Morocco - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Morocco was 36,910,560 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36,910,560 in 2020 and a minimum value of 12,328,530 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 12,328,530
1961 12,710,590
1962 13,094,890
1963 13,478,430
1964 13,857,660
1965 14,230,160
1966 14,595,350
1967 14,954,040
1968 15,307,270
1969 15,656,850
1970 16,004,730
1971 16,350,880
1972 16,696,890
1973 17,048,520
1974 17,413,150
1975 17,796,170
1976 18,198,840
1977 18,620,090
1978 19,059,770
1979 19,516,940
1980 19,990,010
1981 20,479,710
1982 20,984,020
1983 21,495,090
1984 22,002,640
1985 22,499,110
1986 22,980,330
1987 23,447,260
1988 23,903,590
1989 24,355,620
1990 24,807,460
1991 25,260,410
1992 25,711,410
1993 26,155,200
1994 26,584,470
1995 26,994,260
1996 27,383,470
1997 27,754,570
1998 28,110,450
1999 28,455,500
2000 28,793,670
2001 29,126,320
2002 29,454,760
2003 29,782,880
2004 30,115,200
2005 30,455,560
2006 30,804,690
2007 31,163,670
2008 31,536,810
2009 31,929,090
2010 32,343,380
2011 32,781,860
2012 33,241,900
2013 33,715,700
2014 34,192,360
2015 34,663,610
2016 35,126,270
2017 35,581,260
2018 36,029,090
2019 36,471,770
2020 36,910,560

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population