Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Morocco

Population in cities over 1 million in Morocco in 2025 — 8,751,477 people. Ranked 37 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 439.6%.

2025 8.75M people +1.74% vs 2024
World rank 37of 121
Period maximum 8.75M people2025
Period minimum 1.62M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Morocco, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,621,733 people1962: 1,772,116 people1964: 1,938,408 people1966: 2,121,974 people1968: 2,325,392 people1970: 2,550,432 people1972: 2,772,332 people1974: 2,980,932 people1976: 3,206,015 people1978: 3,448,257 people1980: 3,709,726 people1982: 3,991,222 people1984: 4,219,571 people1986: 4,453,791 people1988: 4,702,151 people1990: 4,964,826 people1992: 5,243,460 people1994: 5,538,265 people1996: 5,726,973 people1998: 5,910,660 people2000: 6,101,307 people2002: 6,298,667 people2004: 6,503,578 people2006: 6,674,942 people2008: 6,849,177 people2010: 7,029,966 people2012: 7,218,193 people2014: 7,413,749 people2016: 7,617,472 people2018: 7,829,698 people2020: 8,059,162 people2022: 8,316,885 people2024: 8,601,764 people2025: 8,751,477 people
Change over the period: +7.13M (+439.64%) Average annual rate: 2.63 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Morocco 8.75M people
World computed 2.01B people
Middle East & North Africa computed 130M people
Northern Africa computed 51.14M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 574M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.75M +149,713 +1.74%
2024 8.6M +145,322 +1.72%
2023 8.46M +139,557 +1.68%
2022 8.32M +132,604 +1.62%
2021 8.18M +125,119 +1.55%
2020 8.06M +117,824 +1.48%
2019 7.94M +111,640 +1.43%
2018 7.83M +107,206 +1.39%
2017 7.72M +105,020 +1.38%
2016 7.62M +102,894 +1.37%
2015 7.51M +100,829 +1.36%
2014 7.41M +98,819 +1.35%
2013 7.31M +96,737 +1.34%
2012 7.22M +95,102 +1.34%
2011 7.12M +93,125 +1.32%
2010 7.03M +91,328 +1.32%
2009 6.94M +89,461 +1.31%
2008 6.85M +88,006 +1.3%
2007 6.76M +86,229 +1.29%
2006 6.67M +84,621 +1.28%
2005 6.59M +86,743 +1.33%
2004 6.5M +103,456 +1.62%
2003 6.4M +101,455 +1.61%
2002 6.3M +99,638 +1.61%
2001 6.2M +97,722 +1.6%
2000 6.1M +96,245 +1.6%
1999 6.01M +94,402 +1.6%
1998 5.91M +92,727 +1.59%
1997 5.82M +90,960 +1.59%
1996 5.73M +89,601 +1.59%
1995 5.64M +99,107 +1.79%
1994 5.54M +149,635 +2.78%
1993 5.39M +145,170 +2.77%
1992 5.24M +141,423 +2.77%
1991 5.1M +137,211 +2.76%
1990 4.96M +133,315 +2.76%
1989 4.83M +129,360 +2.75%
1988 4.7M +126,047 +2.75%
1987 4.58M +122,313 +2.75%
1986 4.45M +118,863 +2.74%
1985 4.33M +115,357 +2.73%
1984 4.22M +112,422 +2.74%
1983 4.11M +115,927 +2.9%
1982 3.99M +143,490 +3.73%
1981 3.85M +138,006 +3.72%
1980 3.71M +133,280 +3.73%
1979 3.58M +128,189 +3.72%
1978 3.45M +123,471 +3.71%
1977 3.32M +118,771 +3.7%
1976 3.21M +114,724 +3.71%
1975 3.09M +110,359 +3.7%
1974 2.98M +106,315 +3.7%
1973 2.87M +102,285 +3.69%
1972 2.77M +100,275 +3.75%
1971 2.67M +121,625 +4.77%
1970 2.55M +115,491 +4.74%
1969 2.43M +109,549 +4.71%
1968 2.33M +104,370 +4.7%
1967 2.22M +99,048 +4.67%
1966 2.12M +94,157 +4.64%
1965 2.03M +89,409 +4.61%
1964 1.94M +85,277 +4.6%
1963 1.85M +81,015 +4.57%
1962 1.77M +77,096 +4.55%
1961 1.7M +73,287 +4.52%
1960 1.62M

Northern Africa, 2025

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

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

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