City profile · Tunisia · Africa
Kairouan
Kairouan · Tunisia
City population
139,070
#5
in Tunisia
#4,098
worldwide
35.678, 10.096 · 127 km from Tunis
About Kairouan
Kairouan is a city in Kairouan, Tunisia with a population of 139,070. It is the 5th largest of the 126 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tunisia, and the 4,098th largest worldwide. It lies 127 km from Tunis.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Kairouan
Elevation
65 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Tunis
Coordinates
35.678, 10.096
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 126 in TunisiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.