Tunisia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Tunisia had an estimated population of 10,116,314 in 2005, with 257 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Tunisia today — population now 12,415,138, against 10,116,314 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 10,116,314 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 10,255,472 | 12,415,138 | +21% |
The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunis | 1,971,938 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunis | Tunis | 693,210 | 693,210 now |
| 2 | Şafāqis | Şafāqis | 277,278 | — |
| 3 | Aryānah | Aryānah | 237,395 | 114,486 now |
| 4 | at-Tad̨āman Dawwār Hīšar | Aryānah | 202,654 | — |
| 5 | Sūsah | Sūsah | 164,123 | — |
| 6 | al-Qayrawān | al-Qayrawān | 119,794 | — |
| 7 | Binzart | Binzart | 115,268 | — |
| 8 | Qābis | Qābis | 110,075 | — |
| 9 | al-Qaşrayn | al-Qaşrayn | 81,987 | — |
| 10 | Qafşah | Qafşah | 81,232 | — |
| 11 | H̨alq-al-Wādī | Tunis | 79,795 | — |
| 12 | Jarjīs | Madanīyīn | 79,316 | — |
| 13 | Bin ʿArūs | Bin ʿArūs | 78,233 | — |
| 14 | Bārdaw | Tunis | 74,023 | — |
| 15 | al-Murūj | Bin ʿArūs | 66,717 | — |
| 16 | Mūh̨ammadiyat Fušānah | Bin ʿArūs | 66,593 | — |
| 17 | al-Marsā | Tunis | 65,640 | — |
| 18 | Masākin | Sūsah | 64,563 | — |
| 19 | Madanīyīn | Madanīyīn | 64,267 | — |
| 20 | al-Munastīr | al-Munastīr | 64,222 | — |
| 21 | Jarbah H̨awmat-as-Sūq | Madanīyīn | 62,583 | — |
| 22 | Taţāwīn | Taţāwīn | 62,577 | — |
| 23 | Nābul | Nābul | 60,192 | — |
| 24 | Bājah | Bājah | 57,233 | — |
| 25 | al-H̨ammāmāt | Nābul | 53,733 | — |
| 26 | Jundūbah | Jundūbah | 51,408 | — |
| 27 | al-Muknīn | al-Munastīr | 49,773 | — |
| 28 | Jarbah Mīdūn | Madanīyīn | 48,604 | — |
| 29 | al-Kāf | al-Kāf | 47,979 | — |
| 30 | H̨ammām-al-Anif | Bin ʿArūs | 47,760 | — |
| 31 | Wādī al-Layl | Aryānah | 47,101 | — |
| 32 | Manzil Bū Ruqaybah | Binzart | 46,245 | — |
| 33 | al-Qalʿat-al-Kabīrah | Sūsah | 45,968 | — |
| 34 | al-Mahdīyah | al-Mahdīyah | 44,349 | — |
| 35 | Rādis | Bin ʿArūs | 44,298 | — |
| 36 | Sāqiyat-az-Zayt | Şafāqis | 42,320 | — |
| 37 | Sīdī Bū Zayd | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 42,098 | — |
| 38 | al-Mitlawī | Qafşah | 41,899 | — |
| 39 | Jammāl | al-Munastīr | 39,990 | — |
| 40 | Qaşr Hallāl | al-Munastīr | 39,792 | — |
| 41 | al-ʿAyn | Şafāqis | 37,683 | — |
| 42 | Qalībīyah | Nābul | 37,223 | — |
| 43 | al-H̨āmmah | Qābis | 36,458 | — |
| 44 | Sāqiyat-ad-Dāir | Şafāqis | 35,886 | — |
| 45 | Tawzar | Tawzar | 34,943 | — |
| 46 | Manzil Tamīm | Nābul | 34,768 | — |
| 47 | az-Zahrāʿ | Bin ʿArūs | 34,367 | — |
| 48 | Dār Šaʿbān | Nābul | 33,953 | — |
| 49 | H̨ammām Sūsah | Sūsah | 33,834 | — |
| 50 | Qarmadah | Şafāqis | 33,744 | — |
| 51 | Qurbah | Nābul | 33,589 | — |
| 52 | Murnaq | Bin ʿArūs | 33,421 | — |
| 53 | Ţabulbah | al-Munastīr | 31,708 | — |
| 54 | Maqrīn | Bin ʿArūs | 31,290 | — |
| 55 | Māţir | Binzart | 31,005 | — |
| 56 | ar-Rudayyif | Qafşah | 30,048 | — |
| 57 | al-Qaşr | Qafşah | 28,714 | — |
| 58 | Dūz | Qibilī | 28,127 | — |
| 59 | Quşūr-as-Sāf | al-Mahdīyah | 27,936 | — |
| 60 | Umm-al-ʿArāis | Qafşah | 27,109 | — |
| 61 | Silyānah | Silyānah | 26,960 | — |
| 62 | ad-Dandān | Aryānah | 26,795 | — |
| 63 | al-Jadīdah | Aryānah | 26,171 | — |
| 64 | Ţaburbah | Aryānah | 26,012 | — |
| 65 | Sulaymān | Nābul | 25,634 | — |
| 66 | Jarbah Ajīm | Madanīyīn | 25,231 | — |
| 67 | Manūbah | Manūbah | 24,948 | — |
| 68 | Tīnah | Şafāqis | 24,630 | — |
| 69 | Rās-al-Jabal | Binzart | 24,511 | — |
| 70 | Bū Mahal-al-Bassātīn | Bin ʿArūs | 23,558 | — |
| 71 | Firyānah | al-Qaşrayn | 23,230 | — |
| 72 | al-Qalʿat-aş-Şaġīrah | Sūsah | 22,946 | — |
| 73 | aš-Šayh̨iyah | Şafāqis | 22,726 | — |
| 74 | H̨ammām-aš-Šuţ | Bin ʿArūs | 22,047 | — |
| 75 | Nafţah | Tawzar | 21,720 | — |
| 76 | aš-Šābbah | al-Mahdīyah | 21,559 | — |
| 77 | Manzil Jamīl | Binzart | 21,542 | — |
| 78 | Subayţilah | al-Qaşrayn | 21,539 | — |
| 79 | Sūq-al-Ah̨ad | Qibilī | 21,295 | — |
| 80 | Ġannūš | Qābis | 21,260 | — |
| 81 | Tāklisah | Nābul | 20,659 | — |
| 82 | Bū Sālim | Jundūbah | 20,310 | — |
| 83 | Majāz-al-Bāb | Bājah | 20,118 | — |
| 84 | al-Jamm | al-Mahdīyah | 20,029 | — |
| 85 | Akkūdah | Sūsah | 20,027 | — |
| 86 | Qibilī | Qibilī | 19,875 | — |
| 87 | Ġār-ad-Dimāʿ | Jundūbah | 19,577 | — |
| 88 | Qurunbālīyah | Nābul | 18,965 | — |
| 89 | Tājarwīn | al-Kāf | 18,909 | — |
| 90 | Tīnjah | Binzart | 18,551 | — |
| 91 | al-Wardānīn | al-Munastīr | 18,287 | — |
| 92 | al-Fah̨ş | Zaġwān | 18,083 | — |
| 93 | Banī Hiyār | Nābul | 18,011 | — |
| 94 | Zaramīdin | al-Munastīr | 17,178 | — |
| 95 | Carthago | Tunis | 17,081 | — |
| 96 | Qalʿat-al-Andalus | Aryānah | 17,062 | — |
| 97 | Zaġwān | Zaġwān | 16,911 | — |
| 98 | Qarqannah | Şafāqis | 16,323 | — |
| 99 | al-Mah̨ras | Şafāqis | 16,280 | — |
| 100 | Manzil Bū Zalafah | Nābul | 16,231 | — |
| 101 | al-ʿĀliyah | Binzart | 16,083 | — |
| 102 | Tālah | al-Qaşrayn | 16,068 | — |
| 103 | al-Baqāliţah | al-Munastīr | 15,937 | — |
| 104 | Manzil ʿAbd-ar-Rah̨mān | Binzart | 15,769 | — |
| 105 | al-Qaţār | Qafşah | 15,686 | — |
| 106 | ad-Dahmānī | al-Kāf | 15,243 | — |
| 107 | al-Jarīşşah | al-Kāf | 14,564 | — |
| 108 | Makṯar | Silyānah | 14,500 | — |
| 109 | āl-Mīknassi | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 14,189 | — |
| 110 | al-Mad̨īlah | Qafşah | 14,018 | — |
| 111 | Sāh̨ilīn Maʿatmar | al-Munastīr | 13,806 | — |
| 112 | Ġumrassin | Taţāwīn | 13,753 | — |
| 113 | Şayyādah | al-Munastīr | 13,718 | — |
| 114 | Ţabarqah | Jundūbah | 13,712 | — |
| 115 | Tastūr | Bājah | 13,708 | — |
| 116 | al-Murnāqiyah | Aryānah | 13,659 | — |
| 117 | Saninī an-Nah̨āl | Qābis | 13,417 | — |
| 118 | Bin Qirdan | Madanīyīn | 13,364 | — |
| 119 | Tabursuq | Bājah | 12,727 | — |
| 120 | Banblat wal-Manārah | al-Munastīr | 12,367 | — |
| 121 | Banān Būd̨ar | al-Munastīr | 12,279 | — |
| 122 | Bū ʿArādah | Silyānah | 12,158 | — |
| 123 | az-Zuhūr | Sūsah | 11,588 | — |
| 124 | Qūşaybat-al-Madyunī | al-Munastīr | 11,313 | — |
| 125 | Banī H̱allād | Nābul | 11,300 | — |
| 126 | Manzil H̨ayāh | al-Munastīr | 11,093 | — |
| 127 | as-Sars | al-Kāf | 10,979 | — |
| 128 | Māraṯ | Qābis | 10,885 | — |
| 129 | Hājib-al-ʿAyūn | al-Qayrawān | 10,743 | — |
| 130 | al-Huwārīyah | Nābul | 10,678 | — |
| 131 | an-Nafīd̨ah | Sūsah | 10,648 | — |
| 132 | Qaʿafūr | Silyānah | 10,556 | — |
| 133 | al-Maţwiyah | Qābis | 10,250 | — |
| 134 | al-Waslātiyah | al-Qayrawān | 10,102 | — |
| 135 | Bū ʿŪrqub | Nābul | 10,024 | — |
| 136 | H̱unays | al-Munastīr | 10,005 | — |
| 137 | Wađraf | Qābis | 9,333 | — |
| 138 | Manzil Nūr | al-Munastīr | 9,325 | — |
| 139 | Rafrāf | Binzart | 9,255 | — |
| 140 | Sīdī Ṯābit | Aryānah | 9,212 | — |
| 141 | aş-Şuẖayrah | Şafāqis | 9,211 | — |
| 142 | Rajīš | al-Mahdīyah | 8,934 | — |
| 143 | Sīdī Bū ʿAlī | Sūsah | 8,855 | — |
| 144 | Zāwiyat Sūsah | Sūsah | 8,789 | — |
| 145 | Bīʿr-al-Ah̨mar | Taţāwīn | 8,497 | — |
| 146 | az-Zarībah | Zaġwān | 8,478 | — |
| 147 | Manzil Kāmil | al-Munastīr | 8,314 | — |
| 148 | ʿAqārib | Şafāqis | 8,264 | — |
| 149 | H̨ammām-al-Aġzāz | Nābul | 8,159 | — |
| 150 | Banī H̨assān | al-Munastīr | 8,139 | — |
| 151 | Daqāš | Tawzar | 8,134 | — |
| 152 | Quşaybat-aṯ-Ṯurayāt | Sūsah | 8,122 | — |
| 153 | as-Sanad | Qafşah | 7,859 | — |
| 154 | al-Maʿqūlah | Bājah | 7,779 | — |
| 155 | H̨affūz | al-Qayrawān | 7,765 | — |
| 156 | al-Karīb | Silyānah | 7,691 | — |
| 157 | Bū Fīšah | Sūsah | 7,630 | — |
| 158 | al-Mātlīn | Binzart | 7,602 | — |
| 159 | al-Barādiʿah | al-Mahdīyah | 7,522 | — |
| 160 | Jabinyānah | Şafāqis | 7,349 | — |
| 161 | Tāzirkah | Nābul | 7,280 | — |
| 162 | al-Qalʿah | Qibilī | 7,189 | — |
| 163 | ʿAyn Darāhim | Jundūbah | 7,094 | — |
| 164 | as-Subayẖah | al-Qayrawān | 7,062 | — |
| 165 | Sīdī ʿUlwan | al-Mahdīyah | 7,051 | — |
| 166 | al-Maʿmūrah | Nābul | 6,969 | — |
| 167 | Harqalah | Sūsah | 6,942 | — |
| 168 | al-Masāʿdīn | Sūsah | 6,931 | — |
| 169 | ʿAmīrat-al-H̨ajjāj | al-Munastīr | 6,711 | — |
| 170 | ār-Riqab | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 6,702 | — |
| 171 | Maţmāţat-al-Jadīdah | Qābis | 6,677 | — |
| 172 | al-H̱alīdīyah | Bin ʿArūs | 6,605 | — |
| 173 | H̨āmmat-al-Jarīd | Tawzar | 6,592 | — |
| 174 | Zāwiyat-al-Jadīdī | Nābul | 6,583 | — |
| 175 | aş-Şamaʿah | Nābul | 6,529 | — |
| 176 | Sīdī ʿAlī Bin ʿAwn | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 6,515 | — |
| 177 | Bīʿr Mašāriqah | Zaġwān | 6,445 | — |
| 178 | Sāqiyat Sīdī Yūssuf | al-Kāf | 6,442 | — |
| 179 | Mallūlaš | al-Mahdīyah | 6,441 | — |
| 180 | Šurbān | al-Mahdīyah | 6,430 | — |
| 181 | al-H̨anašah | Şafāqis | 6,402 | — |
| 182 | Sabībah | al-Qaşrayn | 6,291 | — |
| 183 | Jamnah | Qibilī | 6,254 | — |
| 184 | Nafzah | Bājah | 6,113 | — |
| 185 | Ţūzah | al-Munastīr | 6,085 | — |
| 186 | al-Baţţān | Aryānah | 6,047 | — |
| 187 | Būhajlah | al-Qayrawān | 6,007 | — |
| 188 | Naşr Allāh | al-Qayrawān | 5,999 | — |
| 189 | Sīdī ʿĀmara | al-Munastīr | 5,942 | — |
| 190 | Burj-al-ʿĀmrī | Aryānah | 5,786 | — |
| 191 | Karkar | al-Mahdīyah | 5,703 | — |
| 192 | Jilmah | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 5,647 | — |
| 193 | Qalʿat-as-Sānan | al-Kāf | 5,601 | — |
| 194 | al-Mazzūnah | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 5,564 | — |
| 195 | Talābat | al-Qaşrayn | 5,461 | — |
| 196 | Awlād aš-Šāmaẖ | al-Mahdīyah | 5,403 | — |
| 197 | Sīdī Bū Saʿīd | Tunis | 5,401 | — |
| 198 | Zahrat Madina | Bājah | 5,397 | — |
| 199 | Lamţah | al-Munastīr | 5,382 | — |
| 200 | Azimūr | Nābul | 5,285 | — |
| 201 | Ġār-al-Milh̨ | Binzart | 5,260 | — |
| 202 | az-Zar_at | Qābis | 5,208 | — |
| 203 | as-Sāwasī | al-Mahdīyah | 5,179 | — |
| 204 | ʿAmīrat-aţ-Ţawāzarah | al-Munastīr | 5,173 | — |
| 205 | al-Qūşur | al-Kāf | 5,034 | — |
| 206 | Bīʿr-al-H̨ufayy | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 5,016 | — |
| 207 | Sajanān | Binzart | 5,009 | — |
| 208 | Būmirdas | al-Mahdīyah | 4,986 | — |
| 209 | Ġanādah | al-Munastīr | 4,975 | — |
| 210 | Zāwiyaţ Quntaš | al-Munastīr | 4,975 | — |
| 211 | Fūssānah | al-Qaşrayn | 4,967 | — |
| 212 | Manzil Bū Zayyān | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 4,912 | — |
| 213 | Mājal Bāl ʿAbbās | al-Qaşrayn | 4,904 | — |
| 214 | Bīʿr Alī Bin H̱alīfah | Şafāqis | 4,864 | — |
| 215 | Manzil H̨urr | Nābul | 4,717 | — |
| 216 | Barqū | Silyānah | 4,703 | — |
| 217 | Đahībah | Taţāwīn | 4,700 | — |
| 218 | Dār ʿAlūš | Nābul | 4,546 | — |
| 219 | ān-Naz̨ūr | Zaġwān | 4,476 | — |
| 220 | ʿAmīrat-al-Fah̨ūl | al-Munastīr | 4,437 | — |
| 221 | Rimadāh | Taţāwīn | 4,322 | — |
| 222 | Bū H̨ajjar | al-Munastīr | 4,250 | — |
| 223 | ar-Rawhiyah | Silyānah | 4,231 | — |
| 224 | Bū Ruwīs | Silyānah | 4,097 | — |
| 225 | aš-Šarāhīl | al-Munastīr | 4,075 | — |
| 226 | Sīdī Bin Nūr | al-Munastīr | 4,042 | — |
| 227 | ʿAwsajah | Binzart | 3,775 | — |
| 228 | Jadliyān | al-Qaşrayn | 3,749 | — |
| 229 | al-Mīddah | Nābul | 3,602 | — |
| 230 | Banī H̱addāš | Madanīyīn | 3,588 | — |
| 231 | Qurbuş | Nābul | 3,581 | — |
| 232 | Manzil Mahīdī | al-Qayrawān | 3,567 | — |
| 233 | Habīrah | al-Mahdīyah | 3,445 | — |
| 234 | al-Qalʿat-al-H̱aşbāʿ | al-Kāf | 3,433 | — |
| 235 | Nibbar | al-Kāf | 3,393 | — |
| 236 | al-Maşdūr | al-Munastīr | 3,372 | — |
| 237 | Quballāţ | Bājah | 3,353 | — |
| 238 | H̨aydrah | al-Qaşrayn | 3,172 | — |
| 239 | at-Tawīraf | al-Kāf | 3,069 | — |
| 240 | Manzil Fārsī | al-Munastīr | 3,042 | — |
| 241 | al-ʿAlā | al-Qayrawān | 2,957 | — |
| 242 | Manzil Sālim | al-Kāf | 2,856 | — |
| 243 | Manzil Šākir | Şafāqis | 2,851 | — |
| 244 | Sīdī āl-Hanī | Sūsah | 2,820 | — |
| 245 | Jabal-al-Wusţ | Zaġwān | 2,791 | — |
| 246 | al-ʿArūsah | Silyānah | 2,742 | — |
| 247 | Tamaġzah | Tawzar | 2,715 | — |
| 248 | Kasra | Silyānah | 2,598 | — |
| 249 | aš-Šabīkah | al-Qayrawān | 2,554 | — |
| 250 | Awlād H̨affūz | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 2,441 | — |
| 251 | Sabālah | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 2,420 | — |
| 252 | Maţmāţat-al-Qadīmah | Qābis | 2,406 | — |
| 253 | Wādī Malīz | Jundūbah | 2,148 | — |
| 254 | Firnānah | Jundūbah | 1,962 | — |
| 255 | ʿAyn Jalūlah | al-Qayrawān | 1,954 | — |
| 256 | aš-Šarārdah | al-Qayrawān | 1,758 | — |
| 257 | Banī Maţīr | Jundūbah | 898 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunis | 939,565 |
| 2 | Şafāqis | 869,530 |
| 3 | Nābul | 677,770 |
| 4 | al-Qayrawān | 582,427 |
| 5 | Binzart | 542,092 |
| 6 | Sūsah | 537,839 |
| 7 | Bin ʿArūs | 501,924 |
| 8 | al-Munastīr | 453,601 |
| 9 | Madanīyīn | 447,399 |
| 10 | Jundūbah | 438,722 |
| 11 | al-Qaşrayn | 437,190 |
| 12 | Sīdī Bū Zayd | 412,538 |
| 13 | Aryānah | 412,360 |
| 14 | al-Mahdīyah | 391,808 |
| 15 | Qābis | 346,141 |
| 16 | Manūbah | 345,484 |
| 17 | Qafşah | 341,647 |
| 18 | Bājah | 324,556 |
| 19 | al-Kāf | 284,196 |
| 20 | Silyānah | 262,365 |
| 21 | Zaġwān | 162,288 |
| 22 | Taţāwīn | 154,521 |
| 23 | Qibilī | 148,621 |
| 24 | Tawzar | 101,730 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.