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First Census results :
 
 
 
- Population Dwellings Households  by milieu sectors  (updates)    

- Population by sex, milieu and governorates (updates)
- Population by delegations, milieux and gender (updates)
- Dwellings by milieu and governorates  (updates)
- Households by  milieu and governorates  (updates)

 

 
 
 
In the press release of September 12th, 2014, the National Institute of Statistic has disseminated the first results of the general population and housing census of 2014. This is the twelfth one in the history of Tunisia and the first after the revolution.
 
This census has respected the 2010 round of population and housing census recommendations (2005-2014) of United Nations to conduct a census in all countries members. The overall objective is to provide a better understanding of the socio-demographic and economic and living conditions of the country and its dynamics in order to promote the political decisions and best management of the economy good pacification for better development of Tunisia. According to the schedule of the census, which the institute is committed from the beginning, the step of dissemination has just began in September 2014. The first results include population by gender and locality (communal and rural) as well as houses and households by locality at the smallest administrative unit (sector). 
 
Population in 2014
According to the first results of the census, the number of residents in Tunisia in 2014 is 10 982.8 thousand people. So an annual average increase is estimated to 1.03% relative to the population in 2004 (9 910.9 miles residents). The number of male is 5 472.4 thousands, forming 49.8% of the population. The number of women is 5 510.4 thousands, corresponding to 50.2% of the population. This is the first time through censuses, the number of women exceeds the number of men. Nearly 38 thousand people is the difference between the two sexes. This is explained by the superiority of life expectancy of women to men and the superiority of the male migration than female migration.
 
 
 

Table 1: Evolution of the population by sex, 1966-2014    
Years En millier En%
Male Female Male Female
1966 2316,5 2216,8 51,1 48,9
1975 2838,8 2749,4 50,8 49,2
1984 3545,8 3420,4 50,9 49,1
1994 4445,4 4340 50,6 49,4
2004 4965,4 4945,5 50,1 49,9
2014 5472,4 5510,4 49,8 50,2
 
The total number of people in urban is 7 447.5 thousand persons (67.8%) compared to 3 535.3 thousand persons (32.2%) in rural areas. 
 
Houses in 2014
The total number of housing units is 3290.0 thousand, making an average annual increase of 2.78% compared with 2004 (2500.8 thousand residential). These units are divided into 2 342.2 thousand houses in the communal areas (71.2%) and 947.7 thousand households in rural areas (28.8%).
 
 

Table 2: Housing by geographical area    
1984- 2014
area 1984 1994 2004 2014
Communal 725,8 1211,3 1726 2342,2
Rural 587,3 657,2 774,8 947,7
Total 1313,1 1868,5 2500,8 3289,9
 

Table 3: Percentage distribution of housing by geographical area   
1984- 2014
area 1984 1994 2004 2014
Communal 55,30% 64,80% 69,00% 71,20%
Rural 44,70% 35,20% 31,00% 28,80%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

 

 

Household in 2014
The number of households reached 713.0 thousand units, which corresponds to an annual increase of 2.18% according to 2004 (2 185.8 thousand households). The distribution of households is 1 903.7 thousand in the urban (70.2%) and 809.3 thousand in rural areas (29.8%).
The average household size in Tunisia fallen from 4.53 in 2004 to 4.05 in 2014. This rate differs between localities where urban is 3.91 persons and reached 4.37 in the rural level, making a difference of 0.46 points.
 
 

Table 4: Households by geographical area    
1984- 2014
area 1984 1994 2004 2014
Communal 696 1093,2 1488,6 1903,7
Rural 580 611,6 697,2 809,3
Total 1273 1704,2 2185,8 2713

 

 


Table 5: Percentage distribution of families by geographical area    
1984- 2014
area 1984 1994 2004 2014
Communal 54,70% 64,10% 68,10% 70,20%
Rural 45,60% 35,90% 31,90% 29,80%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

 

 

The evolution of the average size of families across censuses by locality
 
Population in the governorate
In terms of population distribution by governorate, a great disparity is prominent. The four governorates (Tunis, Sfax, Sousse, Nabeul) are inhabited by 32% of the resident population and each of them has more than 6% of the population. Otherwise the southern governorates contain the lowest density of the population. 
Regarding to the annual growth rate since the year 2004, an increase is noticeable in the major governorates and especially the coast ones. Conversely the negative rates occurred in the Northwest governorates where the growth rate in this region fallen to -0.36%.