Digital 2021: Tunisia

You’ll find our complete #Digital2021 report for Tunisia in the SlideShare embed above (click here if that’s not working for you).

This report contains all the latest internet stats, mobile stats, and social media stats for Tunisia, but read on below for essential insights into digital use in Tunisia in 2021.

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Tunisia’s population

  • Tunisia had a population of 11.88 million in January 2021.

  • Tunisia’s population increased by 120 thousand (+1.0%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • 50.4% of Tunisia’s population is female, while 49.6% of its population is male [note: the United Nations does not publish data for genders other than ‘female’ and ‘male’].

  • 69.7% of Tunisia’s population lives in urban centres, while 30.3% lives in rural areas.

Internet users in Tunisia

  • There were 7.92 million internet users in Tunisia in January 2021.

  • The number of internet users in Tunisia increased by 374 thousand (+5.0%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • Internet penetration in Tunisia stood at 66.7% in January 2021.

Note: we no longer include data sourced from social media platforms in our internet user numbers, so the numbers shown above and in our complete Digital 2021 reports are not comparable with numbers published in our reports from previous years.

Social media statistics for Tunisia

  • There were 8.20 million social media users in Tunisia in January 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Tunisia increased by 900 thousand (+12%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Tunisia was equivalent to 69.0% of the total population in January 2021.

Note: Figures for social media users shown here and in our complete Digital 2021 reports may not equate to unique individuals. We have also included new sources in this year’s social media figures, so numbers shown here and in our Digital 2021 reports will not be comparable with numbers published in our previous reports.

Mobile connections in Tunisia

  • There were 17.84 million mobile connections in Tunisia in January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Tunisia increased by 228 thousand (+1.3%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Tunisia in January 2021 was equivalent to 150.2% of the total population.

Note: many people have more than one mobile connection, so figures for mobile connections may exceed 100% of the total population.

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Additional resources

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