Current Developments in Morocco

Population
33,241,259 (July 2006)

• Berbers 45% (of which Arabized 24%)
• Arab 44%
• Moors 10%
• other 1% (2000)

Age structure

• 0-14 years: 31.6% (male 5,343,976; female 5,145,019)
• 15-64 years: 63.4% (male 10,505,018; female 10,580,599)
• 65 years and over: 5% (male 725,116; female 941,531) (2006)

Population growth rate

• 1.55% (2006)

Birth rate

• 21.98 births/1,000 population (2002)

Death rate

• 5.58 deaths/1,000 population (2002)

Net migration rate

• -0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000)

Ethnic groups

• Arab-Berber 99.1%, other 0.7%, Jewish 0.2%

Religions

• Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%.

Languages

• Arabic (official), Spanish, Berber dialects (Morocco does not recognise them as languages but as dialects of a Berber language), French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy.

Literacy

• Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
• Total population: 51.7%
• Male: 64.1%
• Female: 39.4% (1995)