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Rural population — Morocco

Rural population in Morocco in 2025 — 14,170,247 people. Ranked 41 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 72.5%.

2025 14.17M people +0.03% vs 2024
World rank 41of 217
Period maximum 14.17M people2025
Period minimum 8.21M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Morocco, 1960–20258M10M12M14M16M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8,212,478 people1962: 8,558,637 people1964: 8,878,636 people1966: 9,214,773 people1968: 9,564,594 people1970: 9,911,492 people1972: 10,239,757 people1974: 10,548,872 people1976: 10,847,117 people1978: 11,150,423 people1980: 11,462,362 people1982: 11,773,144 people1984: 12,095,189 people1986: 12,335,707 people1988: 12,467,617 people1990: 12,569,530 people1992: 12,654,099 people1994: 12,683,797 people1996: 12,811,519 people1998: 12,994,519 people2000: 13,192,099 people2002: 13,366,108 people2004: 13,485,221 people2006: 13,550,778 people2008: 13,551,270 people2010: 13,529,411 people2012: 13,530,602 people2014: 13,578,255 people2016: 13,671,138 people2018: 13,773,369 people2020: 13,867,850 people2022: 13,993,977 people2024: 14,166,268 people2025: 14,170,247 people
Change over the period: +5.96M (+72.55%) Average annual rate: 0.84 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Morocco

Morocco 14.17M people
World 3.46B people
Northern Africa computed 131M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.86B people
Rural population — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 14.17M +3,979 +0.03%
2024 14.17M +89,604 +0.64%
2023 14.08M +82,687 +0.59%
2022 13.99M +68,556 +0.49%
2021 13.93M +57,571 +0.42%
2020 13.87M +50,874 +0.37%
2019 13.82M +43,607 +0.32%
2018 13.77M +47,146 +0.34%
2017 13.73M +55,085 +0.4%
2016 13.67M +50,184 +0.37%
2015 13.62M +42,699 +0.31%
2014 13.58M +32,260 +0.24%
2013 13.55M +15,393 +0.11%
2012 13.53M +4,376 +0.03%
2011 13.53M −3,185 −0.02%
2010 13.53M −9,801 −0.07%
2009 13.54M −12,058 −0.09%
2008 13.55M −5,368 −0.04%
2007 13.56M +5,860 +0.04%
2006 13.55M +23,122 +0.17%
2005 13.53M +42,435 +0.31%
2004 13.49M +53,376 +0.4%
2003 13.43M +65,737 +0.49%
2002 13.37M +81,768 +0.62%
2001 13.28M +92,241 +0.7%
2000 13.19M +97,275 +0.74%
1999 13.09M +100,305 +0.77%
1998 12.99M +96,546 +0.75%
1997 12.9M +86,454 +0.67%
1996 12.81M +76,147 +0.6%
1995 12.74M +51,575 +0.41%
1994 12.68M −10,992 −0.09%
1993 12.69M +40,690 +0.32%
1992 12.65M +44,465 +0.35%
1991 12.61M +40,104 +0.32%
1990 12.57M +50,589 +0.4%
1989 12.52M +51,324 +0.41%
1988 12.47M +53,869 +0.43%
1987 12.41M +78,041 +0.63%
1986 12.34M +107,002 +0.88%
1985 12.23M +133,516 +1.1%
1984 12.1M +151,327 +1.27%
1983 11.94M +170,718 +1.45%
1982 11.77M +149,249 +1.28%
1981 11.62M +161,533 +1.41%
1980 11.46M +159,032 +1.41%
1979 11.3M +152,907 +1.37%
1978 11.15M +153,762 +1.4%
1977 11M +149,544 +1.38%
1976 10.85M +146,786 +1.37%
1975 10.7M +151,459 +1.44%
1974 10.55M +152,999 +1.47%
1973 10.4M +156,116 +1.52%
1972 10.24M +147,579 +1.46%
1971 10.09M +180,686 +1.82%
1970 9.91M +173,440 +1.78%
1969 9.74M +173,458 +1.81%
1968 9.56M +174,300 +1.86%
1967 9.39M +175,521 +1.9%
1966 9.21M +170,916 +1.89%
1965 9.04M +165,221 +1.86%
1964 8.88M +156,791 +1.8%
1963 8.72M +163,208 +1.91%
1962 8.56M +166,281 +1.98%
1961 8.39M +179,878 +2.19%
1960 8.21M

Northern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.