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Nationality:
noun: Moroccan(s)
adjective: Moroccan

Ethnic groups:
Arab-Berber 99%, other 1%

Languages:
Arabic (official), Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit), French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy)

Religions:
Muslim 99% (official; virtually all Sunni, <.1% Shia), other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i), Jewish about 6,000 (2010 est.)

Population:
32,987,206 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.7% (male 4,479,676/female 4,342,605)
15-24 years: 17.7% (male 2,899,041/female 2,931,856)
25-54 years: 42% (male 6,693,877/female 7,146,696)
55-64 years: 7.3% (male 1,200,733/female 1,203,447)
65 years and over: 6.3% (male 940,291/female 1,148,984) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 49.1 %
youth dependency ratio: 41.6 %
elderly dependency ratio: 7.5 %
potential support ratio: 13.4 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 28.1 years
male: 27.5 years
female: 28.7 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.02% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
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Birth rate:
18.47 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
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Death rate:
4.79 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 195
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Net migration rate:
-3.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 186
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Urbanization:
urban population: 57% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 1.62% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
Casablanca 3.046 million; RABAT (capital) 1.843 million; Fes 1.088 million; Marrakech 939,000; Tangier 810,000; Agadir 805,000 (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
25.4
note: median age at first birth among women 30-34 (2003-04 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]

Maternal mortality rate:
100 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 70
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Infant mortality rate:
total: 24.52 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 74
male: 28.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.51 years
country comparison to the world: 78
male: 73.44 years
female: 79.74 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.15 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
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Contraceptive prevalence rate:
67.4% (2011)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
6% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 109
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Physicians density:
0.62 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
1.1 beds/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 98.5% of population
rural: 63.6% of population
total: 83.6% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1.5% of population
rural: 36.4% of population
total: 16.4% of population (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 84.5% of population
rural: 63.1% of population
total: 75.4% of population
unimproved:
urban: 15.5% of population
rural: 36.9% of population
total: 24.6% of population (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 162
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
30,000 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,200 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
16.4% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 114
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
3.1% (2011)
country comparison to the world: 113
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
5.4% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.1%
male: 76.1%
female: 57.6% (2011 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2010)

Child labor - children ages 5-14:
total number: 500,960
percentage: 8 % (2007 est.)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
total: 18.6%
country comparison to the world: 65
male: 18.4%
female: 19.2% (2012)