Tunisia
تونس
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Did you know
Star Wars filmed the desert planet Tatooine in Tunisia: in Matmata, near Tozeur and on Chott el Djerid. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 9.9%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1.2M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 20.5%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 21.5 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 10.8%
- women 16.8%, men 4.3%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2023
Languages
9 languages, 3 of them endangered
- NafusiSeverely endangered
- GhadamèsDefinitely endangered
- Zuwara BerberVulnerable
- Algerian Arabic
- Shawiya
- Standard Arabic
- Tunisian Arabic
- Tunisian Sign Language
- Douz Sign Language
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Arabic Kohl2025
- Performing arts among the Twāyef of Ghbonten2024
- Henna: rituals, aesthetic and social practices2024
- Arts, skills and practices associated with engraving on metals (gold, silver and copper)2023
- Harissa, knowledge, skills and culinary and social practices2022
- Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices2022
- Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices2021
- Charfia fishing in the Kerkennah Islands2020
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List and years: ich.unesco.org
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