Demographics of Morocco

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Morocco is projected at 37.34 million, up by 1.18% compared with 36.91 million in 2020. Morocco is ranked 40th in terms of population and 95th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.66 million births in Morocco in 2021. That is 1,814 per day, which is ranked 48th. The crude birth rate is 17.73 per 1000 people. There are 0.19 million deaths in Morocco in 2021. That is 519 per day, which is ranked 52nd. The crude death rate is 5.08 per 1000 people.

24.02 million people are living in urban areas, which is 64.07% of Morocco population. Morocco is ranked 116th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Morocco in 2021 is 98.60 males per 100 females. There are 18.54 million males and 18.80 million females in Morocco. The percentage of female population is 50.35% compare to 49.65% male population. Morocco has 0.26 million more females than males. Morocco is at 98th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Morocco population

Year Population Growth (%)
19508,985,986-
195510,502,6583.34
196012,328,5323.16
196514,230,1632.69
197016,004,7322.22
197517,796,1712.2
198019,990,0062.42
198522,499,1112.26
199024,807,4611.86
199526,994,2551.54
200028,793,6721.19
200530,455,5631.13
201032,343,3841.3
201534,663,6081.38
201635,126,2741.33
201735,581,2571.3
201836,029,0891.26
201936,471,7661.23
202036,910,5581.2
202137,344,7871.18
  • Total
  • Crude

Morocco death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950184,460462,29020.3050.81
1955210,129546,06219.8751.69
1960227,796629,19618.4650.98
1965233,070675,91716.4047.60
1970231,423684,97314.4542.81
1975231,181707,67412.9239.59
1980223,097760,85911.1337.91
1985201,796765,0108.9834.10
1990183,655726,4567.3929.24
1995180,159677,5286.6825.16
2000182,630640,5666.3422.24
2005173,689646,8975.7021.22
2010169,520688,3695.2221.21
2015177,238703,0645.1220.31
2020186,818668,0105.0618.10
2021189,579662,2145.0817.73
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Morocco

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19502,352,9006,633,089-26.184
19552,913,4197,589,2474.5327.740
19603,619,3348,709,1984.3429.357
19654,533,6729,695,3724.3531.862
19705,516,31410,483,6943.8234.477
19756,714,48311,089,2154.1137.714
19808,250,17211,769,6754.2341.210
198510,091,99712,445,3793.9344.779
199012,039,27912,839,8573.4248.391
199513,995,78813,079,4442.3251.692
200015,386,93913,462,6821.8053.335
200516,839,65413,681,4162.1155.174
201018,803,30213,606,3372.3158.018
201521,163,59413,639,7282.3560.809
202023,551,59913,519,1192.0563.532
202124,022,96013,474,5422.0064.065
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Morocco population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,667,980 1,580,569 3,248,549 8.70 105.530
05-09 1,771,140 1,683,585 3,454,725 9.25 105.201
10-14 1,636,300 1,550,261 3,186,561 8.53 105.550
15-19 1,531,416 1,460,925 2,992,341 8.01 104.825
20-24 1,462,634 1,403,468 2,866,102 7.67 104.216
25-29 1,516,849 1,475,388 2,992,237 8.01 102.810
30-34 1,438,847 1,450,360 2,889,207 7.74 99.206
35-39 1,347,386 1,436,567 2,783,953 7.45 93.792
40-44 1,150,264 1,283,076 2,433,340 6.52 89.649
45-49 993,824 1,139,066 2,132,890 5.71 87.249
50-54 918,816 1,026,209 1,945,025 5.21 89.535
55-59 907,728 932,413 1,840,141 4.93 97.353
60-64 801,314 816,963 1,618,277 4.33 98.084
65-69 614,820 626,841 1,241,661 3.32 98.082
70-74 367,238 368,943 736,181 1.97 99.538
75-79 233,862 279,883 513,745 1.38 83.557
80-84 129,333 189,747 319,080 0.85 68.161
85-89 42,808 80,651 123,459 0.33 53.078
90-94 7,385 17,778 25,163 0.07 41.540
95-99 555 1,525 2,080 0.01 36.393
100+ 15 55 70 0.00 27.273
Total 18,540,514 18,804,273 37,344,787 98.597