Hailing from Tunisia, the majority (88%) of modern Tunisians are genetically Berbers, and are speakers of Tunisian Arabic. However, there is also a small minority of non-Arabized Berbers (1 percent at most). They primarily inhabit the Jebel Dahar mountains, which are located toward the southeast and on the island of Djerba. The Berbers predominantly speak Berber languages, often called Shilha or Tashlihit, or have shifted to speaking Tunisian Arabic.
Nearly all Tunisians (99 percent of the population) are Muslim. There is a Jewish population on the southern island of Djerba and Tunis. There also exists a small group of Christian adherents.
Source: National Institute of Statistics and United Nations Statistics Division
Source: National Institute of Statistics
While the vast majority of modern Tunisians identify themselves as Arabs, they are predominantly descended from Berber groups, with some Arab input. Tunisians are also descended, to a lesser extent, from other African, Middle Eastern and European peoples, specifically the Phoenicians/Punics, Romans, Vandals, Greeks, Hispanic, Italians, Turkic, Haratin, and French. In sum, a little less than 20 percent of their genetic material (Y-chromosome analysis) comes from present day Arabian Peninsula, Europe or Sub-Saharan Africa.