Tunisians in France

Tunisians in France are people of Tunisian descent living in France. People of Tunisian origin account for a large sector of the total population in France. Following France's colonial rule in Tunisia from 1881 to 1956, many Tunisians chose to immigrate to France from the 1960s to the present due to France's favorable economic conditions, while others sought to escape Tunisia's relatively unfavorable living conditions^{[dubious – discuss]}. The early 1980s saw a boom of the Tunisian community in France because of adjustments (over 22,000 cases).^[3]

Tunisians in France

Total population
1,383,000 (2023)[1]
Languages
French (Maghrebi French), Arabic (Tunisian Arabic)
Religion
Majority Islam[2] (Sunni Islam) Minority Judaism,[2] Irreligion,[2] Christianity[2]
Related ethnic groups
Moroccans in France Algerians in France

Demographics

The 2011 census recorded 150,109 Tunisian-born people.^[4]

Year	Tunisian-born population	+ descendance	Foreigners	Migrants	Other data
1999	220,039[5]		120,713[5]		154,000[6]
2005	365,782[7]
2006	368,463[7]
2007	370,552[7]				144,000[6]
2008	370,667[7]	577,998[8]
2009
2010
2011			150,109[4]	246,274[9]
2012		668,668[10]
2013

Family reunification:^[11]

Year	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Persons	2937	2433	2612	2311	2085	1632	1643	1952	1853	1870	1780
Families	1418	1230	1379	1361	1295	1106	1123	1301	1285	1339	1355

Notable people

Hatem Ben Arfa	Sami Bouajila	DJ Mehdi	Kev Adams	Michel Boujenah	Abdellatif Kechiche
Hafsia Herzi	Dany Brillant	Marcel Dadi	Gisèle Halimi	Cyril Hanouna	Agnès Jaoui
Lââm	Pierre Lellouche	Didier Marouani	Albert Memmi	Serge Moati	Yael Naim
Dominique Strauss-Kahn	Larry Azouni	Hichem Yacoubi	Sadek	Alaeddine Yahia	Fahid Ben Khalfallah
Audrey Dana	Jonathan Rivas	Anissa Khedher	Sonia Krimi	Izïa	Wissam Ben Yedder

See also

• France–Tunisia relations
• Algerians in France
• Arabs in France
• Berbers in France
• Moroccans in France
• Tunisian diaspora