Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Morocco

Urban population share in Morocco in 2025 — 63.1%. Ranked 115 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 33.8 pp.

2025 63.1% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 115of 217
Period maximum 63.1%2025
Period minimum 29.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Morocco, 1960–202520304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29.4%1962: 30.2%1964: 31.2%1966: 32.2%1968: 33.3%1970: 34.5%1972: 35.7%1974: 37%1976: 38.3%1978: 39.7%1980: 41.1%1982: 42.6%1984: 44%1986: 45.4%1988: 46.9%1990: 48.4%1992: 49.8%1994: 51.2%1996: 52.2%1998: 53%2000: 53.6%2002: 54.2%2004: 55%2006: 56%2008: 57.1%2010: 58.3%2012: 59.4%2014: 60.3%2016: 61%2018: 61.6%2020: 62.1%2022: 62.5%2024: 62.8%2025: 63.1%
Change over the period: +33.8 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Morocco 63.1%
World 57.8%
Northern Africa computed 52.4%
Urban population share — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63.1 +0.3 pp
2024 62.8 +0.1 pp
2023 62.7 +0.2 pp
2022 62.5 +0.2 pp
2021 62.3 +0.2 pp
2020 62.1 +0.3 pp
2019 61.8 +0.3 pp
2018 61.6 +0.3 pp
2017 61.3 +0.3 pp
2016 61 +0.3 pp
2015 60.6 +0.3 pp
2014 60.3 +0.4 pp
2013 59.9 +0.5 pp
2012 59.4 +0.5 pp
2011 58.9 +0.6 pp
2010 58.3 +0.6 pp
2009 57.7 +0.6 pp
2008 57.1 +0.6 pp
2007 56.5 +0.6 pp
2006 56 +0.5 pp
2005 55.4 +0.5 pp
2004 55 +0.4 pp
2003 54.6 +0.4 pp
2002 54.2 +0.3 pp
2001 53.9 +0.3 pp
2000 53.6 +0.3 pp
1999 53.3 +0.3 pp
1998 53 +0.4 pp
1997 52.6 +0.4 pp
1996 52.2 +0.5 pp
1995 51.8 +0.5 pp
1994 51.2 +0.8 pp
1993 50.4 +0.6 pp
1992 49.8 +0.7 pp
1991 49.2 +0.7 pp
1990 48.4 +0.7 pp
1989 47.7 +0.8 pp
1988 46.9 +0.8 pp
1987 46.2 +0.7 pp
1986 45.4 +0.7 pp
1985 44.7 +0.7 pp
1984 44 +0.7 pp
1983 43.3 +0.7 pp
1982 42.6 +0.8 pp
1981 41.8 +0.7 pp
1980 41.1 +0.7 pp
1979 40.4 +0.7 pp
1978 39.7 +0.7 pp
1977 39 +0.7 pp
1976 38.3 +0.7 pp
1975 37.6 +0.6 pp
1974 37 +0.6 pp
1973 36.3 +0.6 pp
1972 35.7 +0.7 pp
1971 35 +0.5 pp
1970 34.5 +0.6 pp
1969 33.9 +0.6 pp
1968 33.3 +0.6 pp
1967 32.8 +0.5 pp
1966 32.2 +0.5 pp
1965 31.7 +0.5 pp
1964 31.2 +0.5 pp
1963 30.7 +0.5 pp
1962 30.2 +0.5 pp
1961 29.7 +0.3 pp
1960 29.4

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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