Tunisians

Tunisians
توانسة (Tawānisa, dialectal Tweensa)
تونسيون (Tūnisiyyūn)
Total population
c. 14.2 million[a]
Regions with significant populations
 Tunisia      ~12,400,000
(2014 census)[1]
 France1,389,000[2] [3][2][4][3]
 Italy319,000 (includes ancestry)[4][5]
 Germany195,000[4]
 United States175,685[6][7]
 Israel120,700 (includes ancestry)[8]
 Libya68,952[4]
 Canada25,650[4]
 Belgium and  Luxembourg24,810[4]
 Turkey20,000
 United Arab Emirates19,361[4]
 Algeria18,796[4]
 Saudi Arabia16,774[4]
  Switzerland16,667[4][9]
 Netherlands8,776[4]
 Sweden8,704[4]
 Qatar31,540[4]
 United Kingdom and  Ireland10,797[4]
 Austria,  Croatia,  Slovakia, and  Slovenia7,921[4]
 Oman5,693
 Morocco4,570
 Spain3,722
 Kuwait3,500
 Egypt3,413
 Bahrain1,605
 Norway1,540
 Romania1,352
 Poland1,340
 Lebanon1,323
 Brazil1,253[10]
 Greece981
 Jordan950
 Japan757[11]
 Australia514
 Indonesia,  Malaysia,  Singapore,  Thailand, and  Philippines497
 South Africa349
Languages
Majority: Arabic (Tunisian Arabic), French
Historically:
Phoenician, Punic, Canaanite, Latin, African Romance
Minority: Judeo-Tunisian Arabic,[12] and Berber[13][14][15][16]
Religion
Predominantly Islam (Sunni Maliki)[17]
Minority: Judaism[18][19][20]
Related ethnic groups
Arabs, Berber, European Tunisians, Carthaginians, Roman Africans, Italian Tunisians, Turco-Tunisians, Maghrebis and other Afroasiatic peoples
a The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations.

Tunisians (Arabic: تونسيون Tūnisiyyūn, Tunisian Arabic: توانسة Twènsa [ˈtwɛːnsæ]) are the citizens and nationals of Tunisia in North Africa, who speak Tunisian Arabic and share a common Tunisian culture and identity. In addition to the approximately 12 million residents in Tunisia, a Tunisian diaspora has been established with modern migration, particularly in Western Europe, namely France, Italy and Germany. The vast majority of Tunisians identify as Arabs who adhere to Sunni Islam.[21]

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  6. ^ International Migrant Stock 2020. USA: UN. 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. ^ "International Migrant Stock 2020". United Nations.
  8. ^ Statistical Abstract of Israel, 2009, CBS. "Table 2.24 – Jews, by country of origin and age" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ statistique, Office fédéral de la (26 August 2016). "Population résidante permanente étrangère selon la nationalité – 1980–2015 | Tableau". Office fédéral de la statistique.
  10. ^ Immigrants in Brazil (2024, in Portuguese)
  11. ^ "在留外国人統計" (in Japanese). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  12. ^ Arabic, Tunisian Spoken. Ethnologue (19 February 1999). Retrieved on 5 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Tamazight language". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  14. ^ "Nawaat – Interview avec l' Association Tunisienne de Culture Amazighe". Nawaat. 27 February 2012.
  15. ^ Gabsi, Zouhir (2003). An outline of the Shilha (Berber) vernacular of Douiret (Southern Tunisia) (PhD). University of Western Sydney.
  16. ^ "Tunisian Amazigh and the Fight for Recognition – Tunisialive". Tunisialive. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Tunisia | History, Map, Flag, Population, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  18. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/23/tunisia-last-jewish-community-djerba-israel
  19. ^ https://www.rferl.org/a/the-last-jews-of-tunisia/27809506.html
  20. ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/8838207/jewish-community-tunisia-djerba-antisemitism/
  21. ^ "Tunisia – the World Factbook". 22 December 2022.