Table 2.
Changes in selected demographic, social and economic indicators in Morocco over three decades
| Indicator | 1990 | 2000 | 2020 |
| Population | 24 807 000 | 28 794 000 | 36 911 000 |
| Annual population growth | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Population density (people per sq. km of land area) | 56 | 65 | 81 (2018) |
| Living in urban areas (% of population) | 48 | 53 | 62 (2017) |
| Girls married by age 15 (among women aged 20–24 and among those aged 15–49 for 2018)(%) | 6.5 (1987) | 2.5 (2003) | 1.7 (2018) |
| Total fertility rate (children per woman over her lifetime) | 4.0 | 2.8 | 2.4 (2019) |
| Annual births (thousands)* | 725 | 640 | 675 |
| Births to women aged 15–19 (per 1000) | 45 | 35 | 31 |
| Life expectancy (years) | 64.7 | 68.7 | 76.7 (2019) |
| Under five mortality (per 1000 live births) | 79 | 49 | 21 (2019) |
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (UN) | 317 | 188 | 70 |
| Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) | 37 | 28 | 14 |
| Mobile phone subscriptions (per 100 people) | 0 | 8 | 134 |
| Internet users, total (% of the population) | 0 | 0.7 | 84 |
| Rural population with access to electricity (UNDP)(% of population) | 14 (1992) | 37 | 99 (2019) |
| Population using safely managed drinking-water services (%) (UNDP) | – | 55 (2000) | 72 |
| Sanitation (%) | – | 35.6 | 47.9 |
| Poverty headcount ratio at US $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of the population) | 2.9 | 5.8 | 0.9 (2013) |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 2549 | 3579 | 7296 |
| Gini coefficient (World Bank) | 39.2 | 40.6 | 39.5 (2013) |
| Human Development Index | 0.457 | 0.529 | 0.686 (2019) |
| Female labour force participation (% of female population ages 15+) (World Bank modelled ILO estimate) | 23.5 | 27 | 24 (2019) |
| Gender Development Index (UNDP) | 0.741 (1995) | 0.775 | 0.935 (2019) |
| Gender Inequality Index (UNDP) | 0.722 (1995) | 0.700 | 0.454 |
| Literacy: male (age 15+) (proportion) | 55 (1994) | 66 (2004) | 83 (2018) |
| Literacy: female (age 15+) (proportion) | 28 (1994) | 40 (2004) | 65 (2018) |
| Women age 25+ years with secondary+ education (%) | 9 | 15 | 29 (2019) |
GDP, gross domestic product; ILO, International Labour Organization; PPP, purchasing power parity; UN, United Nations; UNDP, United Nations Development Programme.