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. The early 1980s saw a boom of the Tunisian community in France because of adjustments (over 22,000 cases).Sonia Mabrouk, « Un diplôme pour visa », Jeune Afrique, 27 avril 2008, pp. 71–72
Demographics The 2011 census recorded 150,109 Tunisian-born people.Répartition des étrangers par nationalité en 2011 INSEE.
Year Tunisian-born population + descendance Foreigners Migrants Other data1999220,039120,713 154,000Infos migrations n° 20 – février 2011. 2005365,7822006368,463 2007370,552 144,000 2008370,667577,998les tunisiens residents a l'etranger en 2008 Registres Consulaires. 2009 2010 2011 150,109 246,274Répartition des immigrés par pays de naissance en 2011 INSEE. 2012668,668Répartition de la Communauté tunisienne à l'étranger (2012) OTE. 2013
+Family reunification: OFII – Le regroupement familial en 2013Year20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013Persons29372433261223112085163216431952185318701780Families14181230137913611295110611231301128513391355
Notable people
See also France–Tunisia relations Algerians in France Arabs in France Berbers in France Moroccans in France Tunisian diaspora
Further reading
Mathilde Zederman. 2025. Tunisian Politics in France: Long-Distance Activism since the 1980s. Cambridge University Press
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