Official name
Kingdom of Morocco
Name in local language
المملكة المغربية (ar) ; Royaume du Maroc (fr)
Continent
Africa
Subcontinent
North Africa
Population (ranking: 40e )
35,481,848 inhabitants (2019)
Population growth
1.25 % / year
Area
446,550 km²
Density
79.46 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 61e )118.495 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
3,238 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
3.00 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
76.50 years (2018)
Birth rate
18.80 ‰ (2010)
Fertility rate
2.38 children / woman (2018)
Death rate (ranking )
5.60 ‰ (2010)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
23.70 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
68.49 % (2015)
Official languages
Arabic, Tamazight (French spoken and administrative language)
Currency
Moroccan dirham (MAD)
HDI (ranking: 161e )0.676 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )63.47 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Head of State
King Mohammed VI
National Day
3rd March (feast of the Throne), 9 July (anniversary of the king), 18 November (constitution of 1962)
ISO Codes MA, MAR
Demonym
Moroccan
Tourists (ranking )
11,349,000 people (2017)
Morocco is a North African state located in the Maghreb. It is mainly covered with large desert areas (Sahara) and mountains (Atlas). It is bathed by both the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It shares borders with Algeria to the east and south, and Western Sahara to the south, territory that it occupies illegally (according to the UN) since its independence from Spain . To the north, the Strait of Gibraltar separates it from Spain and Europe.
Caravan in the Sahara, south of Morocco. Photo: Bachmont Market Jemma el-Fna, Marrakech, Maroc. Photo: Luc Viatour Urban areas (2015)
Urban areas
Population
Casablanca
4,270,750 inhabitants
Rabat
2,134,533 inhabitants
Marrakech
1,330,468 inhabitants
Fès
1,150,131 inhabitants
Agadir
1,141,717 inhabitants
Tanger
1,065,601 inhabitants
Meknès
835,695 inhabitants
Tétouan
590,684 inhabitants
Kénitra
577,293 inhabitants
Oujda
551,767 inhabitants
Safi
308,508 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions
Population
Area
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
2,520,776 inhabitants
41,033 km²
Casablanca-Settat
6,861,739 inhabitants
19,448 km²
Dakhla-Oued Ed Dahab
142,955 inhabitants
130,898 km²
Drâa-Tafilalet
1,635,008 inhabitants
132,167 km²
Fès-Meknès
4,236,892 inhabitants
40,075 km²
Guelmim-Oued Noun
433,757 inhabitants
46,108 km²
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
367,758 inhabitants
140,018 km²
Marrakech-Safi
4,520,569 inhabitants
39,167 km²
Oriental
2,314,346 inhabitants
90,127 km²
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
4,580,866 inhabitants
18,194 km²
Souss-Massa
2,676,847 inhabitants
53,789 km²
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
3,556,729 inhabitants
13,712 km²
See also
