Morocco - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Morocco was 23,450,020 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23,450,020 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,619,287 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. 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 3,619,287
1961 3,793,983
1962 3,973,644
1963 4,157,555
1964 4,344,791
1965 4,534,015
1966 4,725,537
1967 4,919,280
1968 5,115,536
1969 5,314,873
1970 5,517,951
1971 5,724,771
1972 5,956,616
1973 6,196,968
1974 6,447,915
1975 6,711,648
1976 6,989,263
1977 7,280,268
1978 7,585,408
1979 7,904,752
1980 8,237,881
1981 8,585,094
1982 8,946,328
1983 9,317,476
1984 9,695,024
1985 10,074,880
1986 10,455,590
1987 10,837,090
1988 11,221,060
1989 11,609,350
1990 12,004,580
1991 12,407,150
1992 12,815,600
1993 13,226,430
1994 13,636,510
1995 13,953,870
1996 14,245,430
1997 14,529,520
1998 14,808,020
1999 15,083,410
2000 15,357,110
2001 15,629,770
2002 15,902,630
2003 16,177,170
2004 16,456,150
2005 16,803,550
2006 17,172,380
2007 17,550,440
2008 17,940,030
2009 18,343,900
2010 18,764,980
2011 19,203,940
2012 19,659,920
2013 20,128,280
2014 20,602,950
2015 21,078,590
2016 21,553,480
2017 22,027,640
2018 22,501,250
2019 22,975,020
2020 23,450,020

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Morocco was 63.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 63.53 in 2020, while its lowest value was 29.36 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 29.36
1961 29.85
1962 30.35
1963 30.85
1964 31.35
1965 31.86
1966 32.38
1967 32.90
1968 33.42
1969 33.95
1970 34.48
1971 35.01
1972 35.68
1973 36.35
1974 37.03
1975 37.71
1976 38.41
1977 39.10
1978 39.80
1979 40.50
1980 41.21
1981 41.92
1982 42.63
1983 43.35
1984 44.06
1985 44.78
1986 45.50
1987 46.22
1988 46.94
1989 47.67
1990 48.39
1991 49.12
1992 49.84
1993 50.57
1994 51.30
1995 51.69
1996 52.02
1997 52.35
1998 52.68
1999 53.01
2000 53.34
2001 53.66
2002 53.99
2003 54.32
2004 54.64
2005 55.17
2006 55.75
2007 56.32
2008 56.89
2009 57.45
2010 58.02
2011 58.58
2012 59.14
2013 59.70
2014 60.26
2015 60.81
2016 61.36
2017 61.91
2018 62.45
2019 62.99
2020 63.53

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization