Migration trends in Tunisia

Africa

715.2K people from Tunisia have built lives abroad. That's 5.8% of the country population, spread across 46 different countries

12.3M

Population

51K

Immigrants

715.2K

Emigrants

−664.3K

Outflow

1 in every 18 people born in Tunisia now lives abroad

The #85 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Tunisia

Where people move to

444.2K62.1%

117.9K16.5%

52.2K7.3%

Where people come from

11.6K22.8%

10.2K20.0%

9.6K18.9%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

32K immigrants · 453.2K emigrants

2005

The diaspora abroad passed 500K people

Today

Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 262.1K more citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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