Geography - note:
strategic location in central Mediterranean; Malta and Tunisia are
discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf
between their countries, particularly for oil exploration
People Tunisia
Population:
10,074,951 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 25.3% (male 1,316,308/female 1,234,309)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 3,437,880/female 3,418,591)
65 years and over: 6.6% (male 321,287/female 346,576) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 27.29 years
male: 26.78 years
female: 27.82 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.99% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
15.5 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
5.09 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005 est.)