April 27th, 2013 / September 3rd, 2018
Morocco
Political leadership
King Mohammed VI (since 23 July 1999)
Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane (since 29 November 2011)
Land
total: 446,550 sq km
Boundaries
total: 2,017.9 km
Border countries
| Algeria | 1,559 km | Western Sahara | 443 km |
| Spain (Ceuta) | 6.3 km | Spain (Melilla) | 9.6 km |
Coastline
1,835 km
Population
33,322,699 (2015 est.) (country comparison to the world: 40)Age structure
0-14 years: 26.4% 15-64 years: 67.2% 65+ 6.4% (2015 est.)Population growth rate
1% (2015 est.)Urbanisation
Urban population: 60.2% of total population (2015) rate of urbanisation: 2.26% annual rate of change (2010-2015 est.)Major cities
Casablanca 3.515 million, Rabat (capital) 1.97 million, Fes 1.17 million, Marrakech 1.13 million, Tanger 982,000 (2015)Ethnic groups
Arab-Berber 99%, other 1%Religions
Muslim (official) 99%, Christian 1%, Jewish (around 6,000) (2010 est.)Languages
Arabic (official), Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit), French (often language of business, government and diplomacy)Literacy
(Age 15+ Can Read and Write) total population: 68.5% male: 78.6% female: 58.8% (2015)GDP
$274.1 billion (2015 est.) $261.8 billion (2014 est.)GDP Real growth rate
4.7% (2015 est.) 2.4% (2014 est.)GDP per capita (PPP)
$8,300 (2015 est.) $7,900 (2014 est.)Unemployment rate
total 9.7% (2015 est.) youth (15-24) 19.1% (2013 est.)Population below poverty line
15% (2007)Public debt
73.4% of GDP (2015 est.) 73.8% of GDP (2014 est.)Inflation rate
1.6% (2015 est.)We would like to ask you something …
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