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title: "Tunisia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Tunisia: capital Tunis, area 163,610 km², population 12,348,573 (2025), currency Tunisian dinar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/tunisia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Tunisia

**Tunisia: Capital Tunis**

163,610 km² · 12,348,573 people (2025) · Tunisian dinar

Cape Angela is the northernmost point of the African continent. Chott el Djerid in the south is a salt flat of about 7,000 km² that dries out almost completely in summer and shimmers with mirages, which is why so much desert film-making happens there.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Tunis
- **Area:** 163,610 km² — 63,170 sq mi
- **Population:** 12,348,573 (2025)
- **Density:** 75.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Tunisian dinar (TND, د.ت)
- **Official language:** Arabic
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +216
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** TN · TUN
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 92 of 200
- **By population:** 80 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Uruguay | 176,215 | 3,384,688 |
| Suriname | 163,820 | 639,850 |
| Tunisia ← | 163,610 | 12,348,573 |
| Bangladesh | 148,460 | 175,686,899 |
| Nepal | 147,181 | 29,618,118 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Tunisia?

Tunis

### What currency does Tunisia use?

The Tunisian dinar (TND).

### How big is Tunisia?

163,610 km², or 63,170 square miles — 92 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Tunisia drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Uruguay](https://atoneplace.net/country/uruguay/)
- [Suriname](https://atoneplace.net/country/suriname/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country/nepal/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]