Society · Population growth · Morocco
Morocco’s population growth fell to 0.91% y/y in 2025.
0.91% y/y
2025
Down 0.06 pp from 2024.
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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0.91% y/y
What it is. Population growth is the yearly percentage change in the total number of people living in Morocco. It combines births, deaths and net migration into one rate. It describes the size of the population only, so the age mix and living standards sit outside it.
Neither way is good in itself. Faster growth adds demand for schools and homes and brings more young people into the workforce. Slower growth eases that pressure but widens the workforce more gradually. The latest figure is 0.91% y/y for January 2025, down from 0.97% y/y a year earlier, a fall of 0.06 percentage points. That is the lowest reading since 2016. The highest in the same span was 1.2% y/y in January 2017.
Why it matters. At 0.91% y/y, Morocco's population is growing more slowly than in 2017, which gives planners of schools and housing somewhat more room. Employers and the pension system will feel the effect over the longer term as the working-age group expands at a slower pace. The next annual reading will show whether the decline continues.
| Period | Population growth · Morocco |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1.2% y/y |
| 2017 | 1.2% y/y |
| 2018 | 1.1% y/y |
| 2019 | 1% y/y |
| 2020 | 1% y/y |
| 2021 | 1% y/y |
| 2022 | 1% y/y |
| 2023 | 1% y/y |
| 2024 | 0.97% y/y |
| 2025 | 0.91% y/y |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Population growth, Morocco, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 18 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/society/population-growth/morocco
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Annual growth of the total population. Unit: % y/y.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series SP.POP.GROW), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.