Morocco - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Morocco was 13,460,540 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,659,050 in 2004 and a minimum value of 8,709,245 in 1960.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 8,709,245
1961 8,916,604
1962 9,121,246
1963 9,320,870
1964 9,512,865
1965 9,696,148
1966 9,869,814
1967 10,034,760
1968 10,191,730
1969 10,341,970
1970 10,486,780
1971 10,626,110
1972 10,740,270
1973 10,851,560
1974 10,965,230
1975 11,084,520
1976 11,209,570
1977 11,339,820
1978 11,474,370
1979 11,612,190
1980 11,752,130
1981 11,894,620
1982 12,037,700
1983 12,177,610
1984 12,307,620
1985 12,424,230
1986 12,524,740
1987 12,610,170
1988 12,682,530
1989 12,746,270
1990 12,802,880
1991 12,853,250
1992 12,895,820
1993 12,928,780
1994 12,947,970
1995 13,040,390
1996 13,138,040
1997 13,225,050
1998 13,302,430
1999 13,372,100
2000 13,436,570
2001 13,496,560
2002 13,552,140
2003 13,605,720
2004 13,659,050
2005 13,652,010
2006 13,632,310
2007 13,613,230
2008 13,596,780
2009 13,585,190
2010 13,578,400
2011 13,577,920
2012 13,581,980
2013 13,587,430
2014 13,589,410
2015 13,585,020
2016 13,572,790
2017 13,553,610
2018 13,527,840
2019 13,496,740
2020 13,460,540

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Morocco was 36.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 70.64 in 1960, while its lowest value was 36.47 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 70.64
1961 70.15
1962 69.66
1963 69.15
1964 68.65
1965 68.14
1966 67.62
1967 67.10
1968 66.58
1969 66.05
1970 65.52
1971 64.99
1972 64.33
1973 63.65
1974 62.97
1975 62.29
1976 61.60
1977 60.90
1978 60.20
1979 59.50
1980 58.79
1981 58.08
1982 57.37
1983 56.65
1984 55.94
1985 55.22
1986 54.50
1987 53.78
1988 53.06
1989 52.33
1990 51.61
1991 50.88
1992 50.16
1993 49.43
1994 48.71
1995 48.31
1996 47.98
1997 47.65
1998 47.32
1999 46.99
2000 46.67
2001 46.34
2002 46.01
2003 45.68
2004 45.36
2005 44.83
2006 44.25
2007 43.68
2008 43.11
2009 42.55
2010 41.98
2011 41.42
2012 40.86
2013 40.30
2014 39.74
2015 39.19
2016 38.64
2017 38.09
2018 37.55
2019 37.01
2020 36.47

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization