases with Northern Africa data|volume=3|issue=3|pages=166–72|doi=10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.01.014 |journal=Forensic Science International: Genetics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.tn/24032011/593/le-tunisien-une-dimension-mediterraneenne-quatteste-la-genetique.html |title=Le Tunisien: une dimension méditerranéenne qu'atteste la génétique |publisher=Lapresse.tn |language=fr |date=28 January 2010 |author=Bouhadiba, M.A. |access-date=19 January 2013 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722114506/http://www.lapresse.tn/24032011/593/le-tunisien-une-dimension-mediterraneenne-quatteste-la-genetique.html |archive-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref> and that of Berbers at 1%<ref name="Popber1p">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3509799.stm |title=Q&A: The Berbers |work=BBC News |date=12 March 2004 |access-date=19 January 2013}}</ref> to over 60%.<ref name="Bhatia">{{cite book|authors=Tej K. Bhatia, William C. Ritchie|title=The Handbook of Bilingualism|date=2006|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0631227359|page=860|url=https://www.google.com/books?id=pNqVaUk4dM0C&pg=PA860|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref>
Amazighs are concentrated in the Dahar mountains and on the island of [[Djerba]] in the south-east and in the [[Khroumire]] mountainous region in the north-west.
