People and Society : Morocco

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
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
Birth rate:

18.47 births / 1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
Death rate:

4.79 deaths / 1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 195
Net migration rate:

-3.46 Migrant (s) / 1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 186
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.)
Maternal mortality rate:

100 deaths / 100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 70
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
Contraceptive prevalence rate:

67.4% (2011)
Health expenditures:

6% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 109
Physicians density:

0.62 physicians / 1,000 population (2009)
Hospital bed density:

1.1 beds / 1,000 population (2009)
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
HIV / AIDS - people living with HIV / AIDS:

30,000 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
HIV / AIDS - deaths:

1,200 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:

16.4% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 114
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:

3.1% (2011)
country comparison to the world: 113
Education expenditures:

5.4% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 59
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)