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[[Tunisia]]'s population was estimated to be around 11.6 million in mid-2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tunisia |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/tunisia/ |website=United States Department of State |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref> In the generally youthful African continent, Tunisia's population is among the most mature. This is because the government has supported a successful [[family planning]] program that has reduced the population growth rate to just over 1% per annum, contributing to Tunisia's economic and social stability.<ref name=cnsd>{{cite web|title=Tunisia (03/09/12)|url=https://www.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/tunisia/196390.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013143542/http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/tunisia/196390.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2012|publisher=US Department of State|date=9 March 2012}}</ref> The population of Tunisia is primarily of [[Berbers|Berber]] ancestral origin (>60%).<ref name="Bhatia">{{cite book|author=Tej K. Bhatia |author2=William C. Ritchie|title=The Handbook of Bilingualism|date=2006|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0631227359|page=860|url=https://www.google.com/books?id=pNqVaUk4dM0C|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref>
Around 98 percent of the population are [[Muslim]].<ref name="CIA">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ts.html#People |title=CIA – The World Factbook—Tunisia |access-date=2007-01-13 }}</ref> There is a [[Jew]]ish population on the southern island of [[Djerba]] and [[Tunis]]. There also exists a small [[wikt:autochthonous|autochthonous]] group of [[Christians|Christian]] adherents.<ref name=report>[https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90222.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Tunisia]. United States [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor]] (September 14, 2007). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref>
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