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Region: Middle East Country : Tunisia Geography Area (in sq km and sq miles): total: 163,610 sq km country comparison to the world: __[|93]__ land: 155,360 sq km water: 8,250 sq km Area (Comparative): slightly larger than Georgia Climate:  temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south Elevation (lowest point - in meters and feet): lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m Elevation (highest point - in meters and feet): <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">highest point: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">People <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Population: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10,732,900 (July 2012 est.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Languages (top 3 - %): <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Religions (top 3 - %): <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Infant Mortality Rate: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">total: 24.98 deaths/1,000 live births <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">country comparison to the world: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|80]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">male: 28.58 deaths/1,000 live births <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">female: 21.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Life Expectancy: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">total population: 75.24 years <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">country comparison to the world: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|89]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">male: 73.2 years <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">female: 77.42 years (2012 est.)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Government <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Government Type:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Republic <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Capital: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tunis

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Economy

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GDP (purchasing power parity):

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">$101.7 billion (2011 est.)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">country comparison to the world: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|70]__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">$101.7 billion (2010 est.)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">$98.63 billion (2009 est.)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">note:data are in 2011 US dollars

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Population below poverty line:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3.8% (2005 est.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pictures